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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Yvonne Licciardi – October 26, 2024

   All of our TVs have been transformed by this product. Endless viewing of programming for free without paying for any streaming services. So fun on Roku channel can watch local news in a variety of cities across the United States. Super fun to get local Chicago, NYC, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, to name a few. That’s the tip of the iceberg with this product. Search a movie or tv show in Roku before selecting your apps and it will show you were it’s free, from there click and it takes you to your subscription based apps. Love it for searching. Fast to open and close apps. Stores your logins so everytime it just opens for you (unless you tell it to log out, older versions had easier time to accidentally log out of netflix, but these new ones are seamless for the user). Love to speak into and get my shows or change searches in youtube etc. And it doesn’t feel like it’s always listening like Siri and Alexa (of course it may be, just doesn’t seem like it). LOVE IT. You’ll be happy, something for everyone.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Uncle Steve – October 26, 2024

   I am so tired of Comcast (Xfinity) charging $10/month for their cable boxes, we decided to slowly “cut the able cord”. We have 5 TVs for it added $50/month to our cable bill which is already over $200/month!Started by replacing one TV with a Fire TV, and one TV with a Roku TV. We found we like the Roku system much better.Order this Roku stick to replace a box in our family room. It could not have been any easier! I’m going to be 68 soon, and I was able to add it to our 20 year old Vizio TV and have it up and running in about 10 minutes.While this model doesn’t have a voice controlled remote, the Roku app on my cellphone does! The Roku app lets you use your phone as the remote control and offers more options. Again… very easy transition.I’ll be ordering one more for another older TV. It was that easy and works as advertised. And it was overnight delivery! Yay!The Bottom Line?Uncle Steve Approved!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Zeljka – October 26, 2024

   The Roku TV Stick 4G has completely transformed my streaming experience. Setting it up was a breeze—just plug it into the HDMI port and connect to Wi-Fi, and you’re good to go! The interface is user-friendly, and the remote is incredibly responsive with voice control, which makes searching for shows and movies effortless.The picture quality in 4K is stunning. It delivers crisp, vibrant visuals with HDR support, and the streaming is smooth with no buffering issues, even when watching in high resolution. The wide selection of apps and channels is fantastic, with all the popular ones like Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu available, along with tons of free content.One feature I love is how portable it is—perfect for travel or moving between different TVs. The fact that it works with Alexa and Google Assistant adds extra convenience, too.If you’re looking for a reliable, affordable streaming device with excellent 4K performance, the Roku TV Stick 4G is a no-brainer.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   BG – October 26, 2024

   Earlier this year, my smart tv informed me that it could no support the streaming services that I routinely use. Updating software did not change the situation, so a brief internet search and positive reviews led me to the Roku streaming stick. I’m so glad I purchased this version of the Roku! Setup was super easy and only took a few minutes. The device hides behind the tv, so no additional cords or shelf space needed for more gear and the speech feature is handy and the menu easy to use. The device is ready to use right out of the box, with the remote already loaded with batteries. Another plus, same day delivery from Amazon!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Duhkgeorge – October 26, 2024

   I’ve had experience with a number of devices, and this one is my favorite.My priorities:Fast streaming/minimal lagEasy to navigateAccess to shows of interestAbility to preview as i fast forward or rewindApple TV:ExpensiveCan’t preview or issues with some of the apps that was frustrating. it wanted to rewind or fast foward instead of clicking to the screen section you wanted with a preview. This really killed the device for me.Easy to overshoot if you used the finger swipe option to quickly move fast-forward or rewind.User interface, for the most part is decent and fast except for how navigates while playing.Fire TVBuilt to sell products instead of show shows, laggy, and for whatever reason I hated interacting with this device. Not being able to easily access the content I wanted due to poor organization really rubbed me the wrong way.Pro – ability to bootleg shows, but not something I’m into and I only checked this out during the first weeks of covid.I want to emphasize the lag issues. This is built as cheap as possible to minimally meet requirements to function and it shows.RokuSo, now that I have the other devices out of the way, and ignore my LG streaming which is my favorite, I’ll speak to this device and why it has my vote.This device is surprisingly fast. I didn’t expect a device that was almost as responsive as my apple TV and LG TV. This is slightly slower but barely and no lag which is the most critical thing for me.We got this for the British Bake-off access which led to an unexpected cool thing. The discovery of the free shows, if you don’t absolutely hate commercials. For the complete British Bake-off experience, we mute the commercials. So, the additional channels that Roku provides has made it continue to be useful.Roku allows a preview of channels as I fast forward through it.Roku does have an issues with some apps where I need to log out and go back in so the remote works correctly. I’m not sure if that’s a bad app issue or the device but a quick back and in fixes. The apple device has never crashed or become buggy on me. The Firestick has, but it’s cheap.The price is significantly cheaper than apple making the Roku a no brainer.Unlike the apple TV, which requires counter space, this plugs into the back of the TV and is hidden away.Now, an issue I had when I first turned on is that my remote was not communicating with the device. I was extremely annoyed as this was an early Christmas present for my wife, and I wanted it to function within a certain time window so a return and replace would have ruined it. The device showed the remotes power but didn’t communicate. After resetting the device, the remote works fine now. If you run into an issue, try resetting the device.4k streaming? It’s okay. I didn’t do a side by side. It has 4k.Navigation? It’s simple enough but could be made better. I thought the last version of the Fire TV was worse. The apple TV does shine in this area on most apps I played with. My biggest gripe with navigation in Roku is that marking something as favorite and then LOCATING the favorites from Roku’s channels and free shows, was not intuitive. I did eventually find my favorites, but that was frustrating. Additionally, the channel/app/inventory searching involves clicking to the right instead of down.So, speed is slightly less than Apple, but barely. Navigation is slightly less easy based on the layout vs apple, and i think it’s better than the Fire the last time I used that thing. The Roku has a nice access to misc. free channels. Its price is a quarter of Apple. The fire TV? I don’t consider these two in the same league.So, if you’re picking up a streaming device, I’d recommend the Roku over the other devices (except the LG TV native streaming app which is the best I’ve used). Performance and price are good. The only reason to avoid is if it doesn’t have access to what you want to watch. For me, it filled in the gaps and provided baking shows that we otherwise didn’t have access to.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Joe – October 26, 2024

