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Old 05-17-2021, 08:41 AM
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I'm just starting to investigate the pros and cons of streaming sticks, and I'm wondering what experience folks might have with either of these, or perhaps others.

Amazon Firestick may appear to be popular with Prime users. Is Roku easier to setup and use? Which model? What pricing?

Any problems encountered or advice to share would be welcomed and appreciated.
I have used both, now my 3 tvs are on roku. We mute commercials, so it was very important to find the roku that has that button ON THE SIDE of the remote. Not all are located there and some of the bottom levels don't even have mute on the remote...you have to just keep lowering the vol.
Another thing, the remote does not have numbers, therefore when on the guide you can not punch in the channel number..you have to toggle to it... that can be a pain. Maybe newer models have corrected it.
Roku has very fast set up.