www.plus1hd.com or now known as www.247hd.tv
www.livespud.com
www.footyreport.net
At the moment livespud is NOT working and footyreport is NOT taking new subscribers.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Update on streaming sites
new review on:
www.plus1hd.com or now known as www.247hd.tv
www.livespud.com
www.footyreport.net
www.plus1hd.com or now known as www.247hd.tv
www.livespud.com
www.footyreport.net
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
DNS Services
OK, so you live in X and want to watch the BBC, or sign up to beinsports but don't live in those countries, where do you turn to? VPN at least that's what the Internet tells you, hundreds of sites selling you a service to change where you are located. Not only do they promise you this (which they do provide) they also claim that you dont lose alot of your speed - sounds great!
So you head on to the best VPN you have found on the Internet fire it up aaaaannnd..... the BBC site buffers and buffers and so you try a different location in the UK and it works a bit, but then stops. WHY!!! they promised me I wouldn't loose my speeds!!!!
Did they lie? did I do something wrong?
The answer is no, there is ONE real reason VPN's are made for..... security.
And how they do that is by changing your location so that no one can trace back to you (the government can so don't do anything illegal) (and even those VPN services that claim they don't keep logs etc etc.. they do, don't do anything illegal)
So lets say you live in London but dont want people to trace your IP back to you, so you log in to your VPN service and it finds the nearest IP location they have near you, so it gets you for example Swansea. Great you surf protected and your speed doesn't go down so much.
However if you wanted an IP address in lets say Miami the speeds suddenly go really slow. They were not really designed for that kind of job (although they can be used for that).
Which leads us onto the other option DNS, what exactly is a DNS?
here are two quotes to help you understand:
"DNS stands for “domain name system.” Domain names are the human-readable website addresses we use every day. For example, Google’s domain name is google.com. If you want to visit Google, you just need to enter google.com into your web browser’s address bar.
However, your computer doesn’t understand where “google.com” is. Behind the scenes, the Internet and other networks use numerical IP addresses (“Internet protocol” addresses). Google.com is located at the IP address 173.194.39.78 on the Internet. If you typed this number into your web browser’s address bar, you’d also end up at Google’s website.
We use google.com instead of 173.194.39.78 because addresses like google.com are more meaningful and easier for us to remember. DNS is often explained as being like a phone book – like a phone book, DNS matches human-readable names to numbers that machines can more easily understand."
"Domain name system servers match domain names like google.com to their associated IP addresses — 173.194.39.78 in the case of google.com. When you type google.com into your web browser’s address bar, your computer contacts your current DNS server and asks what IP address is associated with google.com. Your computer then connects to the IP address and displays “google.com” in your web browser – the connection to 173.194.39.78 happens behind the scenes.
The DNS servers you use are likely provided by your Internet service provider (“ISP”). If you’re behind a router, your computer is likely using your router as your DNS server, but the router is likely forwarding requests to your Internet service provider’s DNS servers."
( you can read more here at howtogeek.com )
OK, so now we know, humans use names/words, computers use numbers, and they use DNS to match names to numbers easily. depending on where the DNS is based (its gateway location), depends where the site thinks you are accessing it from... without slowing your internet speed.
Great so which DNS service is the best?
Here is a roundup of the ones I think are best:
unblock-us really didn't work so well for me, it took so long to set up on a simple PC, and the app was just OK.
unotelly worked OK the set up was painless but setting up the automatic IP updater didn't, the app was good but is third party.
unlocator was the only one that worked flawlessly and the app worked as well.
But hey, dont trust me try them all out yourselves!!!
Just one final say on DNS Services, some ISP run everything through their servers, meaning the DNS services wont work as your ISP Hijacks your DNS to their own.... again this can be found out by using their free trials.
So you head on to the best VPN you have found on the Internet fire it up aaaaannnd..... the BBC site buffers and buffers and so you try a different location in the UK and it works a bit, but then stops. WHY!!! they promised me I wouldn't loose my speeds!!!!
Did they lie? did I do something wrong?
The answer is no, there is ONE real reason VPN's are made for..... security.
And how they do that is by changing your location so that no one can trace back to you (the government can so don't do anything illegal) (and even those VPN services that claim they don't keep logs etc etc.. they do, don't do anything illegal)
So lets say you live in London but dont want people to trace your IP back to you, so you log in to your VPN service and it finds the nearest IP location they have near you, so it gets you for example Swansea. Great you surf protected and your speed doesn't go down so much.
