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Mi Box Android TV back at Walmart.com!!!
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- Tha DraGun
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- Aug 19, 2003
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- EmmEmm
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- Jun 10, 2016
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- Whitby
lol at the time machine comment, really funnyryecatcher wrote: ↑ To each their own, but I still think your claim that Mi Box is "four times the price" of a Fire TV Stick is totally misleading:
- Total price of a Mi Box either shipped to Canada or picked up at a US mail forwarder is around $100 - $110 Canadian.
- If you paid $20 for your stick, that was USD and a long time. Time machines cost extra.
- Current price of the most recent stick is $39.99, which translates to $53 Canadian (and again requires added cost of shipping to Canada or pickup)
So in reality, Mi Box is around twice the price of the stick, not four times, and still includes the functionality and conveniences I mentioned before. Also, I and many others don't want to use a cell phone as a remote, and the Mi Box has an IR sensor for those with Harmony remotes. Not to mention that fact that if you support Kodi/SPMC, Amazon is basically hostile towards it and actively banished it from their app store while slandering the foundation. Not a company I'd want to support when it comes to using Kodi.
fire tv stick also comes with a remote similar to Roku but again, Amazon can block the third party apps like Kodi in the next uprgade but the chances are low.
- krnmeraiya
- Sr. Member
- Nov 26, 2015
- 624 posts
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- Toronto, ON
why dont they sell this at walmart canada?
- GVRtrader
- Deal Fanatic
- Aug 22, 2006
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SPMC is a fork of Kodi (that is its based on Kodi code) so they are 99% the same except SPMC has a few additional features that many find useful.
A few key feature difference
- Voice search
- HD audio passthrough
- Auto start (as in you can set it up so you box boots straight into spmc)
- Rooted device can reboot and shutdown (XMBC you can only exit)
- konsensei
- Deal Fanatic
- Mar 17, 2006
- 6913 posts
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- Burlington
The true answer is that they didn't make the cover of the box.krnmeraiya wrote: ↑ why dont they sell this at walmart canada?
They sell for $69 usd, giving away $76 usd worth of subscriptions to more than 10 services, most of which (if not all) are not available in Canada.
Now imagine this "Get a xiaomi Mi box 4k hdr for $120 CAD, and you will receive 1 full month of Netflix ($10) for FREE.
That is just brutal. Sometimes you lose out things here and there being Canadian.
- oakville
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- Mar 24, 2006
- 654 posts
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i actually not felt that $76 free subscription of any interest to me, nothing stands out, some more those are free initial service that require the sign up. though i agree with you, a lot of time is just so hard to get the product alone, have to trouble a friend to get this from the states.
konsensei wrote: ↑ The true answer is that they didn't make the cover of the box.
They sell for $69 usd, giving away $76 usd worth of subscriptions to more than 10 services, most of which (if not all) are not available in Canada.
Now imagine this "Get a xiaomi Mi box 4k hdr for $120 CAD, and you will receive 1 full month of Netflix ($10) for FREE.
That is just brutal. Sometimes you lose out things here and there being Canadian.
- dbdanny
- Newbie
- Dec 11, 2016
- 5 posts
That's a good question. It should be available at Walmart Canada. Does anyone have any idea how to get these boxes here from the US?krnmeraiya wrote: ↑ why dont they sell this at walmart canada?
- bobbyg9
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- Feb 20, 2011
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When will it be available in canada? If it's 120, it's not bad, if I factor exchage rate and shipping to my house... plus if you get a defective one from the US it's a pain.
- makaveli21
- Newbie
- Jun 16, 2009
- 45 posts
- 17 upvotes
- Ottawa
I have tried everything and still cannot get Netflix to work on my mi box purchased at Walmart in the US. Any Netflix video will play for a maximum of 15 seconds before giving error: "we're having trouble playing this title at the moment" with error code tvq-pm-100.
I have factory reset and reinstalled Netflix 4 times with the same result. I have made sure that both the OS and Netflix app are updated to latest version. I know it started working for some after a factory reset, and others never had the problem at all. Anyone else still having this issue?
