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- icky - 2011-10-20 11:23
whufclee Wrote:Agreed, well put. That said I am seriously considering moving over to FSS next season as their schedule is a lot better and the ability to watch live channels 22/7 (when they are working!) is well worth the extra few quid - just my opinion. I've emailed LOF a couple of times regarding these issues but never received a reply - not even an automated "thanks for your comments..". Although the customer service is shockingly bad it's still the best £30-odd I spent this year - much better than previously watching free streams that continually get cut off or buffer every few seconds.
if it is just football you are mainly intersted in then i wouldnt bother with FSS as liveonlinefooty has a lot better stream quality on average.... but if you think you will watch the 22/7 channels for cricket etc then just have it known that the 22/7 channels are sky go streamed and so the stream quality is 480x288 or thereabouts.... on a 22 inch monitor wikl look fine on a 40 inch tv.... doesnt look great at all.... but with the 22/7 availability you pay that price....
best thing to do with LOF is use the live chat.... that way you get a response, when there is somebody there.
- whufclee - 2011-10-20 12:30
Cheers, I might give the live chat thing a go sometime then - didn't realise they had that. I setup FSS for a mate on his 37" TV and I couldn't really see a massive amount of difference between that and LOF, I think LOF is definately better quality but barely noticeable (especially to me with my poor eyesight - must be a side-effect of using VideoDevil all these years
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- icky - 2011-10-20 12:45
whufclee Wrote:Cheers, I might give the live chat thing a go sometime then - didn't realise they had that. I setup FSS for a mate on his 37" TV and I couldn't really see a massive amount of difference between that and LOF, I think LOF is definately better quality but barely noticeable (especially to me with my poor eyesight - must be a side-effect of using VideoDevil all these years
i am sat about 8ft away from my tv and i can notice quite a bit of difference... but then i do have perfect 20/20 vision! lol
- mclog - 2011-10-20 16:28
Some of the on-demand FSS streams are of pretty high quality, VIP27 for example is better than any of the LOF streams except for that Channel 7 HD one.
- icky - 2011-10-20 17:52
mclog Wrote:Some of the on-demand FSS streams are of pretty high quality, VIP27 for example is better than any of the LOF streams except for that Channel 7 HD one.
to be perfectly honest, i have always just logged into LOF after start of season FSS was pretty bad.... will have to watch the Norwich game on FSS this weekend.... but will def do the manc derby on channel 7 HD, watch the citizens lose in HD
- rossglass - 2011-10-20 18:27
what dl speed is ideal for this service?
I pay £35 for StreamPro.TV but my speed has dropped to around 700kbs recently and I havent been able to watch their streams buffer-free, which is a real pity as its the best quality streaming site I've used.
I would only subscribe if I had a good idea I'd be able to watch without lag.
- VanZan - 2011-10-20 18:33
rossglass Wrote:what dl speed is ideal for this service?
I pay £35 for StreamPro.TV but my speed has dropped to around 700kbs recently and I havent been able to watch their streams buffer-free, which is a real pity as its the best quality streaming site I've used.
I would only subscribe if I had a good idea I'd be able to watch without lag.
That link reminds me of something I wanted to ask about. Are there any other XBMC plugins similar to LOF or FSS but for other streaming sites that do other channels? Like Sky Movies etc?
- mclog - 2011-10-20 18:38
I believe that the streampro.tv has some Sky channels as well, I was thinking about doing a plugin for it, but I just never had time yet.
- VanZan - 2011-10-20 18:46
Thanks mclog. I find it funny that there's nobody doing streaming of non-sports channels but I suppose there's other sources, such as IceFilms, for them.
- mclog - 2011-10-20 18:54
That's my thinking VanZan, if it's not a live event, there's a hundred other ways to get it...