Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
3
Awesome overall but wifi is a problem.
on October 7, 2014
Posted by: cpriest
from Austin, TX
Gender:Male
If it weren't for the wifi problems it causes (and the Roku 3) I would give it 5 stars. Owned the roku 1 as well, showed promise then, realized the promise now. The persistent wifi problem is that the wifi remote follows the same channel as our wifi router and the Roku signal's strength crowds the main router.
Being the furthest thing from being a "geek", installing and activating Roku was the simplest and easiest thing I've had to do when electronics are involved.
I received the Roku stick as a gift. Not impressed. There also seems to be a lot of things that you have to pay extra for and there are NO parental controls (that I've found) to prevent accidentally "ordering" something.
Bought to replace unit that we were using for Family Promise hosting. Works great , no need for charger as it powered by HDMI port on tv. May buy second one to reduce clutter on dresser in spare bedroom.