pisshead
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It's all down to the service your supplier supplies to you, some allow pausing etc some don't, just the luck of the draw I guess unless you knew to ask first before joining the persons service, you should also ask about things like multi-room (if required), catch up tv, 4K streaming (in which case the zgemma i55 isn't really any good as it will only do up to 1080p HD) and things like "is there full EPG for all UK & American channels etc etc etc". (there are probably other things too that I have forgot, lol)
About pausing live tv if the provider doesn't have it, now don't take this as the gospel truth as I am just trying to remember off the top of my head here and thinking back with a few loose screws rattling around , if you record let's say a live movie, the picture will freeze and naturally you think that it's not recording when in fact it is (if you have your hard drive or usb drive set up properly), so you come back when you know the movie is finished after going for a walk or whatever, lol, then look at your file list and you should (I think ) have a recording and you may well be able to pause and rw/ff it, as I say, try it as I just can't remember 100% about this, try it for even maybe recording something for 5 minutes then just end the process, worth trying, I think it works but I might be wrong, I remember back ages I done something like that and something worked but not sure if it was that, try it anyway, no harm in trying ;)
Must do I guess if it's same supplier and only difference is an app on smart tv V's an i55 box.
Just wondering, how do you find the picture quality compared to the app and tv compared to the zgemma i55 ? Please be truthful now, I am just trying to figure out if I should buy a 4K IPTV box as some suppliers are already doing 4K and I have just bought a 4K tv, some people have said that it's better to allow the tv to do the hard work as it should be able to do it better than any box and then some people say that's utter bullocks and a box would be better, so it leaves me with the itchy head scenario, lol
Thanks, any idea what app would work on the new 2018 model range of Sony Bravia android based tv's ?
I already know that Smart IPTV app isn't compatible but I know there are others out there, some I hear are good, some pure garbage and some are meant to be excellent, but as it's something I have never even touched ever then I am not sure at all, just wondering if anyone knows ?
Oh, I am wondering too, does anyone know this one, are there any boxes available that have 2 satellite tuners and and would also run IPTV along side my Freesat etc, my bloomin VU box blew the other day, been repaired twice now over the years, same old common fault, the red light of death, so I am not wasting anymore time or money on it, it's sitting there hiding loads of cables behind the tv stand just now with a bunch of other dud boxes, LOL, true.
About pausing live tv if the provider doesn't have it, now don't take this as the gospel truth as I am just trying to remember off the top of my head here and thinking back with a few loose screws rattling around , if you record let's say a live movie, the picture will freeze and naturally you think that it's not recording when in fact it is (if you have your hard drive or usb drive set up properly), so you come back when you know the movie is finished after going for a walk or whatever, lol, then look at your file list and you should (I think ) have a recording and you may well be able to pause and rw/ff it, as I say, try it as I just can't remember 100% about this, try it for even maybe recording something for 5 minutes then just end the process, worth trying, I think it works but I might be wrong, I remember back ages I done something like that and something worked but not sure if it was that, try it anyway, no harm in trying ;)
Brilliant thanks for getting back to me reg. this.
Odd thing is i was able to pause on my LGTV but not on the Zgemma, so the box funcionality must come into it somewhere.
Must do I guess if it's same supplier and only difference is an app on smart tv V's an i55 box.
Just wondering, how do you find the picture quality compared to the app and tv compared to the zgemma i55 ? Please be truthful now, I am just trying to figure out if I should buy a 4K IPTV box as some suppliers are already doing 4K and I have just bought a 4K tv, some people have said that it's better to allow the tv to do the hard work as it should be able to do it better than any box and then some people say that's utter bullocks and a box would be better, so it leaves me with the itchy head scenario, lol
Thanks, any idea what app would work on the new 2018 model range of Sony Bravia android based tv's ?
I already know that Smart IPTV app isn't compatible but I know there are others out there, some I hear are good, some pure garbage and some are meant to be excellent, but as it's something I have never even touched ever then I am not sure at all, just wondering if anyone knows ?
Oh, I am wondering too, does anyone know this one, are there any boxes available that have 2 satellite tuners and and would also run IPTV along side my Freesat etc, my bloomin VU box blew the other day, been repaired twice now over the years, same old common fault, the red light of death, so I am not wasting anymore time or money on it, it's sitting there hiding loads of cables behind the tv stand just now with a bunch of other dud boxes, LOL, true.
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