Bad news for Sky customers
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Bad news for Sky customers
If you watch any Discovery channels on Sky. you probably already know but Discovery are threatening to pull all their channels at the end of Jan, over a price dispute...
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-disco ... SKBN1592S6
So no more Fast n' Loud, Wheeler Dealers, Chasing Classic Cars etc... until they get shown on Freeview, a few years down the line...
Bastids.... if it goes ahead.
Another reason to reconsider my subscription with Sky...
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-disco ... SKBN1592S6
So no more Fast n' Loud, Wheeler Dealers, Chasing Classic Cars etc... until they get shown on Freeview, a few years down the line...
Bastids.... if it goes ahead.
Another reason to reconsider my subscription with Sky...
I binned it off back end of last year on Virgin......Price kept on creeping up. Saved £20 a month by loosing the option to view Street Outlaws (Discovery and History package).
I'd long since given up on Fast n Loud due to it being more about Richard than the cars. Rest was just repeats!!
Eventually it'll make its way onto Dave or you can always find them on Youtube!!!!
Roadkill is by far the best car related programme on (Online only), but even they have got bitten by pay per view as we now have Motor Trend on Demand. I'll wait a month to see it on YT thanks. Shame as in the last year you now have Roadkill Garage. Freiburger and Steve Dulcich host this and its mainly Mopar and messing around with engines........Kinda stuff I enjoy watching, but its subscription only!
Add to that Engine Masters (also on YT free), and I think Mr Freiburger has pretty much got my preferred automotive viewing tastes down to perfection!
You can keep your Discovery Mr Sky/Virgin!!!
I'd long since given up on Fast n Loud due to it being more about Richard than the cars. Rest was just repeats!!
Eventually it'll make its way onto Dave or you can always find them on Youtube!!!!
Roadkill is by far the best car related programme on (Online only), but even they have got bitten by pay per view as we now have Motor Trend on Demand. I'll wait a month to see it on YT thanks. Shame as in the last year you now have Roadkill Garage. Freiburger and Steve Dulcich host this and its mainly Mopar and messing around with engines........Kinda stuff I enjoy watching, but its subscription only!
Add to that Engine Masters (also on YT free), and I think Mr Freiburger has pretty much got my preferred automotive viewing tastes down to perfection!
You can keep your Discovery Mr Sky/Virgin!!!
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Re: Bad news for Sky customers
YES THIS IS A BITCH I WATCH MOST OF THE DISCOVERY PROGRAMMES,,RobTwin wrote:If you watch any Discovery channels on Sky. you probably already know but Discovery are threatening to pull all their channels at the end of Jan, over a price dispute...
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-disco ... SKBN1592S6
So no more Fast n' Loud, Wheeler Dealers, Chasing Classic Cars etc... until they get shown on Freeview, a few years down the line...
Bastids.... if it goes ahead.
Another reason to reconsider my subscription with Sky...
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Buy one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... 2&_sacat=0
connect to wifi and TV
open Kodi
go to video add ons
install or choose one of the following
Exodus
UK Turks Playlist
SALTS
phoenix
any of those will have a stream of discovery or the programme you want
choose a source and watch
Job done
if you get stuck, www.tvaddons.ag for the lowdown on KODI XBMC and addons
you might have a bit of a fight with the box when you get it. it thinks its an android phone with no battery and no sim card, therefore some technical knowledge is necessary to get it to see your laptop or take feeds from you phone....
but you don't need to do any of that if you just want to stream the odd show
but other than that .... all good
suggest you get a Bluetooth keyboard with touchpad mouse intergrated, to go with it, the small one in the more expensive packages does the job just fine.
other models other an Q box 2 exist i chose chose that cos it does 4K video
unbranded electronics from china (actually SunVell)...who do you think sky got their new Q box idea from.... in their case just one of these tethered to your skybox)
possibly not totally legal because you don't know if the provider of the material has paid the copyright holder and is legally allowed to stick that stuff on the internet.
remember the old Mantra "Home Taping is killing music" and all those warnings about not storing your favorite magazines in a document retrieval system. Public performance licences from a grey looking office on Ganton street if you wanted to play your new 45 rpm single over a PA system at the school christmas fair...
you could inadvertently put yourself into the same territory....
but works with free view iplayer 4OD ITV player Quest catch up etc as well sky catch up foxtel catch up ABC CBS HBO etc
its like the smart bit of a smart TV that actually has smart stuff in it that you might use.
