Today I watched I Daniel Blake, Hacksaw Ridge & Haye v Bellew, all for free

Me and the missus unashamedly cried watching I, Daniel Blake at The Brixton Ritzy Roger.

hacksaw ridge vastly overated imo

Couldn't live without my firestick...given the choice between my wife my dog and my firestick i'm not ashamed to say it would be adios wife..adios Poppy...just a shame my little Kodi can't do the ironing and the cooking

Twizzle, I'm shocked

Sorry i didn't reply earlier MD but me and Kodi were having breakfast together

That's a great little dog if it can do the ironing and cooking

Does anyone use a Firestick legitimately?

I've a Firestick in my bedroom and a MX box from China on my main TV.

Does anyone use a Firestick legitimately? cough cough

Do they come preloaded or do you have to mess about with them after purchase?

You can buy them pre loaded but you will have to learn to do it yourself at some stage as the software needs updated from time to time. It's not that difficult, it took me just over an hour on my first attempt and things have got easier over time. There are many guides on youtube ect.

You don't even need a Firestick, you can get versions for your mobile phone and PC. You can try it out on these first.

The firestick is really handy though, it's just plug and play and comes with it's own remote. Watching on your TV makes a big difference.

The quality is exceptional as well..all films are HD.I have a Bose sound system as well so it really is like being at the cinema without all the usual crisp munching distractions.Lots of films are now 2 hours plus so i tend to watch one hour and watch the remainder next day(if the film is a bit turgid)ie:Everest

Ok cool. I'll try it out on the bedroom TV first. Is it good enough to givey Virgin package the boot?

^ my

You need internet! But yes, I phoned up Virgin to "cancel" and then renegotiated myself a lower package. I now pay Virgin £35 PM instead of over £100.

I must add, live sport is not great on these. Sometimes it's hard to find a stream and the stream breaks if too many are watching. On the other hand I've found streams of Irish League Football games, great if you want to watch an obscure match.  Boxsets and films are brilliant though, as Twizzles says many are full HD.

Not really..the Sports quality isn't great and not sure  about you but I've got used to watching my sports in HD and i wont compromise

Oval beat me to it

Does your package include Sports Oval?

No, it's the medium TV package I think with 50MB internet. I found myself only watching the odd Premiership match so it wasn't worth paying anyway. My deal is up again next January where I'll be "cancelling" again.

Like you not bothered about football(bores me rigid although used to love the game) but cricket and golf are my passions and now BT have picked up a lot of the cricket i'm stumped(excuse the pun)My current package is just under the ton but is going up steeply next month..my contract expires in June and undecided if i'm prepared to pay these exorbitant amounts.

I think if they raise their prices you have an option to cancel even if your under contract. I'd check this out as it may be an opt out clause and give you a quicker way to renegotiate a deal.

I done it wrong and cancelled when I phoned up angrily (they hit me with an unseen charge) so I think I could have got a better deal.

Next time I'll be phoning up and cancelling saying I can't afford it, then try sweet talking my way to a better deal.

https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/help/cancel-contract-price-goes-up

Ok guys I've downloaded Kodi on my phone and done the add on set up. I'll try it later after my afternoon trip around the Andalucian hills.

Exodus is one of the better add ons but you'll need to sideload it.

Now you have Kodi, follow this guide: http://www.alphr.com/software/1002988/how-to-install-the-exodus-addon-for-kodi-get-one-of-the-best-extensions-on-kodi

My son is well clued up on the Firestick, I'll ask him later what the best streams for sport is when he comes home.

If you like what you see you can buy a Firestick out of Argos. They do drop in price from time to time, £20 is the cheapest I've seen them.

^^ Not too many Argos's in Andalusia. Amazon may be your best bet although ordering an Android box from China may also be an option.

You might as well just give ultimate mania a try for seven days, and see if you think it's worth it. You won't find better sports streams than that.

^^
What is it, how much does it cost?

what roger hasn't said is the quality of the boxing stream was crap

We watched the boxing on Kodi - stream stopped just as Haye slipped.
Took 3 mins to reconnect using Wookie.

