Customer reviews from roku.com
Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(22,886 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 22,886 reviews
5 Stars
12,371
4 Stars
5,306
3 Stars
2,321
2 Stars
1,316
1 Star
1,572
84%of customers recommend this product.
(
18,874 out of
22,528)
Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
5
RokuEZ to use and full of video streaming options!
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: R Cook
from Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Gender:Male
The Roku enables non SMART TV's that have the USB port to become able to receive streams from a variety of content originators (Netflix, etc.)
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
3
Poor WiFi Performance
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: BrentTX
from Austin, TX, United States
Gender:Male
Compact, Inexpensive and Feature Rich are all the reasons to want the Roku USB Stick. However, WiFi performance was so abysmal, that it really only worked on the TV closest to the router.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Perfect...works better than ever.
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: bigTallTex72
from Austin, TX, United States
Gender:Male
I had a Roku 3 years ago and thought it was the next best thing since...
I didn't think they could improve on it, but they did. Get one. Love it like I do.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
So easy to use, ticks all my boxes
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: Ali60
from Plymouth, United Kingdom
Gender:Female
Been using now for just over a month. Incredibly happy with devise, very easy to use, wont be going back to terrestrial TV
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
2
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: Hootie2
from Las Vegas, NV, United States
Gender:Male
Unfortunately the remote did not work so I had to return it. I bought an Apple TV and am very happy. I do own two older Roku players and have had no problems with them.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: tv allday
Gender:Male
Mirror feature is slow and most times doesn't work at all other then that its pretty good
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
2
Fix it
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: JimmyDaKidd
from Nashville, TN
Gender:Male
ROKU Streaming Stick review
My wife and I, like most – or a growing number of consumers, are tired of paying hard-earned money for the junk that is on TV these days. Yeah, there are some good channels and programming, but there is a LOT of ‘shock value’ filth and little ‘family value’ programming. So we decided to act on it, and get rid of cable.
Part of that decision was made possible with our new awareness of options such as ROKU. We thought “How wonderful would it be to watch some of the programs we like free of charge - and more importantly - not be obligated to pay for all that we don’t like”? Winner!
My wife and I, like most – or a growing number of consumers, are tired of paying hard-earned money for the junk that is on TV these days. Yeah, there are some good channels and programming, but there is a LOT of ‘shock value’ filth and little ‘family value’ programming. So we decided to act on it, and get rid of cable.
Part of that decision was made possible with our new awareness of options such as ROKU. We thought “How wonderful would it be to watch some of the programs we like free of charge - and more importantly - not be obligated to pay for all that we don’t like”? Winner!
So after researching all the ‘streaming’ options, we thought ROKU would be our choice. Which model? Streaming Stick. We bought, we brought home, installed, and voila!
Not so fast there bubby. Voila happened and lasted for less than a day. Since then we have had complications and frustration set in, and now we are not very happy. We are barely able to use it. If it’s not one thing it’s another. If the wifi finally makes it happy, the remote doesn’t work. If the remote works, it can’t stay on the wifi without interruption. If we can get it to stay connected but the remote won’t work, then the iPhone app will. Then the remote NEVER works until the app is not on… and we have to re-boot the stick to get the remote to even reconnect.
My new thought is you chose the right name… a stick might work better.
Take the batteries out, put them back in. Re-pair the stick with the remote. Reset the stick with the hidden button. Unplug the stick from the HDMI port, unplug the power from the stick. Re-plug the power, re-insert into the HDMI port. Take the batteries out and put them back in. Check your internet connection. Hold down the hidden reset button for at least 60 seconds. Unplug the stick for the HDMI, and also from the power for at least 60 seconds. Re-power and re-insert.
Take the batteries out, put them back in. Re-pair the stick with the remote. Reset the stick with the hidden button. Unplug the stick from the HDMI port, unplug the power from the stick. Re-plug the power, re-insert into the HDMI port. Take the batteries out and put them back in. Check your internet connection. Hold down the hidden reset button for at least 60 seconds. Unplug the stick for the HDMI, and also from the power for at least 60 seconds. Re-power and re-insert.
AAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about y’all re-insert it? Sorry, that had to be said.
Fix it will ya?
Apple TV is looking better and better. So are the other options.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
1
Use 3 roku devices...stick is the most difficult
on May 27, 2015
Posted by: sherry crawford
from Tulsa, OK, United States
Gender:Female
The stick sucks. The remote doesn't work at all so i have to use the remote app for my phone. The only thing good about it is that i can easily move it to another TV if needed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com