Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
Pretty good for the price
on August 28, 2014
Posted by: pi_ep
from Redondo Beach, CA, United States
Gender:Male
I got the stick as soon as it came out as I wanted another Roku for the bedroom (we have a Roku 3 in the living room). It works as expected and I love the Roku experience. My only disappointments are 1) I have to unplug then replug the power every couple of months as it comes to a screeching halt, performance-wise. 2) You have to use the power supply if you don't want long startups when turning the tv on. All-in-all, I would probably buy again.
This is my second ROKO and by far the easiest one to install. Also the price was about half of the first one I purchased four years ago. Perhaps I will add a third one to my inventory this winter.
I purchased this to be able to connect to my wireless router tot he TV so I could use Netflix. for some reason every 3rd or 4th time used the unit will hang up when starting Netflix. you then have to retry several times to restart or push several of the buttons on the remote at the same time to get Netflix working.
I have had the ROKU stick for less than a month, since I have experienced one issue. I noticed that on one occasion the stick felt warm to touch, during this time signal was lost. I unplugged the stick and let sit for a while. I plugged back in and signal was restored. don't know if this is a common problem.
After quite a bit of research, I purchased my Roku Streaming Stick 6 months ago and I absolutely love it. My goal is to cut the cable/satellite cord - I'm just waiting for live news and weather. This is definitely a positive step closer to that goal.