Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35819136)

Shame i was hoping to get a live TV HD TV channel streamer plug in for it that i can find Sky/Virgin channels on it.

Originally Posted by buckeye (Post 35819138)

I've lurked here for quite a while and gleaned a lot of useful information (thank you to all the CF members/contributors) but have never had anything to contribute until reading this thread.
I've been using Kodi in most of its guises since soldering an xecuter chip in my original xbox and installing XBMP.

Firstly when it comes to hardware you get what you pay for, with the possible exception of the Amazon devices which bring their own problems (low memory and storage for a start) be prepared to have buggy firmware, a lack of support and having to throw out your device in 6-12 months time when the manufacturer brings out another device if you buy a cheap Android box.

Next I'd say despite what many people tell you Kodi is not a cord cutters paradise, at best if you want to go down the copyright infringement route it can complement your legitimate services but as I've posted on other forums do not believe you can cancel your cable/satellite and use Kodi exclusively, the addons you are using are made by people making them in their spare time, all will break, quite often the addon author will mend it but at some point they will give up.
A good example of this is the recent most popular addon Genesis, the author has decided to give up on it because its too popular and the fixes he applies last a matter of hours until the streaming sites change things again because their servers are flooded.

You also should know the quality of most streams is not a patch on broadcast or legitimate streaming sites HD, they may say 720P or 1080P which would technically correct because of the resolution used but the bitrates are extremely low with a 720P movie probably coming in with a file size or around 800MB.

I would also urge people not to buy "fully loaded" boxes, an hour or two's reading would glean most people the information to do things for themselves without paying some shysters exhorbitant mark up for spending 10 minutes installing things for you.

And please please do not pay anyone for any Kodi service or addon, even if they start with a legitimate payment service like Paypal sooner or later that payment method will get closed down and you will end up giving criminals access to your card details in the clear without encryption if you continue using the service (do not ever give any card details to these people without a well known 3rd party payment processor).

Now having said all of that my whole home is for want of a better word Kodified, imho there isn't a better piece of software to display and play my local media and to play the legitimate services that I pay for which are compatible.
My TiVo box pretty much only gets switched on for live sports on BT or Sky but my Kodi devices are on all the time, BBC Iplayer is far better through Kodi than Tivo, the radio I want to listen to comes via the TuneIn addon, using Kodi for NBC Sports is like chalk and cheese compared to the browser or app versions, ESPN College Players video is markedly better via Kodi, YouTube doesn't have the best interface but again the video playback is much better, and I get to listen to the ITunes podcasts I want with that addon without sullying my devices with ITunes :)

Originally Posted by buckeye (Post 35819148)

To sum up my feelings on this subject and to use a cliché if something is too good to be true it probably is and also do not think you can cut the cord with Kodi, you will be disappointed at some point.

Originally Posted by buckeye (Post 35819148)

do not think you can cut the cord with Kodi, you will be disappointed at some point.

Originally Posted by smallclone (Post 35819229)

Roku /Now tv gets about 5% of the content that Kodi can.

Originally Posted by techguyone (Post 35819234)

Kodi isn't especially non techie friendly & does require a degree of housekeeping, that said it's not terribly complicated either, but it's not like a freeview box or similar plug n play device.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35819232)

If you want to view stuff legitimately, what advantages does the Kodi provide?

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35819232)

If you want to view stuff legitimately, what advantages does the Kodi provide? .

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35819232)

Don't you think that Kodi is for more technical minded people, though? I thought the Kodi was best for the pirated stuff that we are not supposed to have access to. Most people would not wish to do that.

If you want to view stuff legitimately, what advantages does the Kodi provide? The Roku has so much content that, combined with VM's offerings, there should be more than enough for everybody. How easy is the Kodi to set up for non techies?

PS - Just had a quick look at the supporting information and it appears that the Kodi is more of a video player than a streaming service. I don't think this is for me at all.

Originally Posted by buckeye (Post 35819272)

I think for many people who wish to have a wide range of legitimate content a box like the Roku you suggested would be the way to go.
Kodi is unlikely to have services like Netflix supported natively within it in the foreseeable future if ever.
Without wishing to get too technical it cannot handle streams containing DRM so unless the media companies work with the team at Kodi and create binary addons for it (which seems unlikely) many legitimate services will not be on the platform.

As I said previously those legitimateservices that are on it provide in my opinion a much greater visual experience over their browser or app based counterparts but are reliant on someone developing and maintaining the addon in their spare time,
a good example of this is Amazon Prime, this worked very well on Kodi until a couple of months ago when Amazon changed things on their website, the person who wrote this addon seems to have given up on it so now there's no Amazon Prime on Kodi.