Ifwecouldjust.......
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Want to watch Sky, BBC etc whilst on hols on my laptop but as I will be abroad I won't be able to as it will recognise the IP address. Will Slingbox or Raspberry allow me to do this?
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TCIB
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What do you have to watch live ? if you can wait an hour or so just get a torrent of your shows ?
Gaz in Zurich
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My speciality topic lol. I work abroad and I like to watch my UK tv. I have a slingbox and yes you can watch it anywhere you have a net connection. I can even watch it on my iphone on a 3g connection. Picture quality does depend on your upload speed of internet where the Slingbox is.
I can watch BBC Iplayer or any of the other iplayers as well by having a UK proxy.
Do you already have a slingbox? they are quite expensive for a few weeks on hol? Maybe getting a proxy would be the cheaper option
I can watch BBC Iplayer or any of the other iplayers as well by having a UK proxy.
Do you already have a slingbox? they are quite expensive for a few weeks on hol? Maybe getting a proxy would be the cheaper option
Ifwecouldjust.......
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Gaz in Belgium said:My speciality topic lol. I work abroad and I like to watch my UK tv. I have a slingbox and yes you can watch it anywhere you have a net connection. I can even watch it on my iphone on a 3g connection. Picture quality does depend on your upload speed of internet where the Slingbox is.
I can watch BBC Iplayer or any of the other iplayers as well by having a UK proxy.
Do you already have a slingbox? they are quite expensive for a few weeks on hol? Maybe getting a proxy would be the cheaper option
thing is my missus and the kids like watching all the 'nonsense channels' on Sky. so while I can pick up sky I and sports and do movies via xmbc they cant get dave or Watch or gold. i'm hoping slingbox will cure this....an I can pick one up fairly cheaply.
How does it work...is to simple? (it'll need to be for the missus to operate
Gaz in Zurich
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once you have connected it to your sky box and set the internet part its dead easy. You just go to slingbox website and it connects to your box in your house. A graphic of a sky remote pops up and as well as the what ever is being shown and you just press the buttons like you would with the real remote. Its just like having the box in front of you. You can have 2 box's connected as well, so i have a Digibox connected as the 2nd input. So I can flip between what box I watch as well
Blue Punter
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I got one for my mate in Tenerife so he could watch Sky Sports and when I'm overseas. Not a bad piece of kit.
Bit expensive for a one off though. I use a proxy now. One I've got, I can use it on 2 computers. My mate watches Sky Go in Tenerife via a UK ISP, I watch US Netflix, Blinkbox etc through a US ISP. Handy for me when I'm abroad as a lot of betting sites are blocked overseas. Think it's about £5.99 a month.
Bit expensive for a one off though. I use a proxy now. One I've got, I can use it on 2 computers. My mate watches Sky Go in Tenerife via a UK ISP, I watch US Netflix, Blinkbox etc through a US ISP. Handy for me when I'm abroad as a lot of betting sites are blocked overseas. Think it's about £5.99 a month.