Solved! Better Roku? Same Price?

sorryboi

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Hi. It is black friday and im looking to buy a roku for my old 900p monitor. It does not have a native HDMI output but i have an adapter for it so its fine. My question is, which roku should I go with?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Roku-Streaming-Stick-4K-NEW-One-month-FREE-of-DIRECTV-NOW-and-1-month-FREE-SHOWTIME/300825724#read-more

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/roku-premiere-streaming-media-player-black/5515600.p?skuId=5515600
I don't think I should go with the even more lower end ones because one of my friends has a lower end one it is nearly unusable due to lag and delays.
 
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The best roku like thing is an intel compute stick or mini atom based pc since it can do a lot more than the roku and will last way longer. Out of the 2...

jaslion

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The best roku like thing is an intel compute stick or mini atom based pc since it can do a lot more than the roku and will last way longer. Out of the 2 the first one is the better one.
 
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jaslion

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The first gen compute stick is atm on sale for 70$ or less in quite a few places (whilst there is stock).