Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
Makes my TV smart!
on January 15, 2016
Posted by: Theob3at
from Pacific Northwest
Gender:Male
I bought this to enable my man cave TV to be as good as Momma's smart living room TV. Then amazingly Momma started to spend more time in the man cave a double win for me!!!
I have enjoyed the Roku Stick as far as content is concerned. It is noticeably slower in the menu but for the lower price it is easy to get over. The one thing that just absolutely does not work is the remote control. I've tried everything including an HDMI extender provided by Roku Support but the remote simply disconnects seemingly at random and reconnecting it requires to reset the stick (in the back of the TV which is not very comfortable). I use the app on my iPhone which works well but I can't leave my phone with my kids so unless I'm there the device can't get used. For this reason I cannot recommend this. My regular Roku which I've had for longer I have no complaints about and would recommend it to anyone who is willing to spend the additional money.
Got this as an add on for a new smart tv that wasn't as smart as I thought. The apps available are great and work like a charm. Don't have cable at this spot, but no problem, Roku works with Spectrum so can watch live tv too. This was about the same cost as an upgrade to a smarter tv and didn't have to haul it back to the store. Have older Apple TV and this is much more flexible.
I like the features that you get with the Roku but am disappointed in the remote....it has a Very Difficult time "being a remote." I find using my iphone as the remote is Much more effective.
I bought this as an upgrade to my old Roku 2. I researched and figured it would be faster overall. Nope. The remote tends to be laggy and certain apps (Netflix) loads slower than the Roku 2. The only upside is that I'm not getting constant reboots like the Roku 2 gave me.