Igloo, anyone have an igloo box?

[benlav]

I don't have sky, can't really afford it, but I am interested in Igloo as occasionally I'll be up to paying $15 or $20 for a rugby game or something. I certainly would never be spending north of $40 per month and most of the time I wouldn't be buying anything.

Has anyone got one? I see they are $119 to buy the unit. I'm not interested in the ongoing contract as the channels are useless to me. Any good?

[BeNZene]

If you shop around you should be able to get an igloo box for around $89.  I signed up to a 12 month plan and get the channels for $10 a month.  Basically it gives something for the Missus and kids to watch. Other than PPV and channels, its only feature is live pause.

Can you reliably find a site to stream the sport you want?  If so, I'd flag the Igloo, spend at most $80 on a chromecast instead, coupled with Plex for serving movies, music etc.

[benlav]

i have netflix, but im keen just to watch the odd game in decent quality. I can't dedicate my attention fully to the shitty feed.

[benlav]

I ended up getting one on Trademe second hand for $75. A little steep as they are $119 new (if you can find someone who stocks them). I wanted to pick up immediatley so buy now was the only option. $15 for the Crusaders match, came through in HD quality. Works perfectally for what I want. The major games assuming they are shown. Which, apparently they don't always show them, depends on what Sky TV want to give them.