Pommy Dan

Has anybody signed up to this service?

http://www.liveuktv.com/index.asp

Few bucks a month to have live tv streamed over the internet to your PC.

Sounds ALMOST too good to be true.

I signed up to the trial and watched Enders the other night. It certainly works, just wondering quite how LEGAL it is...

northernbird

why would you pay for it when you can download it for free and watch it at your convenience www.uknova.com and www.thebox.bz

Pommy Dan

^^^^^ why indeed?

Just wondering if anyone has used it on a long term basis.

You obviously haven't.

Torrents rely on someone else uploading and seeding, this is actual Live TV as it is being shown in the UK.

For particularly homesick expats this might be quite nice...

AndyR1976

I think you'll find that the live TV thing will get very tiring.......if it is in fact streamed live.....




There is no way I'd be getting up at 5am to catch the days Eastenders episode....

I agree with what others on the forum have suggested in the past - I use thebox and downloard what I want each week - that way we can sit down adn watch hollyoaks, or the x-factor at our leisure.......

northernbird

I have downloaded Corrie and The Apprentice this morning, both of which were shown last night in the UK. Why anyone would want to get up in the middle of the night to watch Eastenders 'live' is beyond me. Plenty of homesick expats use the box and uknova and lots of programmes to chose from with plenty of seeders. I can download a corrie episode in 6 minutes. Live streaming is a pain.

ozzieeagle

Thanks for that PD, I'm interested in having a look, I see you can record the shows which is handy.

Just got work out if anything worth watching is on when I want to watch it. The proof of that will be in the pudding so to speak.

PaulandNic

Not forgetting the lack of adverts! ...

northernbird

Corrie is actually only 21 minutes long. Those who complain about adverts in Australia obviously don't realise that the 30 minute time slot that Coronation Street occupies actually contains 9 minutes of adverts.

poppyjasper

Hi
After reading this yesterday I joined up to UKNova and downloaded Tuesdays Eastenders (we havent seen any since last Dec) it took over 3hrs to download though and while it was doing it the other laptops were so slow we couldnt use them.

How do you manage to do it in 6mins please?? Do I need to up-grade my broadband package and if so what to??

Please help, really loved watching Eastenders again (sad I know) but cant wait over 3hrs for it.

Poppy

northernbird

I have iinet ADSL2.

ozzieeagle

Are you using a wireless network within your house, some of those only transfer at 1.5mpbs that could be your problem. Also a lot depends on your broadband speed with your isp which can range anywhere from 256ks very slow up to 24 mpbs very fast. What broadband plan are you on, anything above 1.5 mpbs at present would be deemed as quite fast at present. The fastest that ADSL1 acheives is 8mpbs. All ADSL 2 plans are quoted @ 24mbps however proximity to the exchange affects the speed dramatically, the average for ADSL2 would be about 12-16 Mbps. I'm guessing NB is either on a adsl1 8mpbs plan or an ADSL2 plan.

DadAgain

check out http://www.speedtest.net/ to see what your speeds really are.

PaulandNic

Yeah not arf!

I can't get ADSL2 but have an 8 meg line. UKNova is prob the only torrent site I'll see 800kb/s! ...

IF! ... things aint moving quick on Nova, it's YOUR end I'm afraid!

deryans

I'd agree with that, I've had 1300kb/s + on ukn, which is amazing, 15 Gig of HIGNFY easily overnight!


by the way, I'm on adsl2+ with tpg in the 150 gig per month and it's excellent.

edie209

I just thought I would sign up for these services in advance but it seems I need an invite for www.thebox.bz would anyone be so kind as to let me have one