I purchased this to be used as an HTPC, and, in that capacity, this stick has been amazing!  As a replacement  an older Windows machine, I first tried a Kodi box, but it was buggy, and Android didn't translate well to a large screen.  This stick, though, meets all of my needs: it's silent, low power consumption for being always on,  it has Windows, WiFi, and it's stable.  It runs Kodi, local media, Netflix, and Amazon video all flawlessly.My one minor complaint here is that the windows update process was painfully slow for the first day, and it affected the performance of everything else I was running.  After that, all apps have run smoothly.