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SnoopZ

02-10-2025 00:25

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36203818)

Yes :Yes:

I brought a 4k Max 6E 2nd generation yesterday with a pro remote. My aunty has my 4K max 1st generation stick which she rarely uses but I'm happy even if she uses in once in a blue moon. I'm thinking of giving the 6E to my dad. I have a Nvidia shield so allowing family to use my devices is kind of like safe keeping :tu:

I wonder what stock levels are like of the remaining android based 4k max sticks.

Many were concerned Amazon would push vega os to all its models :confused:

Do you use and pay for an IPTV service on it? I'm about to venture into that area as I've done my research and will give it ago, I'm not planning on getting it from a reseller I'm going direct to a source and will sort it myself.

Jaymoss

02-10-2025 07:25

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36203828)

Their loss.
People will just start using android TV boxes instead.
As far as I can see, the only advantage firesticks ever had was their size.
I dumped them for android boxes many years ago.

Main issue with Android boxes is dodgy payloads at a firmware level . What boxes do you have out of interest? I spent a lot of time in the streaming community with kodi iptv and boxes and a lot of them were found to have malware. Linus Tech Tips did a lot of research on it a couple of years ago|

Their market share will plummet I imagine once none Vega devices become obsolete and unavailable

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36203833)

where you gonna find one of them ? I do not think I have ever found someone who was not a restreamer or reseller. I got quite close one and was offered a panel and a lot of tokens/credits for a stupidly silly cheap price but do not want the hassle of having to keep finding new clients. If you find one let me know hahaa

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thenry

02-10-2025 08:26

Re: What have you just bought?

Yes let me know as well doggy. I'm interested in what you manage to sniff out :D

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36203833)

Yes. I have a provider. I've found one that doesn't run away. I've been with them ever since streaming started.

Paul	02-10-2025 14:43

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36203837)

What boxes do you have out of interest?

My main one is an X96Q (about 18 months old now).
The other is an A95X from the summer of 2019, thats not used often now.

Jaymoss

02-10-2025 17:39

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36203866)

My main one is an X96Q (about 18 months old now).
The other is an A95X from the summer of 2019, thats not used often now.

Had a few of the A95X go through my hands at one point. Had a Mi box too that was quite decent :-)

SnoopZ

02-10-2025 20:25

Re: What have you just bought?

Got my 16GB Max Fire stick hopefully it'll last.

Jaymoss

02-10-2025 22:36

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36203888)

Got my 16GB Max Fire stick hopefully it'll last.

I actually see a possibility of Kodi making a come back if people switch to mini pcs instead of android boxes they are not much more if you buy a refurb mini pc and it will do more and you can access the same scrapers the apks access for links so we might see Kodi back and a return of Fanriffic hahaha

thenry

02-10-2025 22:44

Re: What have you just bought?

Anybody putting pressure on Bill Gates for cracks etc. ?

Amazons a scam. Bait and switch.

Jaymoss

02-10-2025 23:31

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36203899)

Anybody putting pressure on Bill Gates for cracks etc. ?

Amazons a scam. Bait and switch.

remains to be seen if Vega will get cracked yet. I believe there will be an app store which means devs get the sdk it is just getting them on the device. Who knows

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might actually be able to use the term Jailbreak properly on a fire device at last hahaha

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Vega SDK no use until it is Jailbroken of course

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ve...-vega-sdk.html

SnoopZ

02-10-2025 23:46

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36203897)

Hehe.

I've just setup my first IPTV on a Firestick, I've never done it before and I'm not buying from a reseller so I've bought a month direct from my source website(strong8k.org) and also purchased lifetime Tivimate premium. I'm still learning to set it up so I need to see how it goes or whether there are better options out there.

Jaymoss

03-10-2025 06:24

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36203907)

smarters is generally a well liked and often cloned app that works well with subs. Your supplier may have a clone for it
What makes you think they are not a reseller?

thenry

03-10-2025 08:05

Re: What have you just bought?

I use OTT Navigator by Scillarium Studio. It's finely tuned. Mod from https://platinmods.com/

You can now watch Sky Sports F1 :woot:

SnoopZ

03-10-2025 10:45

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36203915)

smarters is generally a well liked and often cloned app that works well with subs. Your supplier may have a clone for it
What makes you think they are not a reseller?

When I was looking into IPTV there were a lot of comments saying go here message a guy bla bla bla and then I saw some replies saying cut out the middle man and go direct to source, so Strong came up a few times so I decided to give it ago.

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36203919)

I use OTT Navigator by Scillarium Studio. It's finely tuned. Mod from https://platinmods.com/

You can now watch Sky Sports F1 :woot:

Thanks for the info.

I already pay for Formula 1 TV Pro from USA via my VPN to get around the UK restrictions, but I also get F1 via this IPTV service so I may as well cancel getting it the legit way as it's the same cost but get alot of live TV too.

