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Looking to buy fully loaded Kodi player..
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:41 am
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:41 am
What is the boards best choice for streaming Kodi? So far I have researched and I am considering both the jail broken Amazon fire stick or Amazon fire TV box. I loaded Kodi on my computer and I am impressed with it but I want to get a stand alone device for my Kodi viewing needs much like my Roku 3.
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Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:47 am to lacajun069
It's cheaper just to do it yourself. It takes like 15 minutes.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:48 am to lacajun069
Tech Board.
Also, what is your idea of "fully loaded" ?
Go to Amazon. Type in Matricom G Box. Purchase for $89-$100. Get it in the mail by next Monday. Sideload TVMC in about 30 seconds. = "fully loaded"
Also, what is your idea of "fully loaded" ?
Go to Amazon. Type in Matricom G Box. Purchase for $89-$100. Get it in the mail by next Monday. Sideload TVMC in about 30 seconds. = "fully loaded"
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:48 am to lacajun069
Tech Board, this had been discussed over there once or twice
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 10:57 am
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:51 am to Klark Kent
quote:
Type in Matricom G Box. Purchase for $89-$100. Get it in the mail by next Monday. Sideload TVMC in about 30 seconds. = "fully loaded"
this...did this and it's the best thing i've ever done when it comes to TV
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:53 am to Black
same here. officially cord free at the Klark residence. Who needs a cord with 105Mbps @ $65/month and TVMC?
I'm about to buy a 2nd Gbox for the bedroom.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 11:04 am to Klark Kent
Posted on 9/9/15 at 11:14 am to cdaniel76
niiiice.
since I'm in the market for another android steaming device in the next month. would you do a fellow cord cutter a solid and give me a review after a few weeks on the Tech Board. I'm sure others would appreciate it as well at that price.
since I'm in the market for another android steaming device in the next month. would you do a fellow cord cutter a solid and give me a review after a few weeks on the Tech Board. I'm sure others would appreciate it as well at that price.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 11:21 am to Klark Kent
quote:
officially cord free at the Klark residence. Who needs a cord with 105Mbps @ $65/month and TVMC?
I'm about to buy a 2nd Gbox for the bedroom.
Are your devices hard-wired or wireless? I have half of the house hard-wired and have been putting off doing the half with great room and master BR. OCD tells me to finish the job but getting to that side of the house in the attic is going to be a bitch.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 11:23 am to BabySam
just get a $40 firestick and watch a youtube video on how to do it
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 11:24 am
Posted on 9/9/15 at 11:27 am to CE Tiger
This.
Easy to do. I've done about 10 of them for friends and all take less than 5 minutes to setup
Easy to do. I've done about 10 of them for friends and all take less than 5 minutes to setup
Posted on 9/9/15 at 11:29 am to BabySam
you're going to think I'm bullshitting you. but the entire house is wireless.
we aren't talking a massive house tho. Not OT Baller standards at all. a small starter home with 3 bedrooms. centrally located living room (where my modem/router is). i also have a netgear wifi extender in the man cave. In the living room and adjacent master bedroom. I easily get 85D, 15U, and a <20ms ping. That's on the 5ghz wifi band. In the bedrooms further away, we connect them to the 2.4ghz band, thru the wifi extender. And they run around 45D, 8U, and 30-40ms ping.
To do this. I went out and purchased the best modem and router I could tho. And I think it is paying off.
Netgear DOCSIS 3.0 Modem
Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Router
I've had this setup for a month and the only concern or issue is on my Xbox One in the Man Cave, my ping/latency is ~40ms. And I think that's more to do with the Xbox One's wifi card than it's connection, because in the same spot I can connect using an ipad, iphone, or laptop and my ping is less than 20ms.
we aren't talking a massive house tho. Not OT Baller standards at all. a small starter home with 3 bedrooms. centrally located living room (where my modem/router is). i also have a netgear wifi extender in the man cave. In the living room and adjacent master bedroom. I easily get 85D, 15U, and a <20ms ping. That's on the 5ghz wifi band. In the bedrooms further away, we connect them to the 2.4ghz band, thru the wifi extender. And they run around 45D, 8U, and 30-40ms ping.
