Re: Getting your UK TV fix
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. :p I think I may need to get a freeview box when Sky completely goes. |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by jmh
(Post 11136635)
You have to download the Iplayer Desktop which is easy..
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Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by madao
(Post 11136637)
Ah, I also have HOLA Unblocker browser extension installed which may be doing it's bit. Only thing I cant get working is C5 (no loss there though really)
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 |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
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 :) |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by BBFLBoy
(Post 11213491)
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 :) By the way are you promoting these boxes or are you just a UK TV addict ? (looking at your previous posts) |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by Stormer999
(Post 11213585)
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) |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by BBFLBoy
(Post 11213610)
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.
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 ;) |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by Stormer999
(Post 11213654)
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 ;) |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by BBFLBoy
(Post 11213733)
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.
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Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by Stormer999
(Post 11213827)
Yes they say 2Mbps min and I have just checked mine at best speed of 0.87Mbps
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Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by Stormer999
(Post 11213827)
Yes they say 2Mbps min and I have just checked mine at best speed of 0.87Mbps
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Re: Getting your UK TV fix
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. |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by BBFLBoy
(Post 11214221)
0.87mbp?? Ouch, I feel for you. Had no idea internet speeds were that slow in NZ!
Very different land and quite remote TBH |
Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by BBFLBoy
(Post 11214221)
0.87mbp?? Ouch, I feel for you. Had no idea internet speeds were that slow in NZ!
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Re: Getting your UK TV fix
Originally Posted by BEVS
(Post 11214250)
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. |
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