Searching around for streams for sports is stressful, without paying.
We have fast fibre broadband.
It's all dependent on how many others are using that stream

Yet 90%+ of films we watch using Exodus, stream perfectly at 1080

Yes, the boxing last night was a pain.. just too many people watching, including me!
I was on UKturks, > sports > sky box office, and right up to the main event was running sweetly.
Films, documentaries, tv series are running better than I'd expected.

ps., negotiated my Virgin package down to 46 quid from 89 :)

Including sports in your new package john?

I am on the XL package, BT sports only.

kodi etc is **** for live sports just get a zgemma box or similar cost u less than £100 a year depending who u no. total sky package

Had my T95Zplus box for a month to see if it's any good before trying to downgrade my Virgin package.
Paid subscriptions seems to be the way to go on this?
Ultimate Mania is I think, around £60 a year, and you can get a full tv programme listing screen for somewhere around a tenner?

Thanks Oval man the Exodus add on was the one I downloaded following instructions on a YouTube clip.Back in the UK tomorrow. Will get a firestick from Amazon.

My Son said that whoever created Exodus is going to stop maintaining it so it may stop working after a while. I've still to speak to him but he mentioned another add on which I'll post when I get it.

These add ons must need a lot of maintaining from their creators. But the good news is as one goes down, another appears. There seems to be a large community behind it which must be impossible for authorities to close down.

There are also builds which contain all these add ons. I have the Kratos build on my Firestick but I find myself only using Exodus and none of the other add ons. The build has it's advantages but every time I start my firestick up, it takes 5 minutes to update all the add ons.

Don't have a Firestick  ,Still managed to watch All 3(free) ,2 good Films IMO.

Online Stream Boxing ,Fine if ur not Betting ..

Torrents for Movies.

I have the echo wizard build on my laptop, which I find ok, but there's lots of repo's on there that I doubt I'll ever use.
On my T95Z box direct to tv, I have my own build, didn't want to clutter up the set up, which I'm told might slow down your
stream?

This is all very well, but the important thing is can you get RUK for free with all these fireball sticks and things?

Yes, but it lags behind 'normal' tv, so just as useless for IR betting.

Showbox for movies, click and play in 720 no messing about.

I actually used Periscope for the Haye fight....had a perfect HD feed. 40k viewers it had at one point.

Just got a firestick and as people have indicated Kodi is great for TV shows and films, live streaming of football is very hit and miss though, bad quality or just not loading. I actually find the streams on Mobdro better overall which is easy to put on yer stick.
You could try a 'premium private server'. Had a free trial and then decided to give it a go, £25 for 3 months. You get all Sports (inc RUK, BT, 3pm Saturday games), movies and any other channel you could think of, there's a bit of on demand box sets and films, streams are very stable (haven't had one go down yet) and HD, impressed so far, bit dodgy perhaps, but isn't all of it!

Watched first 5 minutes of HR.
OTT opening shots of bodies ' flying ' through the air in slow motion. Bodies  on fire ,running in slow motion. Bodies on fire on the ground in slow motion. Then cut to two small boys playing in the woods. A type cast  script that has been done so many times before ( and better ).
But then it is directed by Mel Gibson. Enough said.

I hate war films, but I thought HR was fantastic. It's a bit harsh judging a film before the opening credits have finished.

If you gave it a go, and forgot about your Mel Gibson disliking, then you'd probably enjoy it.

Mar 7, 2017 -- 9:58AM, Facts wrote:

Watched first 5 minutes of HR. OTT opening shots of bodies ' flying ' through the air in slow motion. Bodies  on fire ,running in slow motion. Bodies on fire on the ground in slow motion. Then cut to two small boys playing in the woods. A type cast  script that has been done so many times before ( and better ).But then it is directed by Mel Gibson. Enough said.

Best stick to "Lentil Soup - The Movie"

I watch and enjoy plenty of films of all genres. hth.

Why harsh kenbo. ? Sometimes you can make your mind up very quickly.
Same with novels. I can usually tell from the first few pages whether I'm going to enjoy it.

It's harsh because you'd already decided that you didn't want to enjoy it.

I've given up on many films myself after the same amount of time, but I couldn't truly give an honest opinion of them after watching so little.

Give it a go on a quiet day/night, I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on it.

Ok I will. I acknowledge that ones mood cab heavily influence things
Take this evening for example. zFilm 4 now is Mission Impossible - Ghost Proticol.
Now I enjoyed the first two films in the series. But this ? After 5 mins I switched it off  - dire.
Was I wrong to ?