I have factory reset and reinstalled Netflix 4 times with the same result. I have made sure that both the OS and Netflix app are updated to latest version. I know it started working for some after a factory reset, and others never had the problem at all. Anyone else still having this issue?
- shushwap
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- Sep 17, 2011
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Take it back and get another one... I have read about this being a issue for some and not for others.... I have 3 of them and they all run Netflix just finemakaveli21 wrote: ↑ I have tried everything and still cannot get Netflix to work on my mi box purchased at Walmart in the US. Any Netflix video will play for a maximum of 15 seconds before giving error: "we're having trouble playing this title at the moment" with error code tvq-pm-100.
I have factory reset and reinstalled Netflix 4 times with the same result. I have made sure that both the OS and Netflix app are updated to latest version. I know it started working for some after a factory reset, and others never had the problem at all. Anyone else still having this issue?
- CatDog
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- May 16, 2006
- 4308 posts
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Bought 2 more.. one has this issue. The other doesn't. Updated, factory reset, uninstalled app, re-installed. What a nightmare. Nothing works
- CatDog
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- May 16, 2006
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I am. I don't know what to domakaveli21 wrote: ↑ I have tried everything and still cannot get Netflix to work on my mi box purchased at Walmart in the US. Any Netflix video will play for a maximum of 15 seconds before giving error: "we're having trouble playing this title at the moment" with error code tvq-pm-100.
I have factory reset and reinstalled Netflix 4 times with the same result. I have made sure that both the OS and Netflix app are updated to latest version. I know it started working for some after a factory reset, and others never had the problem at all. Anyone else still having this issue?
- GVRtrader
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- Aug 22, 2006
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Amazon Canada has the china version for $99 i believe BUT its 1/4GB version not 2/8GB that Walmart sells.
I believe there were rumors that Walmart Canada will carry this sometime early next year. Forgot where i read it/rather or not it was a creditable source tho.
- torontocanada1968
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- Jul 20, 2016
- 346 posts
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I bought the US version but cant find a way to get on the internet. Help??
- oakville
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- Mar 24, 2006
- 654 posts
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i did not have this issue. just wonder if you can try to play back within a browser, not using the app? just try to see if there is another way of play back, to rule out any odd
makaveli21 wrote: ↑ I have tried everything and still cannot get Netflix to work on my mi box purchased at Walmart in the US. Any Netflix video will play for a maximum of 15 seconds before giving error: "we're having trouble playing this title at the moment" with error code tvq-pm-100.
I have factory reset and reinstalled Netflix 4 times with the same result. I have made sure that both the OS and Netflix app are updated to latest version. I know it started working for some after a factory reset, and others never had the problem at all. Anyone else still having this issue?
- Tha DraGun
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- Aug 19, 2003
- 5497 posts
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I found an android tv version of popcorn time that works great on the mibox. It even shows episodes and movies in the mibox recommendations bar. Pretty cool. Emby also as a awesome android tv app, which also shows up in recommadtions!
Pretty sure I won't be using kodi/SPMC very often anymore.
This box is great!
Pretty sure I won't be using kodi/SPMC very often anymore.
This box is great!
- djayz
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- Sep 26, 2008
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- Airdrie AB
What's the name of the app that's like popcorn time?Tha DraGun wrote: ↑I found an android tv version of popcorn time that works great on the mibox. It even shows episodes and movies in the mibox recommendations bar. Pretty cool. Emby also as a awesome android tv app, which also shows up in recommadtions!
Pretty sure I won't be using kodi/SPMC very often anymore.
This box is great!
- Tha DraGun
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- Aug 19, 2003
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- Evil Baby
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- Mar 18, 2005
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- Niagara Falls
Do you have WiFi in your house?torontocanada1968 wrote: ↑ I bought the US version but cant find a way to get on the internet. Help??
- torontocanada1968
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- Jul 20, 2016
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Yes but there is no browser icons and I tried going into Google play store and couldnt find Chrome or any of them
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