# Roku or Firestick?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-or-firestick/931950 "2021-02-01T01:52:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-or-firestick/931950/2 "2021-02-01T01:57:55Z")

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Here’s me asking the same question 6 months ago. Might be obsolete, might be useful.

> [@Help the Luddite Upgrade his TV: Firestick, Roku, ?, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-luddite-upgrade-his-tv-firestick-roku-etc/916498):
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> Hi folks - I’m considering adding streaming video to my current old-fangled TV setup. The title for this OP shot my wad on knowledge about this stuff. So … I’m looking for advice / experience. It’s easy to Google up a lot of marketing materials that are selling so hard they leave out all the facts and all the background info that everyone (except me) already knows. Maybe y’all can help. I have a non-smart HDTV connected to Comcast’s DVR connected to Comcast’s XFinity cable video service. I do…

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