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SnoopZ 21-01-2026 12:22

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Another month of IPTV for £2.50, goodbye Virginmedia!

Jaymoss 21-01-2026 12:32

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36209373)
Another month of IPTV for £2.50, goodbye Virginmedia!

I now have 6 lines (for testing purposes) 4 are now 6 months and 2 are 12 month subs and in total I paid less than £50 for all of them

None of them are 100% stable if I used them on a device I would VPN permanently on that device or set up a VPN network with a Tomato router I have from a while ago but on my PC that is not practical so need more than 1 service to guarantee I have stream as and when I want

thenry 30-01-2026 19:41

Re: What have you just bought?
 
I wanted a oled Sony but for some reason I didn't feel like parting with the money so I've been keeping an eye on eBay, gumtree, vinted for a unwanted gift at a bargain price and today I think I got exactly that on vinted

https://uk.hisense.com/products/tv/q...00000020015873

£200 + fee £13.20 + postage £18.19 = 231.39

It'll do I think for the bedroom :Yes: I'm curious of freely :naughty:

Taf 30-01-2026 19:51

Re: What have you just bought?
 
A new toilet seat. The same model was £12 two years ago. It is now £35!!!

Paul 30-01-2026 19:52

Re: What have you just bought?
 
There is a new Freely box coming out from Manhatten (£70) - its not on Amazon yet but I may get one when it is.

thenry 30-01-2026 19:57

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Is that worth it just for one purpose?

SnoopZ 30-01-2026 20:39

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209842)
I wanted a oled Sony but for some reason I didn't feel like parting with the money so I've been keeping an eye on eBay, gumtree, vinted for a unwanted gift at a bargain price and today I think I got exactly that on vinted

https://uk.hisense.com/products/tv/q...00000020015873

£200 + fee £13.20 + postage £18.19 = 231.39

It'll do I think for the bedroom :Yes: I'm curious of freely :naughty:

I needed to update a TV for my bedroom and I also didn't want to buy a top of the range Mini-Led for silly money, I also needed it to be no bigger than 40in so I ended up getting a QLED Hisense and it's perfect for it's use, I also got a compact very cheap Hisense soundbar as I just needed to improve the TV speakers.

My point being you should be fine with a Hisense in the bedroom but you have IPTV you don't need Freely.

thenry 30-01-2026 21:00

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Sonos do decent soundbars. I have beams in the bedrooms. Ray in the office. And I'm looking to get an arc for the front room.

I was thinking of downtime. Freely might come in handy. Also the sync in realtime. Freely might be tuned in time. Watching new year's on a delay is amusing :LOL: fireworks going off outside before me seeing Big Ben ring out :D

Jaymoss 30-01-2026 21:09

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Creative Z906 5.1 speakers. Second hand off Ebay £125 been after a set of these for ages but they retail still over £300 new. 6 Channel Direct for my PC but it also has Optical and Coaxial digital for later. Out of date tech but quality at this price for what you get is unmatchable

Paul 30-01-2026 21:14

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209849)
Is that worth it just for one purpose?

LOL, what a strange question.

Is a TV worth it for only one purpose ?
Is a Freesat box worth it for only one purpose ?
Is a Freeview box worth it for only one purpose ?

You could ask the same question about any device that you buy for a specific purpose.

thenry 30-01-2026 21:22

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Many devices nowadays multitask. Gone are the days of VCR. Are you dude111's dad :LOL:

Carth 30-01-2026 22:11

Re: What have you just bought?
 
*>me remembers something about all the eggs in one basket<*

Paul 30-01-2026 22:23

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209858)
Many devices nowadays multitask.

Whatever you are smoking is working well. :erm:

thenry 01-02-2026 22:23

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36209863)
Whatever you are smoking is working well. :erm:

The Michael Barrymore pack :naughty:

Taf 04-02-2026 19:50

Re: What have you just bought?
 
The place I buy my beer from emailed me saying that the beer I like is now back in stock, and I could not only have it without the extra tax, but a 10% loyalty discount.

So I took all their stock saving ££££s.

A tiny Post Office lady delivered the first 7 cases, and she looked knackered even with me helping her.


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