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Roku Streaming Stick - 2 Pack

$49.99
$99.98 50% off Pointless Price
Condition: Factory Reconditioned
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Top positive review
249 people found this helpful
Love it!
By Mary S. on 11/18/2016 7:53:11 PM
This is my first Roku product. I got frustrated with my Chromecast not casting Amazon prime, plus the quality looked bad on my TV. I bought the refurbished 3600 streaming stick because for one, as frustrated as I was with my Chromecast, it's all I ever knew of streaming devices. Second, I wanted to stay as close to my $35 Chromecast just Incase I wasn't happy with the Roku stick. The Roku stick arrived early, which was a bonus, and surprisingly more simple to set up than my Chromecast. I like the remote, actually...I LOVE the remote. It's nice to be able to use my phone, but for my 7 year old who is not allowed on our smartphones, finding TV shows with the Chromecast was difficult. (We only stream TV, we cut the cord over a year ago). My 7 year old easily can navigate through the home screen, and search using the remote. But she also found out (something she taught me and dad) she can cast her YouTube videos on the TV via the cast button as well. I also love the quality of video. My Chromecast claimwdbto cast at 1080p, but it was always bad, colors were off even, and with the fastest available cable internet available in my rural area (the middle speed out of 3 choices. It's 15,30, or 50mpg's or something, im not sure the lingo for speed) our Chromecast constantly buffered and crashed. A month before buying the Roku I lowered my internet connection to the slowest speed available because of money. The Roku stick, on with the lowest cable internet package available, and with 3 smartphones, a Dell desktop running Windows 10, and a nabi dream tab ALL connected to my wifi, streams beautiful picture quality with no buffering. My TV is worth watching again! I can access content not available on my Chromecast (Amazon prime for example) and again, i can't stress how much I love the home screen and remote. My husband is also very happy with the product, to the degree we will be buying another one cause our Chromecast is laying in a dresser drawer, and we move the roku stick from the living room to the bedroom TV. And in the end, my awesome refurbished streaming stick cost LESS than the Chromecast, and was shipped to my mailbox. After taxes, the 18mile drive one way to Walmart to buy the Chromecast, and 18miles back, the $5 dollars more for the refurbished stick was way less in the end. And I don't know if this is a good thing or not, haha, but we enjoy watching TV again! (Maybe too much since I'm getting less sleep catching up on shows on Amazon I haven't been able to watch!!!) Thanks for this wonderful product!
Top critical review
2 people found this helpful
Improved? Well, yes and no
By Parker Bob on 9/5/2017 7:19:17 PM
Streaming stick replaces a Roku LT. Got the stick for miracast capability to display Android and Windows tablet content. It does that well. Also got stick for more performance. Seems to be quicker in most respects. I am not happy with the user interfaces of most of my favorite channels, namely PBS, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. Navigation used to be straightforward and it was easy to find my queue of programming. No more. I am getting live previews of programs before I even select them. Programs auto-start instead of allowing me to choose what to do. Extra unnecessary streaming is not appreciated if one is trying to conserve data usage. I am still trying to figure out how to get consistent readable dialog captioning, which was so straightforward on the LT. How much of this is over-design and feature packing by Roku, and how much is due to the content provider, I don't know. I just don't like it as well. I have to mute the sound to navigate channels and programs because of unwanted video and audio. Also, I did get a reconditioned stick and had issues with a non-responsive remote control. The seller was outstanding in quickly furnishing a replacement remote without having to return the whole product set. So, mixed feelings so far. Pros: performance, mirroring (casting) capability. Cons: cluttered and feature overloaded interface. I love Roku service, but recommend the stick with reservations.

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