ShowMax tested

Bernie said:
If you have setup your Samsung TV to be on another region to get the Netflix app, does this mean you will not be able to install the ShowMax app. I just can not find it in the smart hub. What am I doing wrong?
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Would also like to know.
 
SHOWMAX.... BETTER THAN NETFLIX!!! [sup]tm[/sup]
 
Bernie said:
If you have setup your Samsung TV to be on another region to get the Netflix app, does this mean you will not be able to install the ShowMax app. I just can not find it in the smart hub. What am I doing wrong?
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Well I would imagine your TV would have to be set to South Africa to pick it up.

Imagine you could pick up ShowMax in the USA. OMG Netflix would be in trouble :D
 
Whoop de doo

Supported 'devices'


Personal Computers (via web browsers)
iPhone and iPads running iOS 7 or higher
Android phones & tablets running Android 4.1.0 or higher
Samsung Smart TVs (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Samsung Tizen Smart TVs (2015)
LG NetCast Smart TVs (2012, 2013, 2014)
LG WebOS Smart TVs (2014, 2015)

So,

no Roku,
no Apple TV
++ add other devices to the this list
 
Well I just tested ShowMax, and I'm not impressed at all...

I have a 47" LG Smart LED TV, on it I already use Netflix and thought, well ShowMax being local would be quite cool, for one thing I wouldn't need the DNS changes used to access Netflix for ShowMax and surely the content would be faster loading and great quality being locally fed...

Wrong.

The quality of Netflix faaaaar outweighs this rubbish. Netflix loads faster, once a video is started I get no buffering at all and the quality goes up to 1080, where with ShowMax it buffers and buffers and buffers and I'm yet to find a video where the audio is in sync with the images!

How can you launch a product that cannot even keep the audio and images in sync? Very disappointed.
 
Bernie said:
If you have setup your Samsung TV to be on another region to get the Netflix app, does this mean you will not be able to install the ShowMax app. I just can not find it in the smart hub. What am I doing wrong?
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Yes it would be, I had that issue with my LG, but I just switched it back to South Africa to install ShowMax, and my Netflix app is still there.
 
CyberFish said:
Well I just tested ShowMax, and I'm not impressed at all...

I have a 47" LG Smart LED TV, on it I already use Netflix and thought, well ShowMax being local would be quite cool, for one thing I wouldn't need the DNS changes used to access Netflix for ShowMax and surely the content would be faster loading and great quality being locally fed...

Wrong.

The quality of Netflix faaaaar outweighs this rubbish. Netflix loads faster, once a video is started I get no buffering at all and the quality goes up to 1080, where with ShowMax it buffers and buffers and buffers and I'm yet to find a video where the audio is in sync with the images!

How can you launch a product that cannot even keep the audio and images in sync? Very disappointed.
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Do not want then!
 
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CyberFish said:
Well I just tested ShowMax, and I'm not impressed at all...

I have a 47" LG Smart LED TV, on it I already use Netflix and thought, well ShowMax being local would be quite cool, for one thing I wouldn't need the DNS changes used to access Netflix for ShowMax and surely the content would be faster loading and great quality being locally fed...

Wrong.

The quality of Netflix faaaaar outweighs this rubbish. Netflix loads faster, once a video is started I get no buffering at all and the quality goes up to 1080, where with ShowMax it buffers and buffers and buffers and I'm yet to find a video where the audio is in sync with the images!

How can you launch a product that cannot even keep the audio and images in sync? Very disappointed.
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but, but, but, but it's Naspers, it must be better...

You need to go to the doctor - your eyes and ears seem to be out of sync

or

maybe you're just watching it incorrectly - did you check the FAQ's?
 
AfricanTech said:
but, but, but, but it's Naspers, it must be better...

You need to go to the doctor - your eyes and ears seem to be out of sync

or

maybe you're just watching it incorrectly - did you check the FAQ's?
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Might be specific to the LG Smart TV App for ShowMax, not sure but it's ridiculous none the less.
 
CyberFish said:
Well I just tested ShowMax, and I'm not impressed at all...

I have a 47" LG Smart LED TV, on it I already use Netflix and thought, well ShowMax being local would be quite cool, for one thing I wouldn't need the DNS changes used to access Netflix for ShowMax and surely the content would be faster loading and great quality being locally fed...

Wrong.

The quality of Netflix faaaaar outweighs this rubbish. Netflix loads faster, once a video is started I get no buffering at all and the quality goes up to 1080, where with ShowMax it buffers and buffers and buffers and I'm yet to find a video where the audio is in sync with the images!

How can you launch a product that cannot even keep the audio and images in sync? Very disappointed.
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Tested yesterday on a 50" LG Webos TV:
*Loading time: Faster than Nextflix. Similar to Hulu.
*Quality:The same as Hulu
*Not buffer. I was testing it while streaming from Hulu on a PC.
 
landryc said:
Tested yesterday on a 50" LG Webos TV:
*Loading time: Faster than Nextflix. Similar to Hulu.
*Quality:The same as Hulu
*Not buffer. I was testing it while streaming from Hulu on a PC.
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I tested it as of 1h ago, 30min ago and again just prior to this post. I'm getting the buffer and out of sync. Yet at the same time when I open Netflix and test, it works perfectly. So perhaps their network is just under more strain today than it was yesterday?
 
dualmeister said:
Well I would imagine your TV would have to be set to South Africa to pick it up.

Imagine you could pick up ShowMax in the USA. OMG Netflix would be in trouble :D
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Hmm, some expats in Australia might use VPNS to try and access some SA shows via Showmax?
 
CyberFish said:
I tested it as of 1h ago, 30min ago and again just prior to this post. I'm getting the buffer and out of sync. Yet at the same time when I open Netflix and test, it works perfectly. So perhaps their network is just under more strain today than it was yesterday?
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Maybe. I will test it again tonight. Do you use wifi or the ethernet cable to connect the TV?
My setup: 10 mbps Adsl connection. TV connected via Ethernet(Powerline network 150mbps)
 
CyberFish said:
I tested it as of 1h ago, 30min ago and again just prior to this post. I'm getting the buffer and out of sync. Yet at the same time when I open Netflix and test, it works perfectly. So perhaps their network is just under more strain today than it was yesterday?
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I had the same experience yesterday evening on an iPhone when Netflix and the like play seamlessly.

Anyway, they are developing an Apple TV app, but they cannot give me a release date. I will hold off until then and hopefully the kinks would have been worked out by then.
 
Hush9300 said:
I had the same experience yesterday evening on an iPhone when Netflix and the like play seamlessly.

Anyway, they are developing an Apple TV app, but they cannot give me a release date. I will hold off until then and hopefully the kinks would have been worked out by then.
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Same here.
Currently I pay for Netflix + Hulu + HBO Now + Unotelly. This looks like it will give me a pretty decent replacement, for a fraction of the cost
 
JStrike said:
Same here.
Currently I pay for Netflix + Hulu + HBO Now + Unotelly. This looks like it will give me a pretty decent replacement, for a fraction of the cost
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So you're giving up on recent content (Hulu) and a huge back catalogue (Netflix)?
 
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