Originally published at: Onn TV Stick Review - Read This Unbiased Report Before You Buy
This Onn TV Stick Review was written by Troy from TROYPOINT. This device was purchased by Troy at his local Walmart. This is an unbiased review where both the good and bad of the Onn TV Stick are revealed. Right when I saw that the Onn TV Stick had hit the shelves at Walmart, I…
Ok, I have a problem that is driving me crazy. We have 5 Walmart onn 4k sticks that keep pausing all by themselves at least twice a day. When you hit play, it will play but no sound. Sometimes you can hit the back button and hit play again and it will work. Most of the time you must reboot, then all works great again. We notice it with Philo, Pluto, you tube, pretty much rules out an app. Reboot router daily (we get 1 gig fiber speed)I even factory reset one of them to rule out all troypoint setup apps, and it started to do it as well. Someone else must be having this same issue?! Help, lol.
If its the latest onn stick, not really much known about them to date, however I believe Troy just did a video about them. My take is to stay away from under-powered sticks as imho they are generally more problematic.
Small package no room to heat to escape. Probably bad design which id overheating. Stick a fan on it.
No matter how many times I see the $14.88 Onn Stick, I always wonder how they can make money selling it at that price. They aren’t powerhouse devices by any means, but dang that is cheap. If you just use a few apps and aren’t hardcore streaming, you could fill up 6 rooms of your house worth of devices for under $100 lol. I know it won’t get purchased very often with the $20 boxes being better, and Onn Pro way better for $50, but still amazes me lol.
I’ve gone on record in other threads for saying the Onn Stick just isn’t good. And to be honest, it isn’t, at least for higher end streaming on larger tvs. However, I found a new use for it that works really well. I put it on a 24” monitor, and I was shocked to see how smooth it was. When I had it on a 42”-65” tv, the thing struggled. It just doesn’t have the hardware for that. But for those of you that have a small monitor (kitchen? bathroom?, etc?) or are looking for a crazy mobile stick, this works well for $14.88 under the right circumstances.
Why would the tv size make any difference to the Stick?
That’s a great question, and one that I have wondered and researched since I discovered this. The “TV” I am using it on is actually a 24” monitor, but still haven’t found a super techy answer/reasoning to the question you asked. My mind first jumps to resolution/frame rate, etc as a possible explanation, not necessarily just the size of the screen. I just know when I put it on my 65” oled, it lags like crazy (the menus, startup, everything-not just the streaming). That’s why I threw it in the drawer and never used it again. I guess the goal of my post was to inform everyone what I noticed in case someone has this stick and has had a bad experience with it in the past. I believe there are scenarios that may help it become a smoother streamer…especially now that Firesticks in the future will be off most of our menus. Maybe someone with more technical knowledge than me can give us a possible explanation for what may be happening.
Still can’t explain the above, even a few months later. I paired the Onn Stick with a 15.6” portable monitor, and the thing is flawless. Very cool portable streamer, if that fits your needs. Can’t load it up with a heavy Kodi or anything, but Tivimate and basic streaming apps work really well. The other Onn boxes are better overall, but not as portable, so this stick is a bit of a niche product for $14.88.