Hi,

I had oversea tv for almost 2 yrs and loved it. I have the sunnywell box, which I can not use anymore. I want to get german tv again but with only 5 channels now is it even worth it? I also don't know if I should get it from vutv.tv or from elba.cc which is a company in florida. Any suggestions?

Danke fuer Eure Hilfe

Tschuess

Marienkaefer

 

Hallo Marienkäfer,

I also had OverseaTV and was very happy with it, despite "die Macken" that would occur every now and then.  Nevertheless, the content was great (viele öffentlich-rechtliche Sender) and live.

As for now,  I was a bit more fortunate than you, in that I have a Wave 300 box that was upgradeable, which I did myself.  I then went ahead and suscribed with NexTV.  As you may have read, there are only 5 channels available:  ProSiebenSat.1Welt (already available on Dish Network), DW-TV USA (also already available on Dish Network), ZDF, RTL II, und Das Vierte.  So as far as content is concerned, there really is only one channel of interest, to me  and that is ZDF.  ARD (das Erste) und die anderen dritten Programme fehlen.

Is it worth it?  Well, NexTV is offering the first three months free, i.e.,  I am still paying a one-time activation fee  ($25) and a monthly access fee of ($3).  So, for three months I can check it out at a total cost of $34 and decide.  I think in the long run if ARD (das Erste) is not included in the package, I will not keep the subscription for basically one channel (ZDF).  II am hopeful that NexTV will add more öffentlich-rechtliche Sender.  In your case, it seems you have to shell out more for a new box, if zou wish to subscribe.

As far as VUTV.tv and elba.cc, both are resellers and were previously reselling OverseaTV.  VUTV.tv is now reselling NexTV.  What elba.cc is doing is not clear to me.  I tried to call them a few times and could not get through.  I am guessing that they will also resell NexTV, as that is currently the only German IPTV provder that I am aware of.  My personal opinion is to deal directly with the provider, rather than with a reseller.  No need to deal with a "middle man".

Another suggestion is to check out shift.tv.  It is

Hope the above helps.

Schöne Grüße

Hallo wkor1! Thank you for your info. I will order nextv this week. The only channel I'm interested in is ZDF, I hope too that ARD will be added on. I miss oversea tv, I am a big deutscher krimi fan. I'm going to see how things work out with the new box and the service and then decide if I'm going to keep it. It is a lot of money for only one good channel. Dankeschoen fuer deine hilfe Mach's gut Viele Gruesse Marienkaefer

Hallo Marienkaefer,

 

habe gerade VUTV angerufen, weil das Inserat alle 10 Channels von Oversea TV anbietet.

Aber leider nicht mehr, wie man mir sagte, sie sind jetzt mit NexTV connected und arbeiten daran die anderen channels zu bekommen. Man sagte mir ich solle Geduld haben und die drei Monate abwarten.

Hoffe, diese Information hilft. Ich habe alles mit dem Internet abgesucht nach deutschen Fernsehprogrammen, aber es gibt nichts fuer  umsonst. Du kannst ZDF ueber den coumputer sehen, wenn Du  ZDF ueber google bekommst, dann hast die die Startzeite und kannst oben links Videothek klicken und dann kannst Du Sendungen sehen, die Du vermisst hast. Pretty good!!!!!

 

Gruese aus Canada - Karin

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Karin

Hallo Karin,

vielen Dank fuer Deine Info. Ich habe inzwischen Deutsches Fernsehen ueber getnextv.com bestellt. Die haben zwar nur 5 kanaele , aber ZDF ist dabei. Ich bekomme eine 30 day free offer. Naechste Woche soll ich meine neue Box bekommen. Ich werde sehen wie es mir gefaellt. So wie getnextv uns gesagt hat versuchen sie auch ARD  ins programm zu bekommen. Wir werden sehen. In der Zwischenzeit versuche ich mal ins ZDF zu googeln.

Viele Gruesse aus USA

Marienkaefer

 

 

 

Derzeit läuft für ProSiebenSat.1 Welt eine Testphase bei Bell Express Canada Channel 710, einen offiziellen Starttermin für Bell Express gibt es momentan aber noch nicht. Moeglicherweise Maerz 2008. Bell Expressvu 1888759 3474

Hi there!

I was wandering, if you still have NexTV and what you think of it. I really would love to see some German TV again (been here since 5 years) and maybe my fiance would learn some more German by watching it with me ;)

I don't wanna get to excited yet but the whole NexTV thing sounds really promising! I am just worried that it would be a scam.

Did you have to pay for your receiver box and do you remember how much it was?

It would be so great to hear from you, even though your entry is already older

DANKE
Anna

Anna,

I have had Next Tv for 2 years or so and I love it. In fact, I got a box for my Mom. Since then we have had little to no problems, everytime I send them an email they are prompt to answer and they have added new channels in the past year (nothing great - but still something). What I really like is that for both ARD and ZDF you can watch it live or on a time shifted basis i.e. so you can watch the news at 2000 if that is when it would be on in Germany.

I am not sure of the cost, check out their website:

http://www.getnextv.com/

Again, I highly recommend it.

Cheers

Garry

Hallo zusammen!

I'm totally new here in this forum, but I think I have a good advice for everyone who likes to watch german TV outside of Germany: http://www.bong.tv is an online videorecorder (pvr) like others, but has the best quality (mp4, h.264) in streaming or downloading. At the moment there are 30channels like ZDF, ARD, Pro7, RTL and many others.

Hope this helps,
herzliche Grüße aus den Bergen;))
Fox