You can also enjoy web/street cams from all over the world
CCTV etc
want to sit at the top of the eiffel tower or on the brooklyn bridge while you have your tea...you can
Images from cameras on satellites and planes
hours and hours spent watching great dane puppies in canada do nothing...its a finger click away
foot ball matches and boxing
films
concerts
russian TV and italian shopping channels
anything really
can turn you TV into a truly terrifying window into a place you don't wanna go. for example i watched the first episode of Grange Hill last night....
benny was the first character we meet, through the gates too early, quick chat with the care taker....... i won't go on.
if you connect controllers to it you can play arcade games on it
its quite a cool toy
in the way that Napster was quite a cool bit of software
when you go on holiday you can just take it with you works anywhere with a telly and an internet connection
use at own risk
or just download and run Kodi on your PC, install the addons and screen share with ya telly
that costs nuffin but a VGA/DVI/HDMI cable or a bit of windows 7 magic and a home network
Dave
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... 2&_sacat=0
connect to wifi and TV
open Kodi
go to video add ons
install or choose one of the following
Exodus
UK Turks Playlist
SALTS
phoenix
any of those will have a stream of discovery or the programme you want
choose a source and watch
Job done
if you get stuck, www.tvaddons.ag for the lowdown on KODI XBMC and addons
you might have a bit of a fight with the box when you get it. it thinks its an android phone with no battery and no sim card, therefore some technical knowledge is necessary to get it to see your laptop or take feeds from you phone....
but you don't need to do any of that if you just want to stream the odd show
but other than that .... all good
suggest you get a Bluetooth keyboard with touchpad mouse intergrated, to go with it, the small one in the more expensive packages does the job just fine.
other models other an Q box 2 exist i chose chose that cos it does 4K video
unbranded electronics from china (actually SunVell)...who do you think sky got their new Q box idea from.... in their case just one of these tethered to your skybox)
possibly not totally legal because you don't know if the provider of the material has paid the copyright holder and is legally allowed to stick that stuff on the internet.
remember the old Mantra "Home Taping is killing music" and all those warnings about not storing your favorite magazines in a document retrieval system. Public performance licences from a grey looking office on Ganton street if you wanted to play your new 45 rpm single over a PA system at the school christmas fair...
you could inadvertently put yourself into the same territory....
but works with free view iplayer 4OD ITV player Quest catch up etc as well sky catch up foxtel catch up ABC CBS HBO etc
its like the smart bit of a smart TV that actually has smart stuff in it that you might use.
You can also enjoy web/street cams from all over the world
CCTV etc
want to sit at the top of the eiffel tower or on the brooklyn bridge while you have your tea...you can
Images from cameras on satellites and planes
hours and hours spent watching great dane puppies in canada do nothing...its a finger click away
foot ball matches and boxing
films
concerts
russian TV and italian shopping channels
anything really
can turn you TV into a truly terrifying window into a place you don't wanna go. for example i watched the first episode of Grange Hill last night....
benny was the first character we meet, through the gates too early, quick chat with the care taker....... i won't go on.
if you connect controllers to it you can play arcade games on it
its quite a cool toy
in the way that Napster was quite a cool bit of software
when you go on holiday you can just take it with you works anywhere with a telly and an internet connection
use at own risk
or just download and run Kodi on your PC, install the addons and screen share with ya telly
that costs nuffin but a VGA/DVI/HDMI cable or a bit of windows 7 magic and a home network
Dave
Last edited by Dave999 on Fri Jan 27, 17 3:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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ahh great minds....
i like the concert list in UK Turks
i watched The Jam's farewell gig the other night and a bit of Madness in Hyde Park 2016. and all i went in to find was the first episode of homeland that i'd missed
i recon thats fair game if its already been on the FREE telly.
Dave
i like the concert list in UK Turks
i watched The Jam's farewell gig the other night and a bit of Madness in Hyde Park 2016. and all i went in to find was the first episode of homeland that i'd missed
i recon thats fair game if its already been on the FREE telly.
Dave
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Blimey Dave, did you take a breath at all whilst typing that !!!
You should write instruction manuals for a living.
Thankfully I don't get much time for TV, the thought of re-watching Grange Hill is a bit cringy. I find a few programmes that I grew up with don't quite have the same effect now, especially if you try to convince the kids how good they were and this is what made us great etc etc.
Home taping
Did you try recording the Top 40 on Sunday afternoon, finger hovering over the Pause button and trying to keep everyone else in the living room quiet?
You should write instruction manuals for a living.
Thankfully I don't get much time for TV, the thought of re-watching Grange Hill is a bit cringy. I find a few programmes that I grew up with don't quite have the same effect now, especially if you try to convince the kids how good they were and this is what made us great etc etc.
Home taping
Did you try recording the Top 40 on Sunday afternoon, finger hovering over the Pause button and trying to keep everyone else in the living room quiet?
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With Dave n Muzzy , get every Channel youl ever need just about Mobdro App good too
Theres a lad in Liverpool does complete box with all popular add ons already on,plus
U can update it regular with 1 click , no need to do all typing fer Add ons
Comes bit dearer at £99.00 plus post £ 104 .00
Jason moore 85 .co.uk ..got a utube site too
Theres a lad in Liverpool does complete box with all popular add ons already on,plus
U can update it regular with 1 click , no need to do all typing fer Add ons
Comes bit dearer at £99.00 plus post £ 104 .00
Jason moore 85 .co.uk ..got a utube site too
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Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My Mopar upon you
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Good news all channels back on now and I've just got our bill from virgin reduced by £20 pm. See how it goes
watch out for the quiet ones ...
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Theres a new Add on called Maverick , has all the Sky Channels , inc Sports hd
MOPAR - Move Over Power Arriving Rapidly
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My Mopar upon you
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My Mopar upon you
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