Fire Stick?

[Team Ramrod]

I bought mine on eBay for $70 a few months ago and love it

[compaqDikk]

i bought one for 500, hated it, then shoved it up Corbin's ass with superglue

[chipper]

A co-worker has one and is ALWAYS singing its praises. I just don't watch that much TV any more to look into getting one for myself.

[capone1899]

But to add some additional info to this...

Here's what I question.

1. If ebay is selling these things for $130 and they work 100% properly... why is it only $130? Seems pretty low.

2. With all the posters claiming that they get everything at 1080p... and it works non-stop... no issues etc. Why aren't you trying to sell these things with a guarantee at Ebay for $400 or $500? You could EASILY get that price with GREAT QUALITY. You should be buying these things at $100 at bestbuy... and selling them and making huge profits.

That's why I question some of these posts. It's not fool proof. Sites go down. Quality isn't that good.

Because the software is free. You could be an idiot and try to get $500 a piece, but other people are selling them for $130 because all they are doing it opening a box and installing some software on it that takes 15 min.

I've never had a single issue with mine. Not everything is 1080p, but each stream tells you what the quality is before you open it. I've also have free UFC PPVs for a year now. They are broadcast in the UK for free on tv so the streams for those are excellent

[Hu$tle]

May consider getting one of these over cable next month we'll see

[TheMoneyShot]

For sports, this can be the case. But for tv shows, movies, and lots of channels around the world, it's essentially a free media center that works phenomenally.

What I've never understood is that when I invite others or have family over, they only focus on how it's not absolutely 1080p HD (most of the time it's just not worth risking the stream stopping, which is far more annoying than slight haziness of picture), not the fact that they can watch anything at their own will and disposal, for FREE.

It has happened so many times I find it unfathomable. I'm giving you any show you want to watch and for free, and you come up with a complaint.

Just weird.

I just want to reemphasize what I meant. #1... I'm not arguing over the word FREE. I love FREE. We all love Free. If you're a single guy... and basically not a high maintenance dude... it's definitely workable. If you have some lady friends over... and you're trying to watch a movie etc... it's definitely DOABLE. The issue I had with mine... I couldn't get one damn baseball game on Extra Innings from any site. These sites said it was active... but it kept on playing this stupid ass Indy (auto racing) promo.. or some sh#$. I even tuned into the LIVE ESPN stream... just to check it out. And it kept buffering non-stop. I have 15mbps on the download... and a ping of around 7-8ms. If that can't handle a stream.... then fuk it. It's not worth it to me.

I definitely gave it a shot. I even watched a few youtube videos who have taken KODI to an entirely different level... and made their own build. I even used someone elses build... and it didn't work for me. So, I'm guessing you need at least 20-30 mbps on the download to handle this. But I blame it on their servers. Because if you have 15mbps on the download and a ping of 7-8ms... you're GOLDEN. Shouldn't have an issue at all. But... I had issues.

Because the software is free. You could be an idiot and try to get $500 a piece, but other people are selling them for $130 because all they are doing it opening a box and installing some software on it that takes 15 min.

I've never had a single issue with mine. Not everything is 1080p, but each stream tells you what the quality is before you open it. I've also have free UFC PPVs for a year now. They are broadcast in the UK for free on tv so the streams for those are excellent

Basically what I meant about the $500 price... is that... you have the immaculate BUILD. No errors... no issues... back up after back up. Takes the guess work out of everything. If someone made a masterpiece build... you could get $400-$500 easily. The reason why it's only $130.00 because people are just copying off of others... and the "original". If some brainiac came up with the ultimate build... he could easily get it. The problem is... I believe these servers are wearing down... because everyone is telling others about this FREE STUFF... and these servers are getting overloaded worldwide. Certainly they won't upgrade them. Just my opinion.

