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Posted 24 December 2021
S Sports Plus via Turkey - £12.03 Annually
If anyone is interested, I just managed to subscribe to S Sports Plus via Turkey for 12 months for £12.03 (I assume this includes foreign transactions fees).
You need a VPN set to Turkey, but once you've got that going, go to the S Sports Plus Signup page here ..
app.ssportplus.com/acc…nup
If your browser gives you the option to translate from turkish to english, then definitely take it !.
Enter your details on the next page ..
"Ad" = First Name
"Soyad" = Surname
"E-Posta" = Email address. I tried my regular gmail address and it said it couldn't be used but then I tried a spare hotmail address and it worked fine.
"Şifre" is Password
"Şifre (TekRar)" is Confirm Password
The next three checkboxes are the usual T's & C's stuff, although the first one is also about consenting to receive marketing emails. I initially left this off and got an error, but when I ticked it, i was able to click the button at the bottom to take me to the payment screen.
Now this is where it went a bit weird for me, but it still worked.
I clicked on the "Annual" payment option and nothing happened. It just refused to go to the next screen so I ended up coming out of the browser completely and trying again.
I went to the S Sports Plus main page and chose the "Member Login" option that's to the left of the big red "Sign Up" button in the top right. It'll say "Üye Girisi" if it's not translated.
I entered my email and password and it signed me in without a problem. So then I went to my profile, the head and shoulders symbol in the top right, and selected the option "Üyelik Bilgileri" which took me to the subscription options page.
I selected the annual subscription option on the right for 179.99 and it worked - it took me to the payment card details on the next screen. I used a Mastercard just to be on the safe side, as I had a funny feeling it might possibly reject a UK-based debit card, and hey presto, I was signed up for a whole year !.
Now as far as the practicalities of actually watching the football goes, I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I think it would be safe to say that you'll have to have your VPN on and set to Turkey to watch the content.
They do have an app, but I imagine it'll be easier for android users to sideload than iOS, but then I've got my PC connectec to my TV via HDMI so i can still watch it on the big screen.
You need a VPN set to Turkey, but once you've got that going, go to the S Sports Plus Signup page here ..
app.ssportplus.com/acc…nup
If your browser gives you the option to translate from turkish to english, then definitely take it !.
Enter your details on the next page ..
"Ad" = First Name
"Soyad" = Surname
"E-Posta" = Email address. I tried my regular gmail address and it said it couldn't be used but then I tried a spare hotmail address and it worked fine.
"Şifre" is Password
"Şifre (TekRar)" is Confirm Password
The next three checkboxes are the usual T's & C's stuff, although the first one is also about consenting to receive marketing emails. I initially left this off and got an error, but when I ticked it, i was able to click the button at the bottom to take me to the payment screen.
Now this is where it went a bit weird for me, but it still worked.
I clicked on the "Annual" payment option and nothing happened. It just refused to go to the next screen so I ended up coming out of the browser completely and trying again.
I went to the S Sports Plus main page and chose the "Member Login" option that's to the left of the big red "Sign Up" button in the top right. It'll say "Üye Girisi" if it's not translated.
I entered my email and password and it signed me in without a problem. So then I went to my profile, the head and shoulders symbol in the top right, and selected the option "Üyelik Bilgileri" which took me to the subscription options page.
I selected the annual subscription option on the right for 179.99 and it worked - it took me to the payment card details on the next screen. I used a Mastercard just to be on the safe side, as I had a funny feeling it might possibly reject a UK-based debit card, and hey presto, I was signed up for a whole year !.
Now as far as the practicalities of actually watching the football goes, I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I think it would be safe to say that you'll have to have your VPN on and set to Turkey to watch the content.
They do have an app, but I imagine it'll be easier for android users to sideload than iOS, but then I've got my PC connectec to my TV via HDMI so i can still watch it on the big screen.
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sorted bySussed quitting vpn in background on Firestick to get max speed and best quality on Vidio, currently enjoying the Fulham/Liverpool game at 1080p on my 77" OLED.
Basically you just need to send an adb command from another device to force close the app whilst it's in the background, in my case that's 'am force-stop com.windscribe.vpn'. There's many ways to do this for which Google will help find something suitable for your circumstances but personally I've set up a script in Home Assistant to send the command and then, to make it even simpler to use, added a command on my Harmony remote to trigger it. So turn on vpn for Indonesia, start Vidio, start stream, press quit vpn button, enjoy best quality (edited)
I chose other and the applications name for me I use dnschanger, so its cam.aykutcevik.dnschanger then press okay and after a few seconds it stops.
