Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
5
Love all the different channels
on March 30, 2016
Posted by: SROG843KC
from Kansas City, KS, United States
Gender:Female
I was so excited to fire my cable company, and just watch local channels through my HDTV and antenna, but once I installed my ROKU streaming stick I am really enjoying it more than when I had cable! I watch new movies, old movies, tv shows, plus tons of other content! I don't know why I waited. This was a great purchase!
Very convenient, I like that I don't have a bunch of wires getting in the way. Rarely having connection issues unless there is any type of maintenance going on.
I love the features of so many free channels. I love that I can access the paid channels that I prefer instead of paying too much for channels I do not watch. The stick is a little slow at times, but it appears that it's getting quicker the more I use it (much like the use of my smart tv). Sometimes, however, channels will go missing on the TBN channel. I don't know why this happens.
Bought this product just over a year ago and have used it extensively to watch Amazon Prime and Netflix shows. Takes about 10 - 20 minutes to set up after which it is good to go. Like the Feed feature in particular.
So far this is working just great! Purchased about a month ago. One thing though......this Roku is always on. In other words there is no shut down button so it is always ready. I don't mind though because it does not interfere with our cable or internet.
I originally had a XS Roku 2 for years and LOVED it but it started to restart itself once in a while so I gave it to my kid sister and thought I'd get myself a new streaming stick hoping for even better quality. The size and convenience was perfect but it seems slow in start up which happens now after every time I turn off the TV (XS was always on) also now the controller seems to take a minute to connect too even after the start up. The controller issue actually is really annoying, sometimes it decides to disconnect and it takes it's time connecting. I definitely suggest getting a different version but either way I LOVE ROKU's and now my little Sis does too.