timd77
Assistant Pro
How do you choose a US vpn?
Amazon TV fire stick with Kodi.
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SteveJay
Head Pro
I'd appreciate some advice too.....Virginmedia seems to now stop most add ons working, including Phoenix. I have an android box but was thinking about buying a fire stick for another room, though the last month or so's problems have put me off a bit.
MarkE
Challenge Tour Pro
Everything is working on mine, on virgin. Make sure all the addons are up to date.
Odvan
Journeyman Pro
Im using an Andriod box, not fire stick.
Quite simply, download a VPN app through the App Store thing (can't remember what it's called but you'll find it) and it'll ask which country to set your connection as.
I was using Hotspot shield (paid) but haven't renewed as I seem to be getting everything I need from Genesis, Pheonix and Navi-X
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
I've been very tempted by this
Simbo
Tour Rookie
Right gents, Iv bought a fire stick, downloaded kodi, sitting here right now trying to watch the golf, I went through Phoenix to sky 4. It's only been on 15 mins and is already doing my nut in. The buffering is horrific and the picture quality is pretty bad aswell.
Is 30meg broadband not fast enough for these things??
Is 30meg broadband not fast enough for these things??
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
I've found live TV very very patchy. Best streams tend to be the likes of Fox which quickly buffers to HD, SKy and BT streams have been poor. Then again it's all free so not really complaining. I use Kodi on my Galaxy Tab and set to auto stream via local cast to a chromecast on my TV. It requires a little set-up to get it going but works well. TV shows and movies have been great.
For live streams I personally now use websites on my laptop and cast the tab with the stream to my chrome cast. It's the most reliable way I've found to do it so far. Avoid anything that requests a plugin and have an adblock to prevent malicious pop-ups. Feel a little more comfortable in the fact I'm using a Mac OsX or Ubuntu on my machines as well. Actually would recommend anyone with an older windows laptop that only used for browsing the internet to make an Ubunut install disk or USB pen and replace windows with it.
sam85
Head Pro
Has anyone used any of the ready made builds that you can download with all the add ons installed? I've tried a couple of different ones and haven't decided which one I prefer.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Try NBC golf instead mate, lots of ad breaks but usually works much better than SS4.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Yes, I use Wookie, it's very good.
It's very little to do with your broadband speed, and all to do with the quality of the upload at the other end. Live TV always patchy, but you can get lucky with good streams. For example, Staael has a great stream for the Golf Channel in HD, and Robocop has HD for BT at the moment.
I use Preloaders - paid an extra £50 for the box and they give lifetime maintenance to their build and send set up instructions. Monthly updates at click of a button, got to say they are fantastic.
sam85
Head Pro
Haven't tried wookie yet, I'll see what it's like.
sam85
Head Pro
A lot of the free ones I've tried are constantly updated and I've found all the builds I've used have very helpful Facebook pages for any problems I've encountered.
