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2017 Nvidia Shield

SachaJ · 2017-07-09 08:02:37

Not much of a discount at £20 (Was £189.99, now £169.99) but it's the first time I've seen the new model reduced. https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Device/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ I'm on the lookout for a 3rd one but think I'll hang on and see what happens on Amazon Prime Day this week.

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#1202 22-08-2018 11:16am

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dodzy wrote: »

Any combo will do fine (SAT / TERR). But you'll need a sat dish for the UK stuff and antenna for the local channels. The ideal would be Freesat (channels auto update) for the UK stuff and separate for saorview but that 2 boxes/2 controls.

Have you dish or/and antenna in place ?

She has a Sky dish, so would need an antenna for saorview. There might still be an old NTL basic cable connection, can that be piggy-backed?

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#1203 22-08-2018 11:26am

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I have a Play tv and Vu+ box set up for Saorview and Sat. Works perfectly all on the one box and EPG(Cross) that updates nightly

There is a cheap Edision combo box ,freetv used to sell them.Cant think of the name right now but that would do the trick as well.

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#1204 22-08-2018 11:34am

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corwill wrote: »

She has a Sky dish, so would need an antenna for saorview. There might still be an old NTL basic cable connection, can that be piggy-backed?

Forget old NTL cable.

Sky dish in situ saves a bit of hassle assuming its still functional. Ideally, i'd mount antenna alongside dish, get 2 combiners (allowing the existing sky cable to channel both SAT & TERR frequencies down a single coax length to the TV), nd a cheap combo box from satworld (€40-50).

Yaba above pointed to a Vu+. Excellent bit of kit but a bit of setup effort required and far pricier than the cheap combos.

Plenty of help here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

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#1205 22-08-2018 11:57am

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Thanks folks, more than enough info to get me going, I'll leave the off-topic posting at that!

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#1206 22-08-2018 12:57pm

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dodzy wrote: »

Forget old NTL cable.

Sky dish in situ saves a bit of hassle assuming its still functional. Ideally, i'd mount antenna alongside dish, get 2 combiners (allowing the existing sky cable to channel both SAT & TERR frequencies down a single coax length to the TV), nd a cheap combo box from satworld (€40-50).

Yaba above pointed to a Vu+. Excellent bit of kit but a bit of setup effort required and far pricier than the cheap combos.

Plenty of help here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

Just as an aside to this, I use an E2 box(Mutant HD2400) and share my tuners on that to my shields via the Vu+ plugin.
You can also share the tuners via any of the IPTV plugins by just sharing the www address of the bouquet.

In my case I created a combined bouquet of all the UK freeview and Irish Saorview channels.
That gives me a really broad fallover for the times my IPTV provider is down.

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#1207 22-08-2018 1:01pm

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gerrybbadd wrote: »

Has anyone played GTA San Andreas on their Shield here? How's the controller support?

Played it through to the end last year. Only issue I had with the controller was I couldn't open the map properly. Got on grand with everything else.

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#1208 22-08-2018 1:03pm

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yellowbear wrote: »

Played it through to the end last year. Only issue I had with the controller was I couldn't open the map properly. Got on grand with everything else.

Did you need to sideload it?

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#1209 22-08-2018 1:13pm

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gerrybbadd wrote: »

Did you need to sideload it?

No you can buy it on the play store

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#1210 22-08-2018 6:47pm

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ellobee wrote: »

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Same here.

Closed to new members now though AFAIK.

Sure let me try anyway they might recommend someone else if they won't take on new customers

If stuck I'm on a cracker for months,,,, everything pm

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#1211 22-08-2018 7:00pm

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alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Anyone looking for it pm me

corks finest wrote: »

If stuck I'm on a cracker for months,,,, everything pm

Can ye not just post it in the thread?

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#1212 22-08-2018 7:25pm

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FrToddUnctious wrote: »

Can ye not just post it in the thread?

You can if you want to kill the thread and possibly get carded!!!

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#1213 22-08-2018 7:32pm

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Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

You can if you want to kill the thread and possibly get carded!!!

boards is ridiculous

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#1214 22-08-2018 9:32pm

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FrToddUnctious wrote: »

boards is ridiculous

The PM chat isn't allowed either.

