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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭enno99


    emmetkenny wrote: »
    No not yet. Getting paid Wednesday so was going to order then.

    http://www.iandroidtvbox.com/pipo-x8-dual-boot-mini-pc-tv-box-2gb-64gb.html




    Registered Air Mail (with tracking number 10 - 25 business days)

    Registered Airmail €13.77

    DHL/EMS/UPS Express Shipping (3 to 5 business days)

    Express €22.99

    Another option if you dont want to wait cheaper on the box a little more shipping

    could email them to see if they have stock

    support@iandroidtvbox.com


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    enno99 wrote: »
    just a quick update I got a message from these guys earlier I think these boxes are on back order so will be 2 weeks before they are in stock I think because the only sent me a sku number ?
    I am now waiting in a chat queue of about 80 people to find out for sure
    What an incompetent shower of Cnuts 5 fu(king days to check their stock :mad: I have other items on the order so I will probably wait
    Just a heads up if you want one maybe try to source one elewhere

    Ah balls.

    I awoke to an email from them wanting some kind of id proof from me, license or cc photo (with only last 4 digits viewable) before they'll accept the order.

    If they're now going to tell me that it's not even in stock, I might just cancel. I seen them on Amazon too btw. Pipo X8 Wifi 32GB TV Box Intel Atom Z3736f Quad Core 2.16 GHz Dual System (Windows 8.1/Android 4.4) 7" IPS Screen Mini PC Tablet Windows Media Box No Battery DC 12V (Black) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ZR4WIHC/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_v4C0vbRZSVY67


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    Ah balls.

    I awoke to an email from them wanting some kind of id proof from me, license or cc photo (with only last 4 digits viewable) before they'll accept the order.

    If they're now going to tell me that it's not even in stock, I might just cancel. I seen them on Amazon too btw.

    Try alieexpress


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭enno99


    Ah balls.

    I awoke to an email from them wanting some kind of id proof from me, license or cc photo (with only last 4 digits viewable) before they'll accept the order.

    If they're now going to tell me that it's not even in stock, I might just cancel. I seen them on Amazon too btw. Pipo X8 Wifi 32GB TV Box Intel Atom Z3736f Quad Core 2.16 GHz Dual System (Windows 8.1/Android 4.4) 7" IPS Screen Mini PC Tablet Windows Media Box No Battery DC 12V (Black) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ZR4WIHC/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_v4C0vbRZSVY67

    Im still in the chat queue they sent me a list of sku numbers so I cant be sure if its the box but pretty sure it is
    I will post when I know for definite


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭enno99


    I just found the sku number for the box and its not that :o
    It was a bunch of cats I ordered for the Gran-daughter lol
    So they have them in stock


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    enno99 wrote: »
    It was a bunch of cats I ordered for the Gran-daughter lol

    From China? :eek:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 41 Ocditsme


    Got 1 of these jbonest m8 boxes today from amazon.
    Mobdro not loading channels amoung other things. Am i doing something wrong? Any help much appreciated.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭daytob


    send me a pm


  • Registered Users Posts: 27,633 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    enno99 wrote: »
    I just found the sku number for the box and its not that :o
    It was a bunch of cats I ordered for the Gran-daughter lol
    So they have them in stock

    So its not the Pipo out of stock ?

    Also I don't think I want to buy electronics off a site that sells cats aswel :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭enno99


    emmetkenny wrote: »
    So its not the Pipo out of stock ?

