I am so happy now I accidentally lost my Roku remote. I set out to just buy another Roku remote, but it was cheaper just to buy this. To my surprise, this is much much more upgraded!!! I have way more channels and apps than I did before and I had a TON! No exaggeration. (And I still have cable tv which I can cancel with this. I was nervous as I wasn’t sure what I’d be limited to). Wildly, to my surprise, my picture quality has gotten even better. There’s no lagging when watching football or sports on any of the apps like I do on my more expensive TVs throughout my house (after getting rid of cable boxes & using the apps via cable. This has no issues & I don’t even need cable. Why this doesn’t lag and my expensive smart tvs do, no idea). I am literally blown away and so glad I made this purchase and it was less expensive than replacing a lost remote. Beyond beyond happy. I would suggest this over my Apple TV box honestly. That lags a little bit and the apps that come on some of the other smart TVs lag with football. I can easily change from one thing to the other with this device. I don’t know how or why but it does and I’m not complaining!! It was so easy to set up. Beyond easy to set up actually. I just plugged it in and it recognized everything and told me to press one button and boom, done. I can use it on any TV in the house. My Samsung, my Sony it doesn’t matter. The TV in my living room has way more technology, but this Roku device made my regular Amazon insignia fire TV better than my super expensive TV in the living room. When my living room TV is glitching trying to watch football I come into my bedroom and I watch football on my Roku because it doesn’t lag like all the other different apps do on those other TVs I am blown away at that fact and it’s weird, but I have a better quality picture now and I don’t know why, but I’m happy about it! I probably should get one for my main TV now that I’m thinking about this. Read more
I bought this during BlackFriday at an incredible price to replace an older FireTV stick because I also have a TCL Roku TV in another room, and that interface is pretty decent. This streaming stick is a breeze to set up (it can use the AC to USB power block from the FireTV device) and if you're familiar with the user interface for Roku TV's it's the same. The biggest improvement/difference I noted is the response and speed of operation. The second is the picture quality for streaming channels and services. The only thing I wish it had - and I'll have to research further - is the ability to clear cache from all apps at once, like the newer FireTV devices recently added in a software update. The internal Wifi radio/antenna is strong and connection to my router is solid and reliable. So far I'm incredibly pleased. Kudos to Roku. Read more
i bought 2 - couldn't resist - price was very good, and i'm definitely not sorry. what i love most is - i'm not FORCED to watch ONLY Roku-tv - there are LOADS of channels, with shows and movies. it's very easy to use - the simplest thing in the world to setup - as for sound quality - that depends more on the tv itself rather than the Roku device (duh) i don't know why that's in the 'banner' at the bottom of this window, but ok. it has MANY nice features - some are kinda 'hidden', but not difficult to discover. it's nice to realize if one has a slower internet connection, it will auto-change and adjust itself so nothing slows or stops. functional - yep - very nice - simplest device i've ever had to setup - took about 30 seconds. Read more
My family loves the roku sticks. I had to buy another becuase my son lost his remote and we couldn't reconnect since we had switched internet. The roku's are my favorite when comparing to the Firesticks because they are user friendly enough for my 6 year old to safely operate. It doesn't display a bunch of spooky ads that I don't want my kids seeing. You can add whatever apps or lock it down for parental control. The streaming and video qualities are pretty great and it's overall a very functional product. It is really durable and has great features like parental controls, PIN protection, ease of use, etc. Read more
I’m impressed with this device. It’s an affordable way to bring streaming smarts to any TV, and the setup is so easy, just plug it into your HDMI port, connect to Wi-Fi, and you’re ready to watch your favorite shows and movies in1080p HD. I love how smooth and user-friendly the Roku experience feels. Navigating the home screen and launching apps like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and YouTube is a breeze, and the included voice remote makes searching for content quick. Overall, this Roku stick is a fantastic value, I highly recommend it. Read more
For the most part, I'm really happy with this product. It works great for our older TV, and the response time getting into apps is pretty fast as well, which is a vast improvement from our previous TV and amazon stick (which admittedly was pretty old). Also fairly simple to install and use, so functionally and getting into apps, it works great. My ONLY complaint (and the one thing keeping me from 5 stars) is the button sensitivity. It's like it'll be resting on the couch and I'll slightly move across it, bump it on the ground, or pick it up, then all of a sudden, YouTube switches to AppleTV (or one of the other apps on the controller). If they can fix that so the buttons aren't as sensitive and won't switch to back with a accidently brush of the button, then that would definitely sway my opinion of this. All that said, for the price, you can't go wrong. Read more
Great price so I gave it a try. I'm definitely not sorry. Setup took a few minutes. Quickly added apps and was up and running. No issues with internet speed so far. Great option to replace an older device or as a first device for an older TV. Read more
