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Philip Wales
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Surprised no thread on this, got mine today.
Not tried it yet, in work, but looks really nice.
Not tried it yet, in work, but looks really nice.
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Philip Wales
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I can confirm that this indeed does work with services like Unblock-us and OverPlay, and wait for this... it is actually possible to mix and match apps from all three regions (US, UK and DE) onto the one hub (with one Amazon account).
I'm testing this at the moment, and will have a how-to guide completed by tomorrow (It's easy, but not something people would be able to do by just browsing apps, as the American apps are not normally visible when looking at the app store), but suffice to say I have the BBC iPlayer sitting right next to Hulu Plus with both working fine from Germany.
Really looking forward to your guide mate, would it be similar to how i got the verizon tv app on my tablet i installed another app store alongside googles? and iplayer, hulu+ etc all sit alongside each other working perfectly.
Once done, all apps appear on the main hub of the Amazon TV after a sync.
I'm still rather stunned that I have all the American, British and German apps sitting together.
Not all are working via the DNS services I have tested (Demand 5 is not working for me in Germany right now), but I guess you guys won't have that problem.
I liked the way it was packed. Neat and simple which is unusual for Amazon.
I'll just be happy with a device i can get bbciplayer, itv, hulu+, mgo, abc on without having to switch accounts lol.
I've gotta setup my grandmother's fire tv tomorrow, it'll go with her Roku3 box, she's 85 and handles the iptv apps like a champ!
Feel free to ask any questions here or there
Thanks in advance.
No you can't
Hi Philip, no, you should be able to do this directly on the Amazon Fire TV. Unless something has changed in the latest update (which came through with the new UK box), this should still be possible.
From memory though, you can only do it when joining a WiFi network, so if you have already joined, try forgetting, then joining again and somewhere at the password stage there should be an advanced option.
The configuration button seems to require an Ethernet port, and I've run out of Ethernet cables in my test rig ;-) Opps.
Oh, I think you may have to create a static IP address as well, so it pays to note down either the existing IP address, or find a spare one in your network.
Or MGO and ABC for that matter as well.
There is STV though, which has most of ITV's content. Hulu Plus is also available, which has more ABC stuff than the normal ABC apps, but requires a sub.
Plex is also available, but at a small fee. I haven't tested it yet as I'm a bit cheesed off with the guys at Plex over this. I have a Plex lifetime pass which is supposed to give me free apps as well, so I don't like the idea of paying again for something I have already paid for.
I was luckily enough to grab plex from Amazon app store when it was a freebie of the day, i do agree with you you shouldn't have to pay for something twice.
Tbh i only just noticed ABC isn't on ROKU either lol but as you correctly stated HULU+ has a load of ABC stuff.
I wonder if Amazon will allow the fios verizon tv app and the xfinity tv to go app anytime soon as i have logins for those and this would be a huge plus.
I'm debating still between Amazon fire tv or a Android tv box, i believe Googles tv box is out very soon too?
Android 1: (unofficial) as in the Minix boxes. These are great for people who like to tinker with the box, and is a great XMBC machine (Zattoo is also fine on them), but they can be pretty shit with most other TV apps as they usually have very low quality streams and poor UIs (as they were designed for mobile touch screens).
Android 2: The Amazon Fire TV. All as described above, and some people have been able to sideload GooglePlay apps, which can mean "technically" everything you may want. But like above, these apps were not designed for anything but mobile screens and many refuse to work anyway.
Android 3: The Nexus Player, basically that new Google TV thingie. It seems really good, but not much different to the Amazon Fire TV. Won't have Prime, but may have a few other apps. At the moment, only available in the US, but it may have more opportunity to launch globally than the Amazon Fire TV - as the above box only can ever go to countries which has Prime (and that is only three in a very very big world).
Android 4: Older Google TVs (forget about this)
Android 5: Chromecast. Works great to be honest if you like this sort of half and half approach. Some good services work with it, and from many different countries. But some people have been known to "get lost" as it can really seem confusing at times.
At the moment, a Roku box set to the US has the most American services, so perhaps this is still the best option for those wanting American content, and a separate box for the UK stuff. But I really believe that as long as Amazon don't block this ability to install apps from different regions (using the backdoor method), then this could end up being a Smart DNSer's dream machine.
I've also got apple-tv, now-tv, chromecast, Push2TV, and various other ways of watching content but this seemed the most fun of all so far
Also got one of the gaming controls, just need to find something fun to play, only tried that milkfloat racing around the dining table thing so far
Thanks for the info mate i'll stick to my ROKU box for now and just stick to using my pc, then again a mini pc might be a idea to just keep connected to my tv for media, actually that's what i'm going to do haha.
If it's available on Firetv dead trigger is a great game.
Hmm I pluged my ethernet straight in, didn't bother with WiFi but all the guides sort of elude to using a wifi then forgetting it to progress, will take a look this weekend.