Mi Box Newbie

[phly]

So I am the lucky owner of a Mi Box. Went for it as its google certified. I am also a newbie to the world of streaming and I only started getting my feet wet in the world of streaming a few weeks back - First on pc and now on Tv as well thanks to Xiaomi.

I have a number of question as I have been exploring. Does one need a vpn? Reason being NordVPN - which I read is quite good is having some special going on for $2.75 a month but its a 3yr deal. Secondly - is changing DNS possible and if so are there any "speed" benefits? Reason being I wanted to try using the 1.1.1.1 DNS I just discovered.

Thirdly - how do you guys deal with 3rd party apps installation especially kodi or are there any alternatives to kodi. I have only managed to get one repo working and the rest refuse to work somehow. I am setting up the box for my folks and they mostly care about soapies and live channels and I am trying to assist them cut the dstv chord.

Finally- how does one deal with ads - both in youtube and on mobdro - or does one just live with them? Ad blocker perhaps??

 

[R13...]

Kodi is available in the playstore. Others you'll probably have to load from apk, manually.

 

[phly]

Kodi I got - its the adding of repos that is giving me an issue. Most of what I try adding dont seem to work. As for loading manually I did discover ES file manager however I installed Chrome browser and it vanished. Wonder if there are any TV box gurus around I can PM.

 

[R13...]

Ask in the main Mi Box thread