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#1215 22-08-2018 11:00pm

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I'm interested to see who everyone is talking about that they are so highly rated . Although I have a feeling I know who some of them are already.

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#1216 22-08-2018 11:54pm

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Suckit wrote: »

I'm interested to see who everyone is talking about that they are so highly rated . Although I have a feeling I know who some of them are already.

Was thinking similar

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#1217 23-08-2018 1:33am

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ellobee wrote: »

yeah didn't think so, there are only a few main suppliers left everyone else is a reseller they are all selling the same thing

Most servers have gotten smarter now and don't sell so openly. The ones that were huge this time last year have done a disappearing act making it look like they shut up shop when they really just went underground to avoid EPL blocks and being arrested. There are still hundreds of independent servers around though. Not just a few.

It's only a matter of time before the fla***** guy gets taken down. He registered the server as a legitimate company in the UK and even I know his home address. Anyone can see it on companies house with a quick search. It's a miracle he has lasted this long.

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#1218 23-08-2018 7:18am

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Oat23 wrote: »

It's only a matter of time before the fla***** guy gets taken down. He registered the server as a legitimate company in the UK and even I know his home address. Anyone can see it on companies house with a quick search. It's a miracle he has lasted this long.

Don't say that!!!!

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#1219 23-08-2018 8:50am

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Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Don't say that!!!!

We better get it back on topic. What are people's impressions of the live channels app on the shield and has anyone integrated saorview into it.

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#1220 23-08-2018 9:29am

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ellobee wrote: »

We better get it back on topic. What are people's impressions of the live channels app on the shield and has anyone integrated saorview into it.

I used it to add my IPTV service, but I can't even figure out how to easily find channels. All I have is a list of 1500 channels that I have to scroll through....

Will have to figure out what options it has later.

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#1221 23-08-2018 10:54am

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Anyone use Now TV on the shield? been thinking about signing up for it

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#1222 23-08-2018 10:55am

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Howard the Duck wrote: »

Anyone use Now TV on the shield? been thinking about signing up for it

The app doesn't work, at least not for me. It exits after it starts up.

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#1223 23-08-2018 11:34am

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Basil3 wrote: »

I used it to add my IPTV service, but I can't even figure out how to easily find channels. All I have is a list of 1500 channels that I have to scroll through....

Will have to figure out what options it has later.

Android remote on your phone
press & hold the center/ok button on the channel you want to favourite
Add either a star or add to favourites.

Thats how it works with mine, but it depends on the app etc

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#1224 24-08-2018 12:28am

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Would this work with the shield ?

https://powercity.ie/product/WPS818C

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#1225 24-08-2018 12:43am

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funnyname wrote: »

Would this work with the shield ?

https://powercity.ie/product/WPS818C

That's a combo satellite and terrestrial box. It connects to your TV using HDMI

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#1226 24-08-2018 12:51am

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As a back up for IPTV on Shield?
It would but show be similar for around 50 quid .

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#1227 24-08-2018 7:40am

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Better to go with a Linux box. Can we stream out to laptops, phones and tabs over WiFi and even keep it in another room and add the channels to the Shield
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057827739/64/#post107877615

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#1228 24-08-2018 8:21am

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The high horse brigade wrote: »

Better to go with a Linux box. Can we stream out to laptops, phones and tabs over WiFi and even keep it in another room and add the channels to the Shield
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057827739/64/#post107877615

You could use the dream player app to stream from e2 box to the shield. Dreamplayer can pick up your fta sat channels and your IPTV channels and group them nicely I don't have a combo box so I don't know about the saorview channels but I imagine it could be done.

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#1229 24-08-2018 9:12am

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any one want to recommend a good iptv by PM ?

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#1230 24-08-2018 10:36am

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Slowly becoming a /thread.

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#1231 24-08-2018 12:53pm

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2smiggy wrote: »

any one want to recommend a good iptv by PM ?

Have a look on reddit iptv forums. Its a swamp of spamming resellers but you may find some suggestions.

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