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  • Build Quality
    3.8 (22)
  • Value for Money
    3.5 (26)
  • Recording Quality
    4.5 (11)
  • Software
    3.7 (20)
  • Reliability
    3.8 (22)
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Matt E

Matt ESouth East Queensland, QLD

Budget Pay TV

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Great service and great support However annoying when channel owners do deals overseas and change viewing options available in some channel packs and remove favorite channels from service. Since NBN with Fetch service has been ok but some lagging

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Danger

DangerSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Cheap rubbish.

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Its mildly functional, media hub is clunky and does not support subtitles. Streaming via wifi 40cm away from the wireless adapter is hit and miss. Get an Nvidia Shield instead.

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Crystal

CrystalAU

  • 2 reviews

Fetch box mini and IInet

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Drew Kosh

Drew KoshSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 3 reviews

Great if its included from your ISP for free.

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Finally received my second Fetch box. This one works. Easy to use. Easy to set up. Mini cant record and can only pause for 15 mins.



Great if its included from your ISP for free.

Original review:
On initial startup Fetch Mini worked great for 15 minutes. After turning it off it never worked again. As my ISP supplied it and now all of their call centres and Tech support have shut down due to COVID-19 I am paying for junk I cant do anything about.

DO NOT GET FETCH TV. There is NO TECH Support for it at all.

Worst product I have ever had the miss-pleasure of owning.

Purchased in March 2021 for A$120.00.

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William

WilliamGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

Excellent service

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My fetch TV remote, had become difficult to operate, in selecting channels. I called to see what assist could be given. The operate following my explanation, proceed without question to post a new replacement remote. This arrive in the time specified, and I found that my previous remote was fault. I am now again enjoying fetch TV uninterrupted, with thanks and appreciation

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Mandy B.

Mandy B.

  • 3 reviews

Best thing I ever did

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I had no trouble setting this up. All the movie apps are accessible and I can stream anything I want from my phone to the Fetch box onto the TV.

Purchased in January 2021 at Dodo for A$10.00.

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Peter

PeterGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

  • 5 reviews
  • Verified purchase

No phone support

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Purchased in June 2021 at Harvey Norman for A$153.00.

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huddy

huddyMelbourne

  • 5 reviews

Handy connection for second television

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Easy to use set top box which connects two televisions.It enables to get apps including netflix, stan, you tube catch up television and movie package but you need to pay and free to air channels. It works effectively but means you need two remotes which can be tricky if you are tecnophobic. You can't rewind what you have on to watch back, but can pause for fifteen minutes. Easily connects to fetch mighty and allows you to watch shows recorded on fetch mighty. We have had no trouble with transmission at all.

Purchased in November 2021.

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Terry W.

Terry W.South East Queensland, QLD

The most crap top box you can ever get. Has a mind of its own and isn't worth the one star. So often it crap itself

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Not reliable
Breakdowns
Unresponsive
Can only get channel nine
Remote is crap
Don't buy our you will regret it
Doesn't do what it's supposed to
Has mind if it's own
Long boot up time and just crap around Really

Purchased in January 2021 for A$169.00.

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sadmushroom

sadmushroomSouth-Eastern Region, NSW

  • 5 reviews

It's good when it works (which is seldom)

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I love Fetch mini BUT it spends most days not working. Every update stalls and stops running. Trying to reboot is useless. After 2 or 3 days it comes back on, all by itself. Lasts for about a week, then another update stalls and no Fetch for another 2 or 3 days.

Purchased in September 2021.

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Diane

DianeHunter Region, NSW

  • 9 reviews

Fetch Mini is Mighty!

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Love this product as it really does work. Turned my old flat screen Sony Bravia TV into a Smart TV and can watch Catch Up, Netflix, Stan etc. As long as you have WiFi which I have unlimited data so I dont have to worry about how much I watch. The Fetch mini is small and unobtrusive but works, I believe, as well as the large Fetch box but its $100s of dollars cheaper. Highly recommend.

Purchased in September 2021 at JB Hi-Fi for A$140.00.

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Matt B

Matt BPerth, WA

fetch tv mini is poorly made

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I can't use my computer at the same time as I am using fetch even over Ethernet u get a weak signal from the fetch device. I don't have that issue with Telstra tv WiFi or Ethernet. Its so expensive their proprietary hardware at $169 outright. If you want fetch tv mini in another room its $338 for the 2 of them outright. the apps section is awful YouTube Netflix Stan no WWE Network no Spotify no Amazon prime video the remote is so generic & its too big.

Purchased in August 2021 at JB Hi-Fi.

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nembry

nembryPerth, WA

  • 2 reviews
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Limited Functionality

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The fact you cannot add other streaming service apps eg Amazon Prime and Kayo makes this box worthless.
There are much better products out there that can do the job much better than this out-dated device. Do not waste your money.

Purchased in October 2021.

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Sharon

SharonSydney, NSW

  • 21 reviews

What happened to channel 10

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I like fetch mini I won’t go back to Foxtel. One small problem I can get every channel but channel 10 and it’s off spin channels like 10 peach etc.

Purchased at Optus.

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Maria

MariaMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

Box died within a few years

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Box is cactus within a couple of years. