Just buy one you like. Many boxes use the same content provider, if the server is under maintenance, other different boxes will stop working as well.
I don't care how bad the Turbo Box is, but because I used MKTV before, I feel MKTV is a more stable Live and VOD app, so I go for Turbo TV. Himedia M6 with MKTV as well.
Anyone getting super unstable network on BlueTV storm app? It has been a few days, the only thing works as usual is the live tv. Movies and dramas are not working, and when I try to do update it shows "Network Error"
Hi, i have never used any TVpads before but looking into Bluetv. I'm concerned about it not being legal to stream cantonese TVB contents. Did the service ever shutdown because of that?
Long story short... The original company of Bluetv (TvPad) got suit for streaming, and at the same time they decided to shut down Tvpad 1,2,3 and tried to get people onto Tvpad 4.
A lot of people got upset/mad over the shutdown of the legacy Tvpads and that's where it stands.
There are few alternatives for streaming TVB content and I have to say if you are looking mainly for TVB/Cantonese then BlueTV/TVPad4 is the one to go. HTV is a close second, but the live stream aren't as smooth.
Long story short... The original company of Bluetv (TvPad) got suit for streaming, and at the same time they decided to shut down Tvpad 1,2,3 and tried to get people onto Tvpad 4.
A lot of people got upset/mad over the shutdown of the legacy Tvpads and that's where it stands.
There are few alternatives for streaming TVB content and I have to say if you are looking mainly for TVB/Cantonese then BlueTV/TVPad4 is the one to go. HTV is a close second, but the live stream aren't as smooth.
Hope that answers your question.
So they stopped service not because of the lawsuit but to get people to buy Tvpad4? Guess I'm trying to understand how they can continue the streaming if being sued.
I have Sling on AppleTV, the streaming is terrible.
Yeah blutv (australian based user) is really stable for an unlicensed streamed service.
Previously I have also owned a tv pad 1,2,4 and the much cheaper small seven tech tvbox ( ubox clone). Small seven tech is horribly unreliable and from comments I read on the internet the unblocktech box seems just as bad.
The tvpad company, in spite of its past controversy, has been the most reliable thus far. I think its fair for tvpad 3 customers to feel aggrieved by the shutdown, but ppl who owned a tvpad 1 or 2 got more than their moneys worth.
Its naive to believe anyone who claims these are a lifetime one off purchase. 1 to 2 years of tvb and Epl football for 200 bucks is still better than the 50 or 60 bucks a month that tvb jade charges for its cable subscription.
Even if it does get shutdown you can still use blutv as a generic android tv box. i.e youtube,netflix and mxplayer.
@ekferio They are being sued in the US and quite frankly it useless. They only thing DISH/TVB/Korean is to get the US servers provider to turn off their servers. So yea... the lawsuit had nothing to do with anything other than making a big noise in the North American Asian community as newspaper were saying the devices are in jeoperdy and such...
They had a onscreen display for awhile to get people to upgrade to TVpad 4, so it wasn't a sudden move. IIRC, their first "warning" to get people to upgrade from Legacy TVPs started in June/July-ish last year, then the deadline passed and the legacy TVPs were still working. Then after the lawsuit and such, they finally pulled the plugs on legacies in the beginning of this year...
Long story short... The original company of Bluetv (TvPad) got suit for streaming, and at the same time they decided to shut down Tvpad 1,2,3 and tried to get people onto Tvpad 4.
A lot of people got upset/mad over the shutdown of the legacy Tvpads and that's where it stands.
There are few alternatives for streaming TVB content and I have to say if you are looking mainly for TVB/Cantonese then BlueTV/TVPad4 is the one to go. HTV is a close second, but the live stream aren't as smooth.
Hope that answers your question.
So they stopped service not because of the lawsuit but to get people to buy Tvpad4? Guess I'm trying to understand how they can continue the streaming if being sued.
I have Sling on AppleTV, the streaming is terrible.
If the BlueTV is basically a TvPad 4, we should be able to upgrade the software on it and make it as if it were a BlueTV so, we don't need VPN, etc. anyone tried?
Long story short... The original company of Bluetv (TvPad) got suit for streaming, and at the same time they decided to shut down Tvpad 1,2,3 and tried to get people onto Tvpad 4.
There was a suggestion that they shutdown due to the lawsuit against the closed source OS used on TVpad 1 to 3.
Hence they tried moving everyone to 4. But I do believe they were very greedy forcing everyone to upgrade to pay their lawsuit fees.
Fat forward now tvpad 4 still works, blue TV appears to be a rebranded TVpad 4.
If i was buying a new one I would consider moonbox pro or HTV 5.
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I don't care how bad the Turbo Box is, but because I used MKTV before, I feel MKTV is a more stable Live and VOD app, so I go for Turbo TV.
Himedia M6 with MKTV as well.
Long story short... The original company of Bluetv (TvPad) got suit for streaming, and at the same time they decided to shut down Tvpad 1,2,3 and tried to get people onto Tvpad 4.
A lot of people got upset/mad over the shutdown of the legacy Tvpads and that's where it stands.
There are few alternatives for streaming TVB content and I have to say if you are looking mainly for TVB/Cantonese then BlueTV/TVPad4 is the one to go. HTV is a close second, but the live stream aren't as smooth.
Hope that answers your question.
I have Sling on AppleTV, the streaming is terrible.
Previously I have also owned a tv pad 1,2,4 and the much cheaper small seven tech tvbox ( ubox clone). Small seven tech is horribly unreliable and from comments I read on the internet the unblocktech box seems just as bad.
The tvpad company, in spite of its past controversy, has been the most reliable thus far. I think its fair for tvpad 3 customers to feel aggrieved by the shutdown, but ppl who owned a tvpad 1 or 2 got more than their moneys worth.
Its naive to believe anyone who claims these are a lifetime one off purchase. 1 to 2 years of tvb and Epl football for 200 bucks is still better than the 50 or 60 bucks a month that tvb jade charges for its cable subscription.
Even if it does get shutdown you can still use blutv as a generic android tv box. i.e youtube,netflix and mxplayer.
They had a onscreen display for awhile to get people to upgrade to TVpad 4, so it wasn't a sudden move. IIRC, their first "warning" to get people to upgrade from Legacy TVPs started in June/July-ish last year, then the deadline passed and the legacy TVPs were still working. Then after the lawsuit and such, they finally pulled the plugs on legacies in the beginning of this year...
Hence they tried moving everyone to 4. But I do believe they were very greedy forcing everyone to upgrade to pay their lawsuit fees.
Fat forward now tvpad 4 still works, blue TV appears to be a rebranded TVpad 4.
If i was buying a new one I would consider moonbox pro or HTV 5.