Roku Streaming Stick 4K | Streaming Device 4K/HDR/Dolby Vision with Roku Voice Remote and TV Controls

I’ve had experience with a number of devices, and this one is my favorite.

My priorities:
Fast streaming/minimal lag
Easy to navigate
Access to shows of interest
Ability to preview as i fast forward or rewind

Apple TV:
Expensive
Can’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 TV
Built 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.

Roku
So, 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.

El Producto es muy bueno, presenta todo lo que ofrece, Roku es una linea de aparatos excelente, el esclador de 4K muy bien , las dos bandas de conexion Wifi permiten una conexion mas estable, y las mayoria de app estan disponibles, Netflix, Prime video, Hbo MAX, Crunchyroll, Funimetion, Disney Plus, Pluto tv, solo falta STAR Plus esa no esta disponible, factor a considerar, se añadio en esta version el poder encender el HDR de forma permanente o apagarlo, es al gusto, cuenta con formato Dolby Vision la version mas actualizada de alta defincion, el control esta bien, sencillo como todas las versiones de Roku, lo puedes enlazar con la tv, en este caso fue LG y si logro controlar el volumen y el enceder y apagar sin ningun problemas eso provoca mejor comidad, detalle se calienta bastante el aparato nada fuera de lo normal, por lo que decidi conlocar un extensor de HDMI para reducir el impacto del calor en la tv, se puede elazar con eco dot Alexa esta lo controla de forma correcta y los comandos son sencillos responden muy bien punto para Roku, Alexa hace la mayor parte, puede encender, apagar, cambiar, abrir y cerrar app, cuenta tambien con formatos de audios muy buenos, segun tu reproductor de sonido, en general recomiendo el producto, llego de Estados Unidos en el tiempo correcto y sin ningun problema muy protegido y cuidado, buen Aparato, para renovar tu tv antigua o para explotar las versiones nuevas de tv con 4k el escalador del roku es superior al 4k nativo de la mismas tv. sin duda un aparato bastante bueno.

He probrado el stick de amazon, y el roku es mucho mejor, en prime day lo conseguí por 600 pesos vendido por amazon USA, es 4K y la verdad la calidad de imagen es genial, el control es pequeño pero se siente resistente. La interfaz si esta fea, pero es lo de menos para mí. La configuración es mas lenta que con el fire stick ya que ese hasta configurado lo puedes pedir, pero no me afecta, en un par de minutos está listo. Me encanta la app de roku, puedes controlar tu tv, usar el teclado del celular y quitar o agregar apps, ¡y hasta usar auriculares! para no molestar a nadie. Tambien tiene función de pantalla inalambrica que puedes usar con android, ios y windows. Solo le echo en falta la app de star+ que ya existe pero en beta, hay que esperar que liberen.

I bought one of the first smart TVs, but now find that some of the content on the many streaming services I pay for can no longer be “viewed on this device”. Since our electronic devices have become ‘use and toss’ thanks to the constant upgrades, I figured I’d have to invest in a new smart TV. Luckily I saw an article about Roku and Firestick. I never understood what they were before. I decided to try the Firestick as it was $10 cheaper and if it didn’t work I wasn’t out that much. To my amazement it made my old TV new again. Now I can watch everything on all my streaming services, and much easier than before. Since that worked so great, I decided to get a Roku for the other television to see how it performed and it works great too. Roku has an easy to follow interface and it seems to work a little better than the Firestick interface, which doesn’t always show what was last watched for some reason. I like the remote better on the Firestick, because it is small and thinner, but this remote is good too, and if you have bigger hands you might prefer this one. One point is that the Firestick was not only $10 cheaper, it came with an HDMI extender, which you may need if your HDMI port is in a tight spot. Highly recommend either!