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We own now 3 Roku Ultra's. 2 of them are the earlier 2017 models and now a new later Roku Ultra model 4660. There are so many positives to mention. First, cut the cable and stream only with Roku, save money, and only pay for what you want. Get rid of the Tivo, Cable box, etc that use mechanical hard drives which always fail, slow, and cost extra each month for cable cards or cable company DVR. The Roku's are much smaller. They are super-fast at loading channels like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. Our Tivo was a slug, made noise, prone to crashing. None of these problems exist with the Roku. The one we use most upstairs has crashed a few times, in the almost year we have owned it. Simple unplug and let it reload. The reload time is about 2-3 minutes unlike the Tivo DVR which was 15+ minutes. You will want to invest in rechargeable batteries, if you plan on using headsets with your Roku, as the batteries will last 2-3 weeks. Under normal use (no headset usage they will last 2-3 months. No big deal considering all the benefits. When you purchase a Roku set up is easy and only takes about 15-20 minutes max. No cable company cards for a Tivo, or taking a day off work to meet the cable guy. The newest Roku Ultra even now has options for powering on the your TV and volume. Point at the TV during set up and it learns on its own, super easy. Other DVR remotes in the past you had to look up codes and program your remote. Listen at night with headphones that can plug into the remote. Worried about missing shows? Get the channel Playstation Vue, and record into their cloud and watch your shows when you want. If you’re on the fence, then buy just one, keep your cable box for a time while you use the Roku. Once you see how easy setup is, realize the money saved cancelling cable, see how fast it can load all the hundreds of channels you chose, navigation is intuitive, even my wife after a few months is now hooked on the Roku. So long expensive cable company and noisy, slow, large, crashing DVR's. One more thing, Roku now offers its own channel with lots and lots of free movies, and minimal commercials. Now having owned them for almost a year, reliable, cheaper, faster, easier, intuitive, and many many more options available then a DVR, it's almost too good to be true.