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Old 20-08-2016, 07:59
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It's not. Streamed Utd game fine on Apple TV and from IPhone at lunchtime from the NBC app.

I think NBC must be making it tougher for overseas viewers. I'm in US at the moment but will check if it works when I travel to the UK soon.
Should of made it clear i was talking about the. W10 app
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Old 20-08-2016, 10:50
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Should of made it clear i was talking about the. W10 app
Premier league games are not available on the Windows 10 app at the moment.
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Old 20-08-2016, 15:08
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I noticed before the Liverpool game a Premier League notice came up saying 'This broadcast is only authorised for viewing in the United States.'
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:37
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I noticed before the Liverpool game a Premier League notice came up saying 'This broadcast is only authorised for viewing in the United States.'
I noticed that so I thought I'd better turn it off

Seriously though, I'm lucky to have 200 Mb/s internet and a sister in USA. The stream is still terrible though (NBC Sports). It has moments of clarity then mud. Premier League Pass was spot on all season.
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:39
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I noticed that so I thought I'd better turn it off

Seriously though, I'm lucky to have 200 Mb/s internet and a sister in USA. The stream is still terrible though (NBC Sports). It has moments of clarity then mud. Premier League Pass was spot on all season.
How are you connecting via smart dns or via a vpn iam using a vpn via my router watching on the apple tv with no issues at all.
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:43
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I noticed that so I thought I'd better turn it off

Seriously though, I'm lucky to have 200 Mb/s internet and a sister in USA. The stream is still terrible though (NBC Sports). It has moments of clarity then mud. Premier League Pass was spot on all season.
Quality is superb on Android app on my android t95 box (spurs v palace).
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:46
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How are you connecting via smart dns or via a vpn iam using a vpn via my router watching on the apple tv with no issues at all.
I'm using unblock-us with an Apple TV
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:48
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I'm using unblock-us with an Apple TV
That could well be the problem sadly , are you able to use a vpn via a router you could also try a different dns provider on a free trial to see if its any better do you have any android tv boxes that you can run a vpn directly off it
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:50
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That could well be the problem sadly , are you able to use a vpn via a router you could also try a different dns provider on a free trial to see if its any better
Thank you! I have an Apple Time Capsule as a router atm, willing to get another router! I've just seen Buffered VPN recommended.
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:51
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Thank you! I have an Apple Time Capsule as a router atm, willing to get another router! I've just seen Buffered VPN recommended.
Have a look here it may help

https://www.flashrouters.com/blog/20...-time-capsule/

I personally use merlin software on my asus rt3200 and asus ac56u they both work well
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Old 20-08-2016, 16:59
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Have a look here it may help

https://www.flashrouters.com/blog/20...-time-capsule/

I personally use merlin software on my asus rt3200 and asus ac rt56u they both work well a vpn clients
That is great, thank you for your help. Time for research!
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Old 20-08-2016, 17:44
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I noticed that so I thought I'd better turn it off

Seriously though, I'm lucky to have 200 Mb/s internet and a sister in USA. The stream is still terrible though (NBC Sports). It has moments of clarity then mud. Premier League Pass was spot on all season.
I'd say snap except my US contact is a best friend rather than a sibling.
Otherwise I'd say likewise with a 200MB/s connection, but the Stoke-City then Watford-Chelsea games have been perfect for me today.
That being said NBC's 1080P streams had nowhere near as good a picture as the Leicester-Arsenal game I'm currently watching on the BT Sports app, and trust me I'm no fan boy of any company or service but I have to give credit where its due, I've only seen better live streams via Iplayer than I'm watching right now on BT.
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Old 20-08-2016, 18:09
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I'd say snap except my US contact is a best friend rather than a sibling.
Otherwise I'd say likewise with a 200MB/s connection, but the Stoke-City then Watford-Chelsea games have been perfect for me today.
That being said NBC's 1080P streams had nowhere near as good a picture as the Leicester-Arsenal game I'm currently watching on the BT Sports app, and trust me I'm no fan boy of any company or service but I have to give credit where its due, I've only seen better live streams via Iplayer than I'm watching right now on BT.
I was just thinking the same about the pic quality on BT!
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Old 20-08-2016, 18:25
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Can you watch matches on BT Sports via "demand" ie full match replays the next day or whatever? That's something NBC has I like a lot (Viaplay Sweden has that as well but they only remain for 48 hours which sucks).
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Old 20-08-2016, 20:00
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Watched through kodi with nbc login. Brilliant quality to match sky hd. Flawless
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Old 21-08-2016, 08:35
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Thanks all for letting me know about the quality. Ditching unblock-us today and trying some VPN's.
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Old 21-08-2016, 09:10
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Thanks all for letting me know about the quality. Ditching unblock-us today and trying some VPN's.

