2017 Nvidia Shield

corwill

dodzy wrote: »

Any combo will do fine (SAT / TERR). But you'll need a sat dish for the UK stuff and antenna for the local channels. The ideal would be Freesat (channels auto update) for the UK stuff and separate for saorview but that 2 boxes/2 controls.

Have you dish or/and antenna in place ?

She has a Sky dish, so would need an antenna for saorview. There might still be an old NTL basic cable connection, can that be piggy-backed?

yabadabado

I have a Play tv and Vu+ box set up for Saorview and Sat. Works perfectly all on the one box and EPG(Cross) that updates nightly

There is a cheap Edision combo box ,freetv used to sell them.Cant think of the name right now but that would do the trick as well.

dodzy

corwill wrote: »

She has a Sky dish, so would need an antenna for saorview. There might still be an old NTL basic cable connection, can that be piggy-backed?

Forget old NTL cable.

Sky dish in situ saves a bit of hassle assuming its still functional. Ideally, i'd mount antenna alongside dish, get 2 combiners (allowing the existing sky cable to channel both SAT & TERR frequencies down a single coax length to the TV), nd a cheap combo box from satworld (€40-50).

Yaba above pointed to a Vu+. Excellent bit of kit but a bit of setup effort required and far pricier than the cheap combos.

Plenty of help here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

corwill

Thanks folks, more than enough info to get me going, I'll leave the off-topic posting at that!

banie01

dodzy wrote: »

Forget old NTL cable.

Sky dish in situ saves a bit of hassle assuming its still functional. Ideally, i'd mount antenna alongside dish, get 2 combiners (allowing the existing sky cable to channel both SAT & TERR frequencies down a single coax length to the TV), nd a cheap combo box from satworld (€40-50).

Yaba above pointed to a Vu+. Excellent bit of kit but a bit of setup effort required and far pricier than the cheap combos.

Plenty of help here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

Just as an aside to this, I use an E2 box(Mutant HD2400) and share my tuners on that to my shields via the Vu+ plugin.
You can also share the tuners via any of the IPTV plugins by just sharing the www address of the bouquet.

In my case I created a combined bouquet of all the UK freeview and Irish Saorview channels.
That gives me a really broad fallover for the times my IPTV provider is down.

yellowbear

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Has anyone played GTA San Andreas on their Shield here? How's the controller support?

Played it through to the end last year. Only issue I had with the controller was I couldn't open the map properly. Got on grand with everything else.

gerrybbadd

yellowbear wrote: »

Played it through to the end last year. Only issue I had with the controller was I couldn't open the map properly. Got on grand with everything else.

Did you need to sideload it?

yellowbear

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Did you need to sideload it?

No you can buy it on the play store

corks finest

ellobee wrote: »

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Same here.

Closed to new members now though AFAIK.

Sure let me try anyway they might recommend someone else if they won't take on new customers

If stuck I'm on a cracker for months,,,, everything pm

FrToddUnctious

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Anyone looking for it pm me

corks finest wrote: »

If stuck I'm on a cracker for months,,,, everything pm

Can ye not just post it in the thread?

54and56

FrToddUnctious wrote: »

Can ye not just post it in the thread?

You can if you want to kill the thread and possibly get carded!!!

FrToddUnctious

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

You can if you want to kill the thread and possibly get carded!!!

boards is ridiculous

Kuva

FrToddUnctious wrote: »

boards is ridiculous

The PM chat isn't allowed either.

Suckit

I'm interested to see who everyone is talking about that they are so highly rated . Although I have a feeling I know who some of them are already.

yabadabado

Suckit wrote: »

I'm interested to see who everyone is talking about that they are so highly rated . Although I have a feeling I know who some of them are already.

Was thinking similar

Oat23

ellobee wrote: »

yeah didn't think so, there are only a few main suppliers left everyone else is a reseller they are all selling the same thing

Most servers have gotten smarter now and don't sell so openly. The ones that were huge this time last year have done a disappearing act making it look like they shut up shop when they really just went underground to avoid EPL blocks and being arrested. There are still hundreds of independent servers around though. Not just a few.


It's only a matter of time before the fla***** guy gets taken down. He registered the server as a legitimate company in the UK and even I know his home address. Anyone can see it on companies house with a quick search. It's a miracle he has lasted this long.

54and56

Oat23 wrote: »

It's only a matter of time before the fla***** guy gets taken down. He registered the server as a legitimate company in the UK and even I know his home address. Anyone can see it on companies house with a quick search. It's a miracle he has lasted this long.

Don't say that!!!!

ellobee

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Don't say that!!!!

We better get it back on topic. What are people's impressions of the live channels app on the shield and has anyone integrated saorview into it.

ellobee

ellobee wrote: »

We better get it back on topic. What are people's impressions of the live channels app on the shield and has anyone integrated saorview into it.

I used it to add my IPTV service, but I can't even figure out how to easily find channels. All I have is a list of 1500 channels that I have to scroll through....

Will have to figure out what options it has later.

Howard the Duck

Anyone use Now TV on the shield? been thinking about signing up for it

JDxtra

Howard the Duck wrote: »

Anyone use Now TV on the shield? been thinking about signing up for it

The app doesn't work, at least not for me. It exits after it starts up.

daytob

Basil3 wrote: »

I used it to add my IPTV service, but I can't even figure out how to easily find channels. All I have is a list of 1500 channels that I have to scroll through....

