It's often been mentioned to get a Firestick on this thread. Living in France, my satellite dish (beaming Sky channels) is being obstructed by large trees....hence I am looking at alternatives.

  1. Is it easy to install? I have one free hdmi slot on my (non smart) TV.
  2. Presumably it has its own hand held 'controller' ?
  3. Would it be able to receive mainstream UK channels (how?) and children's programmes? (KIDS on Sky...).
  4. Does it have a VPN of its own....so that eg I could set it to UK and then use BBC iPlayer?
    - I usually set my VPN on my laptop rather than on the wifi router itself.
  5. Are all Firesticks pretty much the same?
  6. I have read that ROKU might be better?



All advice and information welcome.