   An easy way to enable Roku on any device with HDMI. Tip: use the USB connector on your display/TV if it has one to power this Roku streaming device. Boots up and performs quickly (noticably faster than our TCL Roku TV). Auto adapts to display’s capable resolution. Quite easy to setup (to your existing Roku account plus the included remote). Unclear, but if you have a Roku account, the apps installed on your current devices automatically populate to this device, and MOST apps copy your login(s) also, a HUGE convenience! Due to each app’s requirements, you have to register this device – so have your streaming services login info handy. I hit the online Roku site to order the free short HDMI extensionm, which processed, shipped and arrived quickly. (You might need that if there isn’t physical room to plug in this Roku streaming device directly to your display. One oddity yet unresolved (and not very important): the Roku iPhone app sees this device, but doesn’t work as an additional remote control. That does work on our TCl Roku TV. I’ve attempted no troubleshooting for that, as it’s not very important for this 2nd device, it would be merely a convenience. The remote comes with batteries. Now all of our non-smart TVs have Roku capability. Plus we’ll bring this when travelling – to watch ALL of our Roku services at hotels, Etc. IF it were somehow left behind, we could remove the device from our Roku account if needed.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Public profile name – October 26, 2024

   We’ve had the old hockey puck style Rokus for years, but when it was time to equip a small TV with Roku streaming capability, we decided to give this Roku 4K Stick a try.We’re very pleased with the price (Prime Day), ease of use, and quality of this product. It streams in 4K and is much smaller than the old Roku puck devices. Also, if you have an open USB slot on your TV, you can plug this device into it for power using the supplied chord and have a very clean installation without taking up another power outlet!Note that the supplied cable has an in-line dongle that is necessary for the stick to work properly, so do not buy a smaller USB cable for the installation, just bundle up the extra cord length with a zip tie behind your TV.I was surprised at the 4K quality provided by this streaming stick, it might actually be superior to the puck style Rokus because it plugs directly into an HDMI port and doesn’t rely on the thin HDMI cables that Roku supplies with their other units (which I believe degrade the signal somewhat as it travels the length from the puck Roku to the TV).Another nice thing about this unit is that it uses REPLACEABLE AAA BATTERIES rather than the rechargeable integrated batteries that Roku has been packaging with its other units. We prefer being able to remove the batteries ourselves in order to store the unit without having to worry about the built-in rechargeable batteries degrading over time.Overall, we give it a 5 out of 5 stars and wish that we would have bought these sooner!We also appreciated how quick and easy it was to setup the learning remote, with only a few button presses it was controlling our TV! It was much less hassle than we’ve had with our other Roku devices which take a while to learn how to control the TV and often forget and need to be reprogrammed over time.This small streaming stick is very portable and we will be using it to take Roku streaming with us as we travel to resorts and hotels, since we like having all of our favorite services and channels with us wherever we go.If I could replace all of the old hockey puck Rokus in my house with these, I would, but since we already have them, we will wait until they quit working to transition to Roku 4K Sticks for all of our TVs.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Grandma Connie – October 26, 2024

