Vodafone TV - new Gen2 box

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#2451693 31-Mar-2020 17:24

Can someone also confirm the framerate? PAL TVs are at 50Hz so if the framerate is set to 60 from these boxes then you will get judder on some type of content.

rugrat

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#2451708 31-Mar-2020 17:50

KDee:
I'm looking to get rid of my Sky box which I am only using for TV 1, 2, 3 at the moment (I just cancelled Sky Sports).

The one piece of information I can't find anywhere is the resolution of the streams for these channels through Vodafone TV.

Are 1080p? 720p? Are the all consistent? Different resolutions per channel?

Sky is 1080i for these channels I believe?

I’ve heard Sky picture is 1080p on Vodafone TV. Looks better to me then picture through Sky Box.
Only thing is recording is very restrictive on Freeview channels, but all content is available up to 3 days after broadcast TVNZ channels.

Also recordings can only be kept for a certain time as well.
If fine with that, and good internet Vodafone TV be way to go. They also don’t charge for recording ability like Sky does with MySky.

Apsattv

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#2451710 31-Mar-2020 17:52

Output is 1080P @ 50 you can set it to lower

Streaming bitrate is 6074kbps

KDee

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#2451713 31-Mar-2020 17:55

rugrat:

I’ve heard Sky picture is 1080p on Vodafone TV. Looks better to me then picture through Sky Box.
Only thing is recording is very restrictive on Freeview channels, but all content is available up to 3 days after broadcast TVNZ channels.

Also recordings can only be kept for a certain time as well.
If fine with that, and good internet Vodafone TV be way to go. They also don’t charge for recording ability like Sky does with MySky.

I'm not concerned about Sky picture quality.

I'm asking about TV 1,2,3 and the other free to air channels. Are they all 1080p?

ZollyMonsta

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#2451718 31-Mar-2020 18:00

KDee:
rugrat:

I’ve heard Sky picture is 1080p on Vodafone TV. Looks better to me then picture through Sky Box.
Only thing is recording is very restrictive on Freeview channels, but all content is available up to 3 days after broadcast TVNZ channels.

Also recordings can only be kept for a certain time as well.
If fine with that, and good internet Vodafone TV be way to go. They also don’t charge for recording ability like Sky does with MySky.

I'm not concerned about Sky picture quality.

I'm asking about TV 1,2,3 and the other free to air channels. Are they all 1080p?

Yes. 1080p

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KDee

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Master Geek

#2451720 31-Mar-2020 18:03

Fantastic, will order now. Thank you.

antonknee

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#2452630 1-Apr-2020 21:37

Does anyone have any feedback on how Vodafone TV runs over a 4G connection? Or would 4G not be enough bandwidth? Mum doesn’t have (and likely can’t get) fibre, and her VDSL connection is horrendous.

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firefuze

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#2452632 1-Apr-2020 21:43

antonknee: Does anyone have any feedback on how Vodafone TV runs over a 4G connection? Or would 4G not be enough bandwidth? Mum doesn’t have (and likely can’t get) fibre, and her VDSL connection is horrendous.

I couldn’t find much comment of people using it over 4G either but I went ahead and ordered. Should be here tomorrow hopefully so can let you know then if someone doesn’t beforehand.

Spyware

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#2452636 1-Apr-2020 21:52

My Gen 2 stays powered on and uses 2 TB/month streaming an HD channel continuously. If you only watch for an hour or two per day I suppose 4G is suitable.

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Spyware

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#2452637 1-Apr-2020 21:53

antonknee: Does anyone have any feedback on how Vodafone TV runs over a 4G connection? Or would 4G not be enough bandwidth? Mum doesn’t have (and likely can’t get) fibre, and her VDSL connection is horrendous.

Get the VDSL fixed.

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#2452638 1-Apr-2020 21:54

antonknee: Does anyone have any feedback on how Vodafone TV runs over a 4G connection? Or would 4G not be enough bandwidth? Mum doesn’t have (and likely can’t get) fibre, and her VDSL connection is horrendous.

It works fine over a 4G connection using a 4G router.. but be aware of data usage!

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Yabanize

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#2452640 1-Apr-2020 21:56

Spyware:

My Gen 2 stays powered on and uses 2 TB/month streaming an HD channel continuously. If you only watch for an hour or two per day I suppose 4G is suitable.

I tried to use the Vodafone usage meter to check ours but I think it might be Zero rated?

antonknee

1133 posts

Uber Geek

#2452885 2-Apr-2020 12:28

Cheers team, appreciate the responses. @firefuze would be awesome if you could keep us posted 🙂

@Spyware would love to - however Chorus have visited multiple times and declared it unable to be resolved. The property is evidently wired to a cabinet that is a) actually quite far away and b) congested/oversubscribed. They've told her there isn't anything they can do.

Now been around four or five months with the fibre install dragging (I'm not sure why as they've been given consent and done the design drawings etc). Of course lockdown will naturally push this out even further. She's gagging for some streaming, hence wanting to look at VTV on 4G.

Although as it happens none of Spark/Skinny/Vodafone will actually sign her up to fixed wireless in spite of the copper/fibre situation, so actually a bit lost on where to from here 😒

Spyware

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#2452932 2-Apr-2020 13:34

Have the VDSL2 changed back to ADSL2+, if connection supports more than 6 Mbps or so down then run VTV over that.

firefuze

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Ultimate Geek

#2452992 2-Apr-2020 14:45

@antonknee Runs buttery smooth on Spark Rural 4G, no delays or buffering at all.

To be expected I guess, do get about 80 Down/ 50 Up.

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