Quote Originally Posted by Dave Lehnert View Post
Looking to get my feet wet with a streaming service but have zero knowledge about them.

Do not have a smart TV so will need a streaming device. Looking at the basic Roku device.

What do you recommend?
I've played around with various "smart tv's" and my experience is that they've been uniformly terrible, being mostly Android based. (Even if I had one, and I do,) I would recommend getting an Amazon Fire TV stick, provided your TV has an available HDMI input. And particularly if you're an Amazon Prime member (most people are.) It's effectively invisible, all you ever see is the remote, and the user interface is decent. It allows access to all the major streaming services, including Apple TV, Netflix, etc.

Roku is uncomfortably close to being in the business of making their money from advertising. Heh, that's why I first got a DVR, to escape the Head On ads.