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$50 ??

So much for cord-cutting.

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Is anyone else having (very minor amounts of) trouble with Netflix on TiVo? The PQ (on Bloodline) repeatedly drops from 1080 down to 288 and then loads 1080 back up. Netflix is fine via the TV. Not fussed by the problem, but just wondering if anyone else has had a problem or if it is my stream to the tivo? No faults showing in my virgin media, or any other issues via me tivo.

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That sounds like the issue my parents got a while back your area is probably suffering with congestion on Docsis 1 which the TIVO modem uses.

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Rightio, cheers MM.:)

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Been getting that quite frequently of late, sometimes it just fluctuates between 480 and 720p. Oddly if i stop and restart what i'm watching it invariably does the normal jump to 1080p and stays there though.

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That looks an excellent series..

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Glad it's not just me. I think I might just load it through the telly in future. It does not affect my broadband and it is quicker and more responsive than the tivo app. I feel I have been spoiled but the TV app, the tivo app was perfectly acceptable before I upgraded me old tv.

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It's been good so far. Watched 2 episodes last night ande whilst its a little slow in places, there is such an undercurrent of tension building up in it already. I am looking forward to continuing it. So much so, I have had to turn off the Ireland Scotland game, just to watch the third episode!!

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Excellent Harry, so far I've been watching Better call Saul, House of Cards, and now with this addition on Netflix, it all adds up to at least three excellent shows, imo anyway...:)

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Dying to watch Bloodlines too, I really liked Damages. Trying to get through a bunch of episodes for ongoing shows this weekend though, now is one of those times where there's too much decent to watch and not enough time.

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True, i've got 5 or 6 hours of shows to catch up on but as it wasn't a bad day i've been in the garden cutting grass, planting spuds and an apple tree.

I'm gonna struggle before the weekend is up.

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Amazon fire stick launched £19 for Prime members for 2 days only.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

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Its saying £35 for me , as I'm already a prime member I'm not sure I qualify as it seems to be aimed at encouraging people to take Prime.

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Underneath the £35 it should also say £7 if you sign up to prime and £19 if you already have prime.

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Cheers just ordered one , when I got to checkout it listed it as £19.

Many thanks for the heads up Passingbat.:tu:

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Thanks

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Amazon Fire TV (& Stick) improvements:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/03/fir...source=mainrss

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If you get Fire TV, be careful. It was said on TV this morning that Fire TV has the same technology as the Samsung Smart TV's ie it can eavesdrop on your conversations and send them back to the manufacturer!!

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Well, what do you know; Amazon seem to even include that feature in their adverts ;):rolleyes:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTNLCL0J2Q

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That's how the voice commands work, same as Siri, Cordana and Google Now.

If it listens when you don't ask it to, then that would be a problem.

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Is there a possibility of that happening?

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The firetv stick remote does not have voice control, only the firetv box remote has it.
I don't use the voice control myself as i don't sub to Amazon instant video. Also to use voice control you need to hold down the mic button whilst talking.
I've used it in the past and no men in black suites have visited yet anyway lol.

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I decided to cancel VM TV and Phone after 25+years and just keep the BB. I found 90% of what i watched and 100% of what the wife watched was on Freeview.
I also have Netflix and Prime, which i had anyway so i was paying at least £74 for VM services (not including phone calls), plus the streaming services.

When i cancelled VM they offered me 50Mb BB for £19.50 for 18 months, very happy with that price.
The only thing that i'd miss was The Walking Dead but as chromecast had a free 3 month offer for NowTV i grabbed that. Game sell 3 month passes for NowTV entertainment for £15, so i'll get those.

I am pleasantly surprised at the amount of channels on Freeview and although there was a hefty set-up cost (£300) as i didn't have an aerial and wanted a recordable box i'll be saving over £54 a month.

I find more to watch on Prime and Netflix than i ever did on my cable package.

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All 5 Seasons of 'Friday Night Lights' added to Netflix UK today.

