Roku users

[CurlyQ284]

Are you happy with it? We got fed up with AT&T. I wanted DirecTV but DH didn't want to pay so much so he got Roku. I don't like it so far. The problem with AT&T was with recordings skipping. Now it freezes and says "loading". DH was enraged with AT&T but now is totally breezy about it. He blamed ATT again because we still have Internet but Netflix/Hulu/Prime never gave us a problem. Im blaming cognitive disonance. Also it looks like I have to watch HBO on time. I couldn't find where I could watch Sundays episode of GoT because we were out of town.

We are heavy DVR users so....I don't know why DH thought this was a good idea. Am I doing it wrong? Maybe it's user error and I'm just being a dummy?

[ginger]

Apr 28, 2015 14:21:36 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I have two. I love my Rokus. But streaming on any device is only going to be as good as your internet speed.

This. With that said, we LOVE it.

[CurlyQ284]

Apr 28, 2015 14:23:12 GMT -5 mp said:

What kind of internet do you have? How were you accessing Netflix/Hulu before?

If you were having problems with the speed of your connection before, a roku would not be a good choice.

I have 28 mbps. I access Netflix etc here. We didn't have cable at our old house, we moved and we didn't cancel any of it. I watch it all the time, no problem.

They told us the skipping was an issue with the DVR being too full. They replaced it anyway, we have kept it below 20% but it kept skipping so we said screw it.

ETA oh sorry. We watch netflix/prime/hulu through DHs playstation.

[pagas]

We have a Roku and AppleTV. Roku is far superior.

[snowflurry]

We sometimes have issues streaming hulu with the roku so we usually stream it through the blue-ray player without any problems. No issues with streaming anything else.

[donthasslethehoff]

I love ours. I have no idea what speed internet we have, but we have verizon fios as a carrier. We mostly stream Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Go, and the porn channels. So far, no issues.

[Eagles]

I love our Roku. Sometimes Netflix is a pain to load but it's usually great.

[VeryViolet]

We actually have a lot of issues streaming through DH's PS3 so we got the amazon fire tv stick. I love it, it streams really well and was cheap.

I do really love my DirectTv though. We have both because we don't have a box on all our tvs.

[CurlyQ284]

Argh. I don't know what to do now. I guess I'll keep trying it and see if I change my mind.

[dojo]

We use ours exclusively for Netflix, love it.

[Deleted]

We love ours.

[BeagleMama]

Yes, we love ours too! We have the streaming stick for Hulu Plus, Netflix and HBOGo. The only thing I miss from satellite TV is Food Network.

You do need good internet speed - ours trips up if we have too many devices trying to use the wifi.