Question about watching TV in Thailand
Dear readers,
I have a question about watching TV in Thailand. My new house just outside a small village between Udon Thani and Khumpawapi is almost ready for occupancy. Power has now been installed to the street in front of the house. There is no TV cable yet.
I am a novice in TV and internet, in the Netherlands I still had a 30 year old CRT TV. Now I have a new TV on order, a Q-LED smart TV from Samsung.
I don't speak Thai and in my Thai environment they often have a large clumsy dish next to the house. I think I've seen people from True working on a cable about 500 meters from here.
AIS promotion team happened to come here and asked 3.000 baht for a cable and 600 baht per month for a TV subscription and they talked about a router or something.
I want to be able to watch Dutch TV here and sometimes a film and documentaries because the picture and sound are great on such a new TV. Via telephone or computer is not an option.
In short, where should I go and what are the costs per month, or per year, and what do I need to optimally enjoy my new TV?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jan
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Hi Jan,
A new smart TV comes with a whole arsenal of apps such as Netflix, HBO, Disney, etc. to watch everything. You will need a subscription for each app and the costs will quickly increase. Hence the router because you will also need the internet to be able to download everything.
To be able to see NPO or, for example, Veronica, you will need a VPN and the app will also have to be present on the smart TV. This can easily be done with a laptop, but you don't have one. Internet and some knowledge are useful and necessary.
I don't know anything about a dish. I sometimes saw a kind of TV box on Facebook with all kinds of foreign channels in combination with a subscription and internet (also in Thailand), but I think these are illegal.
Succes
Maybe you can solve it the same way I did. Of course I have fiber optic internet here in my urbanization and there is satellite TV with mainly English and Spanish channels. I don't have expensive subscriptions, but I have connected my laptop to my smart TV with the special cable and I watch BVN via my laptop on the Smart TV. You can also subscribe to NPO Plus. That will cost you at most a few euros, so you can also watch Dutch channels.
Of course I also bought a soundbar because such a beautiful TV also deserves a nice sound. Furthermore, I often watch relaxing YouTube videos on my other smart TV with a large screen in the bedroom, for example with a tour of Granada or that could be anything. Most YouTube videos are free in exchange for advertising, but you can quickly zap through them. Or subscribe to YouTube.
But there are probably real TV viewers here who will give much better tips... A good friend of mine who lives there also watches a lot of BVN TV, but via satellite
success
BVN has not been available via a satellite dish for a long time now, but as a streaming service online: https://www.bvn.tv/
http://www.eurocom.asia
[email protected]
Such. 0848687688.
Pattaya/Chon Buri.
Very helpful, arranged everything.
Success.
Eurocom.asia is intended for the German/Austrian and other German-speaking expat, retiree and long stay tourist among us, and is from the same company as https://nl.eurotv.asia/
Dear Jan, All information about watching NL TV in Thailand can be found on Thailandblog via: https://www.thailandblog.nl/?s=TV+kijken+in+Thailand&x=36&y=12
Those big bulky dishes on the wall are no longer necessary, they date from a past glory, and you can only receive Thai-oriented channels with them (plus hundreds of other unnecessary channels). You don't speak Thai so it's of no use to you.
AIS offers you to install an internet cable, so make use of it. Those 3K baht are not the costs, nor is that internet subscription of 600 baht per month. I wouldn't skimp on it, especially if you live a bit further away. For a few extra baht, AIS also offers an extensive range of streaming services. Ask for English documentation/information. By the way, your new smart TV also has many niceties in store. These appear after AIS has set up the internet connection.
I have a subscription to EuroNL-TV myself. You get 13 Dutch and 10 Flemish TV channels, 10 German (including Arte), 6 English, 3 movie channels, 4 Ziggosport, 3 ESPN and 2 Eurosport channels, and a few more. In short: a wide range and can be viewed up to a week back in time.
