British TV
Oct 21st 2008, 3:55 pm
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Re: British TV
What you might consider is a 'Slingbox swap' where you hook up a slingbox in the UK in exchange for some US based person hooking up a slingbox in the US. You give each other the access codes and can watch the others TV.
The only rub about slingbox is if the 'hosting' person changes the channel, then you get whatever they changed to. If they have a power failure or don't pay their cable bill, then you're basically dead.
The only rub about slingbox is if the 'hosting' person changes the channel, then you get whatever they changed to. If they have a power failure or don't pay their cable bill, then you're basically dead.
Oct 21st 2008, 3:57 pm
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Re: British TV
I gave up on the Slingbox idea. The reality is, when I sit down to watch TV at 7:00PM EST, it's already midnight in the UK... not much on I want to see then.
So live UK TV is a little pointless. I could have a DVR in the UK, setup on Freeview, which would cost little to setup and since no subscription a friend or family member could just set it up in a spare room... or even the loft! No channel changing or subscriptions to worry about.
But if I'm not going to see it live, it brings me back to using torrents... which is what I do. I really like UKnova. I have a DivX player and burn files to a re-writable DVD disc. I can get about 12-hours of TV on each burn I do. Plenty to keep me occupied, I get to see it when I want, and all the adverts are edited out!
So live UK TV is a little pointless. I could have a DVR in the UK, setup on Freeview, which would cost little to setup and since no subscription a friend or family member could just set it up in a spare room... or even the loft! No channel changing or subscriptions to worry about.
But if I'm not going to see it live, it brings me back to using torrents... which is what I do. I really like UKnova. I have a DivX player and burn files to a re-writable DVD disc. I can get about 12-hours of TV on each burn I do. Plenty to keep me occupied, I get to see it when I want, and all the adverts are edited out!
Oct 21st 2008, 4:03 pm
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Re: British TV
It certainly is if you have a good internet connection, and it's a show with a lot of demand. On a good day, I can be watching an episode of Doctor Who within an hour of it finishing on BBC1. It can take a little longer with some other shows, but you can still get what you're looking for pretty quick.
Oct 21st 2008, 5:33 pm
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Re: British TV
It certainly is if you have a good internet connection, and it's a show with a lot of demand. On a good day, I can be watching an episode of Doctor Who within an hour of it finishing on BBC1. It can take a little longer with some other shows, but you can still get what you're looking for pretty quick.
Oct 21st 2008, 6:19 pm
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Re: British TV
I gave up on the Slingbox idea. The reality is, when I sit down to watch TV at 7:00PM EST, it's already midnight in the UK... not much on I want to see then.
So live UK TV is a little pointless. I could have a DVR in the UK, setup on Freeview, which would cost little to setup and since no subscription a friend or family member could just set it up in a spare room... or even the loft! No channel changing or subscriptions to worry about.
So live UK TV is a little pointless. I could have a DVR in the UK, setup on Freeview, which would cost little to setup and since no subscription a friend or family member could just set it up in a spare room... or even the loft! No channel changing or subscriptions to worry about.
The wife and I rarely watch "live" TV with the exception of news or sports.
Oct 21st 2008, 7:03 pm
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Oct 21st 2008, 7:11 pm
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Oct 21st 2008, 7:19 pm
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Oct 21st 2008, 7:39 pm
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Re: British TV
There's a shit ton of threads on getting tele using slingboxes, streaming sites and torrents for those who can be arsed.
But to make it simple, if your doing torrents, get peerguardian, if your using vista, get the beta -
http://phrosty.phoenixlabs.org/pg2-rc1/
Then get the loader to make it work - http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/showthread.php?t=16685
Also check netflix, blockbusters etc as they have a massive online catalogue of tele shows to rent...and check your local library, might get lucky, mine certainly has loads of shows, a lot pretty recent too.
But to make it simple, if your doing torrents, get peerguardian, if your using vista, get the beta -
http://phrosty.phoenixlabs.org/pg2-rc1/
Then get the loader to make it work - http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/showthread.php?t=16685
Also check netflix, blockbusters etc as they have a massive online catalogue of tele shows to rent...and check your local library, might get lucky, mine certainly has loads of shows, a lot pretty recent too.
Oct 21st 2008, 7:56 pm
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Re: British TV
Sweet, Bob! I'll get hunting!
Oct 21st 2008, 8:02 pm
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Re: British TV
Spooky... just as I mention Deal Or No Deal today, one of the hostesses closes Wall Street! 
Maybe a good omen?
Maybe a good omen?
Oct 21st 2008, 9:04 pm
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Re: British TV
I've been playing with this for the last few days. Not sure if I'm sold on it but it has some good channels, such as Euronews, BBC World, ITN, and some other weird stuff. Streamed but pretty good quality.
http://livestation.com/
http://livestation.com/
Oct 21st 2008, 10:03 pm
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Re: British TV
I've been playing with this for the last few days. Not sure if I'm sold on it but it has some good channels, such as Euronews, BBC World, ITN, and some other weird stuff. Streamed but pretty good quality.
http://livestation.com/
http://livestation.com/