    Also I don't think I want to buy electronics off a site that sells cats aswel :D

    Yeah it was a bunch of cat/animal figure's lol


    from the message
    However,

    sorry to inform you the item(sku*quantity:TA0053101 * 1) is back ordered now and will be stocked in 2 weeks if there are no delays. Please note this item is our best-selling product. Manufacturer also need time for stocking. We apologize for this unusual delay

    So just me jumping to conclusions :D I didnt think it would be a kids toy worth a couple of euro


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  • Registered Users Posts: 27,633 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    enno99 wrote: »
    Yeah it was a bunch of cat/animal figure's lol


    from the message



    So just me jumping to conclusions :D I didnt think it would be a kids toy worth a couple of euro

    Ha nice. You'll be happy with your box while the kids sit and wait :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭bajer101


    Am I missing something with Kodi here? I use Plex to stream to the cheapo Now TV boxes attached to all my TVs but I also have a UPC sub for the main TV. I had a look at Kodi and I just don't get it. Unless I am missing something obvious here there is no way I could ditch my UPC sub. "Stream not found", "Channel error" etc. I just couldn't be living with that. It might be ok for grabbing the odd football match - but as a replacement for live TV for the family , no chance.


  • Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    bajer101 wrote: »
    Am I missing something with Kodi here? I use Plex to stream to the cheapo Now TV boxes attached to all my TVs but I also have a UPC sub for the main TV. I had a look at Kodi and I just don't get it. Unless I am missing something obvious here there is no way I could ditch my UPC sub. "Stream not found", "Channel error" etc. I just couldn't be living with that. It might be ok for grabbing the odd football match - but as a replacement for live TV for the family , no chance.

    Use it as a compliment to your normal tv,as it is if you have a family that are used to 'normal' tv then don't use it as your primary tv source.It's handy for watching the latest movies and tv shows-I work odd hours so use it to catch up on shows I like,I find that I don't watch tv aimlessly any more with it.Kodi along with certain apps can give a great selection of stuff that you won't get on UPC or Sky.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭bajer101


    zerks wrote: »
    Use it as a compliment to your normal tv,as it is if you have a family that are used to 'normal' tv then don't use it as your primary tv source.It's handy for watching the latest movies and tv shows-I work odd hours so use it to catch up on shows I like,I find that I don't watch tv aimlessly any more with it.Kodi along with certain apps can give a great selection of stuff that you won't get on UPC or Sky.

    Thanks, but I still don't get it. People are saying that this is a replacement for cable and it's not. Not even close. There is no way I would cancel my standard cable for this. Filmon is piss poor. I'm really struggling to see the advantage of Kodi over Plex on a cheap Now TV box. We have 240Mb download speeds here now. If you want to watch something you can find it and download it in minutes.

    I installed Kodi on the lappy to have a look at it and went through three pages of instructions to install Netflix only to find out that I ended up with a Netflix channel that I actually have to pay for? This is not piracy as I know it!

    I really don't get this Kodi thing. The live TV is very flaky. It is so unreliable that it is just a waste of time. The movies and TV box sets stuff is nonsense. Just torrent them and Plex them to the €15 Sky now Tv Box.

    Please someone tell me what I am missing here?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭flangemeistro


    bajer101 wrote: »
    Thanks, but I still don't get it. People are saying that this is a replacement for cable and it's not. Not even close. There is no way I would cancel my standard cable for this. Filmon is piss poor. I'm really struggling to see the advantage of Kodi over Plex on a cheap Now TV box. We have 240Mb download speeds here now. If you want to watch something you can find it and download it in minutes.

    I installed Kodi on the lappy to have a look at it and went through three pages of instructions to install Netflix only to find out that I ended up with a Netflix channel that I actually have to pay for? This is not piracy as I know it!

    I really don't get this Kodi thing. The live TV is very flaky. It is so unreliable that it is just a waste of time. The movies and TV box sets stuff is nonsense. Just torrent them and Plex them to the €15 Sky now Tv Box.

    Please someone tell me what I am missing here?

    Well if you're using Filmon as an example of live tv and if for some bizarre reason are trying to download Netflix?????
    Then you are certainly missing a lot and you probably are better off sticking with UPC.
    The guys on this thread are very helpful to anyone with the patience and interest in kodi, they gave me a load of tips to get started and basically Google is your friend but you seem very dismissive and impatient and you also don't have as android box so i reckon the lads will give you all the help you deserve.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭bajer101


    Well if you're using Filmon as an example of live tv and if for some bizarre reason are trying to download Netflix?????
    Then you are certainly missing a lot and you probably are better off sticking with UPC.
    The guys on this thread are very helpful to anyone with the patience and interest in kodi, they gave me a load of tips to get started and basically Google is your friend but you seem very dismissive and impatient and you also don't have as android box so i reckon the lads will give you all the help you deserve.