To do this. I went out and purchased the best modem and router I could tho. And I think it is paying off.
Netgear DOCSIS 3.0 Modem
Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Router
I've had this setup for a month and the only concern or issue is on my Xbox One in the Man Cave, my ping/latency is ~40ms. And I think that's more to do with the Xbox One's wifi card than it's connection, because in the same spot I can connect using an ipad, iphone, or laptop and my ping is less than 20ms.
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:18 pm to Klark Kent
I've got the GBox MX2 Midnight. If I get another box for Kodi, I'd get a FireTV instead. I've had quite a few problems with the GBox that obviated the whole advantage of buying a preinstalled box.
You might as well go ahead and set up Kodi yourself if you get the Gbox, because you're going to end up reinstalling firmware and everything eventually anyway. Their stuff is buggy, and it will take a lot of troubleshooting (or at least mine did).
I also have issues handling HD streams. Video processing power doesn't really seem up to it. The later models MX3 and such might be better in that regard, though.
Also: my experience was that the Gbox (and Kodi in general) tend to work better over ethernet than wireless.
You might as well go ahead and set up Kodi yourself if you get the Gbox, because you're going to end up reinstalling firmware and everything eventually anyway. Their stuff is buggy, and it will take a lot of troubleshooting (or at least mine did).
I also have issues handling HD streams. Video processing power doesn't really seem up to it. The later models MX3 and such might be better in that regard, though.
Also: my experience was that the Gbox (and Kodi in general) tend to work better over ethernet than wireless.
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:27 pm to lacajun069
q gbox and get sports devil for games
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:37 pm to hogfly
quote:i didn't want to be a dick to the guy bragging about the pre-loaded android box, but the specs on that thing are basically the exact same as a firetv box, with the exception of 4K. you need to tweak the default cache in Kodi to better handle HD streams, so i can't imagine how you'd be able to stream 4K...let alone find 4K anywhere on Kodi. i've never seen it. maybe netflix has 4K. i just don't see the advantage of that box over the firetv box.
I also have issues handling HD streams. Video processing power doesn't really seem up to it. The later models MX3 and such might be better in that regard, though.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:34 pm to link
My next thing is going to be a intel computestick and ill just load kodi on there. I find the sports streams to be just way too much trouble on the kodi app and its much easier to navigate the ads on your typical sports streaming site using windows than android.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 7:21 pm to link
Where in any of my post do I say anything about streaming 4K?
And sorry you guys have issues with gbox's and wifi. But I'm streaming 1080p they Genesis as we speak. No issues
And sorry you guys have issues with gbox's and wifi. But I'm streaming 1080p they Genesis as we speak. No issues
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:38 pm to Klark Kent
Sorry for the following question, I am not up to date on all the streaming your TV info...
For those of you who use roku and all those other boxes, how do yall go about watching, say, the walking dead on Sunday's?? Do you get to watch them when everyone else does or do you have to wait a week or so?
For those of you who use roku and all those other boxes, how do yall go about watching, say, the walking dead on Sunday's?? Do you get to watch them when everyone else does or do you have to wait a week or so?
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:53 pm to Mr. Hangover
There are apps that you can get for the boxes that essentially scrape the Internet for episodes or movies that are hosted on streaming sites. So, as soon as it's being streamed on the Internet, you can watch it.
For example.
The League Season 7 premiered tonight. I don't have normal cable or a DVR, but at 9PM I watched the season premier in HD via a stream.
I think it originally aired at 7 or 8 PM CSTz
For example.
The League Season 7 premiered tonight. I don't have normal cable or a DVR, but at 9PM I watched the season premier in HD via a stream.
I think it originally aired at 7 or 8 PM CSTz
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 9/10/15 at 1:41 am to Klark Kent
Oh ok, thanks... I was JW because I have a few people every week to watch TWD (it's really the only TV show I watch)...
I'm tired of paying $140 a month for a TV, Internet, and house phone (which I don't even use) package
I'm tired of paying $140 a month for a TV, Internet, and house phone (which I don't even use) package
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