Thinking of getting away from expressvu. Anyone have any experience with an android box ?
Thanks in advance
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Thinking of getting away from expressvu. Anyone have any experience with an android box ?
Thanks in advance
Its okay. Need fast internet. Or will buffer alot. Cant watch everything u want..
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I do not have experience with the Android box itself. However there is an app called Kodi that essentially does the same thing as the Android box. I have it on my cheap RCA tablet from Wal-Mart and connect it to my tv with a mini HDMI cord.
You can watch movies, tv and sports in it.
A buddy picked up 2x android boxes from amazon for like 40$ - 4K display, wired internet & USB 3.0 ports. He loves it - loaded Kodi on as matt mentioned above and with the add-ons you can get (1channel, icefilms, genesis, sportsdevil...the list is exhaustive) You can usually find anything you want..it just takes a while to find a decent/consistent one (add-on) and after that it's hit and miss when that 'feed' will be shut down. Also - recommend getting a VPN for streaming most things: I run one from privateinternetaccess.com and in 3 years have only had one night downtime, fixed almost immediately.
Watch TV at home on a Raspberry Pi3. Bought two and use one for TV and the second for balloon lunch to near space... it's been in low orbit three times. Still waiting for it to get mailed back from the UK. Last reported beacon location was depending at 3000 meters over Manchester UK. BATTERIES died maybe or maybe a cable shook loose. It was a rough ride on the way down.
Got an android box 2 weeks ago and really, REALLY like it.
Our Internet is a little too slow for quality live sports (we have a 10mbps package) feeds. It does need to buffer often and feed quality can be anywhere from fantastic (NFL games) to terrible (smaller market NHL games).
I've been able to watch my Sens and Bruins every game for 2 weeks, but I've only managed one or two "pretty" looking feeds in that time. To be honest though, even when it's a fuzzy 480p quality, it's still cleaner than the old snowy analog antenna feeds of my childhood.
For streaming cached shows & millions of movies, the android boxes (which are just viewer software bundles to run KODI streams - you can use an old computer to achieve the same results!) are incredible.
We watch all our favorite shows and new movies (even those still IN THEATRES) in 1080p, sometimes even in 4k.
I'm still looking for a good add-on that provides older, more classic cinema.
Just run, "FreeTelly" from your laptop...works much better than an android box in my opinion. Have had 3 android boxes...all buffer..all chinese manufactured crap!!!
I've been running mine for two years now it takes a little getting used to. It helps having friends that use them to share apps or links to a specific game vid time is great if you like the ohl and ahl. Has most junior games on it. To this date the only thing I find I can't find is a good local news but then after the liberal biased that they all showed during the last election I quit watching them anyways. Have not had a cable or bell bill in two years saved almost 2000 since no news is worth that
I went the exact opposite way... after 7 years... of no satelite.. (paid) or cable.. i gave up on trying the "alternatives". Nope not worth the hassles.Quote:
Originally Posted by exgunner
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When using Kodi addons be sure you clear the cache on a very regular basis ( I clear every time I log on ) get very little lag when doing so.
Anyone have good add ons for movies that actually work?
I have only had luck finding a few movies but most never load.
The movies still in theaters would be cool!
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I use exodus for movies
Exodus, Specto, Salts, Showbox.
With respect to the box. Love it. Dropped rogers and only have the Android and Netflix now. Im in the country and our connection is ok. Its pretty rare when we run into problems streaming.
I plan on getting a few android boxes and an HD antenna for local news etc.
This is what I did also. Picture quality is better then cable. We don't need 600 channels of nothing. Cut cable over a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by last5oh_302
Antenna, Kodi and internet have me covered.
Can you tell me where I do this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Starting_over
Settings
Apps
Kodi
Then clean cache
Do not clear data do not clear data
Only cache
You can install an app to your Android box dashboard for clearing the cache.
i got 3 of them..............great for free movies.........hard to get all sports games
Tough to use, but they are getting better.
There are some companies at shopping malls selling $600 boxes and claiming that their work better than others. Don't believe them. Just buy a decent quality box ($40 is decent) and you should be fine. But they are a bit of work to setup and keep running properly.
The cool thing if you travel is that you can unplug it and take it with you. So we take ours to the cottage and instantly have all the same shows and channels that we normally have a home.
There is another option for those less technology savvy. I installed "Free Telly" on my PC. It is still Kodi but it's an all in one package. It works on Mac and windows. Either watch on PC or stream to TV. It is a bit more user friendly for those just starting with Kodi.
Thanks for the responses.
I ended up getting a Q-box that was loaded up and ready to go.
As most of you are saying the movie selection and quality are fantastic, exodus and phoenix being my favorite.
I was having good luck watching leafs games on Vidtime but in the last week it stopped working...has anyone else experienced this or could it just be me ? any suggestions on where else I could find the games ?
cheers jipper
If you like jr or ahl games look up mad in Canada or mic. Pro sport normally has the games as well but vid time has been working for me
Vidtime has been offline more than on for the 2 months I've had my box.
I use a mix of apps to get sports. Live Net has the most dependable, but lowest quality feeds. Vidtime had a good mix depending on sport market. I think Mobro may also have great quality TSN feeds... but I may be confusing it with something else.
I cut the cord over a year ago and installed a cheap OTA and this Sony player. Overwhelmed by the amount of shows we can watch.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...fc39e4277aen02
I use SportsDevil for sports feeds. Decent quality, the odd time you may get a feed close to HD but mostly web based Flash so it is watchable. Feeds do drop the odd time as with any stream service.
I bought one about a year ago, used it for a couple months, it was great! Then it decided it didnt want to work anymore. It will stay powered on for a max of 5 minutes, then abruptly powers off.
Maybe I have bad luck, my first one lasted about 4 months, second one only 2 months, doesn't turn on anymore...Quote:
Originally Posted by striker89
What is a reliable/good one/brand to buy? (so far I am out about $250 for the two units)
I have had a glob mall for the past four months and the one I gave my son is almost two years old