Wonder if there is an issue the current batch of hardware?

But the sticks currently shipping from Amazon seem to have come from a bad batch and

Maybe a bad batch of sticks?

The forums say it is a bad batch, so I returned it.

This recent batch of Roku sticks has an issue where Netflix does not work

Hoping it was a bad batch & not an issue of quality falling off.

Netflix does not work as of the time of buying this.

Although YouTube doesn't support it as of now, I like that this Roku remote has voice command

Provided me access to Hulu, when my older TV with the Hulu app built in; as well as when I tried to use an older Roku which Hulu would also not work

I found it easy to set up my pre-existing accounts as well as to find many many other channels to choose from

It streams Netflix, menus works fast and video generally looks fine, but the unit gets too hot (runs at 86 degrees C IDLE according to the secret menu) and the remote control buttons are harder to push and click very loudly, which is something more subjective but in my case I hate it