Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
5
No wires
on January 19, 2015
Posted by: steverd
from Dayton, OH, United States
Gender:Male
Had a Roku 1 an was very happy. Brought a Streaming stick for another TV. After using the stick for several days, replaced the Roku 1 with the stick. No longer need to aim the remote to the Roku 1, just aim at the TV.
This is the worst Roku product. I would not recommend buying it. Very slow to respond even when it does. Most of the time it will not respond. I don't if it's a bad remote or something, but I really wish I had bought the box. Also It appears that all Roku products suck on wireless connection. You will need Ethernet to get rid of losing connection over wireless off and on
I brought the stick a few weeks ago. First it was very easy to set up. Second, I noticed an improvement over the quality of the picture ( I had been using a Wii to stream with). I primarily bought it to use with NETFLIX however I have now been using it to stream movies from HULU as well as it has some movies not available for stream on NETFLIX. I loved it so much I just purchased another two sticks for other TVs in the house.
Great product but unable to stream Amazon surround
on January 19, 2015
Posted by: mwyLBTS
from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL, United States
Gender:Male
A great product, easy to use, customer support very responsive but unable to solve the in ability to stream Amazon Prime Movie Surround Sound. Roku Technical Support tried everything and then referred me to Amazon. Amazon tried a little and then referred the problem back to Roku. I gave up, returned the Roku and paid the higher price for the Amazon Fire, only because I am a long time Amazon Prime Member. The Roku streamed surround sound from other movie sources. I guessing Amazon might be the culprit here, because I could stream a surround sound trailer on Amazon Prime but when trying to watch a movie in the Roku Surround Sound mode - no sound.
I purchased the Roku streaming stick a month ago and I absolutely LOVE IT! I use it mainly for watching Netflix and have not had any problems streaming. The remote is a big plus and I also downloaded the remote for my IPhone. It's very easy to use and I'm very happy with my purchase.
Love the Roku streaming stick. easy to install and setup. Very intuitive to use. Only problem are the remote buttons.The center arrow button's down function doesn't work well and when pressing the left arrow it sometimes goes up instead.