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Android TV set boxes
mal2pool
01-03-2015
Anyone tried them I was recommended by a friend. Watch all the latest movies just out at the cinema and all the latest tv shows.
Been watching Breaking Bad from the beginning and seen Gone Girl . Even has the latest Terminator movie on and its not been released yet !
Mind it sticks a lot due to streaming , buffering all the time which gets on my nerves.
But surely they are illegal. Going to put cinemas and sky/netflix out of business.
Everything is free ! Just buy a box and thats it . One payment.

Anyone tried them>

Mines an MX android box, loads on ebay for sale so i summise they are legal for now !
mossy2103
01-03-2015
If you are able to find a stream of the latest Terminator movie (Terminator: Genisys), then that stream/provider is definitely not kosher (and could be a leaked copy). According to the article linked to below, it's not due for release (in the US) until July 1st, June 25th in New Zealand, and possibly 3rd July in the UK.
Chicharito14
01-03-2015
What's it like for Football?
Deacon1972
01-03-2015
Originally Posted by mossy2103:
“If you are able to find a stream of the latest terminator movie, then that stream/provider is definitely not kosher (and could be a leaked copy). According to the article linked to below, it's not due for release (in the US) until July 1st, June 25th in New Zealand”

The script was leaked, but not heard anything about the movie being leaked - maybe it's a trailer they've seen - but you never know, The Expendables 3 was leaked 3 months before initially release, Terminator Genisys being such a high profile movie I suppose anything can happen.
Chris Frost
01-03-2015
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“Anyone tried them I was recommended by a friend. Watch all the latest movies just out at the cinema and all the latest tv shows.
Been watching Breaking Bad from the beginning and seen Gone Girl . Even has the latest Terminator movie on and its not been released yet !
Mind it sticks a lot due to streaming , buffering all the time which gets on my nerves.
But surely they are illegal. Going to put cinemas and sky/netflix out of business.
Everything is free ! Just buy a box and thats it . One payment.

Anyone tried them>

Mines an MX android box, loads on ebay for sale so i summise they are legal for now !”

A car is legal to own and operate. But speeding is an offence. So are cars legal or not? ..... That's an analogy for the Android boxes. The box is perfectly legal, as are several of the online streaming services it can access (Netflix, BBC iPlayer etc). But the box can also run apps that access sites that clearly stream content outside of official channels ( ).

As for the buffering, it's less likely to the box and more likely to be the speed of the host's servers, or maybe the internet speed from your ISP, or maybe if you're using wireless in the home. I have an MX box too. I'm in the process of ripping all my DVDs to a NAS drive doing it in 1:1. File sizes vary between 3 and 5Gb. That's more than highly compressed HD file. My own files stream perfectly from the NAS via wireless, so my guess is it's issues with the data over the net.
Chicharito14
01-03-2015
I shall ask again what is it like for Football?
trayhop123
01-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“I shall ask again what is it like for Football?”

nahh , it would break ,,,,,, your better off with a normal ball
mal2pool
01-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“I shall ask again what is it like for Football?”

Havent tried it for footy yet but there is a way to get all Sky channels and i'm sure you would be able to get live football .Just need to know what to download to get it !

Watched The Boy NExt Door movie tonight...wish i hadnt ...really bad
Chicharito14
04-03-2015
Do these have all the sky movies and sports channels?
mal2pool
04-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“Do these have all the sky movies and sports channels?”

It's got all the sky channels, but you don't need sky movies because Genesis is there and has loads of movies, all the latest one!
Haven't seen sky sports, but has NSBC american sports channel which also shows all the premiership matches and cup games if you have a VPN code which you can buy from Google play for. 23 quid a year which is a lot cheaper than sky etc.
JasonWatkins
04-03-2015
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“Anyone tried them I was recommended by a friend. Watch all the latest movies just out at the cinema and all the latest tv shows.
Been watching Breaking Bad from the beginning and seen Gone Girl . Even has the latest Terminator movie on and its not been released yet !
Mind it sticks a lot due to streaming , buffering all the time which gets on my nerves.
But surely they are illegal. Going to put cinemas and sky/netflix out of business.
Everything is free ! Just buy a box and thats it . One payment.

Anyone tried them>

Mines an MX android box, loads on ebay for sale so i summise they are legal for now !”

Android TV boxes have been available in this country for years - there's nothing wrong with them as it's essentially no more than having a tablet connected to your TV.

Everything is "free" in the same way that the same content is available on the internet for "free" - in that it's not actually "free", you're just downloading it illegally.
mal2pool
04-03-2015
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“It's got all the sky channels, but you don't need sky movies because Genesis is there and has loads of movies, all the latest one!
Haven't seen sky sports, but has NSBC american sports channel which also shows all the premiership matches and cup games if you have a VPN code which you can buy from Google play for. 23 quid a year which is a lot cheaper than sky etc.”


Infact you can get this on your tablet or laptop. Just download the KODI apk
Chicharito14
15-03-2015
Is it just me or does 1channel and IceFilms seem not to work? When I click on any menus in them they are all blank so any ideas anyone?
mal2pool
15-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“Is it just me or does 1channel and IceFilms seem not to work? When I click on any menus in them they are all blank so any ideas anyone?”

Yea some of my apps on there are blank
Only on Genesis every thing works. Ice films works on Genesis. Just download that apk. Search for it in system, files
Chicharito14
15-03-2015
Yeah already have Genesis just that I am looking at every available options.
mal2pool
15-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“Yeah already have Genesis just that I am looking at every available options.”

Sometimes hard work trying to watch something. Sometimes stream not found, then its buffering all the time. HD progs are almost impossible to stream especially wireless connection.
SD is better.
Chicharito14
17-03-2015
Live TV pretty much a no go too.
JasonWatkins
17-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“Is it just me or does 1channel and IceFilms seem not to work? When I click on any menus in them they are all blank so any ideas anyone?”

Are you running it through Kodi ?

If you are, go to the add-on settings and choose "General". There you can enter the URL you want to use so just find a working proxy and it'll work fine - works perfectly for me.
c4rv
17-03-2015
Originally Posted by Chicharito14:
“Is it just me or does 1channel and IceFilms seem not to work? When I click on any menus in them they are all blank so any ideas anyone?”

1channel and icefilms are blocked by most UK ISP, you'll need a proxy server to use them.

In answer to original question, well duh of course the streams are illegal.
Mr Dos
17-03-2015
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“Mines an MX android box, loads on ebay for sale so i summise they are legal for now !”

Maybe the OP could tell us all just where he thinks the latest films and TV shows he is watching are coming from. Is there a magic shop where all copyright material is free ?

When the government released details of the Digital Economy Act, it said the first response would be to send out letters aimed at educating alleged infringers, informing them that what they were doing was illegal. How we all laughed - how could anyone not realise they were breaking the law by downloading free movies, software etc ?

I guess the educational letters were aimed at dudes like the OP. He believes there's a magic free shop. I bought it on eBay is not a defence.
Chicharito14
17-03-2015
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“Are you running it through Kodi ?

If you are, go to the add-on settings and choose "General". There you can enter the URL you want to use so just find a working proxy and it'll work fine - works perfectly for me.”

Cheers pal will give that a go.
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