Hello everyone,
Our construction is nearly complete, and we are really looking forward to moving in at the beginning of October. However, after everything went very smoothly, a (albeit small) problem has come up:
We had planned to use IPTV for television reception since a bandwidth of up to 50,000 kbits/s (50 Mbps) is available in the residential area. However, it turns out this is not possible via Telekom, but only through the local energy provider EWE operating in the Bremen area. EWE does not offer IPTV, and Telekom and 1&1 only provide up to 16,000 kbits/s (16 Mbps). Vodafone does not support IPTV at our location. Now, I am concerned that 16,000 kbits/s (16 Mbps) might be too slow, especially since the actual speeds at the location are often much lower... Would it be possible to subscribe to an IPTV package without internet service, so I could get the 50,000 kbits/s (50 Mbps) from EWE and IPTV from another provider? As far as I know, this is not possible. Do you have any other ideas?
EWE offers an app #link removed; Epi that allows watching 50 TV channels online, including 8 in HD. However, the app can only be used on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. In theory, it might also be installed on the new Apple TV device via the App Store, which could be a temporary solution.
What would you do?
Our construction is nearly complete, and we are really looking forward to moving in at the beginning of October. However, after everything went very smoothly, a (albeit small) problem has come up:
We had planned to use IPTV for television reception since a bandwidth of up to 50,000 kbits/s (50 Mbps) is available in the residential area. However, it turns out this is not possible via Telekom, but only through the local energy provider EWE operating in the Bremen area. EWE does not offer IPTV, and Telekom and 1&1 only provide up to 16,000 kbits/s (16 Mbps). Vodafone does not support IPTV at our location. Now, I am concerned that 16,000 kbits/s (16 Mbps) might be too slow, especially since the actual speeds at the location are often much lower... Would it be possible to subscribe to an IPTV package without internet service, so I could get the 50,000 kbits/s (50 Mbps) from EWE and IPTV from another provider? As far as I know, this is not possible. Do you have any other ideas?
EWE offers an app #link removed; Epi that allows watching 50 TV channels online, including 8 in HD. However, the app can only be used on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. In theory, it might also be installed on the new Apple TV device via the App Store, which could be a temporary solution.
What would you do?
In my opinion, a satellite dish has only advantages compared to cable or IPTV services and no disadvantages. A LAN connection for videos that are not broadcast on regular TV channels makes sense. However, a live sports broadcast, for example, is only available via satellite, cable, or IPTV, and with satellite it is definitely available first. 🙂
Satellite offers a significantly greater variety of channels than cable or IPTV. Especially if you want to subscribe to Sky, you will find that both cable and IPTV miss out on some channels.
Therefore, we will have a satellite dish (DVB-S2) installed and, of course, a media center with a LAN connection, in our case, for example, a MacBook that is no longer in use.
Satellite offers a significantly greater variety of channels than cable or IPTV. Especially if you want to subscribe to Sky, you will find that both cable and IPTV miss out on some channels.
Therefore, we will have a satellite dish (DVB-S2) installed and, of course, a media center with a LAN connection, in our case, for example, a MacBook that is no longer in use.
@Willem81: Take a look at MagineTV; you can always try it free for a month, and after that, it can be canceled monthly! The cost is €4.99 per month (about $5.50) including some HD channels. I have the corresponding app running on my Fire TV Stick, and it works great. The only downside might be the app startup time and slight delays when switching channels, which could bother some people. However, for me, it's negligible. I chose this because we are moving at the end of the year, and I wanted to save some money. This way, I don't need to subscribe to expensive entertainment packages; I only need an internet connection. With 16000 kbps (16 Mbps), you should be fine!
Miyagi0815 schrieb:
with all the advantages of the entertainment receiverWhat advantages are you referring to? A proprietary system that doesn’t allow any external access?
Miyagi0815 schrieb:
A quick note: If Telekom offers you a 16 Mbit connection, they also guarantee that data throughput.That’s not true and technically not possible.
With every plan, including Telekom’s, it clearly states “up to.”
RobsonMKK schrieb:
What advantages are these supposed to be? A proprietary system that does not allow any external access?
That is not true and is technically not possible.
With every plan, including Telekom’s, the maximum speed is clearly stated.Why would you need to access the receiver from outside? It should simply work, and it does. The only issue is that the app for remote programming occasionally needs to be reinstalled on the phone… With Entertain, the 16 kbit/s are guaranteed; otherwise, the service would not operate.
ThomasK. schrieb:
Why do you need to access the receiver externally?Because, for example, you might want to download recordings from the receiver.
So far, I haven't seen any advantages to the Entertain receiver, but I'm open to being proven wrong.
Regarding the other point: okay, I haven't looked into that that far.
ThomasK. schrieb:
Why do you need remote access to the receiver? It should just work, and it does. The only issue is that the app for remote programming sometimes needs to be reinstalled on the phone... With Entertain, the 16 kbit/s (16 kbps) speed is guaranteed; otherwise, the service would not run. I have a satellite receiver that is also connected to the LAN, so you can use any device on the network (via app or HTML/browser, basically any device regardless of manufacturer/software) to watch live TV, schedule recordings, and more. For this purpose, remote access is very convenient. Also, even with Entertain, there is no absolute guarantee—I know some colleagues where the bandwidth was insufficient despite using Entertain.
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