I'm very new to this so still learning, but as far as I know I'm not relying on some random guy to sort it for me.

Taf	03-10-2025 11:26

Re: What have you just bought?

Carrots from Aldi. The "wonky" ones were less than 1/2" thick and about 6" long, so I got their "normal" ones that were a little fatter but the same length.

thenry

03-10-2025 11:38

Re: What have you just bought?

I just went to Tesco express for milk and this caught my eye

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...eS7Zo2rMvtMB5B

65p each clearance so I brought the shelf, 10 cans. It's not diet :(

thenry

03-10-2025 15:04

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36203944)

You haven't gone to source. I've tested a similar playlist. The quality is schoolboy. I'm getting buffers, skips which is amateur. The playlist is all over the place too. I took a trial intrigued what you had found. No good in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36203944)

I'd suggest keeping the back up. You may well need it because strong will prove unwatchable.

I can tell you're new to this. You've opted for an overhyped provider.

I've tested various other providers because I wanted a backup but they have all proved to be shit. I have another backup but it's invites only, a closed community. That's when you know you have source none of these silly resellers.

Jaymoss

03-10-2025 15:16

Re: What have you just bought?

I have not seen any buffering in the little test I run. What client did you test it on? I used Smarters on my PC. I like the Raw HVEC 4K and HD options also . I think just running on an xtream codes panel like 99.9 % of all the others

thenry

03-10-2025 17:24

Re: What have you just bought?

Nvidia Shield, OTT Navigator, XC. MTV hits is ok, streaming really well in fact. MTV music has a mind of it's own. Sky Sports News ok. F1 4k starts playing up after a while.

A source would prove it's their stream through a marker.

SnoopZ

03-10-2025 17:29

Re: What have you just bought?

I've not had any buffering with Strong so far everything has been fantastic for me.

I did some research with people suggesting things like no need to go with a reseller and Strong came up a few times with that, so I've taken a punt and it's fantastic in my short time of testing.

If it does go dodgy like in your experience I'll try another and use BeeTV again.

thenry

03-10-2025 17:34

Re: What have you just bought?

I'm very interested in how you get on in some weeks or months if you would kindly share your experience.

Personally I didn't like the experience, I did mouth off I accept that. No good for me.

SnoopZ

03-10-2025 20:23

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204008)

I'm very interested in how you get on in some weeks or months if you would kindly share your experience.

Personally I didn't like the experience, I did mouth off I accept that. No good for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204008)

I'm very interested in how you get on in some weeks or months if you would kindly share your experience.

Personally I didn't like the experience, I did mouth off I accept that. No good for me.

Jaymoss

03-10-2025 20:24

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36204027)

I will let you know how it all goes but I've got no reference point as to what is good or bad to work from.

What is good so far for me is if I select a TV or Movie it seems to look and play great and also works with subtitles via VLC without issue.

Trying Live TV is a learning curve for me, it took me a while to find some UK shows in the Tivimate TV Guide from the 1000 of stations so I know I have to organise those.

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I will let you know how it all goes but I've got no reference point as to what is good or bad to work from.

What is good so far for me is if I select a TV or Movie it seems to look and play great and also works with subtitles via VLC without issue.

Trying Live TV is a learning curve for me, it took me a while to find some UK shows in the Tivimate TV Guide from the 1000s of stations so I know I have to organise those.

Use the smarters app go into live TV and search UK. all in very simple catagories on there

SnoopZ

03-10-2025 20:26

Re: What have you just bought?

Apologies for all the double posts it seems to do that to me today if I try and edit on mobile.

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36204029)

Use the smarters app go into live TV and search UK. all in very simple catagories on there

Will give it ago after I get home from working this late shift.

SnoopZ

04-10-2025 10:16

Re: What have you just bought?

£50 Tesco Gift Card via Everup for the 5.1% discount.

If I do this every week I'll save £2.55 a week on food shopping and still get my Tesco Clubcard points.

thenry

04-10-2025 10:26

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36204027)

Reference points would be zap times. Buffers. Downtime. Skips.

I liked how large the playlist was. I also liked the fact Italy was working. Recent raids mean the likes of Italy, Netherlands, BeIn were down for other providers. I think I was too rash yesterday sorry. I just got annoyed seeing yet another provider with a similar playlist to others.

Jaymoss

04-10-2025 10:37

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204071)

This is because like I have repeated they are all using the same xtream code reseller credit panels . You imagine the bandwidth and server space and equipment to receive and then restream global tv is required to stream literally 1000s of channels 24 hours a day and the bandwidth required to serve all the connections and then there is the cost . How many of these server farms for illegal streaming do you think there are globally ? In the days of card sharing it was a lot easier and cheaper to set up so there were more unique providers iptv is a totally different story

SnoopZ

04-10-2025 11:59

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204071)

Reference points would be zap times. Buffers. Downtime. Skips.

