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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sky and virgin chathe way to much for their services when you can get them free from other sources.
In my opinion openbox and a firestick is the best option as these cover everything and are both free all you need is a decent wifi conect ion |
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By *andom2chatMan
over a year ago
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After reviewing how much I paid Sky I decided to look into alternatives.
I was always a bit sceptical about friends telling me about M8 boxes, Firesticks, Kodi etc.
however I settled in the M9 box with Kodi/PlayAllStreams/Exodus/Phoenix, and even managed to find a way to route it through my Apple TV box, so it's all controlled with one remote.
I've saved a fortune on not have Sky and much of the content is in HD (considering the limited HD channels on Sky).
I find I binge watch tv series and some films are available before Sky/Virgin so it's beating them hands down.
Sure the interface is not as polished as a Sky Planner or as fast, but you get what get pay for. Or in this case get what you've saved for.
As a bonus I'm not buying BluRays either as there's so much content from the latest shows & films to vintage tv.
The money saved is better going towards a nice long holiday and my early retirement.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Kodi is so much better for brand new films that are just out but I would say sky is better for tv series and live tv. Depends what you would want more really  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Definitely go for an Android box, I've got one in the Livingroom and each bedroom, £25 a pop and once you've added the repositories (some are pre-loaded but there's step by step YouTube instruction videos if not) you'll get a full line up of movies, box sets, movie channels, sports channels etc, had them 2 years now and no problems
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hi, I bought an android box from eBay but also downloaded Kodi onto my pc and phone which is free.
A wee bit of faffing about to get your programme but well worth it.
YouTube is your friend, helps setting it up. Jim |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"whats the best box 2 get ?
as i use chromecast not ideal but dose work when it wants to do be"
Have a look on Amazon, they're all pretty much the same, average price £25-30 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Go for mobdro app and connect to tv with hdmi cable gives you british terrestial and sky channels. Sport music and movies included. Also gives you american canadian german spanish italian etc. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Go for mobdro app and connect to tv with hdmi cable gives you british terrestial and sky channels. Sport music and movies included. Also gives you american canadian german spanish italian etc. "
not all streams work
same for the sports an movies usually buffer a lot
as i connect this threw chromecast as did for the hdmi = so im looking for alternatives for the footie season ahead |
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"does the Kodi allow access to amazon programmes without subscription?"
with the right reps kodi can deliver any channel from around the world thoigh to be fair I only really watch ufc on the tv side anything else I boxset
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If configured properly then Kodi can be a good replacement for SKY. I do a lot of work with Kodi and have made custom builds that run from a USB pen and can be transferred to any computer.
Like others have said it's the repo's that make Kodi and they provide the channels that you really want. The Firesticks are okay but for me they are limited, outdated and packed full of junk.
People tend to get carried away when talking about Kodi and often make it out to be an easy alternative, the truth is Kodi often needs a lot of attention to keep it working properly and a lot of maintenance t keep it running smooth to avoid the infamous buffering problem.
On a modern laptop or even desktop Kodi will out gun any of the MX boxes or Firesticks by a huge margin and makes the experience much better, simply connect your lappy to your telly and you now have a powerful Media Center that can do a lot more than stream movies, I haven't watched mainstream telly for over 2 yrs since I learned to configure Kodi properly.
It takes a lot of work to learn it, however if you really want to go for it then give me a shout, I will look into uploading my latest build to Dropbox or something and that way anyone who wants it can have it. I will include instructions but it will be configured for maximum entertainment. |
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"Kodi box judders and stutters poorish quality pic and thats on 20mg wifi. Does it need faster ? Im using wookie. Still getting my head around it all.  "
change stream if heavy buffering wifi probably isnt great I always hardwire |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Amazon firestick and out Kodi on it, then you just need 3 video add on's for Kodi
Live mix - all your love tv, UI is like Sky
Exedous - all your movies
TurkTv - all your on demand stuff |
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By *ompip3Couple
over a year ago
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Just bought an Android box allegedly fully loaded and Jailbroken?
Will see how it works once it arrives, I hear it takes a bit of faffing about to get it configured, so I'm preparing for a looooooong night!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just bought an Android box allegedly fully loaded and Jailbroken?
Will see how it works once it arrives, I hear it takes a bit of faffing about to get it configured, so I'm preparing for a looooooong night!!"
Goodluck even seasoned operators struggly with that one  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Kodi box judders and stutters poorish quality pic and thats on 20mg wifi. Does it need faster ? Im using wookie. Still getting my head around it all. "
2 of mine run on Wi-Fi (50mps) and other than the occasional buffer, depending on what time it is and the quality of the stream, everything runs smoothly. Try something streams with SD after the title, that may help, or pick up a Wi-Fi extender/booster plug (handy to have if you've got a few devices connected to your Wi-Fi network) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm just now browsing some kodi boxes
but hard to choose which is best an what to go for
Check reviews and specs, average price £25-30 "
its what i am checking espcially the reviews
some saying a number of apps don't work |
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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago
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We changed about six months ago from Sky to kodi and although there has been challenging moments when we couldn't find a stream we wanted, we have had much more choice in what we wanted to watch and saved a fortune.
