Thread: Advice Needed
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Old 25-07-2021, 16:12   #2
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Re: Advice Needed

I’d recommend a Freesat+ box, but their on demand functionality is limited (they have all the PSBs players, plus Netflix and a few others, but they have been slow to add the likes of Amazon, Disney or Apple, so it’s not entirely clear from their specs list whether these players are available or not. Some media news websites suggest they are). If Disney+ is high on the priority list, and provided she has reliable fast internet, she might be better off with a Roku player or an Amazon Fire stick. With these you can access live TV via the iPlayer or ITV player or whatever, plus you have access to all the commercial on demand services too.

Does she want to be able to record broadcast TV or is she happy enough using iPlayer etc for catch-up? If she definitely wants full broadcast reception, plus the broadest range of on demand players, a non-recordable Freesat box is £125, then a basic Amazon or Roku streaming device is around another £50.
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