Traf Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) I really do not know why you bother, go get a Skybox F5s, if will be another 12 months at least before they stop working I'm getting one of those for the living room, unless of course this xbmc does the business. The android's upstairs at present Edited December 9, 2013 by Traf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny G Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 You don't understand why someone would buy something that has no subscription costs, will work indefinitely and has a lot more than you can get on Sky? But it clearly doesnt work very well does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 But it clearly doesnt work very well does it? For what you get versus the cost I'd say it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 But it clearly doesnt work very well does it? Mine does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I really do not know why you bother, go get a Skybox F5s, if will be another 12 months at least before they stop working I've wondered about these....do you have to have a dish? - or do you just take from your WiFi? - also, when the 12 month gift runs out, what do you do then? - just buy another one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I've wondered about these....do you have to have a dish? - or do you just take from your WiFi? - also, when the 12 month gift runs out, what do you do then? - just buy another one? Girlfriend's sister has one. Its not worked for 2 weeks. The dodgy bloke who fitted for them charged £150. Wants another £100 each year to "sort" for them. He's knocking off 2 weeks for next year's. Personally all sounds shit to me. But there's others like DG who've had no issues in 18 months. However, you get Sky quality - so has its plus points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Girlfriend's sister has one. Its not worked for 2 weeks. The dodgy bloke who fitted for them charged £150. Wants another £100 each year to "sort" for them. He's knocking off 2 weeks for next year's. Personally all sounds shit to me. But there's others like DG who've had no issues in 18 months. However, you get Sky quality - so has its plus points. Do you require a dish though? - or does it get it's "information" via the interweb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Do you require a dish though? - or does it get it's "information" via the interweb? You need a dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 But it clearly doesnt work very well does it? Vegas mustn't be very rock n roll if you are debating dodgy internet TV stuff on here with us grumpy middle-aged blokes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Vegas mustn't be very rock n roll if you are debating dodgy internet TV stuff on here with us grumpy middle-aged blokes!!!! Fuck off, Deaks. I'm not middle aged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny G Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) Vegas mustn't be very rock n roll if you are debating dodgy internet TV stuff on here with us grumpy middle-aged blokes!!!!I only did 3 nights pal got back home Sunday Back on topic I've had mine for 18 months with no issues the only time it's freezes is due to crap internet through talk talk, yes you need a dish which plugs into the box as normal as well as an Ethernet cable that goes straight to router There are some shite servers out there who overload the systems then do a runner I did a bit of research and went for a good one that costs 60 a year to renew The sky feed provides the picture, the internet decodes it from the server Edited December 10, 2013 by Danny G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 My Android Box has changed its skin to Xunity without me asking it to. Don't seem to be able to stream many if any films these days. Not sure if I need to give it an overhaul. And everytime I switch it on... I get BBC3 / BBC4 icons updating, etc. Everytime! Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I also get the BBC icons updating. Only takes a minute, so not arsed. Mine also says Xunity when I load up XBMC, but my skin is no different. Just change your skin in settings if its a problem. I've no issue with films. Only problem is that 1Channel rarely works. I just use MashUp or IceFilms instead, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've just got rid of 1channel altogether now, as it's too bit hit and miss. I've downloaded something called Movie Storm which is pretty good though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I also deleted TVCatchup as well, and now I don't get the BBC updates. If I wanted to watch TVCatchup, then I would just watch it through the apps bit and not the XBMC bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 If I wanted to watch TVCatchup, then I would just watch it through the apps bit and not the XBMC bit Good idea. We are still using it in the kitchen in a morning for Daybreak!! Sorted my Aeon Nox skin again.... but all the tabs at the bottom of reset to "holders" - so where I had sport, under it I don't get all the apps as previous. Doh! I flicked through latest releases on Icefilms yesterday... Lone Survivor looked like it was going to play fine. Tried Mandela about 5-6 times, got sound but no picture! Ended up downloading a few films on my Mac and playing on the Droidbox via USB stick.... kinda defeats the object, but end result was what I wanted (ie. being able to watch the film). Still deliberating whether or not to upgrade to Fibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Smiley, do you use MashUp at all? Personally, I find it better than IceFilms. You get the benefit of a synopsis for the films and you can also see their ratings. When you then select which stream you want I always find the ones under 'Movreel' to be the best and rarely have any buffering issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Yes, MovReel on MashUp seems best for the box sets I'm watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Smiley, do you use MashUp at all? Personally, I find it better than IceFilms. You get the benefit of a synopsis for the films and you can also see their ratings. When you then select which stream you want I always find the ones under 'Movreel' to be the best and rarely have any buffering issues. Have been flicking through MashUp, so I will give this a go again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Traf - when you open XBMC, do you get a 'X-UNITY' screen as it opens? (I'm just trying to suss out which repositories you're running). Edited January 28, 2014 by DazBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Yes, I get X Unity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Turns out our phone line isn't stable….. hence we get intermittent broadband loss…. which in turn creates buffering or loss of coverage on the Droidbox. Just need a phone engineer out to sort. Edited January 28, 2014 by Smiley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Traf, go into video add-ons.Select Xunity Maintenance.Select Fix My Repos.Hopefully this should sort you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Ooh, found something else whilst fannying around with MashUp. Go into MashUp Select MashUp Settings Select Home Layout Scroll Down to Mash Sports and click OK so that the box is ticked. (Whilst your at this you can untick all the other boxes that you never use, ie HD Releases, TV Latest, Genre, etc) Now Click Ok. You should see a revised menu list. Click on Mash Sports.... You've now got a comprehensive list of live sports channels such ask Sky, BT, ESPN, Setanta, etc ... and At The Races The quality of these is really good too. Miles better than the ones on Porky's Playlist. You're welcome. PS - Traf, I too am getting the instruction to update MashUp to 1.4.0 (I think) ... but I've searched all available updates and can't seem to find the one to do it. Hopefully it should take care of itself automatically over the coming days, but until then just ignore it as it seems to be working just fine. PPS - I'm expecting multiple reacharounds for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Nicely done. Reacharounds are a given, aren't they? As for At The races, I tend to watch it at my desk, I have a couple of good live streams for that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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