Customer reviews from roku.com
Roku - 3 Streaming Player - Black
Average customer rating
4.5
(25,979 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 25,979 reviews
5 Stars
16,895
4 Stars
6,203
3 Stars
1,513
2 Stars
668
1 Star
700
93%of customers recommend this product.
(
23,564 out of
25,460)
Customer Reviews for Roku - 3 Streaming Player - Black
Customer Rating
4
Good, but could be better
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: ears
from Cincinnati, OH, United States
Gender:Male
Very fast access to channels, excellent connection to wifi. Could do more to simplify initial setup, and the lack of an optical output is a definite negative for older audio/video receivers having no HDMI or only HDMI pass through as mine does.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great Selection/ Lots of options
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: RayB
from Liberty, MO, United States
Gender:Male
I'm with Time Warner so I have to wait a long time to see some movies but with Roku they seem to be ahead of the game.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great product, super easy to use!
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: Joel
from Trinidad and Tobago
Gender:Male
This product is great for older non-smart TV's, the interface is fast, and intuitive, it is even capable matching and/or out performing other really expensive smart TV's on the market. Additionally, it is so easy to use that even my mother uses it with no problem :)
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
2
Disappointed
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: Tim52
from Eureka, CA, United States
Gender:Male
The Roku works fine. What disappointed me was 1) almost all the channels charge a fee something not made clear in the write ups and 2) ESPN doesn't work with my internet provider Suddenlink.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
5
Great picture, and I love the ear plugs.
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: groogy
from New Hampshire, United States
Gender:Male
This unit is an up grade, to my other Roku , High Def.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
best system
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: everybreeze
from California Bay Area CA, United States
Gender:Female
purchased this a month ago and to my amazement it is so easy to install and so easy to use the remote I did not know what to expect as I am a senior and electronics drive me crazy at times This purchase was simple to use and I now can enjoy my choice of entertainment having it
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
Slick device but needs improvement
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: FireToad
Gender:Male
I've had my Roku 3 for about six weeks now. This is my first streaming media player, so I have nothing to compare it with, other than similar services on a PC. My first impression was... where do I start?
There are sooo many channels to choose from, and I couldn't readily tell which were free and which were most popular. You need to set it up online, because its TV menus are really only good for choosing from pre-selected channels. Of course, the major subscription-based services, like Netflix and Hulu Plus seem to offer the best variety.
The wifi didn't work very well for me and I ended up connecting a wired network the next day.
My only major complaint is that the remote eats batteries for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Be prepared to buy a few sets of rechargeables, unless you like buying and throwing batteries away by the truckload. It also seems to drop out when the batteries get down to about 2.2V, which is not far from the 2.4V full charge of a pair of rechargeable batteries. Some of this problem is self-inflicted, because I us the headphone jack to run Pandora to my stereo. One of the primary reasons I purchased the Roku was to use it with Pandora, so I didn't need my PC for that purpose. Roku should consider providing one of these jacks on the base unit too, since it is not battery powered.
The other reason I purchased the Roku was to see if I would be satisfied with it as a replacement for my cable TV subscription. After using it a bit, I'm thinking I'll keep my cable subscription, dropping it to the minimum offering. I think I would miss the live news and general channel surfing. My next step is to install an HD antenna to see if I can go without cable TV altogether.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
TALK RADIO
on December 21, 2013
Posted by: Justme
from Michigan
Gender:Female
I use my ROKUs to pull up talk radio programs on "Tune In". and TheBlazeTV. I have found that when I can't listen to talk radio at that moment, I can pause the feed and listen at my leisure. I often finish the program hours later even on occasion the next day. Even if I had TheBlazeTV on my cable, I would use the ROKU to watch it. I love this product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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