I watched Hacksaw Ridge the other night and thought it was average.

The MI films have gone more 'Hollywood' since the first two were made. I can have them on in the background without paying much attention, and still not miss the plot.

Films like HR can get overhyped, and not live up to expectations.

I'm still traumatised after watching the first 'Railway Children' film! Too much sex and violence for my liking!

Ok, those who want perfect streams and are willing to pay a bit, take my advice, paste http://ultimatemania.rocks/ into your browser bar and go to it. If you want to try it out, try for a week maybe and see how you get on. Once you have successfully signed up, go back to the main page and go to how to download our kodi add-on. This gives you foolproof instructions on how to install the ultimate mania add-on. Once installed, sign in with your username and password and enjoy almost a complete sky package and hundreds of sports channel from around the world including full HD RUK. I've been using this service for well over a year now and it is without doubt the best service available on Kodi. The owner of it has invested thousands in extra servers to keep things running as smooth as possible.

How does it perform on wifi treble or do you need an ethernet cable - my hub is about 5 metres away from the tv and running a cable isn't very practical for me

Lets see how this pans out

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/premier-league-set-to-increase-crackdown-on-illegal-streaming-following-high-court-order/ar-AAo3tY7?li=AA572I&ocid=spartandhp

treble...
I've just this week signed up to UltimateMania, and I can honestly say it's the dog's bollux.
Took a bit of getting used to navigating around the menus, but the quality is the best I've come across.
There's another subscription addon for a 'sky' type program menu, but I've yet to get it.

My son was correct, Exodus is ending but Specto is taking over

https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-specto-kodi/

For streams he also suggests the wss app (not part of Kodi and may not be installable on a Firestick). He put it on my Android box and it's a great picture/ stream. I'm watching the Middlesbro v Man City game on it atm.

http://www.doctor-dance.net/

That link looks a bit dodgy but he says it's correct and I can testify for the picture.

Kodi for movies and TV
Cricfree and Chromecast for football and other live sports

Not surprised Exodus is going to disappear, it s a unreliable pice of sh1t.

Specto is an older add-on, is it not ? Seem to remember having that ages ago.

Exodus is a Kodi add on and been my goto add on for TV and films, I'm very happy with it.

My son keeps up to date with things whereas I just load it and forget about it but he says Specto is developed by one of the guys that developed Exodus. I've noticed as one app disappears, another shows up.

Can someone tell the Exodus developer that there are 2 movies called Split, and that I would very much like to see the one with James McEvoy and his 27 personalities, and not the f****g tenpin bowling movie that it has on every bas**rd stream

Exodus is well known for mixing up the wrong movies and TV shows with different titles. Not to mention frequent "no stream available" error messages for all the movies I want to see. This, after the trailer works perfectly fine.

As I saids I said, an unreliable piece of sh1t.

What do you expect for nothing

That was weeks ago when they were showing the wrong Split (though it happens with a few films). I was trying to play it daily for ages, then unfortunately the correct film played.

I haven't used all that many sites for films, but I think Exodus is the dogs bollox.

Thought they were clamping down om Kodi and such, how long will it last?

Think that's more people who sell kodi boxes with pre installed software for watching illegal streams which is a criminal offence. Difficult for them to crack down on people self installing Kodi then using it for illegal streaming.

I've often wondered who pays for all this?

Films/ TV need to be stored somewhere while live TV needs servers so a volume of users can all click through at the same time. Someone, somewhere has to pay for the live TV, then code and stream it. Why would someone go to the hassle? People that develope the software need to continually update them, I can understand why they develope but it must be a right pain fixing all those bugs.

At least with the dodgy videos you bought down the market, you know someone was making money out of it. I just don't get it for Kodi.

with Modbro, they must be funded by ads (judging my the number that pop up just before you tune in to watch a live match)

I suppose so. I read on one Android thread that a developer had 10,000 downloads for his app and made roughly $500 from Google Adsense. I'm sure there would be more that 10,000 viewers for each match so that would be a neat little earner for the developers.

Many thanks treble for pointing me towards ultimatemania..simply outstanding HD quality..absolutely everything there including films which load up within seconds.Paid for a weekly pass(£6) and i most definitely will be signing up for a year(£75) when my contract with Virgin expires in June.

I'll check out the ultimatemania service. you'd think they would offer a sports-only package tho. I'm sure they'd get more sales.

