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| Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by dapperman(m): 6:41pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
Rushed home yesterday night so I can relax and watch the 2nd leg copa del rey semi final between real Madrid and Athletico. It didn't happen. No show. Ok make I watch Asian cup which is currently on going too. No show. I no understand why I go pay N11,600 and my neighbour pays N3,150 on CTL and watches all games LIVE. Am kinda thinking this multi choice monopoly isn't paying us Nigerians at all! 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by Nobody: 6:53pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
it is called 'corruption '!buhari is coming for them soon. I dunno what dstv is still doing in Nigeria. they should do 'pay-as-you-go ' package. |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by eph12(m): 6:58pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
What's CTL? |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 7:07pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
As for me ...I've 'cut the cord'. With my smart TV + Anonymize DNS ...I'm free to watch all recent movies and series on US TV  long before DSTV will dream of airing it #byedstv |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 7:30pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
bigtt76: How did you do it? Pls I'm interested, let's chat off-line |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 8:51pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
Ok but we can also chat here for the benefit of other users  MrSinister: 1 Like |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by dapperman(m): 9:14pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
CTL is a cable tv that shows all football games live on bein sports. Its here in abuja and ph. I wud like to know about tv+ too. |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 9:21pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
bigtt76: Ok. So, how did you do it? Or should I ask how can I get the "tweak" that you are using? |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 9:35pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
Very simple. All you need is a Smart TV or Video Streaming Devices such as Apple TV, Roku Box, Amazon TV, Google Chromecast or any Internet enabled DVD player. These devices enables you access streaming sites including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video etc via the Internet but because you're located in Nigeria, you will need a VPN or smart DNS services such as UnoTelly etc which offers service to you for a fee and mask your location as US. You can google others though but from my experience, I've been able to cut down cost drastically. For example DSTV costs like N11,500/per month (Compact I guess), I pay for Internet on Swift or Spectranet for 20GB like N7K/per month and still I don't get my fill from DSTV because of their outdated and repetitive nature of their transmission. Cutting the cord costs me as follows Internet Access = N7K per month Smart DNS = $4.95 per month (@N185 to $1 = N915.75) Subscription to Hulu Plus or Netflix = $7.99 per month (@N185 to $1 = N1478.15) Total = N9393.9 (Note you can get other cheap services or once you pay upfront you get discounts) Do your calculation its way below DSTV subscription and beside that you get access to latest movies and series depending on the service you subscribe to. You can also get sites to stream sports live ....so why subscribe to DSTV's numerous channels that you don't get to watch? Watch video on demand through these sites and you will thank me later  MrSinister: |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 10:03pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
bigtt76: Thanks. You make it sound easy. I don't bother to stream because of poor network here. How do you get round poor data services, is swift/spectranet really that reliable? Besides, what's the total cost of hardware used? |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 10:07pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
Swift, Spectranet and Smile offers good services though. Besides that, the apps on Smart TV optimizes the streams according to your speed. MrSinister: |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 10:09pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
bigtt76: Pls re-read the post you quoted. Thanks |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 10:17pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
It appears smart tv's are susceptible to hacking, malware and viruses. I got this info from wikipedia @bigtt76 |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 10:29pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
I only use the apps that comes installed on TV or watch downloaded movies via in-built USB port. I have an LG WebOS TV which is Linux based and not easily attacked by malwares. It has no flash either MrSinister: |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 10:43pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
bigtt76: How much did you buy it? |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 10:46pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by MrSinister(m): 9:48am On Jan 17, 2015 |
[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font][quote author=bigtt76 post=29858902]About $560 during the Black Friday sales on Amazon.  na wa o! |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by desktop: 9:47pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
Roku 3 for sale who's interested ? |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bobojoshua(m): 4:09pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
bigtt76: |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by Nobody: 3:33pm On Mar 09, 2015 |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by salmae(f): 11:58am On Mar 12, 2015 |
So if I get Google Chromecast I can watch Netflix n Hulu on my Sony smart tv? I have already paid for Netflix but dat is on my iPad and I can't mirror it to my tv so I need to no how to watch on my tv. |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by dingerman: 12:32pm On Nov 14, 2015 |
smart tvs are even cheaper than it used to be, especially on blackfridays. you can check out great deals on amazon for this year's blackfriday if you need a smarttv :http://amzn.to/1Pqpv9a |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by otedola1(m): 11:35am On Nov 15, 2015 |
, dapperman: |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by redleich(m): 5:42pm On Dec 03, 2015 |
Hello @bigtt76 i just got a Roku 2 2015 Model and need help setting it up For the VP server you talked about what site do i go to and how do i mirror content from my android smart phone to the tv  Thanks |
| Re: Dstv Monopoly Too Costly For Nigerians! by bigtt76(f): 5:51pm On Dec 03, 2015 |
For VPN or Smart DNS I use Unotelly (Google search). I actually use the SmartDNS service as this only requires changing of the device's DNS to the assigned one but you need to ensure that device IP Address is mapped to your account always (for those using dynamic IP Address). To mirror your android device to your TV, you need to ensure both your phone and TV are on the same network and also that your mobile device and TV has that capability on them. On my mobile device it has the feature Cast Screen (common on Samsung device or others with the name MiraCast). If you have Google ChromeCast dongle, it does that too. I'm quite sure the Roku2 device has that as default feature. To get them together is to turn on the feature on both device and search the same way you would do for Bluetooth pairing, pair them together and it will workwork. All best. redleich:
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