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Smart Tv Box? Advice

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  • 03-06-2012 5:02pm
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    AustinByrnes
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭


    http://deviceguru.com/google-tv-vs-apple-tv-vs-boxee-vs-roku/



    looking to buy smart tv box, there is alot on ebay but looking to buy one that will work with most features in ireland, i.e no point in getting something that has a lot of american based apps, hulu for instance when they wont work here. the ideal sceanario would be one that has a solid web browser for flash so you could watch my premium tv or fastpass tv through it.

    Advice Please??


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    looder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭looder


    AustinByrnes wrote: »
    http://deviceguru.com/google-tv-vs-apple-tv-vs-boxee-vs-roku/



    looking to buy smart tv box, there is alot on ebay but looking to buy one that will work with most features in ireland, i.e no point in getting something that has a lot of american based apps, hulu for instance when they wont work here. the ideal sceanario would be one that has a solid web browser for flash so you could watch my premium tv or fastpass tv through it.

    Advice Please??
    I read recently that there could be an IE9 browser coming to Xbox 360 which will be ideal for me so I'm going to stick it out another few months before I decide to go with a Logitech Revue or not.


    There won't be an awful lot of internet TV apps that will work in Ireland so it's hard to say which is the best. I looked into it a few months back and decided on the Revue over the Apple TV and Boxee but that was because of the price at the time, even though I never went ahead and purchased.


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    PogMoThoin
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    You could build a pc for €200 and run XBMC on it, better than any set top box or Smart TV. There are some Irish XBMC apps and plugins, Rte Player etc


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    dodzy
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    AustinByrnes wrote: »
    http://deviceguru.com/google-tv-vs-apple-tv-vs-boxee-vs-roku/



    looking to buy smart tv box, there is alot on ebay but looking to buy one that will work with most features in ireland, i.e no point in getting something that has a lot of american based apps, hulu for instance when they wont work here. the ideal sceanario would be one that has a solid web browser for flash so you could watch my premium tv or fastpass tv through it.

    Advice Please??

    Logitech Revue


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    polaris68
    Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭polaris68


    I have a Revue and it is a great device, however Logitech have discontinued making it and there are doubts if they will support it into the future (providing updates etc).

    Lots of unhappy people on the Revue support forum:

    http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Revue/bd-p/revue


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    phobia2011
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    You could build a pc for €200 and run XBMC on it, better than any set top box or Smart TV. There are some Irish XBMC apps and plugins, Rte Player etc

    Or

    Jailbreak Apple TV to run Xbmc


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    PogMoThoin
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    phobia2011 wrote: »
    Or

    Jailbreak Apple TV to run Xbmc

    It doesn't do full 1080p HD, 720p only


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    phobia2011
    Registered Users Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭phobia2011


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    It doesn't do full 1080p HD, 720p only

    latest version will, not sure is JB available yet though


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    PogMoThoin
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    phobia2011 wrote: »
    latest version will, not sure is JB available yet though

    Not jailbroken and no XBMC hack for it yet. It's only new, could be a while off. You'd also need to wait to see if they get 1080p working properly.


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    phobia2011
    Registered Users Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭phobia2011


    Agreed

    Yet being the key word, still at 99e a snip.


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    PogMoThoin
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    phobia2011 wrote: »
    Agreed

    Yet being the key word, still at 99e a snip.

    It's pointless recommending it until it is. It's very limited without Jailbreak. I read they're having trouble jailbreaking the hardware, it's DRM is harder to crack than previous versions.


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