I liked how large the playlist was. I also liked the fact Italy was working. Recent raids mean the likes of Italy, Netherlands, BeIn were down for other providers. I think I was too rash yesterday sorry. I just got annoyed seeing yet another provider with a similar playlist to others.

No offence taken I was just happy I was able to sort this out myself as previously I thought it was done by contacting a dodgy guy down the pub.

I'm still learning just need to sort the TV guide out so it's trial and error but it definitely bye bye Virgin Media TV as there is no point in me paying for that especially as I hardly ever use it.

thenry

04-10-2025 12:18

Re: What have you just bought?

It's a hobby. You'll learn, upgrade, have fun and enjoy the satisfaction.

Pub guy goes to prison.

Re: the EPG. Unless supplier provided you'll have to pay for third party support.

I use Google to look up EPG. Sky recently got rid of their web based EPG to a lot of people's annoyance but there are alternatives

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33713376

Jaymoss

04-10-2025 12:38

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204079)

If you want a hobby buy yourself an engima 2 based box build your own bouquets on it and build your own epg. None of it costs a lot. I used to own a Mut@nt HD2 box threw a 120GB ssd in it to record . Set it up for freesat and put and iptv sub on it too. That was time consuming but fun (well for me anyway) and then of course you can record and pause live tv . If you sub allows multi screen you can pay for the second and record and watch live tv like on the first gen hd sat boxes cuz of course you lose all the on demand channels with iptv over VM/Sky so recording becomes a thing again . There is a lot of fun to be had

thenry

04-10-2025 13:01

Re: What have you just bought?

:LOL: that's deep. I can't be arsed with recording. Plus my subs are 1 connection go anywhere. The majority of stuff is available on demand either from provider or iPlayer, channel 4, etc.

Did you ever mess with technomate nanos with removable modules? Prior to streaming the function of having two feeds cable and satellite

Jaymoss

04-10-2025 13:08

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204084)

The Mut@ant had 3 tuners 1 cable and 2 sat they were modular

Jaymoss

04-10-2025 20:19

Re: What have you just bought?

Windows 10 pro key to set up a clean install on an old windows vista laptop 74p activated just fine

peanut

04-10-2025 20:35

Re: What have you just bought?

A pair of clean lugholes. £60 for 5 min treatment (suction) wax removal from SpecSavers.

Needs must as requested by audiologist as having new moulds (or molds) and a new pair of hearing aids at the end of the month.

Still it's done, made a bit of difference though at least.

Jimmy-J

05-10-2025 07:28

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36204109)

Windows 10 pro key to set up a clean install on an old windows vista laptop 74p activated just fine

That's a good buy, seen any cheap keys for Windows 11?

US Vietnam Webbing M56 Suspenders / US Vietnam M56 Pistol Belt / M56 Field Pack Canvas Vietnam M56 Butt Pack / and a US M56 First Aid Compass Pouch.

Jaymoss

05-10-2025 09:13

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 36204122)

Message me mate the same place has them for 90p of course you take the punt but so far I have never have one fail and never had one flag later either and I have used loads. I did have bad keys off ebay but not here

SnoopZ

05-10-2025 13:11

Re: What have you just bought?

Just bought another 4K Firestick for £26 (lowest price ever) that allows slide loading before they get discontinued in a few days. I will be setting up my parents with IPTV and hope once setup it won't need me on-site to fix things because I live a 3hr car trip away!

Jaymoss

05-10-2025 13:29

Re: What have you just bought?

Only the new Vega Models wont side load they will still be selling older android based models

SnoopZ

05-10-2025 14:24

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36204132)

Only the new Vega Models wont side load they will still be selling older android based models

Surely they will discontinue the older model like they previously have? That's my guess anyway.

Btw I've settled for Tivimate as my IPTV guide, once I start hiding the stuff I don't want it s but ms to work better and the other one is slower and kept crashing on my Fire sticks.

Jaymoss

05-10-2025 14:33

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36204133)

doing that would kill their sales in that kind of product . Lets be real the majority either already own on or will want one to access illicit material. It is still I linux operating same as the android based devices. I dunno if we will see vega jailbroken but they never thought IOS would be crack able but that did not last long. We will see though . It makes no real odds to me either way though

SnoopZ

05-10-2025 14:54

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36204134)

We can only hope they keep being produced but there are plenty of alternatives.

We could do with an IPTV/ Dodgy box topic but I'm not sure if Paul would allow it?

thenry

05-10-2025 14:58

Re: What have you just bought?

I think you had the right idea of sourcing it yourself. Talking about technology isn't illegal.

