Year: 2014
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Review: VidOn Box – An Android XBMC box at a great price, with some promising features
I was sent the VidOn box for a review a few weeks ago. I must apologize to the people at VidOn here for the time it took me to get to this review, as the box reached my place almost 2 weeks ago. There are literally hundreds of TV set top boxes on the market […]
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10 awesome movies & shows available on Netflix Canada, that you wish you had on Netflix US
Yesterday I wanted to watch Netflix Canada because I wanted to show “Batman : The animated series” to my young son. A quick change in my unblock-us settings, and we were watching the show on my PS4. I have been regularly switching to Netflix France recently, because my son enjoys “Tintin”, and because Netflix France […]
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Review: UnoTelly (smart DNS service to unlock geo restrictions)
People reading this blog are probably already familiar with smart DNS services, and geo restrictions in general. For those who are not, let’s summarize: Many streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant video, etc… are restricted to specific regions (very often, but not only, the US). If you are not physically present in these […]
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Comment regarder Netflix France depuis le Québec
(This article is in French a its main audience is French-speaking people. We remain an English-based website though 🙂 ) Netflix a Ă©tĂ© lancĂ© en France il y a quelques semaines, et contient un catalogue intĂ©ressant pour les francophones. Malheureusement, Netflix a mis en place des restrictions geographiques sur l’accès Ă leur service, et il […]
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How to Access Netflix’s hidden movie list. Tons of additional blockbusters available in one click
Although this trick might be obvious to many of our seasoned readers, I tested yesterday a feature of unblock-us that let me enjoy many more movies that are not “officially” on their streaming list. Unblock-us is a service that caters mostly to expats or people trying to avoid IP checks, but they offer an additional […]
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The best TV set top boxes/sticks for this holiday season
The Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Christmas shopping season is upon us, with more gadgets than ever available to choose from. A smart TV box might be a great holiday present for your loved ones and family. They are reasonably cheap, many of them are extremely intuitive to use (so that I would trust […]
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Sony’s Playstation TV disappoints
The Sony Playstation TV was released in the US a few weeks ago, and so far the reviews seem to picture it as an underwhelming device. Looking at the titles of the reviews alone paints a sad picture for Sony’s latest device: Small in size, smaller in scope (IGN) Gaming power needs some tweaks (mashable) […]
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Review: Cloudnet Go CR13 – Ultra HD Quad Core Android TV Box – The perfect XBMC/Kodi experience?
Smart TV Boxes running Android are much more frequent nowadays than when we started this website, with new ones coming every day. Today I’m reviewing the CR13, a quad core Android box that supports Ultra HD (4K) video. I’ve been using the CR11/s android box for exactly a year now, from the exact same company. […]
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XBMC unstable on your Android box? This might be the hardware acceleration settings, here’s how to fix it
I was recently sent a CR13 Android Set top box for testing. The device ships with the latest RK3288 CPU from Rockchip. This CPU has very good hardware acceleration to play HD movies, and works flawlessly with XBMC, even on the most demanding videos. However, with XBMC’s default settings, I had stability issues: videos would […]
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PS4 Blu ray Drive stopped working for no reason? Here’s how to fix
I purchased my PS4 a bit less than a year ago, and I’ll have to admit I went full digital: My PS Plus subscription is providing me with most of my gaming needs, Netflix and the DNS Redirection mechanism Unblock-US to bypass any IP restrictions are here for my movies and TV Show. So I […]