Eurosport without Sky/Virgin etc

grahamcp

I have a TV with internet built in, a laptop (without HDMI) and an iPhone.
I am probably going to get a youview type box at some point in the near future.

What is going to be my best option to get Eurosport through my TV?

I'm thinking I can get a subscription to Eurosport Player (there is an apple app as well as the website, but was a bit flaky last time I tried it)... but then what...

Options I can think of are...
1. Get Apple TV (about £100) and stream eurosport player coverage through my iphone to my TV.
2. Get a cable to stream coverage from laptop to TV.
3. Try and play eurosport player directly through my TV.
4. Last resort watch it on the laptop.

Have any of you tried 1. or 2. ? Any other suggestions?

Ta v.muchinuos

iainf72

What make of telly do you have?

grahamcp

It's Sony

iainf72

Mmmm - Ok - If you had an LG you'd be in luck as they have an ES player application which works ok

The best experience would be HDMI from laptop into TV TBH. I've got an Apple TV and find the airplay mirroring good but not quite good enough.

YMMV

grahamcp

Cheers. Sounds good - I think I'll try it out - £5 for a months no strings subscription to eurosport player and a few quid for a cable, I can't really go far wrong! As I said the laptop doesn't have a hdmi out as far as I can see so might have to put up with lower quality.

alan_a

IMO iphone / ipad with apple tv mirroring eurosport player is excellent.

gazhilla

I use Eurosport player, HDMI adaptor from iPad to tv and works great, iPhone battery drains quick on it but still works great.

petemadoc

Is Eurosport available with BT yet?

grahamcp

One more possible option if anyone is interested is a sky go monthly ticket for £15 which I think includes British Eurosport, and can be viewed through 2 devices including Xbox and iphone etc.

Or could just watch the ITV coverage :-)

takethehighroad

I've got friends that use this last option, but it's probably just as good value to buy Sky, it's £20 a month to get Eurosport (it's on the news package)

cristoff

Rig your laptop to TV via hdmi
Goto steephill TV eurosport links
Play it through Firefox Web browser with ad block plug-in installed

Et voila. Free eurosport no annoying ad pop-ups. Can even play full screen

cristoff

Oo-er! Edited post warning.

That bit should say a d b l o c k

RoadPainter

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

I've got friends that use this last option, but it's probably just as good value to buy Sky, it's £20 a month to get Eurosport (it's on the news package)

Only if you've got a landline.
If you don't have a landline (why does anyone pay £10 a month for that these days??) then it's £30 a month for that sky option - sky require you to have a BT landline.

I used to have sky via laptop, but when they launched sky go they stopped me logging in because I didn't have a veiwing card. Customer servcies couldn't resolve, so i stopped paying. Hopefully they've fixed that by now!

durhamwasp

Think this still works... Fantastic quality and free

http://www.hdplayer.eu/ Click on the black dot, download, extract it on your desktop, then click on HD Update. Might need to use Google Chrome to download it.