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Saorview Connect

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    #272
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,088 ✭✭✭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


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    #273
    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,327 ✭✭✭✭Tony


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

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    #274
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,088 ✭✭✭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.


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    #275
    SteM
    Registered Users Posts: 6,617 ✭✭✭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.


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    #276
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,853 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    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.


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    #277
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,088 ✭✭✭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.


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    #278
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,853 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Does anyone have any sales figures of the Walker PVR over its lifetime?


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    #279
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #280
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭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) :-)


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    #281
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭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 ;)


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    #282
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,579 Mod ✭✭✭✭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


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    #283
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭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.


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    #284
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,579 Mod ✭✭✭✭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


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    #285
    galtee boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭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 ?


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    #286
    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,327 ✭✭✭✭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 ?

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    #287
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,543 ✭✭✭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 :D


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    #288
    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,327 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Gerry Wicklow wrote: »
    I can tell you that I can't tell you :D

    Sums it up nicely :-)

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    #289
    galtee boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭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 !


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    #290
    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,327 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    yep always worth trying.

    galtee boy wrote: »
    Fair enough, can't blame me for trying !

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    #291
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Shure we'll say nothing! :D


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    #292
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    We will have to wait for the disappointment then.


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    #293
    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,327 ✭✭✭✭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.

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    #294
    Hibrasil
    Registered Users Posts: 392 ✭✭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;)


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    #295
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,978 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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


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    #296
    former total
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭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.


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    #297
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭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.


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    #298
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #299
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,610 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #300
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭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??


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    #301
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭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?


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