We cut cable so decided we needed something to watch tv and movies, works fine for the most part but occasionally just stops working, freezes the screen and then we have to unplug and then wait for it to reboot itself upon plugging back in, that's the only downside we've had, in the time we've had it (1 Month) we've reset it about 10 times.
We have had our Roku streaming stick for 2 months now and we love it! We have more variety of things to choose from than we know what to do with. We have rented some movies and found them to be of excellent quality. Have told all our adult children about it and at least 2 are considering it.
I have an Apple TV box and a ROKU stick at first I used both for different reasons but now I find myself only using the ROKU. The remote control feels good in the hand and is simple to understand and use. The ROKU also allows me to recieve Acorn TV which I watch most if the time. The price, ease of use and easy setup is why I give it 5 stars.
We bought our Roku1in December, liked it but didn't care for the box sitting around. Then in June we bought a Roku Streaming Stick and love it. The only thing is that we sometimes have to reset it because it will freeze up (could be our DSL).