However if you wanted an IP address in lets say Miami the speeds suddenly go really slow. They were not really designed for that kind of job (although they can be used for that).
Which leads us onto the other option DNS, what exactly is a DNS?
here are two quotes to help you understand:
"DNS stands for “domain name system.” Domain names are the human-readable website addresses we use every day. For example, Google’s domain name is google.com. If you want to visit Google, you just need to enter google.com into your web browser’s address bar.
However, your computer doesn’t understand where “google.com” is. Behind the scenes, the Internet and other networks use numerical IP addresses (“Internet protocol” addresses). Google.com is located at the IP address 173.194.39.78 on the Internet. If you typed this number into your web browser’s address bar, you’d also end up at Google’s website.
We use google.com instead of 173.194.39.78 because addresses like google.com are more meaningful and easier for us to remember. DNS is often explained as being like a phone book – like a phone book, DNS matches human-readable names to numbers that machines can more easily understand."
"Domain name system servers match domain names like google.com to their associated IP addresses — 173.194.39.78 in the case of google.com. When you type google.com into your web browser’s address bar, your computer contacts your current DNS server and asks what IP address is associated with google.com. Your computer then connects to the IP address and displays “google.com” in your web browser – the connection to 173.194.39.78 happens behind the scenes.
The DNS servers you use are likely provided by your Internet service provider (“ISP”). If you’re behind a router, your computer is likely using your router as your DNS server, but the router is likely forwarding requests to your Internet service provider’s DNS servers."
( you can read more here at howtogeek.com )
OK, so now we know, humans use names/words, computers use numbers, and they use DNS to match names to numbers easily. depending on where the DNS is based (its gateway location), depends where the site thinks you are accessing it from... without slowing your internet speed.
Great so which DNS service is the best?
Here is a roundup of the ones I think are best:
ControlD
unlocator
unotelly
unblock-us
All three of them have free trials so try one, wait until your trial ends then try the next, etc.
unotelly has 260 channels they geographically unblocked
unlocator has 107 channels they geographically unblocked
unblock-us not specific but much less then the other 2
but it doesn't really make a difference they all unblock all the sites you could need. they just add more random sited you are never going to use just to boost up the numbers.
Pricing
unblock-us charges $4.99 a month
unotelly charges $4.95 a month
unlocator charges $4.95 a month, $27.50 for 6 months, $49.95 for 12 months.
I would advice you to look up how to set up on the device you want to use it with, as some can be a bit tricky to do.
Devices
Theoretically they all work on every device, however some give better support / guides how to do it.
unotelly and unlocator support all sorts of devices, unblock-us says they support most of them.
IP Changing
DNS needs to know your current IP address in order to tunnel you properly, and depending on how often your ISP changes your IP address you will need to update it on the DNS services site.
This is done through a 'key' the provide you that you can book mark and just click before you go on the site for example, click the bookmark then open netflix.
Who wants to do this every time they want to visit a site? or lets say you want the DNS service on your Roku? how are you going to update it?......
Apps
unlocator has an app for android
unotelly has a third party app for android
unblock-us has a third party app for android
I don't know about iphone for any of them.
What these apps do is automatically or manually update your IP address.
Final conclusion
unlocator
unotelly
unblock-us
All three of them have free trials so try one, wait until your trial ends then try the next, etc.
unotelly has 260 channels they geographically unblocked
unlocator has 107 channels they geographically unblocked
unblock-us not specific but much less then the other 2
but it doesn't really make a difference they all unblock all the sites you could need. they just add more random sited you are never going to use just to boost up the numbers.
Pricing
unblock-us charges $4.99 a month
unotelly charges $4.95 a month
unlocator charges $4.95 a month, $27.50 for 6 months, $49.95 for 12 months.
I would advice you to look up how to set up on the device you want to use it with, as some can be a bit tricky to do.
Devices
Theoretically they all work on every device, however some give better support / guides how to do it.
unotelly and unlocator support all sorts of devices, unblock-us says they support most of them.
IP Changing
DNS needs to know your current IP address in order to tunnel you properly, and depending on how often your ISP changes your IP address you will need to update it on the DNS services site.
This is done through a 'key' the provide you that you can book mark and just click before you go on the site for example, click the bookmark then open netflix.
Who wants to do this every time they want to visit a site? or lets say you want the DNS service on your Roku? how are you going to update it?......
