Mobdro is providing material illegally (so in theory you could get in trouble for watching, sya, premium Sky channels) but I've been known to use it and while you can find a massive range of channels the quality, especially of some of the more popular (therefore heavily streamed) programs is poor sometimes OK for a phone screen but would look dire on even a modest telly, and with buffering. (I have 200mb internet).
I've been using NordVPN and it is very good, and they often offer 2 year plans for something less than £60 IIRC. You can use it simultaneously on multiple devices (which is what I do) or as suggested get a router which can run it. The problem with the latter I that sometimes I've had to change which remote server it attaches to because they just seem to slow right down or stop and I guess that may require a router reboot. You can specify which server it uses or you can let it decide for you. There is a specific Firestick version. There are some sites which recognise NordVPN servers and block you so I occasionally need to turn it off - I think the most common has been one of the analytics sites, so it was that if you searched Google for shopping it wouldn't allow you to click to go the the item in store, whichever store it's in - although that example seems to be working fine right now!
Having said that, I couldn't get the BBC to work last year on my laptop under NordVPN. It still knew I wasn't in the UK so there must be something else (and I think I tried obvious stuff like cookies) which identify where you are coming from.
So when I was struggling last year I took a free trial of unlocator and that worked very well but I didn't use it much so can't really comment. It would be my fallback if NordVPN doesn't work, I'll just get it for a month for a fiver or something if necessary.
I would agree that VPN on a router is the best way and probably easiest way to go but just be aware it might need a bit of fiddling at times.
EDIT: I suppose if you';ve found a way to reach the sites you want on an Android and your telly is capable of receiving casting then a Chromecast would also be OK. I just got one and haven't used it much but it looked fine at sending your Android screen content to the TV, along with the sound. Not fully tested it yet but I think once it is casting you can do other stuff with your phone while the stream continues to play on the TV - except walk too far away - and that may depend on something like your Android version. I've no idea if Apple have a similar product (maybe Apple TV?).
Last edited by: smokie on Sun 27 Sep 20 at 09:42
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