I bought the stick for a bedroom tv and love it. Have a regular roku in the livingroom and seems you have to point the remote directly at it to make a connection. But not the stick, it makes a connection great.
I bought a Roku streaming stick about a month or so ago. My main reason was so that I can watch every Cubs game using the MLB TV app. I haven't had cable in 7 years and really miss baseball. Now I can watch every game along with keeping up with current shows on Hulu and finding good stuff on Netflix too!