   I have an older model Sharp TV, and it hasn’t worked in years. I hated the idea of buying a new TV, (yes I know they’re not that expensive), but the space where it’s sat is under 48″. So I’ve just left it and when the grandkids come over, the downstairs TV is the one they use. I had a Firestick on it that I could NEVER get to work properly, so the TV hasn’t been used in years. My soninlaw suggested I try buying a ROKU to see if THAT would work, but figured it would be a lost cause. I DID google if it would work on older models of Sharp TV’s, and I saw that yes, it should as long as there is an HDMI port (which it does). I was able to order early this morning, and it was delivered same day about an hour ago. I got back from running errands and decided I would TRY to do it myself before calling my soninlaw over to install it. The instructions are straight forward, I was able to take the old (stick) out of the port, install the ROKU into it, found the plug, and waited. It went to set-up and wanted me to pair it with a remote. So..I thought I was dead in the water since I don’t have one. I’ve no clue WHAT button I hit, but it went to the main menu to set-up an account. I followed each screens instructions, and to my amazement, IT WORKED!!!! I turned on my favorite station, PLUTO, and tuned in to I Love Lucy. Then added CSI to the “favorites” category. From start to finish? Under 15 minutes for all of it. I am beyond thrilled not only that when the grandkids come over they can go upstairs to watch their OWN stuff, but that I was able to do it completely on my own, no mistakes, and it works great!!!! I am now a ROKU believer. (There may even be a ROKU tv in my future, but that’s going to take more research and investigating to see if that’s the route I want to go). THANK YOU ROKU for making installation easy peasy.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   C_Deworld – October 26, 2024

   I have been pleasantly surprised how well the device works. Even with wifi signals that are suboptimal in strength, it delivers reliable streaming. It was definitley better than streaming through my laptop or smart TV and less cumbersome. The remote is easy to set up and was able to replace my TV remote, even though it was an older TV. It has a great many preloaded apps, but I was surprised to find that YoutubeTV was not one of them. I had to download it directly myself, but once set up, it works fine. I would recommend ROKU to anyone who does a lot of streaming.

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    Rated 5 out of 5

    Wilder K. Raven – October 26, 2024

    So I’ve been using Roku devices since their very first one, and one of the main uses these days is to stream my own media on Plex. I’ve been pretty slavish about using the devices from Roku that supported wired ethernet instead of relying on WiFi because I don’t want to deal with buffering or lag, and just didn’t have confidence in WiFi (despite having WiFi-6). Other streaming devices (which shall remain nameless) with WiFi-only connection have disappointed me.My previous Roku died over the holidays and so I took a chance (and a gift card) to try out this Roku 4k stick. I’m glad I did.First off, I needn’t have worried about the WiFi not being up to streaming 4k video from my server. It handles it just fine. It’s a good experience as long as you have a newer router that supports WiFi-6.Second, setup was amazingly easy. They’ve streamlined the whole process, and any apps you were already using on another Roku device are instantly logged in and ready to go. New big-name apps are almost as easy, just requiring a QR code scan and a quick login to the app on your phone.My biggest complaint is that something about this Roku really pumps up the saturation in some of my own home-edited videos. I can’t figure out which setting is making that a thing, but it’s clearly something to do with the way my video editing app saves the video. Roku just isn’t playing nice with it, but that’s not on Roku; that’s in the editor. Everything else, however, looks incredibly good.The interface is snappy, and honestly I was shocked that this stick is faster to load and navigate than my previous Roku Ultra LT.I can think of only one negative point to the stick, and that is that it only works with the special remote it comes with, which I believe is a sort of WiFi direct connection. It won’t support an IR remote nor a Bluetooth one, rendering my universal remote useless for the Roku streaming stick 4k. It also won’t work with most of the stack of previous model Roku remotes I own. And of course, as with every Roku remote, the four quick-launch buttons are a pain in the neck. I only subscribe to one of the services in them, and will likely never subscribe to the others, which means accidentally pressing them is a bit of an obnoxious experience. I understand they’re sponsored and Roku makes money putting them on their remotes and making them permanent, but they could •at least• add two more buttons in there that are fully programmable to access the favorites we actually do subscribe to.The voice search function is handy, but sometimes the screen will prompt you to use the voice search when the normal manual actions are easier and more direct. I don’t really need to press the voice button and say “launch YouTube” when I can just press the OK button on the first app in my list (YouTube) and it launches. However, for searching for a specific movie or show, it’s a great feature. It’s also nice for people who hate typing on screen using directional buttons, as you can speak letter-by-letter to enter email addresses and passwords if need be.Bottom line: I’m impressed. Except for a few minor caveats, it’s a great streaming device that is responsive, intuitive, and provides fantastic video and audio quality, even up to Dolby Atmos in a 4k stream.Five stars.

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