Very good streaming device
355262
Limited games but, some that are fun and entertaining. Good selection of Prime TV shows and movies that are easy to find. Set up was easy and have had no issues almost 2 months later. Overall a nice idea that should keep getting better.
3239075
I go this for my brother, and it has worked great. There haven't been any issues with the refurbishment, and he's loved it.

I recommend getting a Roku if you stream a lot of your entertainment because it is one of the better platforms that collects all of your options in one place.
2218174
This little box is very impressive. It streams video with excellent quality even on wireless without perfect signal. I have not played games on it but as far as streaming HD video content it's just as good as the xbox one. I have used sling tv amazon prime video and Netflix on it with no problems. Even the apps like vevo work great.
3050119
I was previously using my PS4 for streaming, however several services are not supported by my ISP for PS4 (damn you Comcast) and several other services do not have a PS4 app.

This is a great streaming device, has all of the apps Ive wanted/looked for, and easy to use UI.  The voice search works exceptionally well.
2619147
I love this product! It was my first streaming device. I have since used PlayStation Vue and Amazon Fire and Roku is much better than both!
3077200
I've tried a Raspberry PI, Kodi, Apple TV, smart TVs, Xbox in search of decent on demand streaming. They all had something lacking (Xbox too noisy, Apple TV limited apps, Kodi unreliable etc etc). Finally, the Roku brings probably the best experience to date for Uk streaming. All the major apps, including Netflix, Now TV, the elusive Amazon Prime Video, plus the free terrestrial ones like iPlayer and ITV Hub all available.

The integrated search which finds content across all installed apps without having to open each individually is a fantastic feature. The ease of use is good enough that my 4 year old daughter can easily navigate programming. The Roku 2 performs well in speed terms, nipping in and out of menus is fast and responsive. I also have a Roku Stick and for comparison, the stick is more suited to second TV/bedroom TV status as the interface performance is somewhat slower than the Roku 2.

Only negative, the remote has 4 shortcut buttons which cannot be remapped. One of these is for Rdio, a now defunct service. The button sits there on the remote taunting you, a reminder of what might have been useful but is now just a waste of space.

My household is now all-in with streaming thanks to Roku, traditional TV has had its day. Highly recommended.
4774047
what I've seen so far I love.

on another note:  streaming takes too much of my data.  I wish you had an option to control level of streaming.  I might have to drop Prime and just watch thru Netflix / CD's.
1667147
I was trying to find a BD player that would stream Netflix and read a lot of internet reviews from vaious sources. I finally picked this model and am glad I did.

After using it for a while, I feel it is deserving of a positive review. The player does a lot of things I was looking for - Netflix streaming, upscaling of normal DVDs, compatible with divx format, etc. It also has a lot of great features I am starting to really enjoy. It "talks" to other Samsung components - when I turn the player on, it turns the TV on and automatically moves the source to Blu-Ray. The player updates its firmware automatically, which is nice. I can also control the TV with the player's remote - no expensive Logitech remote for me! It also streams Utube with good quality and Pandora, which I love.

Streaming players in general have gotten many negative reviews, and this one is no exception. For the most part, I think some of them are unfair but there are some tricks you need to know to get the wireless streaming to work. Take the time to familiarize yourself with the manual and the controls, it will help. If you do not suceed the first time getting the streaming to work, have the player use its connection check function. If the streaming still does not work, shut off your router and the player for thirty seconds, then power the router and the player back up, run another connection check, and try again. I would reccomend high speed cable or DSL and a good router before you take a serious crack at wireless streaming.

For someone who is fairly comfortable with technology and willing to spend a bit of time and effort to make their new toy work, this player is well worth getting. It is not perfect, but it is as close as it comes and I feel most users will enjoy good experiences with this model.
21694
I live in teh sticks where cable is not available. We got by for quite a while on broadcast TV and that was pretty good but not great. As soon as we got a reasonable fast internet connection (1.5 meg) I joined Netflix and started streaming on an x-box. A month later, the x-box wanted 50 bucks to keep streaming and another 50 or so every year after that. I spent that much on this Roku and don't have any subscription fees. The interface is very intuitive. There are very few buttons, but it doesn't seem like a chore to work through the menus at all.
4850783
Streaming is fast, picture is great.  Easy to set up and use.
1927023
I bought this product mostly for its streaming capabilities.  I wanted to store iTunes, pictures, and my DVD collection and access them from a variety of devices from Roku to Android and iOS products.  When it performs as intended it is brilliant serving all of these media options, via Twonky, to all my devices flawlessly.  However, things don't always go as expected.