We have tried to hardwire the cable from the router to a telly on a different floor, to get a better connection as the Wi-Fi doesn't go that far but we have done something wrong and we can't get that box to work. If anybody has got any idea what we might have done wrong I would love some advice. It might be where the cabling actually comes into the wall, into a junction box, and then goes out again to the telly? |
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"We changed about six months ago from Sky to kodi and although there has been challenging moments when we couldn't find a stream we wanted, we have had much more choice in what we wanted to watch and saved a fortune.
We have tried to hardwire the cable from the router to a telly on a different floor, to get a better connection as the Wi-Fi doesn't go that far but we have done something wrong and we can't get that box to work. If anybody has got any idea what we might have done wrong I would love some advice. It might be where the cabling actually comes into the wall, into a junction box, and then goes out again to the telly?"
if I get your meaning you want to run two tvs from one box ? If so you would need a splitter box the router doesnt carry any tv pictures so a splitter box out of your kodi box.one outlet to livingroom tv the other to the bedroom tv when I mentioned hardwiring I was meaning ethernet cable instead of wifi |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We changed about six months ago from Sky to kodi and although there has been challenging moments when we couldn't find a stream we wanted, we have had much more choice in what we wanted to watch and saved a fortune.
We have tried to hardwire the cable from the router to a telly on a different floor, to get a better connection as the Wi-Fi doesn't go that far but we have done something wrong and we can't get that box to work. If anybody has got any idea what we might have done wrong I would love some advice. It might be where the cabling actually comes into the wall, into a junction box, and then goes out again to the telly?if I get your meaning you want to run two tvs from one box ? If so you would need a splitter box the router doesnt carry any tv pictures so a splitter box out of your kodi box.one outlet to livingroom tv the other to the bedroom tv when I mentioned hardwiring I was meaning ethernet cable instead of wifi"
Invest in a Wi-Fi extender/booster, £20-£40. That would fix the Wi-Fi reach problem |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"chromecast keeps buffering a fair bit n getting fed up with
need something better"
I've got chromecast v.1, don't have problems with it at all. Try switching it off, then back on (the good old I.T fix) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"chromecast keeps buffering a fair bit n getting fed up with
need something better
I've got chromecast v.1, don't have problems with it at all. Try switching it off, then back on (the good old I.T fix)"
that's the thing I have its why I'm looking for an alternative |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"chromecast keeps buffering a fair bit n getting fed up with
need something better
I've got chromecast v.1, don't have problems with it at all. Try switching it off, then back on (the good old I.T fix)that's the thing I have its why I'm looking for an alternative"
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"Kodi box judders and stutters poorish quality pic and thats on 20mg wifi. Does it need faster ? Im using wookie. Still getting my head around it all.
2 of mine run on Wi-Fi (50mps) and other than the occasional buffer, depending on what time it is and the quality of the stream, everything runs smoothly. Try something streams with SD after the title, that may help, or pick up a Wi-Fi extender/booster plug (handy to have if you've got a few devices connected to your Wi-Fi network)"
Cheers will look into this |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can't beat kodi and there's so many easy guides on the web and YouTube to setup it with the various addons.
I use Phoenix for most of the latest releases and salts for the older things to watch |
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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago
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"We changed about six months ago from Sky to kodi and although there has been challenging moments when we couldn't find a stream we wanted, we have had much more choice in what we wanted to watch and saved a fortune.
We have tried to hardwire the cable from the router to a telly on a different floor, to get a better connection as the Wi-Fi doesn't go that far but we have done something wrong and we can't get that box to work. If anybody has got any idea what we might have done wrong I would love some advice. It might be where the cabling actually comes into the wall, into a junction box, and then goes out again to the telly?if I get your meaning you want to run two tvs from one box ? If so you would need a splitter box the router doesnt carry any tv pictures so a splitter box out of your kodi box.one outlet to livingroom tv the other to the bedroom tv when I mentioned hardwiring I was meaning ethernet cable instead of wifi
Invest in a Wi-Fi extender/booster, £20-£40. That would fix the Wi-Fi reach problem"
No we are attempting to run two completely separate boxes off two separate TVs. Whichever box we have in the lounge works perfectly as it is close to the Wi-Fi. The box downstairs even with the WiFi extender doesn't seem to work so we tried to hard wire it from the router, going downstairs into a junction box with an ethernet cable and then back out of tge junction box, with another ethernet cable to the android box but we just haven't got it right in some way, as it won't work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We changed about six months ago from Sky to kodi and although there has been challenging moments when we couldn't find a stream we wanted, we have had much more choice in what we wanted to watch and saved a fortune.
We have tried to hardwire the cable from the router to a telly on a different floor, to get a better connection as the Wi-Fi doesn't go that far but we have done something wrong and we can't get that box to work. If anybody has got any idea what we might have done wrong I would love some advice. It might be where the cabling actually comes into the wall, into a junction box, and then goes out again to the telly?if I get your meaning you want to run two tvs from one box ? If so you would need a splitter box the router doesnt carry any tv pictures so a splitter box out of your kodi box.one outlet to livingroom tv the other to the bedroom tv when I mentioned hardwiring I was meaning ethernet cable instead of wifi
Invest in a Wi-Fi extender/booster, £20-£40. That would fix the Wi-Fi reach problem
No we are attempting to run two completely separate boxes off two separate TVs. Whichever box we have in the lounge works perfectly as it is close to the Wi-Fi. The box downstairs even with the WiFi extender doesn't seem to work so we tried to hard wire it from the router, going downstairs into a junction box with an ethernet cable and then back out of tge junction box, with another ethernet cable to the android box but we just haven't got it right in some way, as it won't work."
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure you can't split cat V through a junction box, the cable is generally screened and the cores twisted to keep the data clean.
I just bought a tp link AV500 the uses your electrical wiring to give you a data connection else where and it also has a new wifi hotspot on the output box, pretty cheap on Amazon and it's just plug and play and worth every penny |
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"We changed about six months ago from Sky to kodi and although there has been challenging moments when we couldn't find a stream we wanted, we have had much more choice in what we wanted to watch and saved a fortune.
We have tried to hardwire the cable from the router to a telly on a different floor, to get a better connection as the Wi-Fi doesn't go that far but we have done something wrong and we can't get that box to work. If anybody has got any idea what we might have done wrong I would love some advice. It might be where the cabling actually comes into the wall, into a junction box, and then goes out again to the telly?if I get your meaning you want to run two tvs from one box ? If so you would need a splitter box the router doesnt carry any tv pictures so a splitter box out of your kodi box.one outlet to livingroom tv the other to the bedroom tv when I mentioned hardwiring I was meaning ethernet cable instead of wifi
Invest in a Wi-Fi extender/booster, £20-£40. That would fix the Wi-Fi reach problem
No we are attempting to run two completely separate boxes off two separate TVs. Whichever box we have in the lounge works perfectly as it is close to the Wi-Fi. The box downstairs even with the WiFi extender doesn't seem to work so we tried to hard wire it from the router, going downstairs into a junction box with an ethernet cable and then back out of tge junction box, with another ethernet cable to the android box but we just haven't got it right in some way, as it won't work."
gonna sound crazy have you checked the box works? Also not sure of yoursetup but bypass the junction box and plug ethernet straight from android box to router I run multiple pcs xbox and other gadgets where possible always hardwired as there is little pckt loss wifi will always have pckt loss its the price you pay for wireless.could also be a break in cable systematically check each component.not sure what your junction box is or what its for but the android box itself wont need it hope you get it fixed |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have the android box for my livingroom and bedroom. Great for kodi or showbox.
Use Mobdro for sports.
Great for on the go & work easy to use and works well using WiFi |
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By *ompip3Couple
over a year ago
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"Just bought an Android box allegedly fully loaded and Jailbroken?
Will see how it works once it arrives, I hear it takes a bit of faffing about to get it configured, so I'm preparing for a looooooong night!!
Goodluck even seasoned operators struggly with that one "
What should I have been looking for then?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Amazon Fire to stick £30/40 add Kodi threw an unknown source and add a repository Souce such as ares wizard spinz tv wizard to Kodi which is fully loaded builds to install And never pay anything else . Every livechannel free every movie and show on demand free I love it . Much better than sky if you know your way around it
Need to know feel free to ask how
for your knowledge and learning only it is illegal I think lol I'm not telling you to attemp it
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If your looking for something that works the same as sky and same channel listing and a 7 day epg the vu boxes are the way to go for if you load the sly skin it looks and plays the same as sly at a cost of £20 for the years subscription, no add ons or plugings, simply put your sly cable in the back of the box and bang all the channels are unlocked via card sharing |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Still getting a few error messages on playback video failed to load. Any one no of a fix
I've got vlc installed an v player
For amazon fire stick
Using kodi |
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By (user no longer on site)
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i have an amazon fire tv stick which i have kodi on and through that i can also get netflix and all the usual iplayer and other catch up tv channels
and as I just got a letter to say my virgin media bill is going up im wondering if i need all i have on virgin media lol |
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