Goodbye Dstv

[Wil6]

Netflix and hulu+ that is the way.

+1, Im on a 2meg adsl line from Telkom, and 96% of the time there is no problem with lag. I pay about R90 per month for Netflix. I run my Netflix through my Xbox and that makes it very easy. I also use Unotelly as my VPN server. Think that is R80 per month but well worth it as it increases your torrent speed and overall line speed.

[HeyYou]

I have been thinking about this for some time now,gatvol of repeats on dstv,paying R800 for premium (which by the way only have a few ok-ish channels). Me and my more beautiful other half are now looking at having ADSL installed,so that we can download movies/series,and watch it whenever we have time and when we are not cycling. Who else are doing the internet tv thing,is it worth it,because I heard stories about lines being made slow to hamper steaming ect (but I intend to download,not stream). Can anybody please give me some tips ect?

Do it right and you won't regret it. Did it 3 years ago, miss only the HD Sport, but movies etc a plenty.

 

I'm on 2mbps uncapped (business), so can comfortably use 100gb / month. A bit slow for streaming, but does work, depending on the site and quality.

 

There's another thread, about 2 years old, where I gave a list of sites for series and movies. Try PROJECT FREE TV google it. 

 

ALSO

There's a cool app for phone/tab

SOCCER AND CRICKET LIVE INDIETV

that has SKYSPORTS streaming, so you can watch Skysports in HD and ChromeCast to the TV!!!

 

Easy enough to use something like J DOWNLOADER and download off streaming sites.

Edited January 9, 2015 by HeyYou

[Wil6]

Uncapped - throttled & shaped

Capped - unthrottled, unshaped

 

I'm on a 4Mbps line, 150GB per month through Afrihost and it ROCKS> Use it for gaming, and my ping is EXCELLENT. Also got XBMC running, with CouchPotato and SABNZBD in the background, but I just haven't set it up properly yet and we've lagged behind in the series. Nothing a short browse of torrentz.eu won't sort out. And when your torrents come down at 400Kbps, it's a revelation.

wow that is fast

[Lurch the stalker]

Try WIZIWIG for streaming sport, more than you can watch. 

and others.

They don't operate anymore: http://www.wiziwig.tv/offline.html

 

"Today is a sad day for all fans of live sports streaming, as we at Wiziwig have to announce that we're forced to close our website, at least for now. This due to new laws in Spain which will get into force starting tomorrow, the 1st January 2015"

[ahmedbadat]

anyone here using a mag250 box thingy? how it works and how much it costs, met someone who said they replaced dstv with it and are very happy, but I cant find much info on it, they went with this option because of sport

[Stretch]

if you like the good wife and that greys program and all that then get hula...else get netflix...and if you have no issues with it you can download too

[HeyYou]

They don't operate anymore: http://www.wiziwig.tv/offline.html

 

"Today is a sad day for all fans of live sports streaming, as we at Wiziwig have to announce that we're forced to close our website, at least for now. This due to new laws in Spain which will get into force starting tomorrow, the 1st January 2015"

Ha, wasn't aware of that, too much holiday!!!

[marko35s]

wow that is fast [emoji106]

If you think that's fast try out LTE, because just Damn...

Pick what you want to watch for the evening and five minutes later the entire nights tv is downloaded and ready to go.

[marko35s]

wow that is fast [emoji106]

Double post

Edited January 9, 2015 by marko35s

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

If you think that's fast try out LTE, because just Damn...

Pick what you want to watch for the evening and five minutes later the entire nights tv is downloaded and ready to go.

yeah, I know. Only problem is the price of data via cellular networks. Can't WAIT for the tv signal to go digital. Will bring down the cost of data hugely

[Wil6]

If you think that's fast try out LTE, because just Damn...

Pick what you want to watch for the evening and five minutes later the entire nights tv is downloaded and ready to go.

Link please, Not to clued up on this

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Link please, Not to clued up on this

Telkom mobile.

 

https://www.telkommobile.co.za/plans/plan/10gb-10gb-internet/lte/homeoffice-lte-deal/

Edited January 9, 2015 by cpt armpies mayhem

[Lurch the stalker]

Telkom mobile.

 

https://www.telkommobile.co.za/plans/plan/10gb-10gb-internet/lte/homeoffice-lte-deal/

I have uncapped from MTN for a flat fee (unfortunately they don't offer it anymore so only a handful of people ever got it), but that is not a bad deal at all.

[marko35s]

Link please, Not to clued up on this

http://www.telkommobile.co.za/lte/

 

I took a fairly small contract but top up with prepaid data.

It works out around R20 per gig for me, with a gig I can pull in 3 to 4 tv series episodes depending on file size.

[(Deon)]

 ..my ping is EXCELLENT...

at certain times or on tap?

[Heel Drop]

I have been thinking about this for some time now,gatvol of repeats on dstv,paying R800 for premium (which by the way only have a few ok-ish channels). Me and my more beautiful other half are now looking at having ADSL installed,so that we can download movies/series,and watch it whenever we have time and when we are not cycling. Who else are doing the internet tv thing,is it worth it,because I heard stories about lines being made slow to hamper steaming ect (but I intend to download,not stream). Can anybody please give me some tips ect?

I have ADSL and apple TV with a US account and do Netflix via the US APP with Smart DNS - works like a charms and loads of content , movies and series and not even R200 - never had DSTV they are robbing people