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.
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23,564 out of
25,460)
Customer Reviews for Roku - 3 Streaming Player - Black
Customer Rating
5
Best
on January 1, 2014
Posted by: grandparoku
from Long Beach, NY, United States
Gender:Male
Wonderful streaming device it has the most channels available. The audio % video are of the finest quality.
The player is very small about the size of your palm.
The player is very small about the size of your palm.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Alternative
on January 1, 2014
Posted by: figerator
from Dyer, IN, United States
Gender:Male
Huge library of available channels. Something for everyone.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Many channels
on January 1, 2014
Posted by: smithgl
from Halsey, NE, United States
Gender:Male
My only problem is I want youtube PLEASE! Overall a great product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
3
Needs more connection options
on January 1, 2014
Posted by: Nutz
from Seattle, WA, United States
Gender:Male
Works most of the time. Sometimes buffers/drags through movie even if wireless is pristine.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Love It!
on January 2, 2014
Posted by: Liza227
from Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Gender:Female
Very easy set up, works great. Offers a lot of services, some free, some paid. I am very pleased with my purchase!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Wonderful
on January 2, 2014
Posted by: RetiredFF
from Tucson, AZ, United States
Gender:Male
My Roku 3 replaces an X-box 360. I am not a console game player and only used the X-box for access to Netflix and other services. I love the ease-of-use of the Roku! Easy set-up, simple menus and absolutely silent. I am very pleased!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Good box.
on January 2, 2014
Posted by: Rubicon
from Markham, ON, Canada
Gender:Male
Bought a Roku 3 in late November, 2013. Been wanting a Roku for a while but held out for the Canadian availability of version 3.
Well made product, nice engineering, packaging, the whole presentation is first rate. Setup as easy as promised, although you need to have access to a computer for some things. ie: "Log into your account and input the following code on your Roku". I managed with an iPad.
Software is quick, navigation is intuitive, if somewhat dated, but it all works just the way you think it should.
Content is a problem, seems limited and mostly amateurish. I understand the Byzantine world of international copy write must make it hard to license content for viewing in Canada but there seems to be HUGE difference in availability twixt USA and Canada. Netflix for instance seems to be less than 10% of US titles. No Hulu, or a load of more useful channels. If you are a fan of I Love Lucy episodes from 1957 you are in luck however. This is a serious drawback and I hope that Roku can keep their promise to make it better for Canucks but it seems to be taking a very long time.
Best thing for me is the recent addition of a native channel allowing access to a thumb or external HD via the valuable USB connector. I have a lot of TV content on my computer system and am able to load a few series on a thumb drive and watch marathon sessions of Justified or Major Crimes whenever I want. Nice interface, works well. Is quite fussy regarding format however and I find I have to reformat all of my content from .AVI or XVID to MP4 for viewing. Usually a slow process. You can also view Matroska, (MKV) files but be careful because the Roku will not pass through the AC3 audio that MKV rippers seem to like best. You can hook up an external HD as easily as the thumb drive although I have read that the catalog routine on startup can be slow on a large drive.
I am fairly geeky but using the PLEX channel to access my internal network successfully has eluded me so far. They did just release a new and improved version which I will try soon. It is currently far too complex a method for my liking.
All in all I am happy to have the Roku in my stable of devices. I understand that there are multiple methods available for cheating the system and faking US addies for access to US channels and sites but you must pay a monthly fee, or several in some cases, to get things like Hulu Plus or USA Netflix. I find the extra costs and accounts set up a bridge too far and the whole "How to beat the system" mindset a little bit distasteful for me. Your mileage may vary of course.
That is MHO.
Thanks
Tom
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
love this thing
on January 2, 2014
Posted by: crofootn
from Kansas City, MO, United States
Gender:Male
My only gripe is that they didn't invent this years ago.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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