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| Thread ID: 135791 | 2013-12-12 05:12:00 | Asian TV Media (Internet) box? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1362378 | 2013-12-12 05:12:00 | Anyone familiar with these things? We're paying $80 to SkyTV every month so this can be an option .... | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1362379 | 2013-12-13 01:15:00 | Theres are dozens of different stb iptv device from China offering free or paid chinese tv . But really it needs a flatrate broadband account to get the most out of it. maige is one tv pad is another www.tvpadcn.com |
apsattv (7406) | ||
| 1362380 | 2013-12-13 04:32:00 | Thanks ... on a 30Mbps fiber connection, will check it out. 100GB could add more data. We are paying $80NZ/mo for SD with the sides chopped off .... :annoyed: been doing so for 10yrs. Without the standard Sky channels b/c that would be >$100/mo. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1362381 | 2013-12-13 11:48:00 | Yeah. I had 1 but then my friend lent it to her mother watch it. Pretty cheap and it did say at least a 2mbps connection.My other friend who bought it from me living in Te Awamutu was on a 4mbps and it streamed find at 720P. Lots of stuff to watch. There's a movie section and a drama section and not only are there chinese/Hong Kong/Japanese channels there were also discovery, animal planet and other english channels. There's alot to choose from , It pays to check the list of channels they have. I had a Maige HD, there were about 200 channels all up. There were 200 movies to choose from altogether. It was about $300 for the box , $150NZ for a year subscription and you can take it anywhere to watch as long as there's an internet connection. DOn't really understand why people still waste so much money having Sky. I probably go for 200GB+ data |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1362382 | 2013-12-13 20:30:00 | . DOn't really understand why people still waste so much money having Sky. I probably go for 200GB+ dataare you meaning people in general or asians |
plod (107) | ||
| 1362383 | 2013-12-14 03:33:00 | are you meaning people in general or asians in general, there's nothing to watch on sky and they keep raising the price of the plans |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1362384 | 2013-12-14 05:43:00 | Thanks will check out the TVPad, a friend has it already ... Thing is we're paying $80/mo for standard definition and it is less sharp than Freeview Channel 28 (also SD). But the $80 package the sides are cut off. We can get Sky HD but that likely to be $125+ for the HD Standard Sky channels but the Asian channels will again be in SD and cropped out. I heard in Australia and North America you can get a actual HKG TVB subscription for likes of $50AU via Sat dish or the likes (non data). I think the local paid for television is good in that the programmes are rescheduled for our timezones. So we get a proper morning news / finance / morning talkback shows, then cartoons as kids come back from school then it's the evening news and then the drama / movies begin (including NZ News by their local team in their language). The IPTV approach isn't tailored for each timezone but we can backdate and view a past show "on demand". But then again we only get like 2 or 3 channels that we watch with Sky and it's in SD and cropped out. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1362385 | 2013-12-14 13:21:00 | the maige box I had, had about 5 tvb channels like, English, sport, drama.. according to my dad the stuff is sorta life with a bit of a delay so what's showing on the player was only aired in Hong Kong a few minutes ago. I Don't recommend satellite ones. My friend has that but they are all mainland Chinese channels. The news are all bias and it's full of Communist rubbish |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1362386 | 2013-12-15 10:49:00 | Yes you can also get the TVB paid for subscription satellite service here in New Zealand . Same size dish as Sky http://www.tvb.com.au/ |
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