Roku Streaming Stick review: The best cheap way to make a dumb TV smart

Roku’s been busy on the hardware front lately. After launching three new streaming-TV boxes last year, the company is back with a new low-cost option in the $50 Roku Streaming Stick. Like the version that Roku released in 2014, the new Streaming Stick (model 3600R) is a thumb-sized device that plugs directly into your TV’s HDMI slot.