    I am not trying to start a row here - I really just am struggling to see how Kodi can replace cable TV? Filmon was just an example. And I do not need an android box to sample it. I installed it on a Windows machine and it is shít for live tv. I tried the obvious channels from the main repositories and it wasn't a user friendly experience. If I come home from work at 18:30 I want to turn on the TV and have all the TV channels available to me there and then. Kodi is just not up to the job. All it does is transpose web streams which are very flaky. It is useless for reliable live TV. So if it is no good for live TV, how is it better than the cheap Now TV box streaming Plex?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭flangemeistro


    bajer101 wrote: »
    I am not trying to start a row here - I really just am struggling to see how Kodi can replace cable TV? Filmon was just an example. And I do not need an android box to sample it. I installed it on a Windows machine and it is shít for live tv. I tried the obvious channels from the main repositories and it wasn't a user friendly experience. If I come home from work at 18:30 I want to turn on the TV and have all the TV channels available to me there and then. Kodi is just not up to the job. All it does is transpose web streams which are very flaky. It is useless for reliable live TV. So if it is no good for live TV, how is it better than the cheap Now TV box streaming Plex?
    I also have Kodi on my laptop, phone and tablet and if i was to purely go by that experience then i would also say it couldn't replace sky or upc, why do you think android boxes are after becoming so popular and sought after?
    Why don't we just cast it from our devices to our smart tv's or chromecasts? Because it's incomparable to a hardwired Android box, am i saying it's for everyone, God no! You have to have patience and an interest in researching the system that is kodi, i can't say much as we all know it's not allowed but if i hardly never watch live tv, everything i watch is recorded and every episode of every series you could ever dream of is available in full hd on kodi if you know where to look, the only live tv i watch are matches and a good example is last Saturday i watched 90 minutes of spurs v stoke in full hd without one stutter or buffer, that match wasn't on sky sports, bt, espn or setanta but it was accessible through kodi, so in a way you're correct people aren't replacing their sky and upc they're actually upgrading and getting a lot more and getting all the top shows when they air in the states the following morning instead of the following week.
    If i come home from work at half 6 abd want to put on the tv their is nothing on live tv only depressing misery porn news and if I'm depraved enough i can get that through the rte player on my smart tv, the same With tv3 and for anything live on the English channels i have all the ITV's and BBC's free to air on my sky box.
    And if I'm saving over €100 a month for the sake of having to click my remote 2 extra times and maybe wait an extra 45 seconds then I'm sure I'll manage.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭bajer101


    I also have Kodi on my laptop, phone and tablet and if i was to purely go by that experience then i would also say it couldn't replace sky or upc, why do you think android boxes are after becoming so popular and sought after?
    Why don't we just cast it from our devices to our smart tv's or chromecasts? Because it's incomparable to a hardwired Android box, am i saying it's for everyone, God no! You have to have patience and an interest in researching the system that is kodi, i can't say much as we all know it's not allowed but if i hardly never watch live tv, everything i watch is recorded and every episode of every series you could ever dream of is available in full hd on kodi if you know where to look, the only live tv i watch are matches and a good example is last Saturday i watched 90 minutes of spurs v stoke in full hd without one stutter or buffer, that match wasn't on sky sports, bt, espn or setanta but it was accessible through kodi, so in a way you're correct people aren't replacing their sky and upc they're actually upgrading and getting a lot more and getting all the top shows when they air in the states the following morning instead of the following week.
    If i come home from work at half 6 abd want to put on the tv their is nothing on live tv only depressing misery porn news and if I'm depraved enough i can get that through the rte player on my smart tv, the same With tv3 and for anything live on the English channels i have all the ITV's and BBC's free to air on my sky box.
    And if I'm saving over €100 a month for the sake of having to click my remote 2 extra times and maybe wait an extra 45 seconds then I'm sure I'll manage.

