Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
2
crackle
on August 28, 2014
Posted by: Hottstuff
from Clearwater, FL, United States
Gender:Male
crackle is the only thing I watch. Sometimes it is impossible to get it to come up. When in does I can't get a movie to start. I have increased my internet speed from 3 to 15. That helped, but not all the time. I have checked my motume ? Whit my provider. They informed me it is at the highest level.
I have one streaming stick and 2 Roku 3 boxes. i like the whole Roku idea, but this stick really has a problem connecting to wireless. First, I finally learned that it will not connect to WPA2 security. Must be WPA (which means I have to slow down the wireless for the whole house to connect my stick). Second, the antenna to pick up the wireless signal is really poor. While I have no problem picking up the signal in my master bedroom on cell phones, laptops, tablets, etc, this stick cannot pick it up. On other devices, the signal may be showing 4 of 5 bars. I had to put in a repeater just to make it work. my repeater stopped working and I started playing around with the settings on the router and now can't connect again with the stick. Painful.
Audio is sometimes fuzzy. I also loose all audio after about 1 hour use. I need to shut roku down, pull plug, and start rebooting process up all over again.
I've had the streaming stick for a few months now and I wouldn't be without it. The amount of channel selections is honestly, overwhelming. But in a good way. Love the ease of use and the interface is very user friendly. My one nitpick would be the speed. It's a little slow to respond as opposed to the regular version of Roku. Not a deal breaker by any stretch of the imagination. But still a concern. Overall, a spectacular deal.