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Postby chouette » Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:41 pm

A friend came over last week because she just purchased a TV Box and wanted to show me what it's all about. Personally, I wasn't impressed. She said that hubby could have all the sports imaginable on that box, and she pretty much failed to impress him. She also tried to show me how I can watch all kinds of movies even the ones playing at the theaters, she also failed at that as well. She picked a movie which apparently was HD, and quite frankly, I wasn't impressed with the quality at all. It's nothing to make me quit buying the blu-rays, that's for sure. If I understood correctly, everything from that box is taken from the internet and since mine is somewhat crappy here, I even think the picture lagged. Anyway, like I said, not impressed.

She replied to the following add below for hers (found on Facebook, not very professional I might add), but I believe there are many different types of these and certainly different setups also. So "ma question du jour" is, what are your thoughts on these TV Boxes?


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Re: TV Box

Postby ctaulbee » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:11 pm

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It's a scam!
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Postby Fogdude » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:55 pm

Agreed. It's a scam. It's basically just a computer with a search engine that finds stuff available on the Internet & streams it to the TV. I wouldn't pay $5 for one of these.
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Re: TV Box

Postby chouette » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:30 pm

Wow, I wasn't expecting a scam alert, lol

Were you guys ever approached for one of these? Here in Canada, we have people who has a boot setup in malls to sell these. I've never considered it myself, not because I thought of it as a scam, it's just not that appealing to me because I don't really watch live TV and even though I have unlimited Internet, it's not that great to stream anything online. It's high speed DSL, but the lines itself here are crap.

Now that I think about it, they are very persistent (pushy) people to sell those TV boxes, so that alone should raise a red flag. Hope my friend can return it, although I doubt it.
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Re: TV Box

Postby ctaulbee » Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:20 am

They are just repackaging internet delivery via a set top box, since you have to have internet access already to use it, think of it as a very expensive "menu" in a dedicated box.

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Re: TV Box

Postby chouette » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:33 am

I guess that's one way of looking at it, lol
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Re: TV Box

Postby bankska22 » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:42 am

Just another gadget ;)
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Re: TV Box

Postby Roseflamingo » Sat Oct 01, 2016 3:50 am

Wow, thanks for the warning. I had one on my Amazon wish list but not anymore! I certainly dodged that bullet. Chalk up another one ;) for the great people at Uncovered.

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Re: TV Box

Postby Pip » Sat Oct 01, 2016 6:59 am

It is just an Android box with Kodi installed on it.

Kodi is free and can stream from your PC/Laptop/Phone to your TV.
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Re: TV Box

Postby chouette » Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:38 am

Roseflamingo wrote:Wow, thanks for the warning. I had one on my Amazon wish list but not anymore! I certainly dodged that bullet. Chalk up another one ;) for the great people at Uncovered.


Exactly! I'm glad I asked about it here. Obviously, my friend was not able to return it, but it certainly closed that chapter for me, now that I know exactly what it is.

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