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11-22-2013, 02:00 PM | #1 |
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Dang! This sounds like a lot of work and expense. I guess since I have a ton of options where I live DTV is accommodating. I pay $75/month for their Choice Plus (or whatever it's called) with Showtime and The Movie Channel. One year contract, but I call every year and bitch about their rates. They fix it.
I also have a Roku 3, so I can get content from Amazon Prime. I order a lot of stuff through Amazon and it also gives me free 2-day shipping. Not bad for $79/year. |
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11-22-2013, 02:26 PM | #2 |
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So if I get a keyboard that works with the gbox, then I'll just be able to type in all the URLs and paths and such, correct?
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11-22-2013, 03:06 PM | #3 |
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Correct. You can do this with the smartphone apps as well, while you're waiting for the keyboard.
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11-22-2013, 03:25 PM | #4 |
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I got XBMC official remote to work, and I can bring up the keypad on it... but it doesn't type anything into the fields when I type on it.
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11-27-2013, 11:16 AM | #5 |
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11-27-2013, 02:09 PM | #6 |
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Midnight MX2 preinstalled with xbmc.
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11-22-2013, 04:19 PM | #7 | |
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Okay. Keyboard on ipad works fine with this now, so that's awesome. I'm on step 17 of the install, and I go to do the "add-ons" and there isn't a list. Just two dots where it should say "add-on repository" and "video add on"
Here's my exact problem from the xbmc boards, and they don't tell you how to fix it: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=171603 Quote:
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11-22-2013, 04:51 PM | #8 | |
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11-22-2013, 05:01 PM | #9 |
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I got rid of DirecTV and now just pay for comcast internet, since I got the 60 dollar package they gave me a box to get like 15 channels or something, not that I care about them.
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11-23-2013, 04:39 AM | #10 |
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So, yeah, 1080i or 720p sports streams? That's what I need to cut the cable.
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11-23-2013, 10:28 AM | #11 | |
Oh yeah..... you like that
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Streaming is getting better and better. It wont be long before a 720p stream becomes the standard IMHO.
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11-23-2013, 09:06 AM | #12 |
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Kids are watching a streaming YouTube video and I'm taking a dump. Video ends, but I'm not finished. I know they're about to come bothering me. Whip out phone, open Xbmc remote, restart video. Operation poop in peace is still a go.
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11-27-2013, 11:26 AM | #13 |
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That's worth all the money in the world.
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11-23-2013, 11:15 AM | #14 |
Oh yeah..... you like that
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I should also recommend the ESPN Video add on. Basically it takes all the videos from espn.com in HD. In the mornings, I use it to make an old fashioned SportsCenter, back when it was non stop highlights and no analysis.
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11-23-2013, 11:57 PM | #15 |
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Love/hate relationship going on. My Gbox seems to crash at the worst times: like when my techno impatient wife is sitting down to watch something with me. Netflix sucks on it, ice films is spotty as far as reliability, and I can't get 1channel going yet. Some issues may be that my internet connection isn't fast enough for something that isn't stream optimized like Netflix. Anyway, happier with netflix on the Wii at this point though I really like the potential of xbmc. I just can't reach it yet evidently.
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