Howmanheyman 33203 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 The Beast is CT's nickname down his local takeaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Kelly 1245 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 All the beast is, is a configuration of kodi with pretty pictures and separate menus set up for things like sports and movies. And then it's got a load of apps already installed. It does nothing other than that. Genesis isn't being maintained anymore so it's getting more and more dead links. Real Debrid is partially solving that for me now but even some of those links are dead. They aren't all HD as some seem to believe, they tell you the quality though and I've never had any problems with buffering on any of them. Got Sicario on at the minute and it's perfect. That's through velocity rather than Genesis though. Velocity seems to be the way forward for films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 As I've said fairly often on here, the beast is good for people who don't want to do it themselves. It's that simple really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 amazon fire or android quad pro box? about the same price these days but am i right in thinking the box is likely to be more powerful? Is it easy enough to format and install the beast on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Fire stick works great for me. I'm not sure about the alternative but if you're already thinking like CT then maybe you should completely reconsider your purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9404 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Stael (who's streams/movies etc were always good) appears to have disappeared from Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Stael (who's streams/movies etc were always good) appears to have disappeared from Phoenix They're on the beast I watched the match via them on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Its been re-named Valhalla in Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 As I've said fairly often on here, the beast is good for people who don't want to do it themselves. It's that simple really. You were also suggesting that via the beast you get some sort of access to content you can't get otherwise. Which is comepletely untrue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 You were also suggesting that via the beast you get some sort of access to content you can't get otherwise. Which is comepletely untrue. No I didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 You just did to Toonpack about Stael for a start. You may not mean to do it but that's the way it's coming over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 You just did to Toonpack about Stael for a start. You may not mean to do it but that's the way it's coming over. Not at all. He said something had disappeared, I said it's still on the beast. The beast is what it is, a ready made package for those of us who don't want to put a package together ourselves. Live and let live I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33203 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 My package is also a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 ...But has some shitty non HD streams that people are looking to improve on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 ...not hmhms package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 ...But has some shitty non HD streams that people are looking to improve on. I have no problem with people doing their own thing. Those people should have the good grace to reciprocate As for the quality, virtually everything I've watched on it has been very good. In conclusion it meets all my needs, has a Facebook page if I want to ask a question and a "boffin" behind the scenes keeping an eye on the latest add ons / fixes etc. Bit like toontastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I have no problem with people doing their own thing. Those people should have the good grace to reciprocate As for the quality, virtually everything I've watched on it has been very good. In conclusion it meets all my needs, has a Facebook page if I want to ask a question and a "boffin" behind the scenes keeping an eye on the latest add ons / fixes etc. Bit like toontastic Good luck to you. Thought you'd been trying to explain to IT professionals why it was the best for everyone (genesis servers overloaded etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Good luck to you. Thought you'd been trying to explain to IT professionals why it was the best for everyone (genesis servers overloaded etc.) Not at all, but thanks for the well wishes. Edited January 25, 2016 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Listening to the guy speak I doubt he could be considered a boffin at anything mind. Having used the beast I found it pretty easy to use and has most things there for anyone who just wants to start watching live streams or movies/tv. I also found that it has a load of shite on that didn't work. So I would say that it could work both ways for someone new to Kodi, it has some easy to navigate menus but it also has a lot of clutter. For me it was more effort than it was worth but I know for others it's spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I still don't know why CT thinks it's any easier to setup, let alone navigate. You add it in exactly the same way as you would any add on. So there is no greater complexity in trying whichever add ons people say are worth a go. Like any add on, the Beast is only as good as the maintenance done on it and every add on tends to have a finite lifetime after which it starts going downhill and you have to jump ship onto the new kid on the block providing the best links. Even one that amalgamates the existing best ones into a single "beast". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Aye I think that's pretty much what I've been trying to get at. When I ditched it there was a lot that was going wrong with it. I've found it much easter to maintain my own set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 I still don't know why CT thinks it's any easier to setup, let alone navigate. You add it in exactly the same way as you would any add on. So there is no greater complexity in trying whichever add ons people say are worth a go. Like any add on, the Beast is only as good as the maintenance done on it and every add on tends to have a finite lifetime after which it starts going downhill and you have to jump ship onto the new kid on the block providing the best links. Even one that amalgamates the existing best ones into a single "beast". I don't "think" it's easier to set up, it is. Adding one build is quicker than adding 10 different add ons. You are literally up and running in 10 minutes. As for "maintenance", the guy behind the scenes does this so that when (in his opinion) a better movie add on or sports add on comes out, he brings out a newer version which again usually takes minutes to update through ares. That means that it's fairly straight forward for the end user to have a pretty up to date collection of add ons that meet most needs. And the end of the day if it works reliably, which so far it does for me, I'm not sure why people have a go at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I don't "think" it's easier to set up, it is. Adding one build is quicker than adding 10 different add ons. You are literally up and running in 10 minutes. As for "maintenance", the guy behind the scenes does this so that when (in his opinion) a better movie add on or sports add on comes out, he brings out a newer version which again usually takes minutes to update through ares. That means that it's fairly straight forward for the end user to have a pretty up to date collection of add ons that meet most needs. And the end of the day if it works reliably, which so far it does for me, I'm not sure why people have a go at it. Yeah, this guy with a mammoth build to maintain isn't going to be on top of everything is he, compared to those running the add ons he's aggregating? He's just shoving in everything he can find and leaving it to you to browse to what's good, right? The usefulness of the thread you kindly started is to point people to the best available add-ons, not to keep saying "but the beast is mint, why are you all bothering with anything else?" Well stuff yer!!!!!! If you want to Fanny on building one yourself go ahead. So yes, spend days / weeks of valuable free time building one yourself or 10 minutes downloading a ready made one. No brainier Weeks? I've put 2 add-ons on my kodi builds on each device. Literally takes longer to google the links for them than copy and paste them into Kodi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yeah, this guy with a mammoth build to maintain isn't going to be on top of everything is he, compared to those running the add ons he's aggregating? He's just shoving in everything he can find and leaving it to you to browse to what's good, right? The point you seem unable to grasp is that it works fine for a lot of people who use it. Movies - fine TV - fine Football - fine You and others keep using words like mammoth / bloated...... But it works fine And yes, he does seem on top of everything which is why updates come out when a better add on is available. He adds stuff and takes stuff away. Yet still it works fine! You might call having several options for football "mammoth", but I like the fact that on a Saturday if an add on is down or has a bad stream, I simply change the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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