Kodi boxes
Anyone tried any of the Kodi/android streaming boxes? thoughts?:h
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Kodi boxes come and go. Hard to find a seller or brand (is there such thing as brand in back-yard factories in Shanghai) that have been there for more than a year or two. It stops working for hardware or firmware reasons and you're on your own. This is one problem.
If you want reliability and upgrade-ability, install Kodi on laptop or, better yet - on a dedicated mini-PC with remote. Though, most mini-PC today are cr-appy hardware, Dell and other big guns have lost interest in the sector and market has been taken over by zillions of fly-by-night makers.
Another problem - piracy. Leaving ethical issues aside, pirated streaming apps come and go without warning, it's here today and gone tomorrow. You're wasting hours and straining your eyes on installing add-ons only to see that it doesn't install or doesn't work. You don't pay - you are not guaranteed any service.
This is only logical. Take it with or without grain of salt, whatever your diet requires, this doesn't change the outcome.
I understand that Amazon Fire doesn't come with Kodi pre-loaded, though it can be installed there. OTH, Kodi box is exactly what it says - a box with Kodi, often from unknown makers. But I've come to the same conclusion - you're either getting same things that you can have on OTA or on free web streaming by TV network, or Kodi apps don't work (or quit working). Few that do work, are not worth wasting time on.
Lately I've resolved to using Kodi only for off-line videos and music, their interface is nice and easy to use.
If you want reliability and upgrade-ability, install Kodi on laptop or, better yet - on a dedicated mini-PC with remote. Though, most mini-PC today are cr-appy hardware, Dell and other big guns have lost interest in the sector and market has been taken over by zillions of fly-by-night makers.
Another problem - piracy. Leaving ethical issues aside, pirated streaming apps come and go without warning, it's here today and gone tomorrow. You're wasting hours and straining your eyes on installing add-ons only to see that it doesn't install or doesn't work. You don't pay - you are not guaranteed any service.
This is only logical. Take it with or without grain of salt, whatever your diet requires, this doesn't change the outcome.
ThomBoles wrote:
I have 2 amazon fire devices both with Kodi loaded. We tend to watch with it less than expected and mostly the tv shows that we would watch at home on cable anyway. We have tried to log directly into the tv apps from the networks but for some reason they never take my login.
I understand that Amazon Fire doesn't come with Kodi pre-loaded, though it can be installed there. OTH, Kodi box is exactly what it says - a box with Kodi, often from unknown makers. But I've come to the same conclusion - you're either getting same things that you can have on OTA or on free web streaming by TV network, or Kodi apps don't work (or quit working). Few that do work, are not worth wasting time on.
Lately I've resolved to using Kodi only for off-line videos and music, their interface is nice and easy to use.
