Android Web TV box?

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:25 am

Has anyone got one of these web TV boxes? If so are they any good? Something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XBMC-Quad-Cor ... 2ed0c130ba

Post by **Ammo** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:03 am

No but if you have a smart TV and an android device you can stream to it.

I use Showbox and BubbleUPNP on my samsung tv with my android tablet/phone

Or if you don't have a smart TV a chromecast will do the same thing which can be found for £18 these days

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:05 am

Chromecast is great.
It's so good in fact that I use the phone or tablet iplayer app and fire it over, as it's much more reliable than iplayer on Tivo for some reason!

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:15 am

I don't have a smart TV or any other Android devices. I want something like this in my bedroom as I don't want to install cables for TV aerial/Sky. The free channels on the Android boxes are attractive.

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:25 am

Does your tv in the bedroom have HDMI? If so, definitely try a Chromecast!

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:30 am

I'll have a look. Any idea what TV (live and catchup) it can stream? How does it get its power? Is is simple enough for the wife to use?

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:39 am

Yeah having a read through the Chromecast blurb it seems this is not the kind of thing I am after. Essentially I want a cheap "Sky box" thing that will stream online content by itself, not streaming from another device. Connecting to Chromecast from an IOS device looks to be too complicated for the wife, she'll just end up not using it.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:53 am

Really? Do apple make it that bad?
On my phone, I have a push to chromecast button available pretty much all the time, when I hit it it even changes the channel on the TV to HDMI 3 where the chromecast is plugged in. Nice thing is you can show photos etc from your phone too.
TBH, if it works the same way as it does on android, I'd say if she can use her phone she can use chromecast

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:03 pm

bennyboy wrote:Do apple make it that bad?

Apple would rather you buy Apple TV

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:05 pm