Some dns providers are better than others smart dns is very useful for many different services its just trial and error getting the service that fits you, from my experience the apple tv streams can be difficult to get a reliable feed no matter what dns provider you use.

Most of the time am happy to use my dns provider and watch via airplay off my iPhone and that's pretty much perfect, but if i use the apple tv directly I tend to use a vpn, the android streams seems to be fairly reliable using dense and vpn am on a 300 Meg connection btw.

If you do use a vpn i would not post the provider publicly as there is a good chance it could get blocked or overloaded.
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Old 21-08-2016, 15:54
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Thanks all for letting me know about the quality. Ditching unblock-us today and trying some VPN's.
Many VPN company's offer free trials, I would suggest taking those that do up on their offer.
It took me a fair amount of trying different providers and servers to find what works for me,
for example the service I'm using now has many US servers, probably well over 100 but only a few of those servers work reliably, a rule of thumb I use is to look for a low ping and then go to speedtest.net and check not only the speed but that the server is showing in the location it says its in, you need a little bit of US geographical knowledge for that but if a server says its in New York for example then you go on speedtest and it shows up on the west coast (the sea is to the left) you know its no good.
I'd look for something that gives you a constant 20 Mbps or more speed to allow for overheads and the occasional slow down.

As jcm193 said when you find what works for you don't post it in public or sure as eggs is eggs it wont work for long.

Good luck, it takes a while to get something working that you're happy with but its worth the effort.
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Old 21-08-2016, 17:58
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....and it shows up on the west coast (the sea is to the left)
This is a shocking commentary on the state of general geographical knowledge!
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Old 21-08-2016, 19:04
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Has anyone else tried nbcsports extra via chromecast it works with ios and android been playing with it for a short time and the quality is exceptional you dont need a vpn smart dns will do, you do have to be able to block google dns at the router level to get it to work though
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Old 22-08-2016, 11:11
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I noticed before the Liverpool game a Premier League notice came up saying 'This broadcast is only authorised for viewing in the United States.'
I saw that too as I was watching it, however as an LFC fan I wouldn't have minded if I had not been able to see us slump to a terrible defeat!
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Old 22-08-2016, 11:17
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I would personally connect any device you are watching on directly to your router via a wired connection. You want to used as much as your bandwidth as you can and you simply will not via Wi-Fi.

I do this with my Kodi Android box and my AppleTV.

I use NBC via my AppleTV (wired connection) with my iPad (which I could use to Airplay to my AppleTV) as a backup.

coverage has been good on the iPad (but with an annoying advert a the bottom of the app) but its been far better quality on AppleTV.
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Old 22-08-2016, 12:19
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I would personally connect any device you are watching on directly to your router via a wired connection. You want to used as much as your bandwidth as you can and you simply will not via Wi-Fi.

I do this with my Kodi Android box and my AppleTV.

I use NBC via my AppleTV (wired connection) with my iPad (which I could use to Airplay to my AppleTV) as a backup.

coverage has been good on the iPad (but with an annoying advert a the bottom of the app) but its been far better quality on AppleTV.
BIB absolutely agree although on wireless 5ghz is pretty good and solid too managing to hit around 70mbs on 5ghz it's the 2.4ghz that's a issue.
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Old 22-08-2016, 15:07
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BIB absolutely agree although on wireless 5ghz is pretty good and solid too managing to hit around 70mbs on 5ghz it's the 2.4ghz that's a issue.
AppleTV 3rd gen and below only work on 2.4GHZ to my knowledge.
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Old 22-08-2016, 17:31
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AppleTV 3rd gen and below only work on 2.4GHZ to my knowledge.
Apple tv 3 works on 5ghz and 2.4ghz no idea about the older models as ive never owned them.
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