The XBMC thread - What it is, how it works etc...

[Captain Turdseye]

Looks like Operation Robocop and Moneysports have gone for good.

[Captain Turdseye]

Just noticed that Everybody's Liverpool has now got a KopTalk section with loads of videos of the S*n hat wearing twat talking his shit.

 

Opened a couple up and it's just him sat in his bedroom brushing his hair and stuff. Fat cunt.

[cloggypop]

Fat Dunk is doing bedroom webcams now!? Kinell.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Just bought myself a Hudl 2.

 

I already have a Minix box with hundreds of apps, and my HTC smartphone with Kodi installed on both; should I expect any quirks, differences or problems when I intend to turn the new tablet into a Kodi viewing platform ?

[Lee909]

Ok,i fucking virgin media off early in about 10 days. Whats the best (easiest) thing to buy to see freeview tv and possibly make sure i dont happen to stream anything else. Im shit at this stuff so if its pre installed all the better.

[stringvest]

Freeview Tv just requires a digital aerial and a TVs with a Freeview receiver . Smart TVs with an Internet connection give you access to the normal non premium on demand services like iplayer. An XBMC box gives you access to everything, apparently.

[Lee909]

Yeah im not really after changing my tv and dont have a tv aerial either so im best getting a stick or box. Just trying to see whats easiest to set up. I need to get spike tv uk for the fights and if i could not watch some other sky chanels im not going to complain

[stringvest]

Go XBMC mate. You'll never go back. Search on Amazon for a decent box

[Lee909]

Ill have a look thanks

[Captain Turdseye]

Lee, I put off doing it for ages because I'm the same, thought I was too much of a technophobe to set it all up. In hindsight that was stupid because it's really simple stuff. You'll be an expert after a couple of days.

[Lee909]

Ill pick one up.

Seen one for £25 on ebay. Anyone will do or best avoiding boxes etc. Its going to coste £200 to get rid of virgin but ill save that in s couple of months anyway.

 

Just plug it in and hook it up to tv snd net and download apps?

[stringvest]

There are plenty with most of the stuff preloaded. You're better going with a high spec box with better processors and more storage as you'll suffer less with screen freezes etc

[Lee909]

You know of any or the cost?

[stringvest]

I spent about50 or 60 quid on a quad core Chinese box. I'm actually crashed out in bed worth the flu at the minute mate - I'll have a butchers when I can get up - if Cloggy sees this he'll be in with a few suggestions

[Lee909]

Ok mate no worries

Im in no rush

Thanks

[skend04]

http://www.retailgadgets.co.uk/Android-TV-Box/?gclid=Cj0KEQjw8u23BRCg6YnzmJmPqYgBEiQALf_XzR9k8ggwqlnMPD77woxOXWjiNnjipyE6OGA0PnIJrF8aAnDI8P8HAQ

 

I've bought it previously from these guys. Work a treat and appears they've got a decent range at the minute.

[Lee909]

This one look ok

http://www.retailgadgets.co.uk/StealthX-iMX3-Android-4.2-XBMC-Smart-TV-Box.html

[cloggypop]

I can't really recommend an Android box right now as the developer for Android has quit.

 

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/18/developer-kodis-android-app-quit-will-work-fork-instead/

 

The same price gets you a Raspberry Pi 3. It runs Kodi better than an Android box (more stable) and has a load of developers working on it.

 

You do have to put it in the case (takes seconds) and then put Kodi on the SD card (5 minutes).

 

There's nothing difficult and you may as well set it up yourself straight away as you'll have to at some point anyway.

[cloggypop]

Having said that, if you do just spend 40/50 quid on an Android box you'll probably be made up with it anyway.

[Furmedge]

Fella I follow on Twitter, munster gadgets, good red and always has a few offers on. Provides on going support too. Then again, all the support needed is in this thread.

[Carvalho Diablo]

I got a Minix 8-h (fully loaded) and it's the dogs bollocks. Even then though I've installed loads of stuff, dead easy with a twatter account when you follow some of the Kodi accounts.

[The Midnight Rambler]

I'm getting in on a piece of the action.

 

I take it there's no reason that this won't work when you're abroad? If you had kodi on a fire stick?

[Captain Turdseye]

I'm getting in on a piece of the action.

 

I take it there's no reason that this won't work when you're abroad? If you had kodi on a fire stick?

There shouldn't be. A lot of ex-pats use them to watch English telly.

[cloggypop]

I'm getting in on a piece of the action.

 

I take it there's no reason that this won't work when you're abroad? If you had kodi on a fire stick?

I'm in the Netherlands. Works great.

[Lee909]

Is this box worth getting

I dont understand anything with specs

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/MX-Pro-Fully-Loaded-Quad-Core-Android-4-4-TV-Box-KODI-XBMC-Free-Sports-Movies-/181776260894