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I'm going to comment on here for mad Max just in case my post in other thread gets removed for me Netflix, wwe network, smart DNS with my broadband and phone cists about £56 a month. I save a bit more dye to not needing a TV licence as I only watch on demand content nowadays. I don't have so much as a Ariel connected to my TV. My bb costs the mist but it is 71mbs download and 18/4mbs upload. I'm paying approxamly £27 a month less than the equivalent services would cost with VM. If you hardly watch tvvthen in demand certainly is the better option. As for sport if you can't get a USA provider login there are alternative methods which I can't discuss here obviously lol. But any legit on demand questions I will be more than happy to help as much as I can. My on demand help or streaming help is open to all BTW lol.

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Thanks for your reply and Johnathomes reply also, it certainly gives me food for thought, that's for sure.

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Also, if you are using a smart DNS (around £2.80 p/m) for Netflix to get global Netflix access, you can get access to Hulu and CBS websites, which gives you access to pretty much all the current US network TV shows.

I cancelled pay TV a year ago and get the free M TV from VM and pay for Netflix, Amazon and Now TV and a smart dns and I find I'm well covered for what I want to watch.

I did plan to dip in and out of Now TV depending on what was on, but the 3 and 5 month passes can be had for £15 and £25, so currently using those, working out at £5 p/m for Now TV.

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Hit the nail on the head there mate i find myself using plus7 (Australia) a lot as it has shows such as the following, amercian horror story on it.

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What's on that package, and why is it free?

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Just freeview channels on the M package mate it's really a sweetner to keep the tv service with them as each subscriber they keep keeps their numbers up.

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Nexus Player now available:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1333...k-yours-for-79

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Can you watch Now TV on your television, or do you have to watch it on a computer, tablet etc?

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From the NowTV site :

Most people use it with a box plugged into the TV be it a NowTV box which only costs a tenner, Chromecast etc.

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Spot on.

I was going to cancel the TV side of VM and return my Tivo, and just keep BB and phone.

It turned out it was cheaper to keep the Tivo with M TV than to cancel TV and return the Tivo.

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Outlander Season 1 first 8 Episodes now available on Amazon Instant Video.

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Does the cost of your broadband go up if you cancel your TV sub?

For those that kept Tivo with TV M do you still have to pay the Tivo fee?

I think the nexus player will do everything I want bar Amazon so might by a fire stick for the bedroom.

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Some tvs have nowtv app on them, also youview boxes now have nowtv i believe.
You can just connect you pc to your tv via hdmi if you wish or get a nowtv box, roku which has nowtv apps on them.

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I remember how hard they tried to keep me on their tv despite me constantly saying i cancelled my tv licence and only use on demand lol.

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TBH I'm not sure. I priced up, via the website, the cost of Xl BB and XL phone on it's own and the price they gave me for that plus TV M and one of my existing Tivos was less. They applied a £5 discount for 6 months plus a £8 discount for eighteen months. This was February 2014.

I did get two Tivos when they first launched, so theoretically was on the £3 per account Tivo charge. Whether that was factored in, or the fact that I have been a cable customer for over fifteen years, I don't know. My second Tivo was returned to VM.

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I'm pretty sure NowTV on Youview is Movies only, certainly this is the case with BT.

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TalkTalk used to offer more NowTV services but it's now been cut back to just movies on demand. The retail boxes just offer the movies on demand as well.

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BT are giving their bt sports service free via the app for all bt mobile customers.

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List of content for Netflix Australia if of interest:

http://www.finder.com.au/netflix-content#tv-shows

Movies are there as well as TV shows

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I use this site for Netflix listings it has all regions http://netflixusacompletelist.blogspot.com/

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Thanks, i'd had a look at that but missed the tiny 'Read more' down the bottom. Is there any way to get the titles in alpha order that you know of?

Did notice that they have Vikings S01 & S02 on there.

Thanks again

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It's not so much the 'read more' it's the flags on the right you want to click to see what's on wherever.

I don't think there's anyway to see it in alpha order.

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Not noticed anything for alpha order mate, i do recommend signing up for their weekly recomendation newsletter though. They only send you the weekly recommendation on a Friday they don't spam or anything.
Also they have a Android and apple app too.

