Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
2
Rook Stick is fine. The Remote is terrible.
on October 28, 2015
Posted by: Papina
from Chicago, IL, United States
Gender:Female
After much stalling and frustration right from the get-go, we have resorted (like many others) to ditching the remote and using the iPhone app to control the Roku. Actually, that was what we had to do because the remote doesn't work anymore at all. The stick was easy to install and Roku is fine. I have the Roku 2 box on my other older TV and have never had any problems with that remote. So I recommend Roku, but not the stick.
The only issue with the stick is that it never turns off and it feels real hot, also the remote control I hanger to keep removing the battery to operate
It's about 6 wk that I am using this device, to be honestly first streaming device besides smart TV and Wi Fi Blue ray. Drop signal is a frequent , in addition delayed response , sometimes until you reboot
Better than any other streamer. More apps and I don't have to mirror my sling tv app to my television. Roku has the app available so I can instantly watch tv.
I was really looking forward to the Roku, but it just never worked right for me. It was so highly reviewed, I was shocked at how poorly it performed. Even though all my other devices worked fine, I assumed it was my Internet connection and how far my room was from the router, anything I tried to stream would just pause for minutes at a time while buffering. I saw was that spinning icon more than anything else. Then I tried it on the main TV in the ling room right where the router is and got same results. I returned it after a week of unsuccessful attempts using it.
I brought this product a month ago and my remote already stopped working. I went through the steps with support to find out after we did a factory reset that I will be without television for 3 to 5 days until I receive my new remote. Unacceptable!!! Overall great product but the remotes are horrible and cheap.