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Amazon TV fire stick with Kodi.

virtuocity said:
What's best for HD UK sports?

Is Sports Donkey worth paying for?
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If you're looking at a paid subscription have a look at Ruya. I've been with them for 3 months and so far everything is very reliable, don't get kicked out of streams and the range of content is impressive.
 
I have to start by saying I really don't understand all this stuff. However I bought a preloaded Firestick off eBay and in spite of the seller being keen to help etc I have to say I am pretty disappointed. I have the fastest BT broadband available allegedly. I really bought it for the golf channel but the stuff on Kodi just freezes all the time in 720, 1080 or just normal non-HD. You can't seem to rely on anything being good enough to plan to watch on it, in case it doesn't work or freezes part way through, so it's only of use to flick through and see what's working at any given time and hope it keeps working to the end of the program. Regular channels like BBC etc seem OK but a smart TV will give you that. Kodi is just poor and if it was an official product would be deemed unfit for purpose. Unless mine is a bad example they are a waste of money in my view and I certainly wouldn't give up Sky for one.
 
Kodi have issued a statement about these resellers and add on guys, and are going to start issuing takedown notices on people mis-selling products. Basically Kodi is an awesome piece of software and is very reliable. What you are seeing is many people trying to pass off their own crappy add on as being Kodi. It's not, they have simply added some links to enable streaming from Kodi, and somehow they expect Kodi to be the scapegoat for when things don't work. There is always someone wanting to make a fast buck from this, eg selling something that is free, that's why many of the Addons disappear as their links etc get 'stolen' and reused in systems that people are receiving money for! These pre installed systems are simply somebody clicking a few links and doing the initial download for you, and charging for the privilege. Your choice if you wanna pay for that, but losing Addons etc is because people are selling them and then not providing any support for it. Kodi do not give support for this and unless you know your way around them and can download/add yourself then your gonna struggle.
 
spongebob59 said:
Are you running wired or wifi ?

Whats your BB speed ?
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I am running wifi which I know is not as good. Measured when not plugged in to the router (I know you are supposed to plug it in to test) I am getting a speed of 54.
If I use my laptop or tablet in the same room on wifi I can watch movies without buffering.
 
Resurrecting this old thread!

I bought a firestick this week and after a couple hours I'd managed to install kodi and then this sports devil add on. Watched the football Thursday night and was amazed at how easy it was.

I've been watching the golf the last couple of days (india and bay hill) but have found it to be a bit hit and miss. Not sure if I'm doing it right? I go into sports devil and then either search in the 'live sport' section, trying numerous 'links' and also go into the 'sports tv' section and click on various links to sky sports 4. Again, very hit and miss, most don't work at all, the odd one works for a bit, freezes and I have to start my search again.

Are there any more reliable add ons for sports that any of you use?
 
I mostly watch the golf on the golf channel using the Phoenix addon, I find the 720 feed plays best on the fire stick.

UK Turks and Moneysports also seem pretty decent for sports channels.

youtube for how too videos.
 
Yeah. It's very hit and miss. Don't have a firestick but have an android box and can also use kodi on my phone with a chromecast. Both seem to buffer and lose the link too much when watching live feeds. It works a dream for films and tv box sets. It's not my broadband connection that causes the link to go down as I have virgin 200mbps.
 
Use valhalla through phoenix for the golf channel... Better then trying to get sky sports4

Never drops out unless all the kids and the wife are all streaming something else simultaneously
 
Thanks all. I've stuck Phoenix on there, so far so good! In fact, the quality of the picture is exactly the same as the standard tv. It was actually my missus who bought it for my birthday, regretting it big style!
 
So how fast a net connection does it require to make these things work?? I had an android box before but gave up with it Fter a week or something. None of the sources ever seemed to be available and the buffering on the ones I could get on was bad so I gave up
Iv just bought an Amazon firestick, just th £35 one, should I send it back and get a fully loaded one?
 
It's possible some sources aren't available because your ISP blocks them. I have BT and ICEFILMS won't work unless I switch the VPN on choosing the U.S. as my host country. I found a few other add-ons to be similar.
 
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