If people are using NordVPN as thats my other one it would be com.nordvpn.android then okay.
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Setting Up Vidio Sport and ControlD, VPN's | hotukdeals
Many factors to consider such as what device you want to use and potential VPN cost(unless you have one already).
Could be more options nearer the time and I have included a few alternatives below:
-Vidio (indonesia) has EPL live from next season and comes in around £12 for 1 year sub. Picture Quality seems subjective. No rewind and catch up takes time to appear. Apps for most devices and browser streams available.
-Hotstar(India) - no idea on catch up or rewind, quoted as a good picture quality but may require an Indian mobile number to sign up. Has apps and browser options. Cost approximately £8-10 for the year.
-Bein Sports (varying countries in middle east/Asia) - good pic, costs vary depending on region purchased though usually between - £25 to £50 for a year. Apps and browser options available.
-Dazn(Spain) - not sure on catch up or rewind, picture quality will be good. Seems to be 130 euros for the year.
-NBC in the US - no idea on price and quality.
Personally I am currently subbed to vidio and it works and seems to be the cheapest. Others hukders may be better positioned to share experiences.
Best place to start would be premierleague.com/new…867 to check who holds what rights where. Let us know how you get on.
Q: "Can I watch the World Cup and English Premier League using Vidio Platinum?"
A: "Can not. The World Cup and English Premier League will be separate packages with Vidio Platinum."
As the Platinum package is the only 12-month Premier package available from the Vidio app, does that mean it's not possible to subscribe to a 12-month package which will be good for EPL games next season?
Something like that would be good.
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Firstly I got a free trial of Control D, which seemed to take a while to get working.
I started with Vidio, I assumed I could use a Revolut card, so I set that up. Nope, you just pay on the app with Google Pay (used my AMEX).
I have a Sony A8 which is an Android TV, so I able to just download the Vidio app from the Google Play store. I then linked the app on my phone to the TV app, this seemed to only work with the DNS off again. Once Vidio was set up on my phone and TV, I then could connect the TV to Control D's Indonesia server via the custom DNS settings and after midnight it started working (I guess if you're having problems, just try it after midnight).
S Sports Plus I tried next, I wasn't going to get it, but it was like £11 and it's nice to have a backup.
So I set the website to Turkey and it just seemed to work fine, paid in Lira with my Revolut (guess it did come in handy). I had to download the apk on my phone and transfer the app to my TV. Within minutes WWE Raw was playing in English, this was such an easy one to install.
Thoughts? £40 for a year of Vidio and S Sports Plus seems like a bargain, hopefully it's smooth sailing. My main concern is the other apps on the TV, 4OD wasn't working too well, even though I set it to UK, it just stopped working after 45 minutes.
Control D I don't really consider part of the cost, because I will use it on my PC as a VPN alternative. Even then I ditched my £70 Sky package, changed the LNB on my Sky dish for £15 and now I have Freesat too, with a significant amount of money saved. (edited)
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On the left side, if you keep it on bypass it should just just ignore everything on other websites.
I've not had an ads on Vidio.
Glad to help.
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The cheapest way to pay for Paramount Mexico is sign up for a Google account via Argentina. Load up your Google account with funds and pay via that way. Works out £11 for the year.
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Assuming you don't have Prime, cheapest way to get Prime is Poland. Make sure you have a CC and telephone number added to your national (Aus, UK or whatever country) Amazon account, then head over to Poland and sign up with the same login. You get 30 day's trial. Costs AU$19, 9.5 quid. Do not make a Polish account - I've warned you - use an account from your country.
Forgot to add, no need to use VPN to sign up. (edited)
here we go a quick conclusion (I’ve used these services on an iPhone, Android Phone and my Shield) and I’m using a VPN (windscribe) not ControlD (even tho I may have to invest) -
Setanta - Decent quality but no commentary just crowd noise.
Paramount+ Mexico - okay quality but foreign commentary.
Vidio - decent quality, I’m getting stable 720p but I guess with ControlD I would be able to up this to 1080p and best of all it has English Commentary.
