hannibal smith Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Looking to get rid of Sky as the cost Is getting ridiculous. Can remember people taking about various boxes and the like you can get. what are the best options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 of the original thread best option to get decent streaming is get Kodi or android box, and then subscribe to what you want to watch - netflix for movies etc & maybe sportsnation/sportsmania for sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I just got Kodi and not sure why you'd need to subscribe to anything like that. I have access to every movie I want to watch (new ones running around three months behind) and pretty much every sports game in the world streamed live (albeit with varying quality). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunchy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I have a fire stick sideloaded with kodi then it's just a case of installing the add one to kodi that you want. Been looking at megabuilds for kodi might install one the morra and see how it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 11.7% annual churn reported in the FT yesterday, on a 70% hike in EPL rights. Doesn't stand up to serious scrutiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 58 minutes ago, euan2020 said: 1 of the original thread best option to get decent streaming is get Kodi or android box, and then subscribe to what you want to watch - netflix for movies etc & maybe sportsnation/sportsmania for sports Definately sportsmania.eu for the fitba (and pretty much any other sport you can imagine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkyboy and the fluffer Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Openbox + skydish + tinternet + = Free Telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Stapes said: I just got Kodi and not sure why you'd need to subscribe to anything like that. I have access to every movie I want to watch (new ones running around three months behind) and pretty much every sports game in the world streamed live (albeit with varying quality). there's you answer - sportsmania is around GBP 50 a year for Sky HD Quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 hour ago, shunkyboy and the fluffer said: Openbox + skydish + tinternet + = Free Telly. is that a brand or you mean android ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) Get a zgemma box loaded with a sky skin. Cost about £120 including 12 month sub. £20 per year to renew. Hook it up with your satellite dish cables and wireless broadband. You're picking up broadcasts not streams so no buffering etc. Youll get all the sky channels, BT sport, etc etc. Looks and behaves exactly like sky including pause, record, etc. Much easier than kodi. Edited January 29, 2017 by DaveyDenoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 39 minutes ago, DaveyDenoon said: Get a zgemma box loaded with a sky skin. Cost about £120 including 12 month sub. £20 per year to renew. Hook it up with your satellite dish cables and wireless broadband. You're picking up broadcasts not streams so no buffering etc. Youll get all the sky channels, BT sport, etc etc. Looks and behaves exactly like sky including pause, record, etc. Much easier than kodi. I've been intrigued on this for a while, will look in to it. Who do you get your sub through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 in my experience the boxes that stream aren't very reliable for live sports. The open boxes that connect to the sky dish are much better but then they cost more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkyboy and the fluffer Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, Big Col said: in my experience the boxes that stream aren't very reliable for live sports. The open boxes that connect to the sky dish are much better but then they cost more. Not really. Mine was under £60 with a 1 year "free gift". Had it 7 months now with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I've always been a cynic in terms of live sport on Kodi. Have watched a few games, or bits of games, and found the quality to be average at best especially on big screen tellys. However I was at my wife's aunties a couple weeks ago and her man has an IPTV subscription. I was VERY impressed. HD or near enough HD quality on a big telly. He pays about £70 a year for IPTV and VOD. My Sky renewal is up in about a month. Last year I had everything bar movies for approx £30 a month, including multiroom. Will be aiming for something similar this year but if I don't get that will look at binning it. Only way you get decent prices now with Sky is to actually cancel and then re-negotiate/haggle over the costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Aye chucking sky this month as well. Got an email saying they were adding on another fiver or so a month for TV, broadband and line rental. Quite content with kodi on a firestick at the moment but will probably need to find something more reliable for live sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Parklife said: I've been intrigued on this for a while, will look in to it. Who do you get your sub through? I'll need to check. My brother and old boy have one each and they work great. He got one for my uncle as well and it's also spot on. I don't have one yet as I'm still tied in but going to see where he got them from and get one myself once I'm out of contract. Much better and easier to use than kodi. Although kodi is good for specific games, films, etc it's really no substitute for a sky tv package whereas these boxes are a pretty decent alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 5 hours ago, DaveyDenoon said: Get a zgemma box loaded with a sky skin. Cost about £120 including 12 month sub. £20 per year to renew. Hook it up with your satellite dish cables and wireless broadband. You're picking up broadcasts not streams so no buffering etc. Youll get all the sky channels, BT sport, etc etc. Looks and behaves exactly like sky including pause, record, etc. Much easier than kodi. able to use this overseass you reckon ? or needs to be linked to a dish pointing at sky satellite ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 hour ago, euan2020 said: able to use this overseass you reckon ? or needs to be linked to a dish pointing at sky satellite ? Has to be linked to a dish which picks up sky. Theres no streaming involved, you need to play cknip the actual broadcast. All your internet connection is doing is decoding the signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkyboy and the fluffer Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 hour ago, euan2020 said: able to use this overseass you reckon ? or needs to be linked to a dish pointing at sky satellite ? 9 minutes ago, DaveyDenoon said: Has to be linked to a dish which picks up sky. Theres no streaming involved, you need to play cknip the actual broadcast. All your internet connection is doing is decoding the signal. I reckon you should be able to use IPTV abroad. Might involve using a VPN but can't see why would not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, shunkyboy and the fluffer said: I reckon you should be able to use IPTV abroad. Might involve using a VPN but can't see why would not work. Cheers - kind of have that already through Bahama's - have a ROKU and pay around $50 a month subscription - although its more for ameican market still scratch to see whats out there - might be a local South Africa IPTV which is more suitable for me chew around 160-200 GB a month now with above Edited January 29, 2017 by euan2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return of Yermaw Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 19 hours ago, hannibal smith said: Looking to get rid of Sky as the cost Is getting ridiculous. Can remember people taking about various boxes and the like you can get. what are the best options? Sky and Dan Cake will desperately try to keep your custom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
they've_been_suckered Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Interesting to see all this Kodi box stuff. Aware of it already but still dubious about how user friendly it is. If something came along with a small fee that pulled everything together I'd be really keen. My Sky is out of contract in a few months. Will look more closely in the next few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkyboy and the fluffer Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Not an expert on this but I have a firestick with kodi and a open box. Kodi is great at finding what is already available but pish at streaming live. For real time TV if you got a dish get a open box if not iptv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 3 hours ago, shunkyboy and the fluffer said: I reckon you should be able to use IPTV abroad. Might involve using a VPN but can't see why would not work. Quite possibly. They're not using the zgemma boxes for IPTV, just sky, but I'd assume the box and an internet connection would run it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Firestick + Mobdro, and add Kodi/Exodus for movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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