Best VOD app for movies and TV shows without Real Debrid

I’ve been searching for a replacement for Cinema since it went T_ts Up a couple of years ago. For a while, it was TeaTV, BeeTV or FilmPlus. Sadly the developers chose to riddle these apps with so many ads that they basically became unusable. Onward and upward - to FlixVision and OnStream. Unfortunately, Flixvision makes you jump through impossible hoops with its mouseless navigation unless you are lucky enough to find a “direct stream”. And Onstream has a very (!) limited user interface and streams. What to do?

Well, guess what: The latest incarnation of Cinema HD3.3.3 is actually pretty good. While the number of links is still limited, the user interface is great and what streams it gets are usually pretty good.

Why the “without Real Debrid” caveat? Well, most of the people I help out with Firesticks for free TV can’t/don’t want an RD account or VPN - not just cost but complexity, too (they aren’t geeks like most TroyPoint Insiders).

And for what it’s worth, if you do have an RD account and VPN with Cinema, it’s almost as good as Stremio!

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Onstream or flixvision or stremio or uk Turks all work well if you can’t get on with these then I can’t think of any others good luck anyway :+1:

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Stremio is my main goto app. Are you using RD with Flixvision? How do you manage the “mouse” when no direct streams are available?

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on stick use remote no RD

You’re much more patient than I am!

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its fine couple of clicks and your there just need to get used to it :+1:

Try surfshark VPN that will get rid of all the adds

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It does too - apart from the embedded ones which nothing can get rid of, apparently

I’m very reluctant to try the non-debrid servers again, they just seem too erratic as in always buffering, I’ll just do fast before dealing with constant buffering.

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Any of those still allow you to use your own player? I don’t like the b player or whatever they’re pushing.

Stremio does.

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For sure stremio is pretty sweet, if I had to be nitpicky, it doesn’t always come up with any results on a search of some older or not real popular movies, and sometimes there just isn’t any seeding for those either, but it’s a fine app. and easy to use.

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Agreed. Less common or popular movies or series can be hard to find viable sources for, but that isn’t just a Stremio issue, it’s across all apps. There are some speciality apps that fill that niche, but even then “old” stuff can be hard to find sources for. For me, I never watch old stuff and never rewatch anything I’ve already seen except on the very rare occasion. So Strmio has been my go to for years.

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It has been mine as well. In the event there are not enough seeds for a series that is older, I just revert to downloading it and I don’t care if it takes days and days. I then just stream it from a laptop using a free media streamer I’ve spoken about many times here. https://serviio.org/

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Hey Wiz. Good morning my friend. I just took a look at the app you posted a link to. Wow, that looks way cool and very useful. Thanks for sharing.

Good morning Miki,

I’ve been using it for years. I use an older version. They should all be there. It works flawlessly. I either use the DLNA incorporated into my older LG tv, but mostly just revert to X-plore that streams any possible video type. It’s my favourite part of the app.

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Netflix :joy:

Blasphemy :rofl:

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Hello here,there IS a New app around,it IS availlable on a french streaming site,but it IS english content only,you Can chose from a lot of subtiles,just take a look on it,its called SOSplay.

What makes Serviio different from Plex. I have lifetime Plex.