Polonia / New TV Service for Polish Expats [6]

yes...tried the free trial. Cool concept. Will probably buy once i get settled a bit more.

Polonia / New TV Service for Polish Expats [6]

I disagree. I have signed up for the service, and you actually control your own satellite reciever. That means no downtime, digital picture, and customer service. Those sites you posted above have only 1 or 2 of the channels, and they are such bad bitrate and completely unreliable.

You can always find a free online version somewhere. Even HBO is online somewhere, but it is unwatchable. I am glad that I can see TVP, Kultura, Polsat and Polsat news.

Life / Polish TV on the internet?? [54]

Found an online TV site with Polish channels. Go to IGOCOLO. Have about 10 channels. There is a free trial, and quality is really good.

Life / Polish TV on the internet?? [54]

Sorry...UKPolska, i don't want to turn this thread in the wrong direction. I have posted one other time, because again, people were asking about TV, so i answered. But it is upsetting to read your response to my post because it is incorrect.

First, it is not a con. The service actually allows you to control a satellite reciever connected to Hotbird satellite at 13 degrees East. All of the Polish channels on IGOCOLO are from Hotbird. They are not from free sites. If you tried the trial, you would see this. They are all the same bandwidth, and the same quality. So it is not a compilation of free stations around the web.

Second, while some channels may be available on some free sites, your statement that they are all available is completely inaccurate. TVP, TVP Kultura, Polsat 2, Polsat News, etc are not free on the sites you mention, and if they were, they would be unwatchable due to poor quality.

Third, if you live in Europe, then yes, all these channels are on your satellite. If you are an expat, which is the point of the service, then the channels are not available.

Finally, to state that Slingbox and Hava cannot control a reciever, while that may be true, is not true of IGOCOLO. Just use the trial. There are over 600 channels, all of the same bitrate, from the same reciever, and you can control whatever you want.

All I am saying here, is posting before actually investigating or trying something, is like condemning a movie before you watch it. Maybe the service is not for you, but your post was obviously based on a quick look at the site, rather than facts. Maybe this is the newest remote satellite technology, and maybe it works.

Life / Polish TV on the internet?? [54]

Uk, someone asked about TV, so i replied. There is no "trick" - there is a free trial, with no commitment/payment of any type. There is no mal-intention. If someone is discussing where to get TV, then I respond with a site that offers just that.

THe cost is 19 euros a month. However, the site is more for arabic or italians, as there are over 150 channels of each.

I can't speak for the other post. This account is sometimes utilized by a few others. My postings are specific to this thread, so the other posting is not relevent here. Viral marketing doesn't hurt anyone, and as long as the postings are in the correct thread, it can be beneficial to everyone.