I bought a Roku a year and a half ago with the sole intention of breaking away from cable and satellite. I'll never go back. I now have a Smart tv but still use Roku in the bedrooms. It works great and offers everything I need for viewing. No longer a slave to contracts!
I bought one of the Roku streaming stick about 2 month ago, It works so perfect ,I bought two more 1 for my daughter, and the other one for my Living room, I'm so happy with my roku streaming stick. to me its the best streaming stick around.
I brought this at the end of December and didn't use it until January. The first week I used it was good. The second week it had stop mirroring and still doesn't mirror with my tablet. It also kept stopping whatever I was watching. Had to keep changing HDMI to get it to work properly.
I bought this for a second TV and found that it not only works as well as my traditional ROKU box, but is also super portable! Because of its small size, I easily tossed it into my overnight bag to use at the hotel on a recent overnight stay. Setup takes meer seconds and login info is saved even after being unplugged for a few hours. I get all of the channels that are already on my other Roku box with half the cords! If you have a TV with an HDMI that has enough power, then you won't even need a power cord. I use mine anyway, but it worked on its own. No buffering even when running wirelessly off of my cellphone hot spot. It's great!