tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179almostwittyalmostwittyalmostwitty2015-06-15T13:19:51Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:593693How to get your TVPad4 to play Hong Kong TV channels2015-06-15T13:19:51Z2015-06-15T13:19:51Zpublic0<p>Like me, you may one day be filled with the need to access Hong Kong TV channels via the Internet, and figure that buying a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TOF38II/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00TOF38II&linkCode=as2&tag=auk1&linkId=RY4ZOPR5ZIZNLMS7">TVPad 4</a> is the best way to go about it.</p>
<p>But then when you hook it up to the Internet and your TV, you’ll see … this …</p>
<p><img src="http://www.almostwitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tvpad4-1024x567.jpg" alt="tvpad4" width="1024" height="567" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-18277" /></p>
<p>and wonder how on earth to get it to do what you bought it for. Especially if you don’t read Chinese.</p>
<p>Alas, I don’t read Chinese either but have figured out (through some handy friends!) the following:</p>
<p>if you imagine the grid of 9 icons like a telephone keypad ie:<br />
<table border="1"><tr><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr></table></p>
<p>Then:<br />
7 is Live TV from Hong Kong (featuring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVB">TVB</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Television">ATV</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television#Public_Channel">CCTV</a> channels)<br />
8 is TV from Hong Kong with a 12-hour delay<br />
3 is playback of live TV channels, channels for 3 days<br />
2 is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Television_Entertainment">Hong Kong TV</a>, a relative newcomer to television in Hong Kong<br />
1 is on-demand TV<br />
4 is on-demand movies</p>
<p>But do explore the other icons on the other screens. There’s YouTube and some movies apps that let you watch English-language Hollywood movies.</p>
<p><em>(Thanks to the folks at Facebook’s British-born-Chinese forum for their help!)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/18276/being-british-chinese/how-to-get-your-tvpad4-to-play-hong-kong-tv-channels" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=593693" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments