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01-24-2013, 05:30 PM
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#1 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Hey guys,
my mom was asking me where can she get one of these pvr things that connect to the internet to watch dramas and such on tv. anyone know the name of these things? or where can i get one?
don't know what to google either besides chinese pvr wifi but not sure if those boxes i see randomly are good or the right thing. anyone have any experience with these things? she isnt computer friendly so letting her use a computer is out of the question  | 
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01-24-2013, 05:48 PM
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#2 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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my parents have one..I think it's called MyPad and they got it from public market
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01-24-2013, 05:50 PM
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#3 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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TVpad
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01-24-2013, 06:17 PM
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#4 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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how much is a reasonably priced one? don't want to get some junky one... but dont want to blow the wallet either. any specific specs i should be looking out for.. since some chinese things sometimes just magically aren't able to do some stuff
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01-24-2013, 06:40 PM
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#5 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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theres this bright yellow box called kylin or something?
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01-24-2013, 06:51 PM
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#6 | | RS controls my life!
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TVpad
try Parker place.. they have it
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01-24-2013, 07:42 PM
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#7 | | Driving around in circles
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tvpad. i bought mine in ebay from a local seller. Cheapest you can get locally
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01-24-2013, 09:42 PM
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#8 | | degenerate extraordinaire
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there is a large variety of streaming capable media players. tvpad has gained a lot of hype recently, especially with the bigass thread on rfd iirc.
we have a variation that is pretty decent, with lots of different streams available, but it was brought over by relatives from Toronto (which have many more smaller shops that carry these things)
Ebay would probably be cheapest as per kodamu. Otherwise, check malls like parker place or crystal mall. They have a few electronic/media shops.
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01-24-2013, 10:05 PM
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Depends if you need to watch shows from TVB, etc.
If not....just any one of those android tv boxes....no need to get the TVpad. A lot cheaper.
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01-24-2013, 10:47 PM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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I got the tvpad for my parents. I would buy it online cause parker/crystal mall charges a lot more for it.
Works well 90% of the time.
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01-25-2013, 09:57 AM
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#11 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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holy crap i just ebay searched and those things are going for $200
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01-25-2013, 10:07 PM
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#12 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Originally Posted by Sky_High  Depends if you need to watch shows from TVB, etc.
If not....just any one of those android tv boxes....no need to get the TVpad. A lot cheaper. | don't even know what tvb is lulzzzz http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mini-Android-...ht_5228wt_1024
this thing doesnt look bad.. looks really cheap though..
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01-26-2013, 10:39 PM
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#13 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by jackmeister theres this bright yellow box called kylin or something? | KylinTV is strictly for mainland China programming only I believe.
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01-27-2013, 01:56 AM
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#14 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by iKayChow don't even know what tvb is lulzzzz | unless you dont watch HongKong Dramas, otherwise, how do you not know TVB? 
Its a large HongKong based t.v. production group. like Disney, Paramount over here.
anyways, I heard ParkerPlaces sells these units for $300+, thats too much $$$$$
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01-27-2013, 03:18 AM
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#15 | | Banned By Establishment
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It is a lot of money but cheap compare to what the satellite company in the USA is charging for all the TVB channels. Since November of 2012, Americans can add TVB to their package for an extra $40/month 
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01-28-2013, 07:44 PM
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go to GreenNet at Parker Place or on Kingsway near Knight, they have a few different boxes. $128 was the price of one of them.
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01-28-2013, 10:20 PM
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#17 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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If you're getting it strictly for Live TV broadcasts, such as for TVB (assuming that you're interested in Cantonese broadcasting), then it sucks. Unless you want to wake up at 4AM in the morning to watch the HK primetime shows. It's not worth getting. It has no PVR function, most of the Live TV programs that u can watch at our hours are mostly variety and news programs at HK time.
With that said, the Video on Demand programming is not bad. MyPad is the only media box that can fetch TVB programming, and it can be shut down anytime as they are getting their feed illegally.
I know this cause I thought about getting this box but decided not to.
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01-28-2013, 11:41 PM
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#18 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by willystyle If you're getting it strictly for Live TV broadcasts, such as for TVB (assuming that you're interested in Cantonese broadcasting), then it sucks. Unless you want to wake up at 4AM in the morning to watch the HK primetime shows. It's not worth getting. It has no PVR function, most of the Live TV programs that u can watch at our hours are mostly variety and news programs at HK time.
With that said, the Video on Demand programming is not bad. MyPad is the only media box that can fetch TVB programming, and it can be shut down anytime as they are getting their feed illegally.
I know this cause I thought about getting this box but decided not to. | OP already mention he doesn't even have a clue what TVB is.
What he needs is just an Android TV box / usb drive that could be easily fetch for $40-100 locally or online. It will be enough for his parents to watch most Mainland shows.
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01-29-2013, 09:24 AM
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#19 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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but if he has said android TV Box, what app/program would he use on it to be able to stream chinese/TVB shows? or are you implying he has to download and watch via USB?
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http://www.revscene.net/forums/showthread.php?t=611711 Quote: Greenstoner
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01-29-2013, 10:22 AM
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#20 | | I don't get it
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my buddy has a android tv box that gets everything from PPV events, movies (even ones still in theatre), hindi/chinese/other ethnic shows, everything...
thats prob what you are looking for right?
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01-29-2013, 01:53 PM
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Been using TV Pad since it came out.
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01-29-2013, 03:48 PM
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This is interesting. So the quality of the stream is based on your bandwidth right? It'll optimize the stream for your network?
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02-01-2013, 05:57 PM
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#23 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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so what android apps do you guys use with your droid boxes to watch tvb, etc shows?
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http://www.revscene.net/forums/showthread.php?t=611711 Quote: Greenstoner
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02-01-2013, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by skyxx This is interesting. So the quality of the stream is based on your bandwidth right? It'll optimize the stream for your network? | Sort of, I think? I'm not a primary user but regardless, my family in Los Angeles got one recently but they're limited to I think a or 7MB downstream cap as per their ISP. They also tie up bandwidth downloading videos, music and whatnot so that kills the quality and by that, I mean it will buffer or miss frames etc.
We have a 15MB downstream cap from Telus. We also have 2 TV boxes running simultaneously and usually 3 computers surfing the web. No problems so far but in terms of visual quality - I don't know.
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02-02-2013, 01:36 AM
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#25 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by skyxx This is interesting. So the quality of the stream is based on your bandwidth right? It'll optimize the stream for your network? | It's based on your bandwidth as well as what the provider can provide. Quote:
Originally Posted by GLOW so what android apps do you guys use with your droid boxes to watch tvb, etc shows? | None. TVPad is the only box that can stream TVB as they have their own "proprietary distributor". It's a LIVE FEED, not Ondemand, so unless you enjoy waking up at 4AM in the morning to catch their primetime shows. It's not worth it at all.
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