ive had 2 Roku Tv's for the last 3 years (one the panel went out, Sharp 50 ), and have had nothing but great experiences with Roku...

bought the stick for Christmas, and its 100 percent flawless...

i also have Prime, works good, lots of good shows on it like Bosch and Sneaky Pete...

with Roku you can get HBO, STARZ, ect for monthly payments if you want, you dont need to by a package from a satellite company to do it....

it almost can, and sometimes does get more expensive than just cable...

like for me, 55 a month for internet, 15 for Prime, 15 for Netflix, so thats 85 a month right there... Roku fills the gap with tons of free sh!t, yes, the Firestick can do alot of the same apps, but ive heard of several people that had problems with theirs and connecting, optimizing, ect... i havent had one issue ever...

you can also run KODI enabled devices as well, like Xbox 1 and 360, PS 3 and 4, Wii U, ect... but those are gaming systems and they are only for children i guess....