Android Boxs - whose got 1?
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I noticed this offer online today. Web store, located somewhere in the 905. I bought a laptop from them a few months ago.
I am not at all familiar with this product, but it seems relevant. $99.00
https://boxxaroo.com/collections/on-sale/products/mxq-tv-box-amlogic-s805?variant=16930518663
NVM...Amazon has the same product for $69:
https://www.amazon.ca/Amlogic-Bluetooth-Miracast-Tronsmart-Ethernet/dp/B00ORQEGGW
I am not at all familiar with this product, but it seems relevant. $99.00
https://boxxaroo.com/collections/on-sale/products/mxq-tv-box-amlogic-s805?variant=16930518663
NVM...Amazon has the same product for $69:
https://www.amazon.ca/Amlogic-Bluetooth-Miracast-Tronsmart-Ethernet/dp/B00ORQEGGW
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Learning curve is steep, but YouTube has videos on nearly everything you might need. Look at the "Kodimaster Wizard" , it basically does everything you need to start, then there's some fine tuning needed afterwards.
-D-
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you ride a bike right?
so do MotoGP/track racers
therefore their level of conversation will be very different than yours
it's the same thing right now in this thread, some ppl are more advanced than you...right now
Canadian content can be slim. Canada On Demand, as mentioned, is mostly broken.
CanLiveTV is limping along (some of us are pushing the author for an update) and does have a handful of live channels that are still working, including History TV Canada and a great HD feed from Global TV Toronto. It's not much so far as live TV goes, but both work impeccably well (not to mention the few others that also work) and it fulfils the "I just want something on in the background" type thing. Global is good for your morning fix of news and weather while getting ready for work, and History has the usual spattering of reality junk that fits a need now and then.
There is a CBC app that works quite well and allows you to watch a lot of previously recorded CBC shows like 22 minutes and a ton of other content.
The one and only channel that I honestly miss from cable is CP24 - it was our "go to" channel for quick fix news and such. There have been repositories that carried it for brief periods but it seldom lasts more than a few days. In the meantime, Global Toronto suffices.
As for the learning curve, yes it can be steep, but there are a million how-to sites out there that walk you through things step by step, as well as YouTube videos (not my go to, quality to junk/babble ratio is too high on many for my liking) that will help most people except for the most technically inept.
CanLiveTV is limping along (some of us are pushing the author for an update) and does have a handful of live channels that are still working, including History TV Canada and a great HD feed from Global TV Toronto. It's not much so far as live TV goes, but both work impeccably well (not to mention the few others that also work) and it fulfils the "I just want something on in the background" type thing. Global is good for your morning fix of news and weather while getting ready for work, and History has the usual spattering of reality junk that fits a need now and then.
There is a CBC app that works quite well and allows you to watch a lot of previously recorded CBC shows like 22 minutes and a ton of other content.
The one and only channel that I honestly miss from cable is CP24 - it was our "go to" channel for quick fix news and such. There have been repositories that carried it for brief periods but it seldom lasts more than a few days. In the meantime, Global Toronto suffices.
As for the learning curve, yes it can be steep, but there are a million how-to sites out there that walk you through things step by step, as well as YouTube videos (not my go to, quality to junk/babble ratio is too high on many for my liking) that will help most people except for the most technically inept.
redridernl
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You sure about that? Streaming is legal when it's paid for like a Netflix subscription. This is basically the same as setting up your torrent client to play before the download is finished.
Thanks for that - just picked up two - once I'm unplugged at home & the cottage I'll be saving ~ $2000/year.
If you need any help pm me.
Google how to install TV ADD-ONS. And use the Config wizard.
My wife and I are both in IT (and I've got a know-it-all teen in the house
), so I think we'll be ok, but thanks - appreciate it and will reach out as needed.
redridernl
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It's copyright infringement, hence, illegal. They just aren't going after people for it yet.
According to our laws, it's not actually. Read the Toronto Star links that were posted in their entirety.
if they want to go after anyone, they want the people that are hosting/sourcing the stuff. Which I think is foolish.
Netflix has shown that people are willing to pay for a product that delivers their needs. $200/mth for 65 channels of crap doesn't meet peoples viewing needs. Technology and viewership is adapting faster than distribution companies and tv/film studios.
Heck, most shows you can watch free of charge right on the website of your local station (with commercials of course).
It's a matter of time until artificial, geoblocking, blackout rules are revised and everyone has access to everything, for a fair price. Until that happens, these alternatives (just like FTA boxes, Satellites, reprogrammed cable boxes, etc before them) are what folks will use.
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Agreed, these cable companies don't even make a technological effort, have you seen the new rogers UI for their boxes? why go ahead and make it slower and worse?
Just waiting to get a reliable sports addon and I will cancel cable completely - I think my wife is finally on board with that
Just waiting to get a reliable sports addon and I will cancel cable completely - I think my wife is finally on board with that
Live sports/events (in anything better than potato quality) will be the final nail in the coffin. Soon as a solution is found, things will change dramatically.
Boots
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What sports are you trying to watch out of curiosity?
I've been pretty good with getting live sports (mainly soccer) from sportsdevil in HD. Worst case scenario, go over to a live tv addon and find the channel the games are on.
EaZ8
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is buying one of someone locally who says its "fully programmed" a scam?
im trying to figure out where the extra $50-60 goes to.
i have found a Z4 android box on kijiji for $155 but on amazon its $98
https://www.amazon.ca/Android-64Bit-Loaded-RK3368-Lollipop/dp/B0183AAPHQ
or local
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?requestSource=b&adId=1148544983
reason im looking at this box is its 2gig ram and 16 gig hard drive.
other 1 im looking at is the g box q2 but apparently that needs programming out of the box too?
im trying to figure out where the extra $50-60 goes to.
i have found a Z4 android box on kijiji for $155 but on amazon its $98
https://www.amazon.ca/Android-64Bit-Loaded-RK3368-Lollipop/dp/B0183AAPHQ
or local
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?requestSource=b&adId=1148544983
reason im looking at this box is its 2gig ram and 16 gig hard drive.
other 1 im looking at is the g box q2 but apparently that needs programming out of the box too?
In my opinion yes - It is a scam. My first box was purchased from one of these "we will set it up for you" people and i paid 180, from that point on I bought ebay for 70/80 and guess what, they came already setup with the same thing as I paid the extra 100 for.
