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I have always looking for ways in which to view Greek television live from Greece. I remember back in the day when we had a radio that hooked up into the coaxial cable and we were able to listen to live radio from Greece. We have definitely come very far technologically since that point.
In the recent past, and even in the present, there are FTA channels that Greeks have been shelling out a few hundred dollars for, and more money for the set top box, that gives great picture and feed directly into the TV. This is the best solution for watching Greek TV outside of Greece. However, depending where you are from, those satellites go up and down, and have been down for years now. Then there was finding a young Greek kid to come over and download the new BIN files for you to get them on to the set top box to see if you could watch the soccer games on Sunday. This solution worked in the past, but it is not effective or efficient anymore for most Greeks living outside of Greece.
In the US, Greeks have been able to set up a few satellite dishes from DirecTV and Dish Network, pay a lot of money per month, and watch a few Greek channels. Mostly, these are the time delayed channels, like Mega Cosmos and ERT World. This is legal, costs a lot of money, you must in the USA to take advantage the satellite providers services, and you still don't get all the live channels like you do in Greece.
More recently, over the last 7 years, there have been two online companies who control the Greek television streaming market. I will refer to them only as GIPTV and MYTV. GIPTV is the more popular service, has many channels (Nova Sports never works now though…), quality is not the greatest, and you need to know how to use a computer to hook it up to your TV to start watching. Also, you can't watch GIPTV via native applications on different platforms like Android, iOS, Blackberry, etc. GIPTV is only good if you know how to use a computer, but my yiayia will never learn and therefore not be able to watch good Greek programming live from Greece.
MYTV is a pretty neat service. It is a desktop application that only works on Windows. They offer fewer channels than GIPTV, although they have 4 Nova channels and their picture quality is much better than their competitor. However, MYTV has many faults. First, it's hard to find online, to download, to pay and get it up and running. Second, it only works on the Windows platform, and we run into the same issues that GIPTV has. The cost is about the same with GIPTV. According to both companies, what they are doing is legal. However, I don't think NOVA is unencrypted, so MYTV may be rebroadcasting a signal they pay for. Also, GIPTV has other FTA/OTA channels like CBC and CNBC. Both companies harness channels via satellite feeds, and rebroadcast these channels online through a browser or desktop application.
There are also several "free" websites that have streaming links of Greek television. I don't even want to post them here because they are terrible. The picture quality is terrible, the links always go down, they don't offer many channels, etc. It's a mess.
There has to be a better way. How can Greeks in the diaspora watch live Greek television, uninterrupted, on their television sets? This is what I want to see:
1. Live Greek television channels from Greece – Not Mega Cosmos or Odyssey and that stuff.
2. Good picture quality – By good I am referring to anything that is SD and better
3. Convenient – Being able to consume content on virtually any device
4. Ease of Use – Being able to change the channels with a remote control, not having to learn how to use a computer to watch Greek TV. If my yiayia wants to use this service, it needs to be with a remote control and set top box, not a mouse.
There is a solution to this problem. I want to know if there is enough demand to justify the expense of creating this venture. Do you already know of a better service? Please share it with us. Have you rigged up your own personal solution? Let us know.
I have always looking for ways in which to view Greek television live from Greece. I remember back in the day when we had a radio that hooked up into the coaxial cable and we were able to listen to live radio from Greece. We have definitely come very far technologically since that point.
In the recent past, and even in the present, there are FTA channels that Greeks have been shelling out a few hundred dollars for, and more money for the set top box, that gives great picture and feed directly into the TV. This is the best solution for watching Greek TV outside of Greece. However, depending where you are from, those satellites go up and down, and have been down for years now. Then there was finding a young Greek kid to come over and download the new BIN files for you to get them on to the set top box to see if you could watch the soccer games on Sunday. This solution worked in the past, but it is not effective or efficient anymore for most Greeks living outside of Greece.
