What is a dodgy box fire stick?

stephenjohny92

Hi all I am seeing in news about fire stick dodgy boxes crack down.Can anyone explain to me about this?

Thanks

Hoboo

Edit: sorry I thought you wanted to know what a firestick was, the crackdown on the otherhand has a thread.

stephenjohny92

Yes ,just want to know

stephenjohny92

Never used and don't want to use,out of curiosity just want to know what it is..

SharkMX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058337237/what-is-a-dodgy-box-fire-stick

Its the antidote to the yearly sky sub increases.

Gary_dunne

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058337237/what-is-a-dodgy-box-fire-stick

It's a standard Amazon Fire Stick that poeple use to stream Netflix/Amazon Prime/Youtube.

The "dodgy" part is that there are Apps available that people pay about €60 a year for a subscription to which has all tv channels, movies and tv shows available to stream.

They are illegal but in my opinion so is what the likes of Sky/TNT sports charge just to watch some football.

Gregor Samsa

A Sky TV Box or Virgin TV Box has "good" TV inside it. Think of it like the methadone you'd get in a clinic. It's addictive, but also good for you, so you should use it.

A dodgy box has dogdy TV inside it - like fentanyl-laced heroin you'd get from a neer-do-well on Eden Quay. Dodgy TV could kill you stone dead just by looking at it.

routetoot

Its any android tv player - of which there are thousands - firestick is just a well known one from amazon.

The dodgy part usually refers to browsing streaming sites or running a cheap iptv package.

Kimbot

MOD: CLsoing thread as OP got his answer and there is already another thread in AH about the clampdown etc.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058311614/clampdown-on-tv-dodgy-boxes