Roku Premiere | HD/4K/HDR Streaming Media Player, Simple Remote and Premium HDMI Cable, Black

Not perfect but we find them to be the best budget choice
I have really one complaint, put more than one adhesive strip in the box! For those unfamiliar the adhesive strip is the item in the center of my included picture. It attaches the unit to the TV since these do not use Bluetooth for the remotes. There should be at least two of these included. You can get 3M Command adhesive strips to use, they have black ones now, but this should have an extra for a variety of reasons. In my case the first of these we bought we found that it would be preferable it if were positioned differently.We have a lot of experience with streaming boxes/sticks, we’ve tried Roku, FireTV, Tivo Stream 4k (returned due to HDR issues and I really wanted to love this one but that problem killed it for me) and AppleTV units. The AppleTV (2011) was a second gen version and I liked it fine but it’s outdated now although still functional and used for playing music with Airplay. The newer ones are not budget friendly, like everything Apple they overvalue their products. I thought I’d try out a FireTV stick and that was underpowered/slow, a lot of irritations and the remote devours batteries far faster than any remote I’ve ever had. As a comparison, the original button battery on the AppleTV only just died but two AAAs in the FireTV remote will last about 6 months. No excuse for that, it soured me on the FireTV products along with there is very little customization you can do. A Roku 2 XS (2011) was actually the first stream box we had and while in some ways not as slick as the AppleTV or even the FireTV stick it didn’t really disappoint so I went back to Roku to replace the outdated 2 XS. Since the TV it was for is only 1080p I took a chance on a Roku Express. Same old Roku UI but this budget version was far faster than the old 2 XS it replaced. Only dislike was the remote was now infrared (line of sight) instead of Bluetooth. It works great with our aging 1080p TV. That’s where my gripe about the adhesive strips comes in, just don’t be so cheap and include at least 2.Now we needed one for a 4k TV we have that is a couple years old but does not have apps available for some services we want to use. Being quite happy with the least expensive Roku I decided to give this a shot as the least expensive 4k and HDR capable Roku. The only real drawback again is the infrared remote which requires the unit be in the line of sight for use. I’m not crazy about mounting these to the bezel of the TV but it’s not that big of a deal, until you want to move it. So far this one is not attached to a TV, it’s floating between two depending on need. The interface is fast and intuitive (so are customizations) and I have no streaming issues. Very little to complain about but I’d like to see the UI brought up to 2021, it looks just about like it did 10 years ago on our first Roku.

Video quality is all over the place from app to app, but it’s still a great device to own.
We have Spectrum TV here at home. To save money, I’ve gone without a cable box in my room since the beginning. After doing some research, I found out that Roku actually has a Spectrum app that works with a cable subscription, so I decided to order one. I figured it would be worth paying the $30 up-front cost of a Roku media player instead of paying a $10 per month rental fee for a cable box. So far, I think it’s been well worth it.The Roku Premiere hardware itself is pretty great. It’s much smaller than I thought it would be yet is still able to play high quality 4k video. Included in the package is the Roku Premiere itself, a short HDMI cable, a power adapter and cable, the remote along with the necessary batteries, and some heavy duty double-sided tape to mount it to your TV. I originally planned on placing it behind my TV so that it could be hidden, but It does need line of sight if you want the remote to work, so that was a bit of a bummer. The device is so small that it really isn’t that big of a deal however. I ended up mounting it to the bottom of my TV, and I barely notice it’s even there.The app selection is pretty great. The Roku channel is particularly nice because the video quality is superb, and it doesn’t cost anything to watch. They just play a few ads every 15-20 minutes or so. Other apps are a bit hit and miss. The sole reason I bought the device (the Spectrum app) is a bit of a disappointment. It looks noticeably worse than the cable box version. The compression is pretty heavy, and I’m pretty sure they crop the channels as well. Still, it is nice finally being able to watch the Dodger games on a 55 inch TV from the comfort of my bed.I still have a lot of other channels to search and test, but I’m already pretty satisfied with the few I’ve tried. For everything it provides, I think it’s well worth the $30 price tag (I got it on sale), and the value can only go up as I find more useful channels to try out. I would definitely recommend it to anyone in a similar situation.

Premiere has better picture and much faster operation than Express…Is a better product all around.

Superb

Ben heel blij mee , doet alles goed . Alleen de app van Disney plus en HBO Max kan ik niet vinden op mijn streaming channels ! Beetje apart vind ik dat een beetje