I started my cordcutting by buying a Roku 5 or 6 years ago. My wife was skeptical, but i convinced her to get Netflix at the same time. This was in the days when you got the DVDs and the stream was a perk. As Netflix grew streaming became the norm and we ditched the DVD service altogether. The Roku is old now and gets relegated to the downstairs tv, that only my kids use. The other two tvs have chromecasts attached. I like them a lot. I do sometimes miss the remote control to quickly pause a show when the phone rings. Its also annoying when the device loses its control due to a reboot or whatever and having to relaunch back into it to pause, but even with those shortcomings I think the chromecast is still the best way to go.

Actually my biggest beef with the chromecast is it's shape. It has a bulbous shape to it which means I can't fit 2 HDMI plugs in at the same time on one of my tvs. I seem to recall there was a 90 degree adapter in the box when I bought it, but haven't tried hunting down the box yet.