BEVS

I'm not wizzo

We have a Samsung tv but it is not 'smart'. I plug the Samsung , windows 8, laptop into the tv to try and watch bbc iplayer programmes , when it lets me.

I've not got an ipad or an iphone. Wot's one of them.

I think I may need to get a freeview box when Sky completely goes.

BEVS

I have. Nothing downloads. It seems there may be an issue with Firefox . I've tried assorted fixes.

jmh

I just wanted to put in a good word for Hola - thanks for the tip.

For those who don't know, it's free and you can use it to easily flip to a different country, e.g. UK or US. It will get you BBC and 4OD and I hear that you can also get Netflix (UK or US). Can't access the new Amazon Prime Video service though.

If you click on this link you might earn me a free month of the premium service:

http://hola.org/referral_signup?refe...&medium=manual

BBFLBoy

Oh lord, it's 2014. Are people still faffing around with VPNs, proxies and such to watch stuttering TV on their laptops and tablets? Expat Shield and all these proxies are frankly hopeless!

Get an IPTV set top box. I've had one in Florida for about 2 years now and I couldn't imagine life without it. It plugs straight into my TV, uses my internet connection and I get 40 live Freeview channels in HD. Comes with remote and 7 day catch up service so timezones are not an issue anymore. Just like watching telly back home.

Box costs about 100 quid, subscription is £20 a month. It's not a Slingbox either which is old hat. These boxes are superb. Seriously, why are you still discussing VPNs? I didn't realise people still used them!

Just Google www.nowuktv.com and you can see the iptv box deal on their homepage. Well worth the price, trust me peeps

Stormer999

This is NZ where the internet speed does not rate "High Speed" or peeps want to spend £25+ a month to watch TV that will spend most of it's time stuttering!
By the way are you promoting these boxes or are you just a UK TV addict ? (looking at your previous posts)

BBFLBoy

What speed do you have in NZ? If I was promoting the boxes, I think i would have spammed like crazy don't you? I haven't been on here for ages. Only came on as I had a message I forgot to reply to from months ago. Just thought I'd share my discovery as I used these VPNs for ages and glad I found these boxes instead. Much prefer to watch tv on a tv.

Stormer999

No you get me wrong just thought we might be in for a discount (in NZ we do not like paying the posted price...the best price!)
In Christchurch the internet speed is poor and not capable of smooth streaming though we are having fibre optics put in for the main city centre so we can upgrade from copper. So your post may well be the way forward in the not so distant future

BBFLBoy

Well I know these boxes support lower bandwidth connections as there's some channels that offer lower bit rate streams so might work down there in NZ. You don't need super-fast broadband to use these. 2mb is suffice according to the manual.

Stormer999

Yes they say 2Mbps min and I have just checked mine at best speed of 0.87Mbps

bourbon-biscuit

O, nasty! I have about 27 and I can't stream from iPlayer without buffering - though I am using Expattelly for vpn, which I don't think is as good as others but is easy to set up. I tried exploring unblockus but it wanted me to do things to my modem- beyond my confidence level.

BBFLBoy

0.87mbp?? Ouch, I feel for you. Had no idea internet speeds were that slow in NZ!

BEVS

Just tried assorteds.

Mine.

.91 upload

around 12/15 mps download

Semi-rural NZ. Copper wire.

Can I just say to you BBFLBoy that in this area where I live ,you go in a queue for broadband . If you change provider you will queue all over again. Perhaps for quite a while.

BEVS

Well . No.

Very different land and quite remote TBH

Stormer999

That was the best!......can't beat them carrier pigeons...

Stormer999

Mind you Bev's the boys have just laid big red fibre optic cables in our area and Ultafast internet will soon be available and I'm bloody sure the providers are slowly turning our upload speed down to make sure we sign up...