They do this one, which is all the sports channels that you get on ultimatemania for a bit cheaper. http://sportsnationhd.tv/view.php?pg=login

do you need to subscribe to a company with a kodi box

No, everything is free but better quality streams require payment. Personally I don't see the point in paying, we watched the Arsenal FA Cup match with a great stream. It's a bit hit and miss though, live TV is not great but films and TV shows are great quality.

And I mentioned above, you can get Kodi for PC and Android phone. Follow one of the many guides out there for what to do, see what it's all about before buying a Firestick or dedicated Android Box. The advantage is you get a remote and can watch it on your TV but you can do the same with your phone or PC.

is there atr  and ruk racing on it

If you want HD quality streams that don't buffer every two minutes then its well worth paying an extra few quid.If your not fussed about the quality of live sports and are ok messing around looking for a reliable stream then go with the latter.

Yes and RUK is in HD

where on the tele does the stick go

In the back..you will see a housing with HD M1 1N1(STB)

so what you are saying is,, i can purchase one of these stick plug it into my laptop and get atr and ruk

thanks for the help twizzle

Download Kodi to your laptop:

https://kodi.tv/download/

Then follow this guide to get what you need.

http://www.alphr.com/software/1004827/how-to-install-nemesis-on-kodi-get-one-of-the-best-kodi-builds-in-2017

See if you like what you see on your laptop then buy a dedicated box like a Firestick that you can use on your TV.

cheers ovalman

I downloaded Kodi on my phone but can't make head nor tail of it (you need ES explorer then have to do x,y,z    ).

Is there a technophobe/ idiot proof guide anywhere ???

If you've downloaded it onto your Laptop/Pc why pay for a stick/box?

Just connect your Laptop/Pc to your tv via a HDMI cable

Smart phone or iphone Platini?

I have it installed on iphone and I have to keep reloading it after about a month - pain in the aris

I don't know how many on here are aware of SBMC ?
Originally XBMC was the first set up for tv/film and sports, which then became KODI.
The developers split, and one of the founders developed SBMC, which I have downloaded
and use it instead of KODI, and as good as KODI is, I find SBMC much better.
Put UltimateMania on SBMC and it's almost perfect, far less buffering and the search
and find is much quicker.
It will only work on android though, not pc.

SPMC...


NOT SBMC!!!!... don't know what I was thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnKBIGqnhCk

works on box and firestick.

SPMC

There are tutorials for SBMC for Windows

didn't know that, statsman, thought it was only android devices could use it. thanks.

Thank you too for pointing SPMC out to us.

I'll download it and give it a go on laptop.

Always handy to have an alternative

Platini, for TV and Movies try this:

https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-specto-kodi/

Just follow them to the letter and you should have the Specto add on enabled.

I get ya about plugging our laptop into the TV but Statman but the Firestick is a dedicated box with it's own remote. It makes the whole process much more convenient.

Thanks Ovalman, I'll check that out.

Statsman, its an android phone I've got. Is that supposed to be easier?  Honestly I hit a brick wall after I downloaded Kodi and ES Explorer.

I've been out all day, sorry for the late reply. I didn't have Kodi on my phone so I thought I'd test it by following that link I gave above and I got it working in 10 minutes.

Kodi is available on the Play Store so no need to use ES File Explorer. If you buy a Firestick then I think you'll have to use that method but there are guides how to do it.

Most likely you've downloaded Kodi Krypton software (I did) so use the following guide.

https://seo-michael.co.uk/how-to-install-specto-on-kodi-krypton/

Just follow it step by step. It may take you 30 minutes but it will work as I've just done it.

Well had my first view of this Amazon/Kodi firestick, yup good for films/tv shows, terrible for sport...friend spent half an hour but failed to find one link that worked for more than a minute of last nights live Konta final...Thats a NO from me then, the boxes are much better.

The boxes are just Android Boxes aren't they?

For live sport you have to pick and choose your streams or pay a third part which defeats the purpose. My son watched Liverpool yesterday, brilliant stream but it broke 3 times. He reconnected and the missed 5 minutes at most. You get what you pay for which was zero

My wife is currently watching CSI in full HD, not a problem. Boxsets are great.

All of them a deffo no go for live sport and not even more behind...Sky and Bt still got my money then.