[blackHIPPY]

this is for old people who cant use a cpu
tons of sites where you can stream live tv channels

[Bushay]

As I mentioned before, I sell both sticks and boxes. You can get any game you want, but yes...sometimes the feeds buffer and studder. Not all...but some. You're also not paying anything. But this week I signed up for a pay service for sports. It's $10 a month and I split it with a friend. I get everything now and the feeds are incredible. You can split it with 3 ip addresses per subscription. And as many tvs in your house on your own IP address as you want. Has a bunch of other channels as well including HBO, showtime, etc. 140 channel altogether. Been messing with these things for over 2 years and this is the best I've ever seen. Ppv' are buffer free and come football will have the red zone as well as everygame. College and pro. NHL, NBA and now every MLB game. $5 a month by splitting. Can't beat it with a stick.

[StackinGreen]

bushay, what service is it, pm me

[slambam]

Yea Bushey you talking sportsaccess or something different?

[recon1]

How is it for watching college football?

[Bushay]

Have not seen any live football yet but the baseball is fantastic. Did watch a football replay though and it was the same, so I expect no different. This is an invite only service to limit the activity on the streams so they DON'T buffer. Not sure I can post the link here so you can PM me if you like. I just checked and there are not only 3 month subscriptions available but also a 5 day one as well that wasnt available when I was curious and joined. With football right around the corner I don't expect these to last long. Just an FYI. And I have absolutely no affiliation with this group. Doesn't matter to me. I'll be with this one till a better one comes long. $32.22 for a 3 month and its pro rated. Meaning they only charged me $22 cause I joined a month into the cycle. Its called Smoothstreams. Search Youtube and you can see for yourself how it works. First video in fact gives you all the details. But I had a real hard time getting it on my Kodi but i'm up and running now great. PM me if you need help after joining and i'll help the best I can. There's a forum too which was even more difficult to join. You need a verification key to get in. And I had to send in a "ticket" to get a reply and get the code. Its available on Roku as well but i haven't figure that one out yet. Remember, you can share this with 2 others but i'd be careful who I share it with as if they just one time use another ip address to watch they will cancel it for everyone and you wont be getting it back with your regular IP address. Just some friendly advice. You CAN use it on more that one tv in your home as long as your not using an extender in your home as that's a separate ip address as well.

[Bushay]

Stackingreen, says I can't send a pm till I get to 40 posts. I download the file to Dropbox and side load it like that. You can email me if you like. bushay44@yahoo.com

[StackinGreen]

How do you pay the guys, is it CC and you get the code?

[Bushay]

You go to their site and sign up

[Bushay]

im sorry. I paid through my Paypal.

[teaserpleaser]

Does it need to be jail broken or something?

Kodi ... It's 60$ and you get clean UFC ppvs etc etc I sold my blu Ray collection on eBay because it's all on there. If you have decent internet it's a no brainer.

[teaserpleaser]

A co-worker has one and is ALWAYS singing its praises. I just don't watch that much TV any more to look into getting one for myself.

Same but it has everything on demand with commercials taken out ... Past UFC ppvs past wwe if that's your thing. It's pretty awesome you also get uk tv world tv.

[StackinGreen]

you use smoothstreams too, teaser?

[slambam]

I've heard good things about sportsaccess too, I might give that a shot.

[Bushay]

Ive paid for and used sportsaccess as well and it was horrible. Not even close to this level unless they have drastically changed in the last year. This service is the shit boys.

[Team Ramrod]

Kodi ... It's 60$ and you get clean UFC ppvs etc etc I sold my blu Ray collection on eBay because it's all on there. If you have decent internet it's a no brainer.

what are you gonna do when Hillary takes away your high speed internets and you have no blu Rays to watch?

[StackinGreen]

Ive paid for and used sportsaccess as well and it was horrible. Not even close to this level unless they have drastically changed in the last year. This service is the shit boys.

Do you need an invite to get in?

[Bushay]

yes. But i just signed up a friend of mine yesterday so last i checked invites were still available. send me and email at bushay44@yahoo.com and ill shoot you the link.