TV stick/box advice.

[rastapasta]

Hi All

I am stuck in central europe with their TV and the likes or netflix/Amazon etc are very limited as regards to content relative to the UK. Is there a box or a stick i can get which would allow me to watch UK content? I have a vpn account i just dont know how to get the actual channels.

thanks in advance

[Mr Pointy]

An Amazon Firestick might suit you as it has the catchup channels like iPlayer ITV Hub & All4 (plus others):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Fire-TV-Stick-4K-U...
https://www.radiotimes.com/technology/amazon-fire-...

A Roku stick is another excellent option:
https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/players
https://www.roku.com/en-gb/how-it-works

[Greedydog]

I moved from Fire TV to Nvidia Shield(s) as my TV box of choice. It's much more powerful and more flexible (at least for what I want to do) but more expensive too. It's Android TV based so there should be a choice of VPN apps from the common providers (edited to add - or sideloading your current provider if it's not available as an app). Then it's just a case of picking a UK server.

[Mr Pointy]

Greedydog said:

I moved from Fire TV to Nvidia Shield(s) as my TV box of choice. It's much more powerful and more flexible (at least for what I want to do) but more expensive too. It's Android TV based so there should be a choice of VPN apps from the common providers (edited to add - or sideloading your current provider if it's not available as an app). Then it's just a case of picking a UK server.

The Sheild is a nice device but I'd suggest it is probably more suited to home use & would be a bit of lump to carry round: at £180 it's also a pretty punchy price for a streaming box.

[superpp]

easiest answer is the amazon firestick and choose a VPN that has a firestick app available.
you can then be 'virtually' in the UK (or anywhere that your VPN covers).

[B0unty_Hunter]

I've used my firestick all over Europe.

Seems to be that as long as the Prime/Netflix account is based in UK (ie registered to a UK address and bank) then you can still watch UK stuff when abroad even on hotel wifi

Edited by B0unty_Hunter on Saturday 22 May 01:09

[AJB88]

few options these days

Roku
Firestick
Google Chromecast with Google TV

I have the new Google Chromecast with Google TV, previously had Firesticks.

[NMNeil]

Raspberry Pi ($30) loaded with Kodi (free).
https://www.alphr.com/software/1002235/what-is-kod...

[rastapasta]

evatra said:

I am also for amazon firestick. Use the vpn service, install some addons and you can watch almost everything what you can imagine

what add ons would you recommend ??