It's true, have used it now.
No, can't add something without "watching" an episode - when last I noticed the detail, it requires going past any advert and the copyright notice at least to get it added.
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No, can't add something without "watching" an episode - when last I noticed the detail, it requires going past any advert and the copyright notice at least to get it added.
And FliekNet is disappearing soon as well... reverting back to an occasional popup channel. Soon we will be back to the original M-Net days with only 2 channels.
So.
Those wanting the eTV channels' content online, it's free here: https://watch.evod.co.za/
Must join to access content. It's in partnership with MTN but accepts other cellphone numbers too.
They also offer some sort of subscription, but why isn't clear. Maybe no ads then.
If anyone finds they also have live streaming online please post (I don't use apps).
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Wow!
Those wanting the eTV channels' content online, it's free here: https://watch.evod.co.za/
Must join to access content. It's in partnership with MTN but accepts other cellphone numbers too.
They also offer some sort of subscription, but why isn't clear. Maybe no ads then.
If anyone finds they also have live streaming online please post (I don't use apps).
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And how do they think they're going to explain to everyone with the Movies Plus option that they're losing 1 of their 3 staple diet channels now??
Wow!
We all know they don't feel the need to explain themselves (or anything)
A) To my surprise Channel 131 Life time closed yesterday. As that old song goes "And another one gone and another one gone. Another one bites the dust"
B) I claimed my anniversary reward yesterday where I would have been upgraded to Compact plus for about a month. 24 hrs later nothing has happened. I can't log into their site to see what is happening. Error 524 timeout. I don't remember it taking this long last year, anybody else had experience with the anniversary upgrade?
C) I don't know if anybody else is having issues with the old online tv guide but it is barely functioning for me.
D) Me schedules are a mess, are they having NCIS Hawaii or not?
E) And finally on Explora 2, I'm having my playlist ghost my screen (black background, white lettering) when I press the return button to exit the playlist or schedules. The return button on my Explora 1 remote is hardly working and the info button on my Explora 2 remote is hardly working. Both issues started at the same time. Otherwise everything is just dandy.
B) I claimed my anniversary reward yesterday where I would have been upgraded to Compact plus for about a month. 24 hrs later nothing has happened. I can't log into their site to see what is happening. Error 524 timeout. I don't remember it taking this long last year, anybody else had experience with the anniversary upgrade?
C) I don't know if anybody else is having issues with the old online tv guide but it is barely functioning for me.
D) Me schedules are a mess, are they having NCIS Hawaii or not?
E) And finally on Explora 2, I'm having my playlist ghost my screen (black background, white lettering) when I press the return button to exit the playlist or schedules. The return button on my Explora 1 remote is hardly working and the info button on my Explora 2 remote is hardly working. Both issues started at the same time. Otherwise everything is just dandy.
The actual international channel closed down, no longer available anywhere.
It only comes into effect at the start of the next billing cycle.
Yep :- (
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Dstv is a broken mess since the last update. There are issues with pretty much every single recording now. If busy recording something it will simply stop recording whenever it wants.
When watching a recording it will freeze or even totally crash the whole system.
Literally every recording. Pathetic.
Can't rely on the useless Catchup either because they're only adding mnet shows and soaps.
When watching a recording it will freeze or even totally crash the whole system.
Literally every recording. Pathetic.
Can't rely on the useless Catchup either because they're only adding mnet shows and soaps.
I haven't experienced any of these recording or freezing issues across 3 decoders. Might be wothwhile getting your installation checked.
Recent info likely confirms 432 NHK World is finally coming to our satellite service. They have great Japanese science doccies (English).
Would I have swapped 140 eMovies Extra for it? Nope ('cos it's already on DStv Now
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Would I have swapped 140 eMovies Extra for it? Nope ('cos it's already on DStv Now
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So now instead of using ARC to delete titles on catch-up, you need to use P-. It works.
That's correct yes. It seems future remotes will no longer have an ARC button.
Two weird things this weekend.
A recording that looked like it was doing fine turned out to have failed, was zero minutes length and claimed to have ended minutes before it started.
Watched my recorded 1 hour cricket hilites from ch. 209 for SA vs Ind 2nd T20. Second half was a repeat or similarly-edited content of the first half.
Either there's no more QA or it isn't working. And I think most of us are done discussing it.
A recording that looked like it was doing fine turned out to have failed, was zero minutes length and claimed to have ended minutes before it started.
Watched my recorded 1 hour cricket hilites from ch. 209 for SA vs Ind 2nd T20. Second half was a repeat or similarly-edited content of the first half.
Either there's no more QA or it isn't working. And I think most of us are done discussing it.
Yes the same with me. I set the decoder to record FP3 of Formula 1 and it also failed that way.
Tried to stream the Proteas game yesterday afternoon. It halted with an error after 5 minutes, and every 5 minutes. "Oh no, something has gone wrong. It might be on our side". Refresh, and it works for 5 minutes.
Honestly the worst streaming service around.
Fired up F1TV for the GP and it ran 100% all the way through, along with streaming The Lincoln Lawyer after that on Netflix. No hassles with either.
Honestly the worst streaming service around.
Fired up F1TV for the GP and it ran 100% all the way through, along with streaming The Lincoln Lawyer after that on Netflix. No hassles with either.
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I think Disney+ is a bit worse for reliabilty and they don't even do live streaming