You receive your TV broadcast on your PC or laptop and, if desired, via an HDMI cable to your new smart TV. You also get the option of watching TV on your tablet and smartphone. If you do not want to connect your PC or laptop to your TV, you can purchase an Android box from EuroNL-TV. See further: https://nl.eurotv.asia/ Costs approximately 750 baht per month with an annual subscription with 1 month free. Pay via Thai bank transfer. The big advantage of EuroTV is that you can record all programs, including the 3 film channels, on your PC or laptop. If you have a fast one, (I said the fool has an i7,) then that will happen in no time. All kinds of series and/or documentaries and/or sporting events, etc. can be watched at your leisure at any time for as long as you want.
You can also take out a subscription to Canaldigital. But he asks for a Dutch address, for example from a family member or a good acquaintance. Payment is made via a NL bank account. Canaldigitaal is about the same price, only has an extensive NL offering, plus ESPN, VRT, Canvas and BbcFirst. You can also watch it up to a week before, but for the same movie channels you have to pay separately for each movie. Furthermore, programs are recorded via their own server, so they cannot be downloaded yourself. See further: https://www.thailandblog.nl/?s=Canaldigitaal&x=27&y=6
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Dutch TV cannot be received, not even anymore (BVN) via the dish.
Cable TV is available in tourist areas (no Dutch channels)
That leaves: the internet.
That is possible with that beautiful television you purchased.
But it's not actually a TV, it's a computer.
Only a limited number of Dutch channels can be viewed via the internet, for example via the Nederland.tv website.
To watch other Dutch TV on the smart TV, you must download certain programs (apps), take out a subscription (for example iptv / ziggo / kpn / discovery / filmland, etc.) and you must establish a VPN (subscription) connection with a European country, because all these channels are blocked outside the EU.
I'm afraid you'll have to get help to get this job done if you don't know anything about “computers”
Regards,
jos k.
Hi Jan,
I also live outside a village in Isan. True Internet has installed ± 900 meters of fiber optic for me on the condition of a minimum 1-year subscription. As a TV provider: https://nl.eurotv.asia/. Been using this for many years without any major problems.
Suc6,
Dutchjohn.
Eurotv definitely the best
all Dutch, Belgian and German channels, 3 x filmnet. 10 x sports channel
Aljazeera and BBC news
try not paying for a month and it will stop automatically
https://nl.eurotv.asia/
Indeed Euro TV All Dutch channels including Ziggo and ESPN plus many foreign channels and movie channels, you don't have to miss anything of what you are used to in the Netherlands.
However, it will be difficult for someone who is not familiar with the internet world to download the app on their smart TV if possible. Marek from eurotv can be helpful here
Jan
I had 5G installed in my house last year, so you have very good and fast internet
299 bath at 3bb and then you have more than enough speed. A dish is only for watching Thai television
Furthermore, there are plenty of options to watch TV. I don't know if you also have a TV subscription in the Netherlands? You can also use it here, only with the intervention of a VPN. I hope my answer is useful to you
Greetings Henry
Get a GigaTV subscription from 3BB for 108 baht per month and you have dozens of Thai channels plus the dish can be removed from your wall.
5G comes from a mobile service provider such as Truemove, which I also have.
Dear Jan,
We have just moved into a brand new detached house in Korat. We have excellent internet and good WIFI there.
I bought a new LG smart TV in Thailand.
I have a subscription in the Netherlands to Canal digital and that costs approximately € 15 / month.
You can then log in to Canal Digitaal in Thailand via Googkle and then the next time you log in you will automatically see a Canal field, on which you only have to click and then you will have NL TV including the commercial channels. So it works great for me.
I also have a NL Netflix subscription of approximately € 12/month on which you can simply watch Dutch subtitled films, etc. Some films only have English subtitles because you are outside Europe, but many films etc. have just Dutch subtitles.
I hope you can do something with this.
Fri. Greeting
Frank
Better to take 3BB fiberglass. Also costs approximately the same amount of 600 B/month, but is a very good and handy TV cabinet with many streaming options and channels. We really like 3BB (in San).
AIS seems to cause problems here and there.