    Jaysus - that was hard reading. Here a hint - Paragraphs!

    It's horses for courses. but Kodi does not replace live TV - end of. I don't do Sky Movies. If I want a new movie or TV show I will grab it at guaranteed 720p or 1080p and stream it locally rather than rely on some mickey mouse stream. The only benefit I can see of these Smart TV boxes is the live streams and they are shít.

    Please tell me how these boxes are better than Plexing to a Now TV box?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭flangemeistro


    bajer101 wrote: »
    Jaysus - that was hard reading. Here a hint - Paragraphs!
    And that my man is a fairly good sign of the type of guy you are.
    Sorry i didn't add enough pauses for your tiny brain to take a breather.
    If it's not for you it's not for you but don't be dick on a discussion page where there is genuine people willing to help "interested" people for nothing in return.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭bajer101


    And that my man is a fairly good sign of the type of guy you are.
    Sorry i didn't add enough pauses for your tiny brain to take a breather.
    If it's not for you it's not for you but don't be dick on a discussion page where there is genuine people willing to help "interested" people for nothing in return.

    I even had trouble reading that!

    That's great and all, but you still haven't answered any of my queries.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭daytob


    bajer101 wrote: »
    I even had trouble reading that!

    That's great and all, but you still haven't answered any of my queries.

    ill answer your queries, drop me a pm. you need to remember that such talk even about torrenting crosses a line that will result in this thread being culled.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Just got an email, my pipo x8 has been shipped.

    No stock shortage. (In case anyone else is tempted)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭flangemeistro


    daytob wrote: »
    ill answer your queries, drop me a pm. you need to remember that such talk even about torrenting crosses a line that will result in this thread being culled.

    You should save your knowledge for someone who's actually interested in learning daytob rather than someone who is clearly on here to knock a system before actually getting to understand it's full potential.
    You can't save every puppy in the pound.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭Satriale


    Just got an email, my pipo x8 has been shipped.

    No stock shortage. (In case anyone else is tempted)

    I'm so feckin tempted. I hadn't realise the potential of these yokes until i read this thread and put kodi on my laptop to try it out. And that one looks snazzy, plus I've one of those wireless keyboards on the way from logitech.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Satriale wrote: »
    I'm so feckin tempted. I hadn't realise the potential of these yokes until i read this thread and put kodi on my laptop to try it out. And that one looks snazzy, plus I've one of those wireless keyboards on the way from logitech.

    Well, I have taken the chance. It looks like a nice piece of kit, I'll definitely research fly mouse and keyboards now too.

    I bought it for myself based on the reviews, looks quite smooth on the youtube videos.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    Well, I have taken the chance. It looks like a nice piece of kit, I'll definitely research fly mouse and keyboards now too.

    I bought it for myself based on the reviews, looks quite smooth on the youtube videos.

    K400+ (white) only costs 7.50gbp (free shipping) at the moment!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    eamonnq wrote: »
    K400+ (white) only costs 7.50gbp (free shipping) at the moment!!

    Any link?

    Is that on the website that shall not be named?


  • Registered Users Posts: 27,633 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    Any link?

    Is that on the website that shall not be named?

    Its posted in Bargain Alerts.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    Any link?

    Is that on the website that shall not be named?

    Nope, on logitechs website.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057477089


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭enno99


    Just got an email, my pipo x8 has been shipped.

    No stock shortage. (In case anyone else is tempted)

    That was quick

    Was that from Europe warehouse ?

    I got email they are sending part of order the box is not on it

    hopefully soon then

    I think it was a mistake was ordering many items together
    My own fault I was like a kid a sweet shop lol


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