I bought this for my room to avoid a cable box but most features are already on my smart tv so hooking it to my 12yr old flat screen non smart tv was like giving him a smart tv without the cost of a new tv he is in love with it from the apps to channels he always finds something to do
This is one product that I wished I would have brought earlier. It is so easy to use and the features are great to use. I would recommend to anyone to buy.
We've had our Roku streaming stick for about 6 months, and we've never had a problem with it! It does lag on some operations, but I'm talking like a max of 2 seconds of wait time, which compared to the Netflix feature in our Blu-ray player, is fantastic. I find the setup very intuitive. Although we bought it for the Netflix channel, I have found some of the other channels very useful for the occasional on-demand movie (I like Vudu) or random History Channel program. We were were out of town for about a month, and I forgot to unplug the Roku (it doesn't turn off except if unplugged), and it still worked perfectly upon our return and didn't make even a fraction of a noticeable difference on our energy bill. I also love the fact that you can use the Roku app as a remote, so I don't have to fish around for the remote if it's not readily available; I just pull out my phone. My only small complaint is that some of the channels have subscription fees, but I guess you can't really expect anything different, and it's not a deal breaker, especially for the low cost of the device. I have already recommended this device to several people.
I have had my roku streaming stick since they came out and I love it. I've had smart tv's and DVD players that would have netflix and hulu on them but they never would stream good. Now on the roku I have no problem watching either and I can watch my flixter movies plus a ton of other cool shows.