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Newbie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Anyone else having problems with TVU?

All through October and most of November it worked fine. Now,I watch 5 minutes of a hockey game and it freezes up.

meangradin · Joined: 10 Mar 2006

Sorry, but they are not broadcasting anymore hockey games on TVU. This would be totally devasting, but I am a canucks fan.

animalbirdfish · Joined: 04 Feb 2004

Glad you brought this up. Bloody yes, I'm having problems. Where, to quote Pete Seeger, have all the good stations gone? I though this TVU doohickey was quite a find once upon a time.

Pligganease · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: The deep south...

Really...

No more ESPN or ABC. No NHL channel. All the Chinese crap you'd want to watch, though.

I'm not getting my money's worth! Laughing

mytime · Joined: 15 Oct 2006

I think these days people are using sopcast.org (.com?) more than tvu....there are many sports channels as well as the stuff on tvu and it seems to work better than tvu

stevemcgarrett · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

I was accessing American TV news via viidoo.com but that connection was abruptly severed a couple of weeks ago. Anybody know why?

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

www.sopcast.com

Much better than anything that viidoo had going

ForceOne · Joined: 25 Aug 2005

I'm not the smartest when it comes to computers...Can I download sopcast if my WinAmp trial has expired? Can I get another "evaluation period" or do I have to buy it? Any tips would be greatly appreciated

mytime · Joined: 15 Oct 2006

yeah sopcast is free
I dont have winamp, never had and i downloaded and use sopcast no problem

stevemcgarrett · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

just because:

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a whirl. I notice it has a Chinese webpage too and the English page has Chinglish, which tells me it's (illegally?) based in mainland China. But if it gets me free access, I'm for it. Same with the Chinese DVDs. They're down to less than a buck a copy; two bucks for best quality.

Newbie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Strange, today I just watched an entire hockey game with no problems.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

TVU definitely has legal issues. They claim that they have a right to broadcast network shows as long as they include all the commercials, but most of the networks they've carried have denied permission.
All the NBC affiliates are the latest to be deleted from their program list.

They still carry CBS and FOX, and Comedy Central, though. For news, they're down to Fox News and Bloomberg. They have an interesting new sport's channel, though, O TSN, which carries a variety of live sports including NBA games, hockey, English Premier league, and college bowl games. Here's their Jan. 1 schedule:
http://www.o-tsn.com/sports/

Here's the link to a Wikipedia article on TVU:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVUnetworks

smogdonkey · Joined: 19 Dec 2006

I'm watching my Badgers on ABC right now. Slingbox is heaven-sent for travelers. Watching real Sportscenter every night is priceless this time of year. Now it's available in most English-speaking countries.

Pony up the greenbacks and pay for it--it's impossible to regret it right now. Just make sure you get at least 300k upload speed from the host connection for decent quality. If only my connection back home was as fast as my Korean connection!