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recom273

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  1. Yes, I player looks fine, right? It’s always was always reliable with my firestick. it doesn’t matter for anyone just using it to watch a bit of BBC. I think it’s a great cheap option, don’t get me wrong. However, like with the OP, you want to watch itvx and you can’t access the stream. I dont understand how this works, but different streams are accessible with different vpn, with PIA there’s no issue accessing the mpeg streams, however surfshark is hit and miss, you will often be only able to access the DASH streams some older TVs can’t play this, and it’s said that it’s of lesser quality, idk, and it doesn’t make any difference to most. So I can see for myself when comparing. Speeds are also a lot faster from PIA (again makes no difference to most, sufsharks speeds are perfectly acceptable) PIA have a dedicated streaming server in the UK, which ”guarantees” that you can access the UK based sites (and I guess Amazon / Netflix ) - i joined PIA over the Beijing Winter Olympics and they have had 7-10 days when the server has been out of order.
  2. I don’t understand why reactions are anonymous? There is a positive side to this forum, it’s nice to see who is giving a thumbs up. If you want to give a negative reaction, then own it, there is no shame. Maybe the admin see this as antagonistic - it wasn’t for the lifespan of TV and the initial period of AN. Why the change?
  3. I had surfshark, it was always reliable with iplayer on my firestick. It’’s cheap, but it comes up short on the the technical side.
  4. Not too sure if it’s the case, but beer was cheaper than water. We loved sitting in the squares of Hanoi with a beer of coffee. If you have never been, it’s worth a look-see.
  5. Yup, Im sitting here watching Anna Friel in a a drama called Marcella - happy to report that ITVx plays all the way without buffering. The adverts are way annoying tho' Have you tried cleaning your cookies and web cache? I set myfirefox preferences to settings > Privacy & Security > then check "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" is ticked, this way you know you are starting on a clean slate. Maybe worth giving this a try with surfshark before splashing out on a new sub.
  6. Yes! Billions seemed to fall from grace .. This season I was eagerly awaiting the weekly episode, the plot may have been a bit far fetched by the return of ax and all the scheming was awesome.
  7. I appreciate what you are saying, you would like to buy some CD's. This way you contribute to the artist ( they probably only get a pittance from a CD sale these days ) Just trying to read - Do you have a problem if the mp3 are snagged from a streaming platform? or is that you don't object to piracy, but want good quality MP3 (like 320CBR) or FLAC - You can download CD quality files without DRM protection from Deezer, Tidal, etc. using a third party app. Spotify seems to have the most Thai content, but the files aren't CD quality.
  8. No problems when using PIA - Private Internet Access. It costs a little more to use PIA, still not as expensive as Nord or Express, but I think worth it. When is your subscription up for renewal?
  9. Cheers, for the reminder - I think im omitted to add before - even tho I mentioned its got Pencil from Mocro Mafia.
  10. @xylophone @KhunLA Sonarr has it lined up for 1st December, also worth noting another season of Fargo incoming.
  11. https://www.facebook.com/MacHomeServiceTH?paipv=0&eav=AfYNVFUwKmJxLUSbG4SaxZY103txQ3XvFYWKlAaoFTVPAjCiXZkOvRlBkfhVO4Sk3fk&_rdr This guy is awesome, I have used him for over 10 years or more. I dont know about the kiosks, but I think you need to visit this guy and check out his workshop and you will see the number of years experience he has with all the retro parts in stock.
  12. I buy from here - Mr Lee's - So far im happy with the price and the product, I have tried them all and settled upon 3 that are good for taste and price. I dont like the 'T' coffees, a little too rough and cheap.
  13. I finished Far North last night, I didnt realize I was watching a true story until the final credits. A quite straightforward story, interesting, turned into a dark comedy. Not really a Fresh Eggs, but still worth a look for the Tongan comedians. Cheers @giddyup
  14. Last night was movie night, No One Will Save You .. alien invasion movie, dialogue free - not really revolutionary, but interesting enough to hold our attention for 90 mins. I was totally lost at the end, the movie ended in a dance sequence.
  15. Can anyone tell me what I need to complete to get the emergency meter exchanged to a real meter, we are currently under construction - Do I need to have a house book before getting real electricity? Its not an issue, the power is a couple of hundred every month, cheaper than going 50/50 with the neighbors as we did at the start, but I would like to start building towards completion.