Will have to figure out what options it has later.

Android remote on your phone
press & hold the center/ok button on the channel you want to favourite
Add either a star or add to favourites.

Thats how it works with mine, but it depends on the app etc

funnyname

Would this work with the shield ?

https://powercity.ie/product/WPS818C

The high horse brigade

funnyname wrote: »

Would this work with the shield ?

https://powercity.ie/product/WPS818C

That's a combo satellite and terrestrial box. It connects to your TV using HDMI

yabadabado

As a back up for IPTV on Shield?
It would but show be similar for around 50 quid .

The high horse brigade

Better to go with a Linux box. Can we stream out to laptops, phones and tabs over WiFi and even keep it in another room and add the channels to the Shield
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057827739/64/#post107877615

ellobee

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Better to go with a Linux box. Can we stream out to laptops, phones and tabs over WiFi and even keep it in another room and add the channels to the Shield
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057827739/64/#post107877615

You could use the dream player app to stream from e2 box to the shield. Dreamplayer can pick up your fta sat channels and your IPTV channels and group them nicely I don't have a combo box so I don't know about the saorview channels but I imagine it could be done.

2smiggy

any one want to recommend a good iptv by PM ?

Suckit

Slowly becoming a /thread.

machalla

2smiggy wrote: »

any one want to recommend a good iptv by PM ?

Have a look on reddit iptv forums. Its a swamp of spamming resellers but you may find some suggestions.

corks finest

FrToddUnctious wrote: »

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Anyone looking for it pm me

corks finest wrote: »

If stuck I'm on a cracker for months,,,, everything pm

Can ye not just post it in the thread?

No

BrendanD

Sorry if this has been asked before but thinking of getting IPTV and wondering if someone can recommend a fast vpn , looking for the vpn to support about 4 devices

OmegaGene

BrendanD wrote: »

Sorry if this has been asked before but thinking of getting IPTV and wondering if someone can recommend a fast vpn , looking for the vpn to support about 4 devices

Why do you need a vpn for iptv ?

BrendanD

OmegaGene wrote: »

Why do you need a vpn for iptv ?

Bit confused is it not a safer option to have a vpn ?

yabadabado

BrendanD wrote: »

Bit confused is it not a safer option to have a vpn ?

I dont use one but I suppose it would stop an ISP from throttling your service if that ever became an issue.
I don't think it would with there being channels coming from several different places.

OmegaGene

BrendanD wrote: »

Bit confused is it not a safer option to have a vpn ?

No need for one when using iptv
Smart dns is handy for the uk channels, I use getflix and also gives me the option of Netflix USA

My speeds haven’t been throttled and I’m using serious amount of internet here, all my viewing is via the shield online

yabadabado

Same I only stream now.Havent used Vu box in ages .

BrendanD

Thanks guys for clearing that up

FrToddUnctious

corks finest wrote: »

No

Thanks for clearing that up guy! I didn't see the 20 other posts telling me :):)

corks finest

BrendanD wrote: »

OmegaGene wrote: »

Why do you need a vpn for iptv ?

Bit confused is it not a safer option to have a vpn ?

No need

wawaman

I’m trying to download an apk and it downloads (afaik) but I can’t find it anywhere after it downloads. Any ideas where it might go?

OmegaGene

wawaman wrote: »

I’m trying to download an apk and it downloads (afaik) but I can’t find it anywhere after it downloads. Any ideas where it might go?

Try posting in the shield tips and tricks threads, they have some tech savvy people over there

corks finest

wawaman wrote: »

I’m trying to download an apk and it downloads (afaik) but I can’t find it anywhere after it downloads. Any ideas where it might go?

Probably in side load launcher

corks finest

corks finest wrote: »

wawaman wrote: »

I’m trying to download an apk and it downloads (afaik) but I can’t find it anywhere after it downloads. Any ideas where it might go?[/quoter

go into settings,then apps

corks finest

corks finest wrote: »

corks finest wrote: »

wawaman wrote: »

I’m trying to download an apk and it downloads (afaik) but I can’t find it anywhere after it downloads. Any ideas where it might go?[/quoter

go into settings,then apps

Settings,APIs,and downloaded apps

dodzy

I’m surprised this thread hasn’t been locked with all the fckin IPTV talk. Just google the thing FFS, and let the thread live.

nedd

dodzy wrote: »

I’m surprised this thread hasn’t been locked with all the fckin IPTV talk. Just google the thing FFS, and let the thread live.

There is also a Tips and Tricks thread in the Android section for general discussion of the Shield.

OmegaGene

dodzy wrote: »

I’m surprised this thread hasn’t been locked with all the fckin IPTV talk. Just google the thing FFS, and let the thread live.

Giving mods tips and tricks now lol

dodzy

OmegaGene wrote: »

Giving mods tips and tricks now lol

You think they're not watching this ?;)

OmegaGene

dodzy wrote: »

You think they're not watching this ?;)

Unless a user reports something or there’s is a link to something illegal then we are safe enough, it’s only chat and advice after all and it is probably best kept on the tips and trick thread