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Scroll down the page and the alphabetical order list is on the right under 'Blog Archive' Latest is listed as March 27th.

This is what you get when clicking that:


http://netflixusacompletelist.blogsp...r-27-2015.html

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Ah yes, found it now - not exactly easy to find, now bookmarked. Thanks to all

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highly recommended :)

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Might be useful to know for some people the bt sport app works on the firetv box.
I tried it this morning as bt give bt sport free with bt mobile.

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Anyone elses youtube app on the tivo box stopped working? instead of loading up i get an "X" underneath the youtube symbol.

ive restarted the box and internet is fine at the moment.

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It's a network outage. Reference F003599210.

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Which streaming service can we use to see programmes from the Discovery channels, like Wheeler Dealers and Gold Rush?

Discovery is the only thing keeping us from ditching the TIVO and just using Netflix and Amazon

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New Roku boxes announced:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1333...pear-this-week

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Is the only way to view Netflix USA via a chromecast by buying a dedicated router and changing the DNS there?

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Check out a legal list of streaming services for these shows here http://tanktop.tv/programme/2154/

Quest (part of Discovery) also shows some Discovery shows on Freeview with a catch-up service also available on YouView.

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AFAIK there are no "official" streams for the Discovery channels. There are some unofficial ones but most streams are USA based rather than European.

Discovery are showcasing some series on Youtube.

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Yes imo the tplink n600 is one of the best routers you can pick one up for about £45 on amazo very easy to configure.

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Can you do this by simply registering a PAYG sim and not using it?

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NowTv have the Discovery channel, i watched both those programmes on there t'other day.

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BT don't do payg mate their cheapest sim only is £10p/m.

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Thanks for that, We could cope with another box under the TV

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Still cheaper than paying for BT Sport or losing it after cord cutting!

Research shows consumers will only tolerate poor streaming for a maximum of four minutes:

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201503283...#axzz3VtyyA2Vj

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Defo mate the mobile pack isn't too bad tbf 200 minutes, unlimited texts, 500mb 4g internet, unlimited access to bt wifi hotspots 0800,0500,customer service calls are free bt sport app for £10p/m or £5p/m if you're already a bt broadband customer.

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Is it worth dropping Plus Net for BT Broadband to save a fiver, or is it still cheaper to stay as you are?

Even if you didn't use the BT mobile, it still works out cheaper!

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All4 is now available on Sky+HD box - described as "Catch up with the best of Channel 4,E4 and More4 from the last30 days. Does NOT include archive content.

Still 4OD on Tivo

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If BT didn't block torrent sites and allowed me to use my own router it might be, but Plusnet do not block torrents and they also allow me to use my own router too.
It would work out around about the same with the fiver discount.
Plus still got 12 months left on my plusnet contract lol.

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As promised a quick update the Android emulator i'm testing is Andys running on vm oracle on windows 7 home premium so far i have had btsport, itvplayer, 4od (all4), skygo, fxnow, demand5, bbciplayer, xfinitygo, skysports app, various games too many to list, canal+ app, discovery, nbcsportsextra working on it i've got more to play with such as showbox not sure if i'm allowed to discuss that one though but i have a few more legiment ones to play with later on today.

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I've just checked my Youview box and it's been updated , I thought I'd post for anyone else who has a Humax box.

All in all it's a pretty good update and promising for the future with the apps section now.

Update info

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Looks impressive, I'm currently using Humax's Fox HDR T2 with custom firmware which is a nice box. Does All4 have access to archive material on Youview (eg old stuff like Hill Street Blues etc)?

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No update for me yet, i like the idea of the 'Discover' section.

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I've just searched for you , it lists Hill Street Blues but only has Series 1 , 5 , 6 , 7 which seems strange.

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I've just googled

where can i watch hill street blues series 2

and there's a few websites to watch online, i doubt they're legal though?

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Thanks very much, it does the same via browser but Series 1 actually has about 80 episodes so it must incorporate S2,3,4. Appreciate that.

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Thanks for that, the (old) 4OD website had all the eps, but its not as easy to watch via the web as it it thru an app which is why I was hoping it would be on BT's Youview box. When my VM contract is up I'll be switching to BT for BB, 'phone, Youview & keeping the Sky+HD for pay TV.

