Customer reviews from roku.com
Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(22,886 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 22,886 reviews
5 Stars
12,371
4 Stars
5,306
3 Stars
2,321
2 Stars
1,316
1 Star
1,572
84%of customers recommend this product.
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18,874 out of
22,528)
Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
5
Beats cable/satellite any day
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: SoCalNoMore
from Palm Beach, FL, United States
Gender:Male
We rarely watch regular tv any more. We love the roku and the fact we can watch what we want when we want. Many option with no commercials too. I would like to see the fastforward/pause functions operate a little more smoothly.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Great product
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: Bengalman
from Waverly, Iowa, United States
Gender:Male
So easy to use and such a great bargain. Have three of them. Excellent way to save money on your t.v. watching habits.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Nice Alternative to Dish or Cable television
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: CatherineM
from Virginia
Gender:Female
I purchased this Roku some months ago and have taken to task learning how to incorporate its features into my flow & go lifestyle. I prefer to have TV accessible for the enhancement of my life, not the main event; so whereas I'm glad I'd purchased the Streaming Stick, I'm still toiling with sub-navigating channels on a delay and avoiding frivolous registrations / subscriptions. It's a project
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Works well for me.
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: Page
from Pennsylvania
Gender:Male
I am a technological fossil. It took me months to take the plunge to non - cable TV. ROCK made it easy and fast. I've given several as gifts.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Easy to Use and Out of Sight
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: tmlhalo
from South Carolina, United States
Gender:Male
TLDR version: Really good device for making a "dumb" TV into a smart TV. Useful for getting Netflix, HBOGo, and other apps onto a TV cheaply. Make sure your internet is strong enough to stream video.
Fits nicely behind the TV. Keep the twist tie around the USB power cable and everything should be nicely tucked behind the screen. The remote isn't complicated but there may be some symboled buttons that some users may not be familiar with. The stick comes on with the TV so no need to turn on the device itself. The initial setup and any future modification will require a second device capable of accessing the internet to set up an account. Afterwards the UI, user interface, is clean and easy to use. There is a great selection of apps, but be warned as some apps / TV stations require a cable subscription or its own recurring fee in order for continued use. You can browse through Roku's website for more details on each specific app and its included fees or restrictions. Thank you to the employee in charge of managing that database. The quality and stability of your viewing experience will be highly dependent on your home internet connection and home network connectivity. For 720p (good looking) content an internet download connection of 5 megabits per second I would recommend. For 1080p (great looking) I would recommend 10 megabits per second download speed. You can locate this information by visiting sites like speedtest. A good wireless router is also nice to have. I'm pretty sure a wireless g router will be fine, wireless n or ac will easily be enough. As for the hardware of the Roku streaming stick itself it is powerful enough to handle most of the apps. There is noticeable lag when scrolling through the Netflix catalog. I'm assuming the next revision will get a small hardware boost due to Moore's Law and will work out the slowness when scrolling through Netflix's mostly picture based catalog. Overall the Roku Streaming Stick is very usable as is and shows promise of being perfect with a bit more work. Adopters picking it up now definitely will be happy with it. I would love to see future improvements be the need for a second device gone during setup and just the slightest of beefier processors.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Fantastic!
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: tim_Sharrock
Gender:Male
Cheap. Compact. Easy to use. Absolutely amazing! Loads of content and a simple interface! the Roku Streaming stick really opens up loads of entertainment options!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
1
Not working properly
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: joyfulnoise123
from Madison, WI
Gender:Female
I bought this a couple months ago and have been unable to use it successfully. There are no guidelines on the Roku stick or website that explain the internet speed needed to run this, so I'm still in the dark. I have high speed DSL and I believe this stick requires higher speed than I have, it demands higher speed than a standard streaming box. I'm not sure why.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Great navigation!
on August 27, 2014
Posted by: Rbcn
from NY, United States
Gender:Male
absolutely blows Apple TV out of the water. Complete control of Netflix and Hulu. Love it so much I am now going to buy the top of the line box. Only things I would improve: illuminated remote, and a USB stand. I want to see it, not hide it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com