New Freeview SmartVU streaming device: Chromecast, 4K HDR, Android TV

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#2365540 3-Dec-2019 12:01

joshhill96:

PRIME HD will be added to the Freeview Streaming Service from Friday 6th December

Not before time. Do we know if their on-demand service will be accessible via Freeview's on-demand platform via DishTV's devices or will it remain within Sky's control?

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#2365547 3-Dec-2019 12:19

The SmartVu just keeps getting better

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#2369579 6-Dec-2019 13:47

Groucho:

joshhill96:

PRIME HD will be added to the Freeview Streaming Service from Friday 6th December

Not before time. Do we know if their on-demand service will be accessible via Freeview's on-demand platform via DishTV's devices or will it remain within Sky's control?

Will still be up to SKY for this one :)

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#2369840 6-Dec-2019 21:02

SO is it active ? who has the smartvu and can pull the stream url.

So more than half a dozen people can view it..

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#2370111 7-Dec-2019 20:20

No responses?

Is prime live streaming up on the smartvu units or not?

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#2370194 7-Dec-2019 22:47

Apsattv:

No responses?

Is prime live streaming up on the smartvu units or not?

I got my unit today, set it up with Netflix, Disney+ and Freeview, etc. but there is NO Prime in the EPG. Manually checked for updates and nothing.

But it DOES show in the Guide at https://freeviewnz.tv/tvguide/whats-on/

How would I get for the stream used? Wireshark or something?

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#2370258 8-Dec-2019 01:07

We await Josh Hills response

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#2370472 8-Dec-2019 13:30

Whilst we wait to hear about Prime, I have three questions:

1) Anyone get Kodi working on the SmartVu with the APSattv streams?
2) Anyone tried any games from the Play Store?
3) Anyone tried adding a PS4 controller to play games?

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#2370537 8-Dec-2019 15:24

Ok I have a smartvu unit in my sons bedroom.

No prime channel on the Freeview feed as yet. No skygo option on play store either.

Ran the system update check and no update available.

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#2370547 8-Dec-2019 16:16

timbosan:
Whilst we wait to hear about Prime, I have three questions:

1) Anyone get Kodi working on the SmartVu with the APSattv streams?
2) Anyone tried any games from the Play Store?
3) Anyone tried adding a PS4 controller to play games?

1. APSatttv (kiwitv2) streams work perfectly in Kodi 18.5 on my SmartVU, MiBox 3 and MiBox S boxes including Prime. Just checked.

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#2370920 9-Dec-2019 10:16

No Update yet

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#2372466 11-Dec-2019 14:05

Prime is now live, full press here

https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_pressrelease_111219

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#2372470 11-Dec-2019 14:12

There is a discussion on Prime in the SKY sub-forum.

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#2373046 12-Dec-2019 09:30

All working (prime in the freeview app) on my system as of yesterday afternoon.

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#2373094 12-Dec-2019 10:25

The Warehouse currently has the SmartVU on sale at $99. I was thinking of getting one as our UHF aerial / wiring is a bit flakey and we sometimes get disruptions, especially on Prime, so replacing the whole terrestrial TV with a SmartVU would probably work out cheaper than getting someone in to try to fix the aerial.

I haven't read this whole thread but noticed someone talking about this unit overheating. Is that still a problem or has the hardware been revised since the initial launch to fix this? Any other problems I should be aware of?

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