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Roku - 4 Streaming Media Player - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.2
Rating breakdown 3,083 reviews
5 Stars
1,773
4 Stars
644
3 Stars
279
2 Stars
174
1 Star
213
83%of customers recommend this product.
(
2,520 out of
3,028)
Customer Reviews for Roku - 4 Streaming Media Player - Black
Customer Rating
5
Roku 4: Cord Cutter's Dream
on July 5, 2016
Posted by: Brainstem
from USA
Gender:Male
I'm a techie, but my wife is not. Roku allows me to explore various media sources and gives my wife an easy to use interface. Big plus for the remote headset option for private listening.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Roku is fantastic, but this remote needs help...
on July 5, 2016
Posted by: TexasFish
from Austin, TX, United States
Gender:Male
Our first digital media player was a Roku (2 XS, I think). It worked well until we plugged the wrong adapter in and fried something inside. Being an all iPhone household, we decided to try the appleTV (3rd gen) next. After a couple years of use, we decided that the "synergy" across apple products was outweighed by our frustrations and the lack of native apps on appleTV. So, a couple weeks ago we got the Roku 4. Our main observations, first the Pros:
- The selection of apps is fantastic, which as mentioned above was the main reason for making the switch, namely Sling TV, VidAngel, BYUtv, and a plethora tv and video sources instead of just iTunes!
- Ability to voice search for a movie/show across said plethora of outlets to price compare, though Sling's movie's aren't included. That said, most apps have the same prices now it seems.
- Remote finder feature is great, particularly with a toddler in the house.
- The Roku phone app makes a great backup remote, and connects much better than our old appleTV's phone app (in fairness, it wasn't the most recent appleTV).
- Ability to voice search for a movie/show across said plethora of outlets to price compare, though Sling's movie's aren't included. That said, most apps have the same prices now it seems.
- Remote finder feature is great, particularly with a toddler in the house.
- The Roku phone app makes a great backup remote, and connects much better than our old appleTV's phone app (in fairness, it wasn't the most recent appleTV).
Now the Cons:
- The remote disconnects almost daily!!! This is the reason I can't give it 5 stars. We have to pair the remote almost daily, typically by power cycling the Roku. Our older Roku never did this (no, it wasn't an IR remote).
- Voice recognition only works for main search feature, and does not allow searching within an app like YouTube.
- Unit runs hot, but that doesn't seem to affect performance
- Worthless Rdio button. I hope they reprogram it to
- The remote disconnects almost daily!!! This is the reason I can't give it 5 stars. We have to pair the remote almost daily, typically by power cycling the Roku. Our older Roku never did this (no, it wasn't an IR remote).
- Voice recognition only works for main search feature, and does not allow searching within an app like YouTube.
- Unit runs hot, but that doesn't seem to affect performance
- Worthless Rdio button. I hope they reprogram it to
Lastly, we don't yet have a 4k tv, so we'll have to look into that major feature in the future.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Seamless!
on July 5, 2016
Posted by: jenningstn
from Katy, TX, United States
Gender:Male
Since we installed the roku 4 on our TV, we have found finding and streaming our favorite shows to be seamless. I now get to take control of watching TV on my time, not theirs.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Enjoying!!
on July 5, 2016
Posted by: RiverParish girl
from Garyville, LA
Gender:Female
Purchased less than month ago. Easy to use. Ready to enjoy Netflix movies.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
fathers day present
on July 5, 2016
Posted by: jmmc
from Puerto Rico
Gender:Male
Is ok. the only problem is that almost every app you have to pay for the service
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
2
Good but with a major Sling issues
on July 5, 2016
Posted by: JannieD
from Houston, TX, United States
Gender:Male
Sling does not function on our Roku4 but it works 100% on our PC's, we got a communication error from Sling and Sling was quick to tell us to restart, reinstall etc. but then just gave up. If you intend to use Sling with Roku I would caution you. It seems that they are unable to own problems past a certain technical level.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Seems quicker
on July 6, 2016
Posted by: Cgomez
from Union City, NJ, United States
Gender:Male
Had a Roku 3 which we loved. Decided to to upgrade to 4. And put the 3 in a bedroom. Works great. Faster and hasn't froze up yet. Lost a a star because remote still has rojo bottom and lost Hulu. Rdio is no longer around why no put Hulu in it place.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Device
on July 6, 2016
Posted by: JerryPop
from Kokomo, IN, United States
Gender:Male
This is my 3rd Roku Player and they just seem to get better!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com