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Damac10

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Michaelmw said:
This is on full quality, by no means a 4K TV either.

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Browser?
 
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jones123 said:
WHICH BROWSER ?
when i try chrome or firefox it says stream not available in your region
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My regional settings are enabled on my MiBox so that for one might assist in the problem.

Using Chrome and enabled the load full desktop version, obviously had to side load the APK but that's literally all that was needed to be done.

SuperSport home page load looked heavy so got worried but there after the stream ran perfectly.
 
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thanks , gonna try that.

my supersport app works with mouse and dstv app is fine too bar the dimming, but gonna load 1.36.4 and see if it sorts issue.
my adsl line is not the greatest so it might be useful to be able to chose resolution
 
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Michaelmw said:
Oh Helloo full quality SuperSport

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Great to see them rolling it out to more sports. There was an article on here alluding to this.

HD streaming

As a mobile-first service at launch, DStv Now has only offered SD streaming.

This will change in the near future, however, with MultiChoice planning to launch HD streaming on the platform.

Speaking to TechCentral, Cumming said they are working to improve the streaming quality and want to get the resolution up to HD soon.

He said the resolution of content is rights dependent, and they are currently in discussions with suppliers to get HD content cleared.

The initial focus is on increasing the quality of the sports channels, which are the most popular on the DStv streaming service.

Cumming said that while it is not a technical challenge to move to HD, there are bandwidth requirements which must be met to improve streaming quality.
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https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/217584-dstv-now-hd-streaming-imminent.html
 
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Georgios said:
Is it only some channels that stream at 1280? I am currently watching supersport 1 and only have the option to stream at 960x540. Then supersport 3 has the 1280 option.
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Yeah, it's also more detailed 2 posts up. Content will be streamed when they have the rights to do so from the source in HD.

Formula 1 has been given the rights to stream HD thus the higher quality. Soccer is fee ally too along with some cricket matches I have seen.

I also noticed SS1 had F1 on yesterday and it gave me the option to change quality but after that reverted back to normal for the next Sport event.
 
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Michaelmw said:
Yeah, it's also more detailed 2 posts up. Content will be streamed when they have the rights to do so from the source in HD.

Formula 1 has been given the rights to stream HD thus the higher quality. Soccer is fee ally too along with some cricket matches I have seen.

I also noticed SS1 had F1 on yesterday and it gave me the option to change quality but after that reverted back to normal for the next Sport event.
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That makes sense. Thanks very much. F1 is hd as you say and the soccer. Pity the TDF is not.
 
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jones123 said:
thanks , gonna try that.

my supersport app works with mouse and dstv app is fine too bar the dimming, but gonna load 1.36.4 and see if it sorts issue.
my adsl line is not the greatest so it might be useful to be able to chose resolution
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I've tried 1.36.4 but it no longer works with the remote like 1.36.1?
 
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Just got my Xioami Mi 3 TV box 6.0 android.
It's the international version and I must say it's better by far for streaming Exodus stuff etc.

Need to do some homework on it to sideload some apps etc and get a USB hub and external storage..

Very happy for the price R1699 but still lots of tweaking to do.
 
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Got a nexus player on special. Side loaded data now and it works perfectly. Surprised. Updates turned off. Version 1.30 IIRC.

Great box, no 4K but for dstv it's fine
 
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Hemi300c said:
Just got my Xioami Mi 3 TV box 6.0 android.
It's the international version and I must say it's better by far for streaming Exodus stuff etc.

Need to do some homework on it to sideload some apps etc and get a USB hub and external storage..

Very happy for the price R1699 but still lots of tweaking to do.
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Also try and install Terrarium TV
 
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Hi Mates , are there any apps which i could use to stream live soccer beside the super sport. Really keen to watch preseason soccer as well as serie A which isn't broadcasted on SS?
 
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Hemi300c said:
Just got my Xioami Mi 3 TV box 6.0 android.
It's the international version and I must say it's better by far for streaming Exodus stuff etc.

Need to do some homework on it to sideload some apps etc and get a USB hub and external storage..

Very happy for the price R1699 but still lots of tweaking to do.
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What's the easiest method to sideload apps (particularly DSTV Now & SuperSport)?
 
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Is there perhaps anything smaller than a android TV box that will support Kodi and apks? I have an android box but I just fitted in a new TV in a room and there's not much space, I was thinking maybe there was some stick that fits at the back of the TV and I could just leave it there and operate it with a remote but not sure of that's available.
 
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RVR said:
Is there perhaps anything smaller than a android TV box that will support Kodi and apks? I have an android box but I just fitted in a new TV in a room and there's not much space, I was thinking maybe there was some stick that fits at the back of the TV and I could just leave it there and operate it with a remote but not sure of that's available.
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Maybe the Amazon fire TV stick. Not sure about availability but it's an awesome stick
 
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