Apps
unlocator has an app for android
unotelly has a third party app for android
unblock-us has a third party app for android
I don't know about iphone for any of them.
What these apps do is automatically or manually update your IP address.
Final conclusion
Edit: I only recommend ControlD nowadays.
unblock-us really didn't work so well for me, it took so long to set up on a simple PC, and the app was just OK.
unotelly worked OK the set up was painless but setting up the automatic IP updater didn't, the app was good but is third party.
unlocator was the only one that worked flawlessly and the app worked as well.
But hey, dont trust me try them all out yourselves!!!
Just one final say on DNS Services, some ISP run everything through their servers, meaning the DNS services wont work as your ISP Hijacks your DNS to their own.... again this can be found out by using their free trials.
http://livespud.com/
What do they offer?
16 (not really) channels of HD and SD quality streams.
Sky Sports 1 HD
Sky Sports 1 SD
Sky Sports 2 HD
Sky Sports 2 SD
Sky Sports 3 HD
Sky Sports 3 SD
Sky Sports 4 HD
Sky Sports 4 SD
Sky Sports News HD
Sky Sports News SD
BT Sport 1 HD
BT Sport 1 SD
BT Sport 2 HD
BT Sport 2 SD
Setanta Ireland HD
Setanta Ireland SD
Racing UK HD
Racing UK SD
Livespud Channel 1 HD
Livespud Channel 1 SD
Livespud Channel 2 HD
Livespud Channel 2 SD
Livespud Channel 3 HD
Livespud Channel 3 SD
Livespud Channel 4 HD
Livespud Channel 4 SD
Livespud Channel 5 HD
Livespud Channel 5 SD
Livespud Channel 6 HD
Livespud Channel 6 SD
the Livespud Channels are for games that are not shown on the other channels such as BBC or American games. SkySports F1 is normally on Livespud channel 2 or 3.
I would give a 10/10 in this section
How is the layout and ways to view?
The layout is simple you get a main box where the stream is and a tab on the right hand side that slides in and out with all the channels, clicking one will change channels. Simple and easy the only one complaint is that you have to click the tab back in after choosing a channel otherwise you loose some of your viewing screen. I don't know why they couldn't make it slide in by itself.
There is a separate page with the fixtures on although it doesn't link back to the stream page so is easier just clicking through the channels to find the game.
There is a link to view on tablet / phone, although I had no luck in getting it to work.
XBMC is not supported.
I would give a 8/10 in this section
So does it work?
Yes, I don't think the streams paused once for me. (although I have yet to try it out when a lot of people are using it.)
I would give a 10/10 in this section
How much does it cost?
3 day pass £0.99.
30 day pass £2.49
60 day pass £3.99
I don't think you can find cheaper then this at the moment
I would give a 10/10 in this section
Final say:
This site has everything you need as long as you are happy using PC/laptop only.
Definitely worth using even as a backup as the price is the best you will find at the moment, this is definitely a good site for watching the game
My final rating would have to be a 9.3/10
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
http://sports1nation.com/
a 'new' site has opened!!
well really its plus1hd they have opened a new site called http://sports1nation.com/ for the new members wanting to join plus1hd. I assume this means that they will no longer be excepting members on their main site.
I can assume (I don't know for sure, as I haven't signed up to it) that it will be the same as plus1hd.
The one thing I have noticed though, the price is in British Pounds not dollars. (£5.99 for 30 days)
More updates hopefully to follow ... and if anyone signs up would love to hear how it is.
well really its plus1hd they have opened a new site called http://sports1nation.com/ for the new members wanting to join plus1hd. I assume this means that they will no longer be excepting members on their main site.
I can assume (I don't know for sure, as I haven't signed up to it) that it will be the same as plus1hd.
The one thing I have noticed though, the price is in British Pounds not dollars. (£5.99 for 30 days)
More updates hopefully to follow ... and if anyone signs up would love to hear how it is.
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Major World Cup Update 2
Most of the world cup games are on bbc or itv.
so if you are in the UK using ITV or the BBC is your best option.
If you are not in the UK you can still use these services by downloading(not really) a add-on for firefox or chrome called Hola unblocker. Hola is an amazing free VPN that works in the background and can be set so that when going on a certain site it will give you a UK IP or one from the USA, or wherever you want.
It is a quick service - I haven't experienced any buffering when streaming from sites such as the BBC.
And I dont need to worry about turning on and off a VPN client.
