Especially those who want to watch sports events like the World Cup 2018 on their cell phones can do so comfortably with the help of a Raspberry Pi with tvheadend and VPN via PPTPD. Everything you need for this setup ...
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Does streaming displace normal television?
Streaming services are becoming more and more popular - personally, I hardly use "normal" TV anymore when it comes to evening entertainment. How are other readers here? Whether it's Netflix, Watchever or Amazon Instant Video - streaming services are ...
Continue readingNetflix & Amazon FireTV: the perfect combination?
Netflix will be available on the Amazon FireTV box in Germany this fall. This means two innovations for movie and TV fans in one half-year. With the Amazon FireTV box, a device in Germany seems to be ...
Continue readingAmazon Fire TV: from 49,- Euro for prime customers
After Apple has been selling the AppleTV for several years and Google also offers an extension for the TV with the Chromecast stick, Amazon is now following suit: the Fire TV box is supposed to make the Prime Instant Video offer easily available. Amazon FireTV ...
Continue readingGoogle Chromecast available in Germany
Google's Chromecast HDMI stick, which can actually turn any TV into a smart TV, became regularly available in Germany today. The available services have been adapted to the German market: instead of Netflix, which is ...
Continue readingAmazon Prime Instant Video - first impression
Amazon has activated the Instant Video offer for all Prime customers. For existing Prime customers, the price remains the same until the next renewal, so the video offer is free for these customers. Since I am also one of these customers here ...
Continue readingGeniatech ATV1200: now with Linux XBMC
A Linux XBMC image has now been released for the Geniatech or myGICA ATV1200 Android TV box. It comes with an interface that is reduced to XBMC, but those who don't want to use Android apps anyway get a fast XBMC box that doesn't have any problems even with full HD videos.
Continue readingFreeNAS Plugin: Plex Media Server
With the current FreeNAS version 9.1.x the plugin installation has been simplified significantly, so new plugins have been added. Very fresh: Plex Media Server as a plugin for FreeNAS. With it media files can be easily distributed in the network and ...
Continue readingmyGICA ATV1200: Android TV box with dual-core CPU
Instead of using an HTPC as a DLNA client for FreeNAS, you can also use an Android TV box as a cheaper option. My choice fell on the myGica ATV1200, which works with Android 4.1.2 and above all offers various connections: optical ...
Continue readingAndroid 4 for Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi board, which is supposed to offer an easy introduction to programming, will soon be supported by Android 4. According to developer Eben Upton, Android already runs smoothly on the image board, hardware-accelerated video decoding and display is ...
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