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  KennyT Posts: 20,701

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  15/06/09 - 05:46 #2

  dave phoenix wrote: »

  I have found s great internet tv service www.filmon.com
  Is it possible to use a set top box to watch it on my tv or modify something like a BTvision or tiscaly set top box?

  If you've got a modern LCD TV, it will have a "PC-Video" connection and can act like a monitor. You just need a standard video connector and a 3.5mm-3.5mm jack plug to take the sound from your PC headphone socket...
  
  BTW, I get warnings about that site not having a "good reputation"...
  
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  [Deleted User] Posts: 16

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  15/06/09 - 18:09 #3

  Thanks kenny I really dont want the pc being in the lounge hence maybe a modded set top box.
  I have read a few bad things about the site but so far I have encountered no problems

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  Mandark Posts: 47,964

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  22/06/09 - 20:40 #4

  I should probably 'warn' people (especially those with families) that XXX channels are freely available in the lineup without you even having to register. Just download the program or don't. Picture quality is excellent though.
  
  New mobile service is coming soon!
  
  Edit: I wonder if this strictly legal. What are IPTV rules on such things?

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  Mandark Posts: 47,964

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  22/06/09 - 20:52 #5

  KennyT wrote: »

  If you've got a modern LCD TV, it will have a "PC-Video" connection and can act like a monitor. You just need a standard video connector and a 3.5mm-3.5mm jack plug to take the sound from your PC headphone socket...
  
  BTW, I get warnings about that site not having a "good reputation"...
  
  K

  I read that they were broadcasting Sky Sports and Eurosport for free at one time which was obviously not legit.

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  Mandark Posts: 47,964

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  22/06/09 - 21:59 #6

  Respectable boss though - Alki David
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alki_David

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  03/07/09 - 06:28 #7

  Seems it is subscription, only now.

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  ribtickle Posts: 6,361

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  06/07/09 - 09:02 #8

  Whatever you do, don't buy anything from them. I made the mistake of purchasing a 22-minute documentary for almost £8, paying twice the price for a 'HQ' version, but what I received was of little better quality than a highly-compressed fileshare cap. It was virtually unwatchable on a TV when converted. Their own software to expand and convert the file did not work either.
  
  Their customer service is dire. They have a live web cam & chat sessions but you might as well be communicating with a bale of hay for the way they automatically fob you off with promises that somebody will be in touch, then close the session. I'd only requested a part refund because I felt the HQ version was little different to the low-fi version at half the price, and not much better than the free-to-view/sample version, but never got anything. They completely ignored e-mails until I got Paypal involved, then started asking if the file wouldn't play, but because they have you pay with Paypal you cannot get your money back under Buyer Protection on a digital download.
  
  Use their service if you must, but be very cautious about actually buying anything. I haven't used their site since, and even when they offered free shares in their spam mails I continued to avoid them like the plague.
  
  If it says at Wikipedia that the site made a £7 million profit in its first year I can't say I find that surprising, given my experience.

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