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
5
Love the savings!
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: Sandy77
from Lexington, KY, United States
Gender:Female
After my cable company raised my rate twice last year I was looking for an alternative. I tried the "dish" companies but there are too many trees in my yard for them to work. Fortunately, I came across Roku on the internet, ordered one, and have never looked back! I'm saving over $100 a month, including a subscription to Hulu. I've already recommended Roku to my friends. I'm very happy with the box and the service.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Easy to navagiate and tracks your movie preference
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: Beee
from Dana Point, CA, United States
Gender:Male
Son bought this for me as a Christmas present. ROKU is great but also addictive. I do not watch cable TV anymore.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
A Little Monster!!
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: dmperry01
from Stamford, CT.
Gender:Male
The Roku 3 is surprisingly small in size, but packs a lot of entertainment in the box. My first concern was whether the video image quality would be worthwhile. It is -- it is a little "softer" than true HD, but I suspect that is due to the compression of the videos to make them streamable. Some small "artifacting" is visible from the compression as well, but barely noticeable while viewing programs. My second concern was whether the unit was powerful enough to properly stream feature-length videos. The answer is a resounding "YES!" The videos, and their audio tracks, flow through my HDTV as if they were on a DVD, satellite, or cable feed. I use Cablevision as my internet provider, and it works beautifully through my WiFi setup -- the Apple Extreme Base Station. Only on very, very rare occasions will I have to pause briefly for the Roku to load program data ( this seems to happen more with Amazon Prime than the other channels, and may be a factor of how busy the internet becomes at that time).
The Roku 3 has plenty of built-in programming "channels" such as NetFlix, Amazon, Red Box, YouTube, Pandora, and so on. The bulk of these channels are pay-per-month, and you will need to provide a credit card to Roku to make purchases to view that programming. Costs are very reasonable for most programming being $7-$8/month. Of course a lot of channels are free programming. If you want more channels that what are available pre-programmed, then Google for Roku channel lists, and you will find plenty of offerings to satisfy almost any viewer (I don't believe Apple TV can offer this capability to add channels).
I have Cablevision, and frequently find the programming to be very dated and repeated quite frequently on competing movie providers. I turn to Roku on an almost daily basis to find films to watch in lieu of usual cable fare. One drawback to the Roku's channel providers seems to be that there is a standard block on allowing programming just out on DVD to be streamed unless it is on a pay-per-view system. So far, there are enough videos to view that I don't mind waiting for the newer films to be released for streaming.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Good product!
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: Jayesh
from New Jersey, United States
Video streaming is good on high speed internet connection.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Easy to operate
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: nanniecarol
from Nashville, TN, United States
Gender:Female
Was given to us by our son because we were unhappy with our cable provider. So far have only watched movies. I do miss some of my cable programs ie: Foodnetwork & Fox news.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
A good product.
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: dadozier
from Redding, California
Gender:Male
Good but you need a keyboard. Data input terrible.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Fast Streaming and Access to Everyting!
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: Cpaig
from Wilmington, DE, United States
Gender:Female
We purchased the Roku because we were having trouble streaming Netflix on our old blueray player, we also had no way to stream Amazon Prime which we were paying for. We have been nothing by pleased with the Roku and it has been our primary form of watching TV since it came into our house.
We wish we could stream HBOGo, but that has to do with our cable provider and not the Roku.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Cool Product
on January 29, 2014
Posted by: docjon
from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Gender:Male
makes a basic tv into a smart tv. The headphone jack and volume control in remote has been very useful, just wish would control volume into the tv
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com