Futubox

Ivork said:
What's weird is server 2 has always been the fastest for me. Since mid December (I was away till 12 Jan so wouldn't know) it is now the worst and I have to use either server 1 or server 4 - which both suck and buffer and drop in SD. I know Telscum had a problem with that undersea cable but I tried both OpenWeb (IS) and Afrihost (MTN) with similar results.

Anyone else finding this ? What's going on?
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I have no issues and i noticed today this have been added:

CNN International Europe
CBS Action
NOW Music
Heat
Magic
Travel Channel
CBS Reality
Horror Channel
Channel AKA
ABN TV
CBS Drama
Starz TV
Flava
Bliss
Scuzz
Chart Show Dance
True Movies 1
True Movies 2
Tiny Pop
Buz Muzik
POP
Tiny Pop +1
Kix!
The Vault
PopGirl
Chart Show TV
Kix+1
True Entertainment
True Drama
 
digitalp said:
I have no issues and i noticed today this have been added:

CNN International Europe
CBS Action
NOW Music
Heat
Magic
Travel Channel
CBS Reality
Horror Channel
Channel AKA
ABN TV
CBS Drama
Starz TV
Flava
Bliss
Scuzz
Chart Show Dance
True Movies 1
True Movies 2
Tiny Pop
Buz Muzik
POP
Tiny Pop +1
Kix!
The Vault
PopGirl
Chart Show TV
Kix+1
True Entertainment
True Drama
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not bad.
 
I tried the test videos/servers on their site and all of the stuttered for me :( and I'm on 10mbps ADSL.
 
Half the Channels stopped working in SD!
Website works and if I change Z1xxxx back to Z0xxxx (HD) they work.

Is it just me?
 
Ivork said:
Half the Channels stopped working in SD!
Website works and if I change Z1xxxx back to Z0xxxx (HD) they work.

Is it just me?
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Hmm, looks like they up to something. Changing from Z1xxxx to Z0xxxx which should be HD is infact playing in SD now all of a sudden since Thursday eg the SyFy channel, Fox, Sky Sport1, Sky F1, Horror channel etc.

Maybe they having a bandwidth problem or something but their support, facebook no mention of it.
 
I also noticed that yesterday *Pissed*. I hope the fix it or OSS will be my permanent home for TV.

Ivork said:
Hmm, looks like they up to something. Changing from Z1xxxx to Z0xxxx which should be HD is infact playing in SD now all of a sudden since Thursday eg the SyFy channel, Fox, Sky Sport1, Sky F1, Horror channel etc.

Maybe they having a bandwidth problem or something but their support, facebook no mention of it.
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OSS seems to have done some changing around as well. Seems quite interesting.
 
I'm new with Futubox and I'm using the XBMC on mk809 (I saw xbmcfan is using mk808) and it's giving good results so far, my only problems are : EPG info (and how to install the plugins that can get them on the android XBMC) and how to make the mk809 handle the streams without the video freezing (or slowing down) while the audio is going fine (I feel like the mk809 is suffering a bit)
Any hints please ?
 
Uli said:
so no more sky sports 1/2?
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I can only get 1 now and F1. But those HD channels they changed to SD - pretty darn good SD if you ask me.
Don't know how they doing it but it looks fantastic to me.

They dropped Sky news and Showcase and added CNN, True movies 1 & 2, True drama, True Entertainment.
The ball-ache was changing my epg to update but luckily they all on the sky system so no need for time shifts like VH1 which is not the UK version (Thank Goodness).
 
NTV vs Futubox? Which is better value for sports and reality tv?

Also, what is the minimum adsl speed needed for Futubox?
 
digitalp said:
+1 and also the fact that they are down-scaling most of their channels to SD. I have stopped using their service.
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How is oss going for you though? I have been struggling with streams, and on a 10mbps line it is not good.
 
Would you guys say NTV is worth the 450 odd bucks a month?
 
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