But…. that doesn't give you Ned. channels. Your only option is an IPTV box that receives TV channels via the internet and then sends them to your TV via HDMI cable. Ask at electrical stores about IPTV options. It is sometimes a bit more difficult to keep things going and the IPTV provider also costs something per month.
You need an internet connection. Don't know which provider is in your area. True, 3BB and TOT can provide this to you. They also have a TV, but not a Dutch one. If you want that, EuroTV is a solution, but it is not cheap.
Jan,
There will also be no cable for your TV. It will be a “bulky dish” for Thai TV channels (to be installed yourself). And for any Dutch TV channels you have to rely on the internet (provider for a fee, of course, such as Euro TV).
That clunky dish is completely unnecessary and superfluous. If you have internet, you also have a subscription to AIS or TRUE or 3BB, to name the largest providers. By the way, AIS is in the process of taking over 3BB. Each provider has an extensive TV offering. If you have internet, you can stream Netflix, HBO, Disney, etc. The apps for this are already built into the smart TVs, but are in the provider's Android box anyway. 3BB supplies such a box for 108 baht per month. Then take out a subscription to NL-TV provider. https://nl.eurotv.asia/ You can also go online for free https://www.bvn.tv/ watch, or a cheap subscription to NL Ziet, etc. If you add the baht costs of a provider, plus the Thai TV subscription and that of NL-TV together, it is still cheaper than a Ziggo or KPN package in NL. Dutch people always have to complain about the costs for something, preferably for a dime at the ringside, let someone else do the work, and complain that it is all too thin or too thick.
Buy a VPN subscription and watch all the channels you watched in the Netherlands on nlziet.nl. I have a subscription to BitDefender as well as theirs. Then you have two birds with one stone. An excellent virus scanner as well as VPN. You can then use this on your phone, tablet, computer, laptop and TV
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Dear Jan,
please also contact 3BB.
Of course I don't know if they have internet access nearby, but that's just a matter of calling.
Very good service and good internet. Pay 749 B. yourself for 1000/500 download/upload.
Then the issue of NL TV channels.
I have a box with Dutch TV and those channels that interest me.
If you are interested, I will give you a link to a website.
He provides very good service and a very affordable package. If there is a problem, he will call you as soon as possible. Very handy.
https://mrmajesticnl.jouwweb.nl/contact
Dear Jan,
Here in this country there is no cable TV as you were used to in the Netherlands.
You can subscribe to TRUE, but then you will not have any Dutch channels, but mainly Thai channels that you can also receive with your own dish via the Satcom 5 satellite, which is free.
If you want Dutch channels, you have to go to the internet, for example Euro TV costs 800 THB per month, but then Dutch, German, Belgian channels and many sports channels such as Ziggo, Eurosport, via Play. You can also download and look back 2 weeks. Just google it on the net and you can find out more.
success.
Thank you all, as a digital person I hope that I can figure it out with the information you have given me.
Kind regards, Jan
Dear Jan, if you call yourself digitally ill, it is time that you do something about it, otherwise you will eventually lose all connection with your world. You have moved to TH yourself and the NL government will communicate with you digitally. Be happy because it is fast, accurate and up to date. The TH government will also offer more and more online services to legalize your stay in this country. Banks, retail companies, services, hotel and travel bookings: it all takes place via laptop, tablet and/or PC. How many retirees in Thailand have found their partner online?
You can find all the information online that will make your life and existence easier, as you have now experienced with your question via Thailandblog about a simple subject such as watching TV in Thailand. Because watching TV via a smart Q-LED device is already a completely digital event, it is challenging to investigate all the possibilities. A NL website like https://www.seniorweb.nl/ helps with that. Become a member and then take the online course(s) you need. https://www.seniorweb.nl/cursussen/online-cursussen
Hello, if you have internet, it is best to look up IPTV providers. You can put apps on your smart TV to watch TV from all over the world via these providers. It is not legal, but it is good and cheap. Another way, for example, is to take out a subscription with KPN. It is legal but also expensive.