First, I was pleasantly surprised with how small the device was.  I don't know why I expected larger but it is in fact big enough to house 2 drives with casing around it.  The device comes with the mounting hardware needed to add rails to the drives.  It also comes with a drive puller that is stored on the back of the door.  Very nice touch that works well.  The door itself is very cheap plastic which comes off easily, but this isn't something you should need to handle very much at all after setup.  It also comes with a network cable which I didn't need and a setup CD.  The CD did not work in my drive, but a quick browse to their website got me the software required and also let me check that the firmware was the latest.  Finally, there is a small pamphlet to help you get it up and going but to get any real info on this device you will want to go to their website where they have a very extensive and very long PDF.

I purchased 2-3TB drives to go into this unit under RAID 1 configuration.  Setup was extremely simple and I was copying and streaming in no time.  Unfortunately, the good times did not last.  Later in the day the unit stopped streaming and the CPU was pegged at 100%.  Turning off Twonky dropped it to 0% but it shot right back to 100% when turning it back on.  I decided to reboot the device using the admin consoles restart option.  This is when my nightmare began.  Upon coming back up the drive lights came on with no issue, but the start-up sequence did not run and the system light kept blinking.  I left it alone for more than 10 hours but it never came back up.  I am not going to go through all of my troubleshooting steps here but I also did attempt to seek help from their website/forum/email.  Their forum seems to be totally customer help driven with none of their own folks on there.  Some folks tried to help as best they could, but nothing worked.  In the end I found I had to flash the firmware to an older one and then back to a newer one.  I had a drive reformatted in a previous troubleshooting attempt so I thought it would be interesting to see how RAID 1 worked here.  It didn't.  Even with the unit back on line, it did not repair the RAID thus making me reformat both drives and starting over.  This should make everyone very nervous about just how well protected your data is using RAID with this device.  Lastly, the device did not work as a print server for me even though the unit itself recognizes the printer.  It simply doesn't show up as something I can attach to in Win7.

The unit is working once again and as originally, when it works it works great.  Despite what it may show in terms of the Firmware you may have to flash it anyway.  Also, I would be extremely hesitant to go through a reboot when the unit is doing anything.  Wait until CPU is at 0% if you can.  With better reliability and better customer support I would be happy to give this product 5-stars.  However, reliability is a big concern and I'd strongly recommend having another backup of any data you cannot afford to lose.
86462
This thing is awesome and really fast. I am able to stream Netflix in HD on 2-3 devices without buffering. I can also play MMO games no problem. Set up was a bit confusing, but I got it pretty quickly.
3960795
Awesome streaming blu-ray player. Lots of weird reviews here. It works flawlessly. Setup was easy, typed in my wi-fi pswd and was streaming netflix, youtube, amazon instant, etc. it has about 100 channels to chose from. I love it. I can't comment much on the disc player other than it works.
4520356
I've had this a couple months and I'm very happy with it. I don't use the streaming features because I have an Amazon Fire Stick for that. But I'm very happy with the small footprint and the load times compared to my previous player.
1451045
It works well enough, but streaming your desktop while not playing is laggy and could be better. Streaming movies is horrible.
The only reason I give it 4 instead of 3 is that they never sold it as a general streamer.
2701252
After trying several different devices to get streaming and a web browser to work properly on my TV, I got this machine. It does, indeed, play discs well (the primary function of a blu-ray player), and it has seemingly unlimited apps to stream from practically any source. It has a nice web browser, which seems to operate better than the one I had on a rather unreliable box. Watched a film on Vudu in HDX (requiring a high-speed connection), and that went fine, without a hiccup. The picture quality is extremely good, as I watched a standard DVD of an old movie which showed up brighter and more vivid than on my previous player. The same with streaming a film on YouTube, a very bright, detailed picture. The sound, playing through my flat-screen speakers, sounded fine. Although I have had this player for only a few days, I am giving it a good rating due to the many tests I have performed using a variety of discs: blu ray, DVD, DVD-R. I have streamed a lot and used the browser a lot as well. So far, no complaints. The load time is very quick on the blu ray disc. Since I don't have a 3-D TV, I cannot rate the 3-D quality, but I bought this based on it's advertised versatility, and it does not disappoint. I actually bought the BD-FM 59, not the "C", but the only salient difference in the two is that the "C" comes with an HDMI cable and mine did not. (I already have several extra HDMI cables). If you are looking for a good-performing, versatile player that is compact, this will make a good "heart" for your entertainment system. Update:1/12/14: The unit is still performing very well. I had several DVDs which would not play properly on other players, but they did play properly on this unit. Very surprised and pleased about this. Have streamed many films and TV shows in the past two months, and the performance is great. I do have high-speed internet, and this is essential for proper streaming and downloading. I highly recommend this product.
142501
I got this so I could stream Sling.  It's a nice platform for amazon prime streaming as well.  Netflix, Hulu work well too.  Everything has been great and easy to use.  Love the simplicity of the remote.