New Walmart Onn Streaming Stick rumored

A couple of years ago, I tested Walmart's Onn streaming devices, both a box and a stick.

They were terrible.

The remote was good, but the device itself was awful. Both the box and the stick, although the box was better than the stick.

However, the newly released box is a pretty good device at a good price.

Now word is that Walmart will upgrade the stick. This makes sense, but was never a certainty, at least publicly.

I'm looking forward to testing it. I said I like the box, but it has one flaw: the weight, arrangement of the ports, and the stiffness of HDMI cables combine to make it sit funny. Most boxes have ports on the same side, but the box has them on opposite sides, meaning you either have cables out the front and back (looks really bad like that) or out either side (also looks bad).

A stick would be completely out of sight, so an unfortunate cable port arrangement wouldn't be seen. However, the testing from 2021 makes me uncertain it'll be a good device. As bad as the box was (and it was bad) the stick was worse. So, I expect the stick to perform not as well as the box. The question is just how much the difference is.

I really want the stick to be a good device, as the rumored $15 price is really low. If the Google TV device works well, it's a good and cheap way to get into streaming. My Streaming Life usually uses Roku devices, but I am impressed with the Google TV interface, and the Onn Streaming Box. I really hope the stick performs well.