IPTV vs Sky vs BT vs Freeview ?
IPTV vs Sky vs BT vs Freeview ?
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anonymous-user

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85 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Hi guys, I realise this is an ever changing world and I'm due to a household upgrade for the household ( 3 tv's )

  1. Broadband unlimited fibre with BT
  2. Old Sky boxes with a white card from ebay that gives all free channels
  3. TV's are a variety of ages ranging from 4 to 10 years old
I have read a little on internet about Smart tv's giving playlist apps, sky boxes, freeview boxes etc etc

I realise I need to upgrade but don't fancy the idea of paying for £2k per tv and a grand to sky so what is the best value TV and viewing platforms that will last me the next few years?

Thanks in advance

Mr Pointy

13,430 posts

190 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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What do you want to watch? That would be a good starting point. Sport? Movies? Netflix? Amazon? What do you mot care about getting?

anonymous-user

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85 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Ooooooooooops, forgot to say Premiership football

GeneralSinn

12,792 posts

218 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Do you want to be totally legal in your viewing?

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Monday 27th May 2019
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Unsure, has anyone been caught illegal streaming?

bighop

170 posts

128 months

Monday 27th May 2019
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mgsontour said:
Unsure, has anyone been caught illegal streaming?
Unless you're the one doing the streaming/uploading I wouldn't worry about it. You might get the odd letter off your ISP, but, in reality they are just made to send those out and don't usually give a rats arse themselves.

audi321

6,193 posts

244 months

Monday 27th May 2019
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Well if it's live Premiership football, you can forget Freeview (other than MOTD type programs), BT is limited, so Sky is your main option, but obviously comes at a cost.

There are boxes which stream them, I've never had much success really, and of course you don't get the benefits such as pause, rewind, full HD, nice planners/guides/etc. Or you can find websites to get the odd football match, but again not very reliable IMO.


bad company

21,920 posts

297 months

Monday 27th May 2019
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I dumped Sky in favour of Freesat. I also have NowTV for the odd Sky football match at £9 for 24 hours of sport.

wrencho

343 posts

96 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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We have Sky Q with two mini boxes for the "main" TV viewing but don't bother with sports. We have IPTV for that - every Premier League game (including 3pm KO's), Champions League and box office sports...bit fiddly to set up and you have to keep one eye out for a new source if the current one gets shut down but for £11.70 a month it's a no brainer!!

AJB88

15,975 posts

202 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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I used to pay for one of these subscription kodi services which worked brilliantly, I always found the free ones not so good. But then they started wanting payment in bitcoin which I couldn't be bothered with so just gave it all up.

Do miss watching the F1 and Football occasionally but if I'm that bothered Ill go the pub and watch it.

selmahoose

5,637 posts

142 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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I paid iptv 90 euros for 2 years subscription about 6 months ago.

All good so far, though I have to occasionally reload playlist.

Almost exclusively use it to watch football including on foreign channels, especially Portuguese.

AJB88

15,975 posts

202 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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selmahoose said:
I paid iptv 90 euros for 2 years subscription about 6 months ago.

All good so far, though I have to occasionally reload playlist.

Almost exclusively use it to watch football including on foreign channels, especially Portuguese.
any details? pm me if needed.


p4cks

7,544 posts

230 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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selmahoose said:
I paid iptv 90 euros for 2 years subscription about 6 months ago.

All good so far, though I have to occasionally reload playlist.

Almost exclusively use it to watch football including on foreign channels, especially Portuguese.
Same. Plus my box has a plethora of stored films, documentaries and TV shows which I can watch any time.

A particular highlight was stumbling across the full Wonder Years programme. Ahhh Winnie Cooper

Oh and I get Saturday 3pm matches too

selmahoose

5,637 posts

142 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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AJB88 said:
any details? pm me if needed.
https://iptv.shop/
https://iptv.shop

That's the site I subscribed on.

I see the prices have changed. From memory I took up a temporary special offer, but for €60 a year I'd still do it again.

AJB88

15,975 posts

202 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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selmahoose said:
https://iptv.shop/
https://iptv.shop

That's the site I subscribed on.

I see the prices have changed. From memory I took up a temporary special offer, but for €60 a year I'd still do it again.
Can you put it on multiple devices? ie 2x firestick etc?

Mr Pointy

13,430 posts

190 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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AJB88 said:
selmahoose said:
https://iptv.shop/
https://iptv.shop

That's the site I subscribed on.

I see the prices have changed. From memory I took up a temporary special offer, but for €60 a year I'd still do it again.
Can you put it on multiple devices? ie 2x firestick etc?
Yes but one account can only be logged in on one device at a time.

nealeh1875

1,162 posts

123 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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I'm going to sound extremely dim here but what is IPTV ?

Is it just an app you can download onto a smart tv or fire stick which allows you to watch x amount of channels?

What is the quality like? especially on sports, does it buffer a lot?
Does it have box sets within the interface or is it just live telly?
Does it need updating a lot?

Our BT internet is up in September, BT sport is getting cancelled tomorrow after the Europa league final so something like this would save a fortune instead of signing up to full virgin package at the start of the season

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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selmahoose said:
https://iptv.shop/
https://iptv.shop

That's the site I subscribed on.

I see the prices have changed. From memory I took up a temporary special offer, but for €60 a year I'd still do it again.
If you can remember did you use your own VPN or does it come with it's own?

selmahoose

5,637 posts

142 months

Tuesday 28th May 2019
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mgsontour said:
If you can remember did you use your own VPN or does it come with it's own?
As I don't know what a vpn is, I have to assume it came with its own smile

anonymous-user

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85 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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selmahoose said:
As I don't know what a vpn is, I have to assume it came with its own smile
A private network that hides your location, there are free and paid options from most big suppliers
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