SnoopZ

05-10-2025 15:59

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204136)

I think you had the right idea of sourcing it yourself. Talking about technology isn't illegal.

Have you had better results with your trial of the service or is it still iffy your end?

thenry

05-10-2025 16:04

Re: What have you just bought?

I took it off yesterday it was irritating me. I don't like to trim down a playlist. I couldn't reason with it.

It expired this morning anyway so no more testing.

Hugh	05-10-2025 16:05

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36204135)

We can only hope they keep being produced but there are plenty of alternatives.

We could do with an IPTV/ Dodgy box topic but I'm not sure if Paul would allow it?

From the CF Acceptable Use Policy

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33680796

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Originally Posted by Cable Forum (Post 35295113)

Copyright should be respected.

Please only quote small passages from articles on other sites and provide links back to them.

We know that many users will seek to download content such as films and music which they may not own. We cannot condone piracy. Some general discussion of the principles may be acceptable, be we cannot allow detailed "how to guides", or links to sites that harbour such material.

Paul	05-10-2025 17:09

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36204135)

We could do with an IPTV/ Dodgy box topic but I'm not sure if Paul would allow it?

As indicated by Hugh, that would not be allowed by our Acceptable Use Policy.

Taf	05-10-2025 18:50

Re: What have you just bought?

A replacement gas hob (Beko £119) and a new fan oven (Logik £159) from Currys.

Delivery and fitting of the gas hob added on another £140, no option to collect from their local store.

There were slightly cheaper places, but none offered the gas hob installation below £200!!!

SnoopZ

05-10-2025 19:04

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36204146)

Topcashback would have given 3% cashback and you could have bought with Currys gift cards that would have given you a further 5% saving, just something to consider for everyone. (I feel like an Everup saleman but the app really works).

thenry

06-10-2025 14:30

Re: What have you just bought?

I brought some hair clippers on eBay 2 years ago which had a 3 year care package on it. Today I decided to give a replacement a go because I had brought a better lithium clipper. At Argos the lovely lady checks out the terms and says pick something so I thought she would swap it over to something better so I picked out a lithium clipper. She says ok, goes back to the till and says I'll refund the return then open a new purchase. Nope :no:

Returned clipper https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7996...gyMTExNDc4NDQy

Lithium https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7727...gyMTExNDc4NDQy

I did try sweet talk her into giving me the lithium clipper but she politely declined. Oh well I got a refund which I shouldn't have got to be honest. The care pack was for a replacement or Argos vouchers. She put it back on my card happy days.

My new clipper https://www.wahl.co.uk/product/cordl...gxMjAwNzk0NDM2

Paul	06-10-2025 15:09

Re: What have you just bought?

Halloween bath bombs (for the granddaughter).

Taf	06-10-2025 16:32

Re: What have you just bought?

Over £20 off in Lidl using their 10% off "prize" with their app.

Jimmy-J

07-10-2025 02:58

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36204127)

Thanks for the info Jay. :tu:

mrmistoffelees

07-10-2025 11:47

Re: What have you just bought?

Preordered battlefield 6 will not be purchasing the new COD it looks atrocious

papa smurf

07-10-2025 18:08

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36204243)

Preordered battlefield 6 will not be purchasing the new COD it looks atrocious

War is hell :erm:

SnoopZ

10-10-2025 15:51

Re: What have you just bought?

My weekly £50 Tesco Gift Card from the EVERUP app to go towards my weekly groceries, this time I used the cashback stored in the app to get it for £46.76, the whole process takes around 30 seconds and in doing so earned another £2.55 cashback for next week.

I wish the app allowed Amazon as an option!

Taf	10-10-2025 20:27

Re: What have you just bought?

New gas hob and electric oven. The hob cost £120 to fit, the oven I did myself in minutes.

BUT...

Currys sent a black hob and not the stainless steel one I ordered, hopefully they will be back to fit the correct one next week.

Did you know that electric ovens don't come with any mains cable these days?

mrmistoffelees

11-10-2025 08:10

Re: What have you just bought?

Airport hotel and car parking for holiday

Jaymoss

11-10-2025 08:37

Re: What have you just bought?

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36204469)

Mine come with a short on the earth. My friend was a sparky and installed it and it just kept tripping . Called Appliances Direct told them they sent a guy out from Domestic and General started stripping the oven down I said test the earth he refused tried to find a reason to blame me. Eventually he finished I said what is wrong he said a fault on the earth. I smiled and thought what a dick and I got a replacement installed at their cost. A short period of time later I got a letter of D & G asking me for payment saying it was my fault. I called and told them no and have the engineers report to prove it . I wonder how many get ripped off and pay without thinking

papa smurf

11-10-2025 10:42

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36204483)

Airport hotel and car parking for holiday

My son solved the problem of parking, he got me to drop him off and pick him up and left his car on his drive

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