Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
3
Handy
on January 6, 2016
Posted by: Jymgurl
from Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Gender:Female
I loved my Roku Stick, initially. After about 5 months of use I started getting an error message, content not authorized. I contacted Roku support. I was walked through some troubleshooting, and discovered the Roku worked on another TV just fine. I am still using it, but have to remember to unplug it and plug it back in every time I use it.
The stick lags pretty bad. I wanted to make sure I was being fair and did several speed checks before blaming the stick. The Roku3 we have is crazy awesome. The stick is a bit disappointing. Would I recommend? If you do not have the money for the Roku3 I recommend this stick over Chromecast. Hope this review helps someone.
I purchased the roku streaming stick as an upgrade from the original roku. The primary motivator for upgrading was the slow speed and lack of support for new channels/features (i.e. profiles in netflix). I can definitively say that the new features are supported, but the speed is barely any improvement. Once a button is pressed it takes a second or two for the interface to respond. In haste, the button gets pressed repeatedly, and the the wrong options are selected. Also, the stick isn't powered off the HDMI port as I had hoped, but instead uses a separate power cable. I had hoped to be rid of this to un-clutter my television area, but that was not be. The point anywhere remote is nice, but I still find myself pointing it at the tv to get it to work. tl;dr - Slow at menus, requires external power cord, plays movie, music and media great, and has support for current features.