Thanks again for going to the trouble of looking it up.

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there isnt a wwe app on the tivo is there ?

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No there is not PD as there are not many apps full stop on the TiVo but hang on Cindy Rose did say there are hundreds coming soon.

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I noticed earlier it had updated to the all4 player but not the software update.
I have a BT badged Youview retail box so i guess i'll be getting the update sometime?

Incidentally i thought i'd try the all4 app to be nosey. It didn't load and kicked me back to the main player screen. I tried itvplayer and iplayer and they both did the same.

Switched the box off and on and after rebooting it said my channel lineup had changed (?), nothing different, tried the players again and they worked,

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Hasn't she left VM? If so, I doubt that she will care

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All 10 seasons of Spooks are back on Netflix UK.

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Love this show pity it ended.

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Yes, she's now doing much the same job for Vodafone

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/a...indy-rose-hire

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Netflix CEO open to removing country content restrictions to cut piracy.

Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...#ixzz3W2Ktzfoy

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New 4k video streaming technology:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32140732

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In an increasingly connected world this is something that is overdue IMO. If only the content providers were living in the same world.

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Netflix teams with AWS to launch VHS-as-a-service

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04...rvice_variant/

What's the date again?

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:p:

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I've a feeling one or two services in the player section may receive more features ;)
But what does that mean for existing 4K TV customers ?

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Any news on when we get the firefox app on tivo which lets us have a ton of extra apps?? it was firefox wasnt it??

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The decoding hardware, whether it's in the TV itself or in an STB connected to the TV would need to be upgraded, and possibly replaced.

If the new codec requires a software update, it could probably upgraded remotely. If the new codec requires a hardware update, then you'd probably need a new TV or STB to get it.

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Cheers Stuart that's what I thought , wonder whether the likes of Amazon Prime and Netflix will switch to this as they both currently use HEVC I believe.

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Hopefully more companies will follow suit, makes sense in a way too.

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What interests me more about that is technically Netflix and Amazon working together.

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Was opera mate no further info yet i'll text some of my sources and see if they know any more info.

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Whoosh :)

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Or that it was posted on April fools day ;)

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:Yes::D

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Hey i hadn't had my coffee :p: haha in a way it's karma for the jokes i've been playing on my usa friends lol.


Not a April fools joke but here is a picture of quality of bt sports app on firetv.

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Think that's a GOTCHA

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Thanks pal!

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Netflix already relies heavily on AWS for its infrastructure.

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So my contract comes to a end in August and I am now looking at alternatives for TV. This week I purchased a nexus Player and installed Kodi, quite impressed with the Kodi side of things but less impressed with netflix only offering two channel sound and no 5.1.

I think tomorrow I will get a fire TV and do the same with installing Kodi. One will go in the living room and one in the bedroom. I think the Fire TV will be the bedroom box as it has access to both Netflix and Amazon Instant.

The Nexus will live in the living room and I think both my popcorn hours can then be retired.

But this now leaves a gap for apps for TV, my Ariel is rubbish so looking for TV via IP, will be an interesting few months.

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Don't know if the Nexus is the same as the Fire but I learned the hard way that the Fire only puts out 5.1 via HDMI - not Optical. I wanted to use Optical because I've been using an LG Bluray with 5.1 speaker system as an amp and it doesn't have HDMI in. Long story short, ended up buying a Portta 4x2 HDMI switcher with Optical out and that does the trick by extracting audio from the HDMI.

Passingbat (member on here) has given me some excellent advice and I've now purchased a Pioneer amp & 5.1 speaker system - hoping to be fully operation by the end of Easter.

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I briefly read a review of the Nexus player and the lack of 5.1, so read no further. Do ripped DVDs played via Kodi give 5.1?

If you keep BB and phone, you should be able to keep one Tivo with M TV at no extra charge.

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It may be worth looking into the Windows tv sticks and boxes that have started to show up, i'm quite interested in these myself and am very close to purchasing a pipex 7 windows 8.1 box a bit pricey though at £149.