In the US, Greeks have been able to set up a few satellite dishes from DirecTV and Dish Network, pay a lot of money per month, and watch a few Greek channels. Mostly, these are the time delayed channels, like Mega Cosmos and ERT World. This is legal, costs a lot of money, you must in the USA to take advantage the satellite providers services, and you still don't get all the live channels like you do in Greece.
More recently, over the last 7 years, there have been two online companies who control the Greek television streaming market. I will refer to them only as GIPTV and MYTV. GIPTV is the more popular service, has many channels (Nova Sports never works now though…), quality is not the greatest, and you need to know how to use a computer to hook it up to your TV to start watching. Also, you can't watch GIPTV via native applications on different platforms like Android, iOS, Blackberry, etc. GIPTV is only good if you know how to use a computer, but my yiayia will never learn and therefore not be able to watch good Greek programming live from Greece.
MYTV is a pretty neat service. It is a desktop application that only works on Windows. They offer fewer channels than GIPTV, although they have 4 Nova channels and their picture quality is much better than their competitor. However, MYTV has many faults. First, it's hard to find online, to download, to pay and get it up and running. Second, it only works on the Windows platform, and we run into the same issues that GIPTV has. The cost is about the same with GIPTV. According to both companies, what they are doing is legal. However, I don't think NOVA is unencrypted, so MYTV may be rebroadcasting a signal they pay for. Also, GIPTV has other FTA/OTA channels like CBC and CNBC. Both companies harness channels via satellite feeds, and rebroadcast these channels online through a browser or desktop application.
There are also several "free" websites that have streaming links of Greek television. I don't even want to post them here because they are terrible. The picture quality is terrible, the links always go down, they don't offer many channels, etc. It's a mess.
There has to be a better way. How can Greeks in the diaspora watch live Greek television, uninterrupted, on their television sets? This is what I want to see:
1. Live Greek television channels from Greece – Not Mega Cosmos or Odyssey and that stuff.
2. Good picture quality – By good I am referring to anything that is SD and better
3. Convenient – Being able to consume content on virtually any device
4. Ease of Use – Being able to change the channels with a remote control, not having to learn how to use a computer to watch Greek TV. If my yiayia wants to use this service, it needs to be with a remote control and set top box, not a mouse.
There is a solution to this problem. I want to know if there is enough demand to justify the expense of creating this venture. Do you already know of a better service? Please share it with us. Have you rigged up your own personal solution? Let us know.
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Does someone still have the diagram showing how to connect two Hopper 3s again?
I currently have one H3 and one 4K Joey, set up through a 1000.2 eastern arc hybrid lnb and solo hub.
The plan is to replace the Joey with the second H3. Already purchased a duo hub and I have three coax cables coming in from outside, from back when I used to have the older 1000.4 dish and the hopper 2. I don't fully remember, but I think the other two coax cables are just tied up next to the dish outside; will have to check again.
I currently have one H3 and one 4K Joey, set up through a 1000.2 eastern arc hybrid lnb and solo hub.
The plan is to replace the Joey with the second H3. Already purchased a duo hub and I have three coax cables coming in from outside, from back when I used to have the older 1000.4 dish and the hopper 2. I don't fully remember, but I think the other two coax cables are just tied up next to the dish outside; will have to check again.
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While always entertaining....I hope you guys recognize that the child molesters they arrested in this video were STRICTLY due to tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. I strongly suggest that you go to their website and support them. They are the ONLY entity that is trying to curb all the perverts out there. And yes...if you want to have sex or see someone have sex with a minor you ARE a pervert.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swYXp9x5bag&t=911s
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swYXp9x5bag&t=911s
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.
www.tvtechnology.com
Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York
Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available
www.tvtechnology.com
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It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.
There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.
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WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET PART OF IT. NO ONE WANTS A BOX CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET EITHER.
It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.
There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.
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Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Kate & Allie’ and ‘McMillan & Wife,’ Dies at 80
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in "Kate & Allie," died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 80.
variety.com
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