Vidio is currently the winning selection for me.
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Tested both Firestick and desktop and android app and all looking impressive, if focusing purely on the big screen I would say the desktop picture edges firestick app but purely a minor matter.
Oh and some information I hope can come handy for those who are still looking for or undecided on a VPN/DNS to watch Vidio or even those who are on the look out for an alternative way to watch Vidio like myself. I am currently using Nord VPN and have found Nord generally has impressive speeds in any case for Indonesia so Vidio works fine both with VPN on and turning off VPN trick - I tried the live premier league tv channel and it played fine for over ten minutes with VPN off.
Another option I have found worthwhile is TunnelBear VPN which also unblocks Vidio and is completely free of charge. If you are wondering how, I downloaded TunnelBear VPN for my android phone and set up an account - no payment method needed and you get a free allowance something like 500mb. I then downloaded the Tunnel Bear VPN chrome extension for chrome browser and can confirm it unblocks Vidio, once I started a stream (again a live channel premier league tv just to mimick a live game) and turned off Tunnel Bear VPN it works fine - I had to change the quality to 720p as I find TunnelBear speeds fluctuate more than Nord VPN but once the quality is changed and stream is running then you can turn it off.
Conclusion is I can hold off spending money on Control D/another VPN for the mo as this is working in the meantime and I can monitor it over the next few games to keep analysing it. Not sure if Tunnel Bear have a firestick app but would be great to seal off all options!!
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Apparently it is meant to be a pretty good VPN in its own right but me being me will only really need and use it for the free allowance!
Edit: Peacock USA I should have said. (edited)
Any idea why Windows works and Android doesn't?
Click the App Store - Click your profile top right - scroll down right to the bottom and click sign out. Maybe you didn’t see it as the sign out option is at the very bottom. Shown in the video below.
youtu.be/hmZ…=43
I have a feeling you messed up your phone as you logged out completely of your Icloud. (edited)
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So following a few posts above I have managed to set up a free to use account just to give it a try.
Whilst using Nord VPN app on my android phone I managed to register for Setanta Sports Moldova on chrome browser and I did not even use a phone number at all however I noticed that the free content would not play and I would just get a message prompting myself to check other sports with a 'home' button. The same results using a Ukrainian server and same using VPN unlimited. So I googled a free moldovan phone number and added this but same result.
I managed to get it working on my p.c though which is what I would mainly use it for anyway with the Nord VPN browser extension (chrome) and the free content played fine with the same account as above. I checked the Ukrainian server which worked too. Quality as Ianinaus posted above is pretty good and best of all streams continued fine when I turned my VPN off!! Tbf Nord VPN produces excellent speeds both in Moldova and Ukraine well (surprisingly) so just a bonus for those who may not have solid speeds. Even more interesting was that when I turned off the VPN and clicked onto another stream and just browsed through the site it worked perfectly.
Apparently they show Scottish football too.
I have noticed as said before the Ukraine site does have a discount so I may wait until I know the schedule list and sign up.
Edit: I have dug deeper and looked into how to get Setanta Sports working and found yhe turning off VPN once streaming started trick stopped working for myself earlier and the website went all funny. Logged out and back in again and back working again but word of caution probably best not to try it. (edited)
TV app might be a bit clearer than web browser. It might be 720p but at a low bitrate.
Stream is definitely watchable but it is a little jerkier than usual, someone above mentioned Vidio is 24fps, I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true for Setanta
Audio is a bit low, in volume and in quality and sometimes you get a little echo when watching. Not during fights but for stuff like announcements and fight intros.
Commentary audio during fights also only comes out of left speaker/earphone which is a little weird, but may be a bonus because you can essentially watch the fights without commentary by just having the right speaker active, which only has all the fight audio/crowd audio etc.
Colours on the stream slightly off as well, looked a little darker than other streams I compared to.
One benefit is you can pause and rewind live streams easily. Didn't buffer for me once throughout on browser, TV app froze at one point but still not sure why. Overall I'd say its decent, not the best quality but certainly watchable and I'm picky which is why I noticed these. Can't forget you're getting it cheap! (edited)
With Control D the quality is always at the best that Setanta can provide, which like you say, is around 720-1080 and 24/25fps. Unfortunately I have a weird issue when using ControlD with Setanta which causes me to get logged out randomly. Not good if watching something live!
