Roku Streaming Stick 4K – HDR & Dolby Vision Roku Streaming Device for TV with Voice Remote & Long-Range Wi-Fi – Free & Live TV

This is the one you want
There are multiple different Roku products and it can be difficult to pick the one that is the best. I had read multiple different reviews from multiple sites and this one was the one most highly recommended. It has a “stick” that you place into the HDMI port instead of a cumbersome little box that you have to place in front of the T.V. and point the remote at. The best feature is the voice control on the remote. It works perfectly. You can say, “Watch UTube Videos for Cats”, and it will open up right there instead of having to type all of this in the search engine after you go to the UTube app. You can say the name of a movie and it will show you what apps this movie is available on. There is no way I would buy a Roku without this voice control feature. If you have a Roku that does not, you can buy a Roku remote separately and pair it with the one that you have. I have always just had cable T.V. and I never really knew anything about these streaming devices. Now I don’t know how I ever lived without it. The best feature is that when our Direct TV dish goes out when it is storming outside, I can switch easily to the Roku and stream it instead through the Direct T.V. app through my internet, which is supplied through a cable underground to my house. You can do this same thing if you have other cable providers that allow you to stream through an app, like Xfinity. The Roku offers its own free shows and movies. Many of the apps also are free and there is an unlimited amount of different programs you can watch. You can pay a small fee to watch certain movies or a monthly fee for certain apps, like PBS, to get unlimited access to all of their library of shows. We have yet to purchase anything since there is so much available to watch. There is nothing we feel like we are missing out on. You can pair multiple Roku devices in your home to the same email account and you can place a password on it so no one can purchase anything without knowing this password. I am now going to buy a small Roku enabled T.V. for my bathroom to watch when I am in the jacuzzi. Since I can stream all of my Direct T.V. shows on it through their app on the Roku, there is no reason to have to have to place a cable box or wiring or even buy a separate T.V. and an additional Roku device. You do have to have functioning internet to use the Roku and you want to make sure that the strength of the signal will support streaming. We have had no problems with the basic internet service we get through AT&T. This Roku is the easiest device I think I have ever set up in my life, so don’t worry about this. This is not a concern. Everyone should have one of these if you have internet in your home. It is an awesome device and we love it. We watch the shows on it that we stream, just as much as we watch our regular cable provider shows. We have even considered getting rid of our cable completely when the contract is up. You can pay a small monthly fee to certain apps like Hulu that offer the same shows that you like. I highly recommend this. Don’t hesitate to buy it. The price has come down so much in the last year that these are affordable now and it will open your T.V. world up to so much more it has to offer.

Great Software and Great Wi-Fi antenna.
I had an Amazon Fire and it died. While it worked it was pretty average in performance – slow software and poor wi-fi reception. And it required on and off again powering down to get the software to “un crash”. It did the job, not a particularly good user interface and not a particularly intuitive user interface. So, I decided to try a Roku Streaming Stick 4k for our new 4K TCL television to replace the failed Fire.The new 55″ TCL has a good 4K picture, but the smart apps and related TCL software and operating system are pretty bad. They crashed often, when they worked, they were terribly slow, and if you had your Wi-Fi access point within 6 inched it could stream pretty well (sarcasm).The Roku turned out to be a god send. It recognized the brand of the television when we powered it on, paired very easily to the TV’s on-off and volume control AND set the proper screen resolution and image management software.The Roku easily got all our streaming apps connected AND it got us connected to Spectrum which is our cable service which allowed us to watch all our cable channels. The Roku software and operating system was refreshingly good!And it picks up the Wi-Fi signal much stronger. We use it in our barn, we have an outside the house signal booster that blasts towards the barn, and doing a speed test, it tested out a speed over 30 times the speed of the TCL built-in electronics speed.The Roku software, so far, is solid. No issues but with all its options it takes some time to learn all the avenues for picture viewing. Plus, the voice actuation is really good easily understand the verbal commands and gets the right answer.I can recommend the Roky 4K without reservations. In fact, I’ve ordered another for an old TV.

Buyer beware
Great streamer that is easy to set up and easy to use. I will say I was surprised that I bought a new product according to the website, but it came with the seal on the packaging already broken.