Saorview Connect

mikeecho

I'm going ot here, but will this be popular I have been using an Android box running kodi for the last 6 months and I rarely watch live TV anymore I think the future of TV is streaming

Tony

Saorview connect will use streaming for its backwards 7 day epg. Theres the possibility of other 3rd party app's being added too.

mikeecho

Tony wrote: »

Saorview connect will use streaming for its backwards 7 day epg. Theres the possibility of other 3rd party app's being added too.

Sounds good as long as there is an xbmc/kodi add-on

The days of live tv are gone unfortunately.

SteM

mikeecho wrote: »

The days of live tv are gone unfortunately.

For you maybe but there's still a generation of people in this country who have no desire to use kodi or an android box. They want a way to watch/record their soaps, the news, the late late etc. Saorview connect is aimed at them, not at you.

Atlantic Dawn

A 7 day backwards streaming service would be a big plus but if they overload it with ads like the way they do with RTÉ Player it will be a 100% pain in the hole to use. Pricing is going to be key.

mikeecho

SteM wrote: »

For you maybe but there's still a generation of people in this country who have no desire to use kodi or an android box. They want a way to watch/record their soaps, the news, the late late etc. Saorview connect is aimed at them, not at you.

I was part of that generation 6 months ago.

Atlantic Dawn

Does anyone have any sales figures of the Walker PVR over its lifetime?

Johnboy1951

mikeecho wrote: »

Sounds good as long as there is an xbmc/kodi add-on

The days of live tv are gone unfortunately.

I use Kodi to watch live TV as well as streaming content.

Live TV is definitely not gone for a lot of people ..... and using Kodi does not mean it is.

PabloAndRoy

mikeecho wrote: »

Sounds good as long as there is an xbmc/kodi add-on

The days of live tv are gone unfortunately.

Sounds like you have a new favourite toy . I can tell you with 100% certaintly that Saorview Connect will not be available on Kodi. If someone hacks one together, it will have no official support, won't be updated regularly and will be broken within 2 months. There is very little incentive for someone to create such an addon, for such a small audience.

I really like Kodi and (like many others all over the world) use Kodi on Raspbery Pis mainly to watch Live TV (Saorview & Freesat in my case). I also have a few VoD/catch-up apps on Kodi, but normally for VoD and catch-up I would use chromecast as the mobile apps are generally quicker and easier to use that the Kodi (usually unofficial) addons).

Linear TV is far from dead. Sport and news can not be best accessed via streaming services (maybe some IPTV services. ) For example, how did you watch HD Master's Golf last night (assuming you had an interest)? BBC live coverage was excellent and free to air. Long live Live TV (on Kodi) :-)

Johnboy1951

This might be of interest to Irish Kodi users

http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq/

True there is no guarantee it will be supported for many years to come .... but very little carries such guarantees.

Enjoy it while it is available

icdg

Guys, there is NO discussion of piracy here. 48 hour ban for the next person who is talking about anything which isn't Saorview Connect

PabloAndRoy

icdg wrote: »

Guys, there is NO discussion of piracy here. 48 hour ban for the next person who is talking about anything which isn't Saorview Connect

I genuinely do not see any discussion of piracy here. Kodi is not piracy. Everything I do on Kodi is 100% legal mainly linear tv. Fair enough that we have gone off topic a little but its not piracy.

The rte player addon is really just a way of accessing the rte website. Those streams are region restricted and cannot be accessed outside of Ireland.

icdg

Doesnt matter whether it's piracy or not (and like Dreamboxes, it is more a case of what people tend to use it for than anything inherent in the software itself). But that doesn't actually matter because this is a thread about Saorview Connect and it is off topic to discuss it at all, legal or not

There is also no on thread discussion of moderation.

No replies to this post please, or you may be banned. Back on topic

galtee boy

Tony wrote: »

Saorview connect will use streaming for its backwards 7 day epg. Theres the possibility of other 3rd party app's being added too.

Hi Tony, any whispers from within your trade colleagues as to any more info on Saorview Connect, especially the combo box ? Or even anything on a launch date ?

Tony

I'm sorry I cant comment further until authorised by Saorview as I have a non disclosure agreement with them.

galtee boy wrote: »

Hi Tony, any whispers from within your trade colleagues as to any more info on Saorview Connect, especially the combo box ? Or even anything on a launch date ?

Gerry Wicklow

Tony wrote: »

I'm sorry I cant comment further until authorised by Saorview as I have a non disclosure agreement with them.

I can tell you that I can't tell you

Tony

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

I can tell you that I can't tell you

Sums it up nicely :-)

galtee boy

Tony wrote: »

I'm sorry I cant comment further until authorised by Saorview as I have a non disclosure agreement with them.

Fair enough, can't blame me for trying !

Tony

yep always worth trying.

galtee boy wrote: »

Fair enough, can't blame me for trying !

byte

Shure we'll say nothing!

Sam Russell

We will have to wait for the disappointment then.

Tony

Why would you assume that you will be disappointed ? Would it not be better to wait to see what transpires and then give an informed opinion?

Sam Russell wrote: »

We will have to wait for the disappointment then.

Hibrasil

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Linear TV is far from dead. Sport and news can not be best accessed via streaming services (maybe some IPTV services. ) For example, how did you watch HD Master's Golf last night (assuming you had an interest)? BBC live coverage was excellent and free to air. Long live Live TV (on Kodi) :-)

Long live the king/queen....he/she is not yet dead;)

Capt'n Midnight

Any chance it will be ready in time for the Virgin Media MMDS shutdown ?

former total

Tony wrote: »

Why would you assume that you will be disappointed ? Would it not be better to wait to see what transpires and then give an informed opinion?

Saorview could bring out a box that was TV receiver, catch up service, Kodi box and Nespresso machine all in one and people here would still be moaning because they left out the milk frother.

channelsurfer2

former total wrote: »

Saorview could bring out a box that was TV receiver, catch up service, Kodi box and Nespresso machine all in one and people here would still be moaning because they left out the milk frother.

The milk frother is essential!:)... I look forward to it anyways even without the 7 day satellite EPG I will probably buy the version with the PVR function.

The Cush

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Any chance it will be ready in time for the Virgin Media MMDS shutdown ?

With MMDS shutdown next Monday, no.

Most MMDS subscribers by this time should have their replacement TV service in place although there will be a few who will leave it to the last minute.

bk

Tony wrote: »

Why would you assume that you will be disappointed ? Would it not be better to wait to see what transpires and then give an informed opinion?

Unless it has 7 day EPG for the UK FTA channels integrated with the saorview EPG, then everyone is gong to be disappointed and no one is going to buy it, just like very few Saorview PVR's were bought.

People want the UK channels, no one cares about RTE catchup, etc.

channelsurfer2

bk wrote: »

Unless it has 7 day EPG for the UK FTA channels integrated with the saorview EPG, then everyone is gong to be disappointed and no one is going to buy it, just like very few Saorview PVR's were bought.

People want the UK channels, no one cares about RTE catchup, etc.

how many soarview pvr's were bought? a few hundred if that??

Sam Russell

Tony wrote: »

Why would you assume that you will be disappointed ? Would it not be better to wait to see what transpires and then give an informed opinion?

Experience.

Everything Saorview have done so far has been disappointing - why should this be different?