roku?
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Correction: my TV is 1080i, but I gather 720p is slightly better and the Roku can be set to that.
But aren't there problems with wifi. It appears they stupidly put the remote control on the same channel as the streaming (?) Or has this been fixed?
But aren't there problems with wifi. It appears they stupidly put the remote control on the same channel as the streaming (?) Or has this been fixed?
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I have it hardwired.
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Might be fixed as I've never had an issue with mine over Wi-Fi
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No NowTV on Firestick which is why I went Roku. Amazon Prime, Netflix and NowTV available. And BBC, ITV, 4OD, Demand5. And Plex. Youtube. They're the only 9 I have installed.
I could hardwire it but realistically only to a Netgear dual-band wireless extender which would reduce my 60M broadband somewhat, even on 5GHz. Don't know if that would matter too much.
This thread seems to have answered most of what I wanted to know.
Thanks to all who responded.
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Sorry, was replying to OP. Didn't noticed you'd necroed a thread from last year... have you replied to the wrong thread to start this up again?
On a side note the FireTv 4K is just called that because the first version wasn't 4K. It's just the 2nd version so basically generally faster and well priced. I prefer them over my Rokus and NowTV I had.
Just learned tvplayer also available on Roku and includes for £5.99 p/m eurosport, had hopes for the upcoming tour de france, however
I never tried tvplayer on other platform eg win10, but I guess channel quality is the same as usual live itv/c4/bbc apps, so not 1080i , but 720 or 576 ??
[Eurosport player direct - it seems you must sign up for a year £4.99 p/m , although they had some special cycle tour deals.]
I never tried tvplayer on other platform eg win10, but I guess channel quality is the same as usual live itv/c4/bbc apps, so not 1080i , but 720 or 576 ??
should kill the ebay nowtv pass market for a couple of months -
per hotuk, if you are in final month of a pass, or even paying monthly, if you cancel now AND fill out the survey,
they give you two months at £1.39 p/m for entertainment to stay (just got that)
or apparently movies for £2p/m (but, personally, even at £2 not sure I could find anything worth watching)
per hotuk, if you are in final month of a pass, or even paying monthly, if you cancel now AND fill out the survey,
they give you two months at £1.39 p/m for entertainment to stay (just got that)
or apparently movies for £2p/m (but, personally, even at £2 not sure I could find anything worth watching)
why resurrect such an old thread?
re-using threads is the green approach ... it was only Oct 2016
[ It is ironic that many of the new threads could incestuously be answered by searching OC forums, often forget to look myself
there is a definite groundhog day element / "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" ]
[ It is ironic that many of the new threads could incestuously be answered by searching OC forums, often forget to look myself
there is a definite groundhog day element / "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" ]
it wasn't re-use though. it was answering the original post. Which has happened a lot recently.re-using threads is the green approach ... it was only Oct 2016
[ It is ironic that many of the new threads could incestuously be answered by searching OC forums, often forget to look myself
there is a definite groundhog day element / "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" ]
why bump old threads just to respond to the original post, if asking new questions or similar that's different.