When I go on BBC my IP changes to the UK, when I go on Netflix it changes to the USA (you can even have different tabs open with different IP addresses.
Check it out. and check out their settings page very helpful as it gives you the most commen pages people choose to change their IP on and a click tick will save it for future.
so if you are in the UK using ITV or the BBC is your best option.
If you are not in the UK you can still use these services by downloading(not really) a add-on for firefox or chrome called Hola unblocker. Hola is an amazing free VPN that works in the background and can be set so that when going on a certain site it will give you a UK IP or one from the USA, or wherever you want.
It is a quick service - I haven't experienced any buffering when streaming from sites such as the BBC.
And I dont need to worry about turning on and off a VPN client.
When I go on BBC my IP changes to the UK, when I go on Netflix it changes to the USA (you can even have different tabs open with different IP addresses.
Check it out. and check out their settings page very helpful as it gives you the most commen pages people choose to change their IP on and a click tick will save it for future.
Thursday, 19 June 2014
MAJOR WORLD CUP UPDATE!!!
Ok so I have been enjoying the world cup thanks to plus1hd every match has been on (channel 15 720p, channel 2 and 5 480p).
But decided to go onto footyreport to check out their coverage, and was shocked to find out that not all the games where on!!!
(When they where on they showed them on channel 13)
So if you have footyreport (or anyother site subscription / or haven't but want one) sign up to plus1hd for a month and get all the world cup games.
But decided to go onto footyreport to check out their coverage, and was shocked to find out that not all the games where on!!!
(When they where on they showed them on channel 13)
So if you have footyreport (or anyother site subscription / or haven't but want one) sign up to plus1hd for a month and get all the world cup games.
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Sky Sports 5
"Sky today announces good news for millions of its customers ahead of the new football season with confirmation that Sky Sports is to launch the first-ever television channel dedicated to European Football.
Sky customers should visit www.sky.com/2yearsfree on June 12 to activate Sky Sports 5 and register for two years’ free Sky Broadband Unlimited.
Sky Sports 5 will screen up to 600 live European football matches next season featuring some of the best players, the best teams and the best competitions. Sky Sports 5 will be the seventh channel from Sky Sports and will be the home of European Qualifiers, UEFA Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey for Sky Sports viewers, plus a host of other European football programming including Revista De La Liga and Champions League Weekly.
For the first time Sky Sports will also offer exclusively live coverage of Holland’s top division Eredivisie. The new 4-year deal announced today will bring live matches each week to Sky Sports 5, enabling viewers to follow the domestic campaigns of the Netherlands’ top teams including Ajax, Feyenoord, FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven.
Sky Sports 5 will screen up to 600 live European football matches next season featuring some of the best players, the best teams and the best competitions. Sky Sports 5 will be the seventh channel from Sky Sports and will be the home of European Qualifiers, UEFA Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey for Sky Sports viewers, plus a host of other European football programming including Revista De La Liga and Champions League Weekly.
For the first time Sky Sports will also offer exclusively live coverage of Holland’s top division Eredivisie. The new 4-year deal announced today will bring live matches each week to Sky Sports 5, enabling viewers to follow the domestic campaigns of the Netherlands’ top teams including Ajax, Feyenoord, FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven.
Sky customers will be able to register for Sky Sports 5 from June 12 via red button, online and by calling Sky. In a further bonus, Sky Sports customers can also get two years’ free Sky Broadband Unlimited worth £7.50 a month. This, Sky’s best ever broadband offer, means people could save up to £330 – and get the great value of Sky’s totally unlimited broadband with no usage limits and no extra download charges."
The first question is why? no one gives things for free.
OK and the answer is simple... BT Sports has a contract for the next couple of years to show the champions league and Sky Sports don't, so how do you stop a mass exodus? simple, offer something so that people stay such as live coverage of Holland's top division etc...
Sounds good right? No? Oh you don't have the sky package.
So in that case how does this help you?
The simple answer is we shall see.
Will all the paid sites that stream sky sports also include this channel?
And the reason that some paid sites lost a a few points in my reviews, was because of lack of content compared to other websites.
For example the website footyreport did really amazing on the review but one of my only complaints was that games that where not on Sky Sports, BT Sports and ESPN you couldn't see, however on sites like plus1hd you can.
With this addition (if they add it) it will level the playing field between these services, and make some websites a much better option for some people... Either way we will have to wait and find out.
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