Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
Enjoy having more options.
on October 27, 2014
Posted by: Dds2011
from Tennessee
Gender:Male
I enjoy having channels not available thru my current provider. Also, I can watch what I want when I want. Grandkids love it also. I would have rated ease of setup higher but I had to order an adapter for it to plug into my TV as my USB port is in the back and not on the side and my set is wall mounted.
Roku is a great product. I like the compact size of stick. Can power through usb port on tv. Must be powered up though. If you have a wall mount tv this poses a problem. Won't fit tight against wall without a 90 degree connection. After I ordered a 90 degree online, no local store has them for some reason, it would not pick up wifi from behind the tv. Had to install on tv in living room and swap out my old roku to the bedroom. It is a bit slow, but it works.
I bought a roku 2 for our living room just to see if my family liked it. They did! Within a few weeks we were primarily streaming and not watching much on cable at all. We now have 2 roku sticks in bedrooms and love them so much we have cancelled our cable tv all together. The sticks are even better than the box models in my opinion, because they "hide" behind our tv's and the remote is radio frequency so objects do not interfere with the "line of sight" ! Try the Roku stick, we love it and I think you will too!
Only had the unit for less then a month & both remotes quit working! Only way to operate the unit is by an App on my phone. Fix the problem & send me 2 new remotes. My Sony can't watch tv while I'm at work because he has no way to operate the unit!
Good idea but the roku stick is very unreliable. I have had 2 of them work for a short time and then stopped working, disappointed in quality of device but again love the concept. Make a better quality hardware and it would be recommended