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which of them if any can I use to watch normal broadcast TV
Woody wrote:
which of them if any can I use to watch normal broadcast TV
"Normal broadcast TV" as in DVB-T/DVB-S ? ... None of them.
They all rely on streaming services iPlayer/itvX/My4/U or whatever
they're each called this week.
On Thu 12/06/2025 17:37, Andy Burns wrote:
Woody wrote:
which of them if any can I use to watch normal broadcast TV
"Normal broadcast TV" as in DVB-T/DVB-S ? ... None of them.
They all rely on streaming services iPlayer/itvX/My4/U or whatever
they're each called this week.
I appreciate that. The situation is that we are taking our caravan to an area that has only a relay transmitting 'Freeview Lite' but has a strong
and fast on-site wi-fi coverage (only five caravans max) and we would
like to watch some of the other channels. I also realise that we can
watch them using iPlayer, itvX, All4, 5 etc but I am just after finding
out which stick provides these (streaming) services f.o.c. without
charge and (preferably) without annoying adverts, and specifically which
is the easiest to use.
There has been much lately of the fact that a good wi-fi signal on a
site can feed a FireStick and be used for FTA TV.
Question: There are a number of sticks around - Amazon Firestick, Now, >Rakuten TV, etc - but which of them if any can I use to watch normal >broadcast TV free of charge. I 'think' I can with a FireStick albeit its >rather complicated to set up or change channel, but I know not about any >others.
Any advice welcomed.
On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:25:58 +0100, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
There has been much lately of the fact that a good wi-fi signal on a
site can feed a FireStick and be used for FTA TV.
Question: There are a number of sticks around - Amazon Firestick, Now, >>Rakuten TV, etc - but which of them if any can I use to watch normal >>broadcast TV free of charge. I 'think' I can with a FireStick albeit its >>rather complicated to set up or change channel, but I know not about any >>others.
Any advice welcomed.
There is a section labelled 'Live TV' which appears to be the same
channels that are available on Freeview. I haven't explored it because
I ditched the TV licence last year and can't legally watch anything on
it, and I'm not sure why I'd ever want to watch TV to somebody else's >timetable anyway when I can watch any movie or catchup programme
whenever I want, but it's there if you want it.
On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:55:38 +0100, Roderick Stewart ><rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:25:58 +0100, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
There has been much lately of the fact that a good wi-fi signal on a >>>site can feed a FireStick and be used for FTA TV.
Question: There are a number of sticks around - Amazon Firestick, Now, >>>Rakuten TV, etc - but which of them if any can I use to watch normal >>>broadcast TV free of charge. I 'think' I can with a FireStick albeit its >>>rather complicated to set up or change channel, but I know not about any >>>others.
Any advice welcomed.
There is a section labelled 'Live TV' which appears to be the same >>channels that are available on Freeview. I haven't explored it because
I ditched the TV licence last year and can't legally watch anything on
it, and I'm not sure why I'd ever want to watch TV to somebody else's >>timetable anyway when I can watch any movie or catchup programme
whenever I want, but it's there if you want it.
It is handy to watch the news as it happens and not leave it to catch
up a few days later. The same logic applies to football.
On 12/06/2025 18:12, Woody wrote:
On Thu 12/06/2025 17:37, Andy Burns wrote:
Woody wrote:
which of them if any can I use to watch normal broadcast TV
"Normal broadcast TV" as in DVB-T/DVB-S ? ... None of them.
They all rely on streaming services iPlayer/itvX/My4/U or whatever
they're each called this week.
I appreciate that. The situation is that we are taking our caravan to
an area that has only a relay transmitting 'Freeview Lite' but has a
strong and fast on-site wi-fi coverage (only five caravans max) and we
would like to watch some of the other channels. I also realise that we
can watch them using iPlayer, itvX, All4, 5 etc but I am just after
finding out which stick provides these (streaming) services f.o.c.
without charge and (preferably) without annoying adverts, and
specifically which is the easiest to use.
Freely and Roku have signed an agreement to put Freely on Roku
hardware.... so when that comes out, buy a Roku stick that supports
Freely (freely is by the same company that also does Freeview and Freesat)
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/beyond-freeview-freely-lands-roku/
It sounds like it will be on Roku powered TVs first before possibly appearing on Roku sticks.
It is handy to watch the news as it happens and not leave it to
catch up a few days later. The same logic applies to football.
Surely there can't be many people left now who still haven't learned
and still take the main stream media news seriously.
In article <5c2c6a74a2bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
Surely there can't be many people left now who still haven't learned
and still take the main stream media news seriously.
Quite a few of us have not yet descended into the cesspit of
far-right conspiracy-theory "news".
In article <5c2c6a74a2bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
Surely there can't be many people left now who still haven't learned
and still take the main stream media news seriously.
Quite a few of us have not yet descended into the cesspit of
far-right conspiracy-theory "news".
In article <102idjm$18fb$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk>,
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
In article <5c2c6a74a2bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
Surely there can't be many people left now who still haven't learned
and still take the main stream media news seriously.
Quite a few of us have not yet descended into the cesspit of
far-right conspiracy-theory "news".
Interesting and predictable. In the first line both an insult and a
far right accusation/assumption.
My friend, everyone with any common sense at all who hasn't been
captured by "progressive" ideological insanity is now far right. In
that sense, I'm in excellent company. But It's clear you have no idea
what far right is, it's certainly nothing to do with me.
In article <5c2c6a74a2bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
Surely there can't be many people left now who still haven't
learned and still take the main stream media news seriously.
Quite a few of us have not yet descended into the cesspit of
far-right conspiracy-theory "news".
So carry on, wrongly smear me as "far right", simply because I reject leftists ideologies and the propaganda machines that push the
nonsense. It's a label I can wear with pride and I'll be in excellent
and ever growing company.
Freely presently relies on using an HbbTV OpApp which Roku have agreed
to incorporate into their TV OS. I doubt Feely [sic] will appear on Roku sticks in the near future.
On 13/06/2025 13:14, MikeS wrote:
Freely presently relies on using an HbbTV OpApp which Roku have agreed
to incorporate into their TV OS. I doubt Feely [sic] will appear on
Roku sticks in the near future.
The RokuOS for the TVs and the sticks, soundbars, etc. is all the same underneath. There are different versions for different ones, but it's
just a port of the same code onto a different platform.
On 20/06/2025 20:55, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 13/06/2025 13:14, MikeS wrote:So you are saying that existing Roku sticks support HbbTV which is the
Freely presently relies on using an HbbTV OpApp which Roku have
agreed to incorporate into their TV OS. I doubt Feely [sic] will
appear on Roku sticks in the near future.
The RokuOS for the TVs and the sticks, soundbars, etc. is all the same
underneath. There are different versions for different ones, but it's
just a port of the same code onto a different platform.
basis of the current Freely app?