  16. Totally off-topic .. sorry. I think FM have a special place in everyones heart, before we had a car stereo, we had some kind of mono brick cassette player that my mum would balance on her lap on family holidays, That would "blast" out Gold Dust Woman until the batteries ran out.. but have you ever heard Buckingham Nicks album? and then Peter Green's In The Skies. All good stuff. Im currently watching Impuros or Impure .. A Brazilian drama, guy gets released from prison, the same day he discovers that his brother is working for a gang, he takes the money his brother is to deliver to the police to return to the gang. In the meantime the police kill his brother, and it continues. Very basic production in similar vein as earlier seasons of the El Marginal.
  17. Just to say .. cool! The font is really clear, the forum seems really on point. Well done to the devs, there seems to some issues when using the iPad, it takes time for pages to load and arrange themselves, but aesthetically pleasing site.
  18. There’s also Boss Level, doesn’t feature Gerard Butler, but again Frank Grillo, the guy who played the artist in billions, from the same writing / directing team. We don’t seem to watch many movies these days, it’s easier for me to watch an episode or two of a good series than sit for 2.5 hours on a movie. Even if it was a bit cliched, the production, casting, score and effects applied in 3 episodes of the continental was a prime example, given the choice of that or the new MI time cruise offering?
  19. I think maybe Giddy mentioned this in 2021, Copshop not a bad modern grindhouse movie, worth a look if you are into it - I guess a little similar in parts to, but loosely assault on precinct 13. Three people locked in a cell block (incl one police), after a couple of hitmen enter the building and finish off everyone, cop faces a dilemma who to release - a twist at the end. Nice retro camerawork, soundtrack a bit predictable - Curtis and Lalo patched together with a modern score.
  20. This guy played pencil in mocro mafia .. he was good in that too, if you didn’t see all series.
  21. I teach chinese students, they have digital protection which allows them to play online games for only one hour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. The parents are brainwashed into thinking that the screens burn out their retinas. They restrict their kids from using TV, tablets and phones, I’m not sure this is good as some kids watch bbc world or documentaries to learn, but generally convention doesn’t allow for this kind of simulation, it’s usually books, read and memorize. However, I was appalled by my builders 10 year old daughter who spent all day on her back holding her phone 6” away from her face watching an endless stream of total crap. I could only hear, but it was relentless game show, boing boing, the most horrid 4 bar video game music played over and over, it sounded like kids were being taunted over and over, the shows were so fast paced, who could know what was going on. I took it as some Thai version of tizwas. It was weird, that she was allowed to spend all day doing it, it was also strange that she had the focus to hold her phone like that for the whole day. I don’t know the answer to your question, but if I had kids, they wouldn’t be doing that. Thai kids do over consume digital media, but a lot has to do with parental guidance. ETS: I do teach Thai kids online too, not many, they have a total different characters, they often walk off and get something or take you for a tour of the house, maybe totally unconnected to the lesson. It’s endearing in some respects. Chinese students don’t do this even when the lesson requires it. “Show the teacher the contents of your fridge” no have .. ok, no problem. Often Thai kids have a short digital focus, however, I have never had a Thai kid take a dump during class. With Chinese, I have been placed on the floor and the student just pulls down their underwear and mounts the throne on numerous times. So Thai kids do have a little more digital savvy, I have seen more than I would ever want to at times.
  22. totally off topic .. have you seen The man with a penis on his arm - a channel 4 documentary? perhaps that’s what taksin has been doing for the last years. Growning it for a transplant on his shoulders, two heads are better than one. maybe he too burnt it whilst cooking. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10779775/The-Man-Penis-Arm-Man-47-lived-six-years-penis-attached-ARM.html (the guy is a crackup, worth seeking out the full video.)
  23. This guy wallows in so much BS that it was pointed out at the time, who knows when this was taken? There are two pictures with different watches. It was released on the day he flew. Not saying you are wrong, just who knows. All this parade doesn’t convince many here, it’s not done him any good in my eyes, he’s lost all my faith. Do the locals care?
  24. Sorry, my bad. I know I was before I was born, but I thought it was interesting. I was watching a little more about UK murderers recently, I caught The Neilson Tapes, Netflix, which was ok. I lived 5 miles from Whitehouse farm, where the bamber murders happened, all this I was blissfully unaware of as a teenager. The convicted twins of the Wimbledon kidnapping were in madam tassauds for a time.
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