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[Markeymark]

For anyone interested, Optus Sports have a 3 month deal of 50AUD, so works out around £27, so £9 a month........I have a few dormant private accounts if anyone wants to activate them, just drop me a DM

 

[j2220]

Sooka Malaysia is a very good alternative if you happen to sub to mysterium vpn it can be purchased directly from a UK iTunes account for £9.99 a month, for this you get three concurrent streams. Can be installed on android TV, iOS, android and played on a computer its 1080p 50 fps English Commentary too

 

[Markeymark]

Sooka Malaysia is a very good alternative if you happen to sub to mysterium vpn it can be purchased directly from a UK iTunes account for £9.99 a month, for this you get three concurrent streams. Can be installed on android TV, iOS, android and played on a computer its 1080p 50 fps

yeah forgot Sooka too, decent streams

 

[alexanderras]

Yes, plus they have the best quality streams imo.......then Optus Sports, Sky Sport NZ.......

I actually think Optus Sport is about equal in quality to Peacock. It is definitely better quality than the live streams on SkySportNow NZ (replays are fine, just not live). I was on SSN last season, but moving back to Optus again because of the live stream quality and the A$50/quarter deal

 

[alexanderras]

What vpn best for optus bud

I use Getflix DNS (via ControlD) and it works perfectly from Singapore. Have used Getflix VPN from Europe as well, and that has also worked well - perhaps with the occasional drop in stream quality.

 

[Markeymark]

I actually think Optus Sport is about equal in quality to Peacock. It is definitely better quality than the live streams on SkySportNow NZ (replays are fine, just not live). I was on SSN last season, but moving back to Optus again because of the live stream quality and the A$50/quarter deal

Both Optus and Sky Sports NZ are FHD 50FPS

 

[bondy lad]

Both Optus and Sky Sports NZ are FHD 50FPS

I have an Amazon 4k max firestick, unable to download Optus sports, can you tell exactly what to put in downloader. Many thanks, or is it more complicated than that!!!

 

[lfc84]

Change your device region on Amazon and you can access the app store. Change it back afterwards to your preferred location

 

[bondy lad]

Change your device region on Amazon and you can access the app store. Change it back afterwards to your preferred location

Change, to what region, I am a numpty at all this,, cheers.

 

[lfc84]

Try and change it to Australia on the Amazon website

Amazon Sign In - presume you're setup on the UK website

Select preferences & country/region settings

Then click here to learn more

You should get a button to transfer

Once you've done that you should be able to access Australia app store

Then repeat to revert it back to the country of choice

 

[bondy lad]

Try and change it to Australia on the Amazon website

Amazon Sign In - presume you're setup on the UK website

Select preferences & country/region settings

Then click here to learn more

You should get a button to transfer

Once you've done that you should be able to access Australia app store

Then repeat to revert it back to the country of choice

Thanks, will give this a go, much appreciated.

 

[manic01]

Thanks, will give this a go, much appreciated.

If you are sharing Amazon using Amazon household you will lose it temporarily
Read here

 

[alexanderras]

Both Optus and Sky Sports NZ are FHD 50FPS

Agree - but there’s a clear difference when you look at them side by side. If you look closely at the pitch on the SSN streams the grass is all pixelated and the lines are blurry. This is only the case for the live streams - the replays are perfectly sharp. Not sure what they’re doing, whether it’s upscaled or what, but it’s very noticeable when I watch.

 

[Kyser143]

Agree - but there’s a clear difference when you look at them side by side. If you look closely at the pitch on the SSN streams the grass is all pixelated and the lines are blurry. This is only the case for the live streams - the replays are perfectly sharp. Not sure what they’re doing, whether it’s upscaled or what, but it’s very noticeable when I watch.

They are both 1080 50fps and they are great streams however as you say 2 50fps streams can also be told apart by the mbps they output at ...the higher the better eg BT 4k is at 27mpbs ..amazon 1080 was at 12mbps and was a class streams in comparison ..optus and sky nz output at 7 or 8 mbps ..

 

[alexanderras]

They are both 1080 50fps and they are great streams however as you say 2 50fps streams can also be told apart by the mbps they output at ...the higher the better eg BT 4k is at 27mpbs ..amazon 1080 was at 12mbps and was a class streams in comparison ..optus and sky nz output at 7 or 8 mbps ..

Interestingly I compared the bitrates a while back and SSN was actually marginally higher than Optus. Something like 8 mbps vs 7 mbps or something like that. Basically on par with Peacock had the frame rate been the same.

However that was on the same PL Stories video or something like that - not on live content, so maybe I’ll have to rerun that experiment again.

 

[alexanderras]

Unfortunately there’s no live game on right now for me to compare, but I checked on a different live sport event and that was indeed 8mbps. Beats me what they’re doing - the closeups always look nice and sharp, but the wide shots are not…

 

[Markeymark]

Agree - but there’s a clear difference when you look at them side by side. If you look closely at the pitch on the SSN streams the grass is all pixelated and the lines are blurry. This is only the case for the live streams - the replays are perfectly sharp. Not sure what they’re doing, whether it’s upscaled or what, but it’s very noticeable when I watch.

Yeah I have noticed streams on Optus appear to be much more vivid and brighter, similar to Peacock, unsure if thats just my old eyes though....lol

 

[alexanderras]

Yeah I have noticed streams on Optus appear to be much more vivid and brighter, similar to Peacock, unsure if thats just my old eyes though....lol

They are definitely sharper. The quality is definitely below what the bitrate would suggest. Maybe it’s because they’re linear TV channels and it’s an upscaling or conversion thing…

 

[lamblamb]

does anyone find the streams from any of the apps are any closer to real time than iptv in general?

 

[Markeymark]

does anyone find the streams from any of the apps are any closer to real time than iptv in general?

I owuld imagine they are clser than iptv as that still needs put thru a server, that causes delays etc, but have not used iptv in many years so cannot say 100%