Cutting the cord—you know, ditching cable or satellite TV—is a relief because it frees you not just from contracts but it also frees you from having to find a space for a big, honkin’, ugly set top box that lives underneath or nearby your TV. Streaming boxes free you from the contracts and open up your viewing not just to the many streaming channels (Netflix, HBO Max, Criterion, Hulu, and Curiosity Stream, to name a few), but live TV, too. You don’t have to run a long cable through your room to your cable internet hookup or satellite dish, but you still have a box taking up room, albeit a small one. Videos by VICE A streaming stick solves that problem by plugging directly into your TV’s HDMI port. You don’t even have to find a way to hide it. It’s hidden behind the TV by design. Of all the streaming sticks out there, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K is the best I’ve used.…