Bought these for a couple of non smart tvs. Installed one right away and very pleased with performance. Noticed it performed better than our smart tv so installed it on that set. Noticed an improved performance right away. The only real problem is I now have a tv without a streaming devise so I’ll have to buy another Roku.

I love Roku and have had an account for several years, including a Roku TV and a Roku streaming box. I just bought this Streaming Stick 4K to use with an older TV, and it works well, EXCEPT that this TV is an older TV where I use the Tablo 4th Generation Over-The-Air (OTA) DVR so that I can watch live TV from both Chicago and Milwaukee. The problem happens when I go to my Roku app, select the Tablo app within Roku, and try to watch certain channels. All I get is a blank screen. The Tablo website reports a known bug with the Roku streaming stick (the latest model shipped to me, 3820R) where there is an incompatibility with Tablo. This problem with the Streaming Stick 4K has apparently not yet been fixed by Roku, so I gave it a 1 star. When this problem goes away, it would deserve 5 stars, since otherwise it works well and gives great picture quality, as well as access to all the usual movie and TV streaming apps.

It’s faster than Firestick, but ever since I went to Roku, when I turn on my tv, it defaults to some screen listing programs, but that no remote controller seems to control! I have to turn my tv off, then on again, to get back to “normal”. Anyone else have this problem?

Usually Dolby Vision or any kind of HDR looks terrible on my three years old LG OLED tv. In the past, it was way too dark and with overblown colors. I usually had to turn of any kind of Dolby Vision or HDR processing. This Roku makes Dolby Vision looks like it does in the movie theaters. An improvement, rather than a deterrent.

I love the ease and convenience of the streaming stick. Unlike the original box you don’t have to point the remote directly to connect with the TV.. The remote replaces your television remote with the power and volume buttons.. I will definitely buy more streaming sticks for my other TVs.

We lost our cable provider and were forced into buying something to let us stream programming. Purchased Roku on whim and didn’t really know what it was. I was surprised at the variety of free programming. We don’t miss our old cable provider or their bills.

Finally got tired of paying ever increasing cable bills for channels I never watch. I had a Roku stick in my bedroom, and when I cancelled cable I bought one for the living room. There are currently just two apps I pay to stream, and the cost is a drop in the bucket compared to what my cable bill was. Roku has such a big selection of free apps and channels you could never watch them all. Thanks Roku.

This is our 3rd Roku purchase. We’ve had the streaming stick for about a month now. Our kitchen TV is across the house from the WiFi modem, so the original standard Roku was frequently buffering. We debated buying a WiFi booster, but then found this product from Roku. the streaming stick has worked flawlessly on the kitchen tv, and even moving a tv outside to watch football games by the fire pit. Set up was super easy and automatically loaded all my apps.

I've owned several units over the last 4-5 years. While they work, they are awesome but I've found they tend to die after 12-18 months. I tried to get around this be spending more and buying the Ultra unit only to have it flake out before 12 months were up. Now I just buy their cheapest unit and accept I'm going to have to buy another one in less that 2 years. I do like the service while it's working, hence not switching to another brand.

Picture quality is great. No latency issues. Easy set up. Peeves: Mute button is placed poorly. Too easy to press it when holding the remote. When pausing a show on YTTV, the device too quickly goes back to the Roku home page, causing you to have to reload what you were watching and losing your place. I would prefer the device to go into a screen saver mode preserving what you were watching.