With NordVPN I get no logout issues and it’s stable. Quality is mostly good but not at the highest quality for as long as ControlD manages. Quality was awful for some reason for the Watford-Sheff U game last night. I would say it was mostly around 360p! This was the first time it’s been that bad though using Nord. I tried a different server but got the same. Speed tests were fine which suggests to me it was possibly a Setanta issue.
I’ve also been testing UnlimitedVPN/KeepSolid on a free trial. Like Nord it’s stable with no logout issues. The quality is however less stable generally with it often going in and out of different bitrates/res. It will reach highest quality but then often come down and stay there, sometimes going even worse but that is rarer. Again, it was awful watching Watford last night but as it was also bad on Nord and as other content was good quality, it suggests the issue was with the Setanta live feed.
Anyone else watch Watford last night on Setanta? If so, how was it? Unfortunately I didn’t test with Control D as didn’t want to miss too much of the game but I wish I had now.
If anyone has any tips for my Control D issue then I’d much appreciate it as that would be my preference if possible! (edited)
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No Profile and Device LimitsYou know how we used to have a 10 Profile and 10 Device limit for the Full Control plan? That's gone. You can now create an unlimited amount of profiles and devices.
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Click on status and then network and you will see your IP address.
When you first try to connect to the box you might have a popup on your box asking for adb permissions, I know I had on mine and you have to agree to them.
From them on you should be able to connect okay to your box.
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I had to turn off the VPN to Indonesia and that did the trick. I have subbed via this method many times to Vidio in the past as well as others like Ssport+ but not always using google play balance.
The reason why we pay a little more than actual cost is likely due to the U.K VAT which is added on top of the vidio VAT. I calculated it as paying directly in Indonesian Rupiah including local VAT comes to just under £5 so the extra is u.k VAT.
There are actually many apps like Vidio including mola TV, peacock USA,paramount usa etc that you can sub to here perfectly legitimately in the U.K but using all the content may be another matter (again not for this topic) so google is on top of this but I am not going to profess to knowing all the ins and outs of this.
Oh and all content is working including live channels.
Hope that helps.
Quick question on subscriptions for anyone who knows though, can you pay for subs to any of Setana/Vidio/SSport/Peacock just using your Google Play balance? I've never done it that way but seems it would be very useful given google play rewards and stuff to save some quids. I wasn't aware of that being an option.
You just download the app and sub through there?
I downloaded Vidio from apkmirror and then subbed that way, once in the app and at the subscriptions screen I had to turn off the VPN to Indonesia when at the payment screen and it accepts google play balance from there
Rtvpe app in Spain, Molotov app l'equipe channel France and Digisport app in Romania are all showing the game for free.
For those with ControlD, put Setanta on Modlvoa and add uefa.tv to Moldova.
EDIT: On the secondary profile (Setanta is on the primary profile), I set just uefa.tv to Thailand, as it's just up the road, and replays played fine. Will see how we go tomorrow with a live match. (edited)
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that's only 'some control', but you can upgrade to full-control for $10 a year. I did a similar offer, and that $10 a year means even after the subscription ends, you get full control for $10 a year (doesn't seem clear from the ts&cs on that page, but one of the reviews echos this, although I can't guarantee it)
As others said there was no English commentary but this isn't a big deal for me to be honest.
So far so good
Had another look this morning and they have now added a new "schedule" section to the app which is still work in progress but a big improvement on what was there previously.
Every time I logged in to my new account, it kept prompting me to configure Control-D so I decided I would but it then told me I didn't have a plan and offered me the "Some" and "Full" options for the full price, so I clicked the "Redeem Promo Code" link at the bottom - again - and decided to (re)enter the code from StackSocial.
I assumed I'd already done this when I created the account but there you go.
So the next screen then correctly offered me the "Some" control package for $0, so I hit "Select" and it went to the next screen to prompt me to configure it again.
Since I'd already entered the resolvers into my TV, I went to "Services" to make sure Vidio was switched on and when I selected the option to re-direct it, it said I needed "Full" control and the window popped up offering me full control for $10 a year recurring.
Completed the checkout and it cost £8.26 GBP in the end. Went back to my TV to verify Vidio was working, which it was.
So there you go
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I'm not too worried though, $10 a year is silly money considering what it can do.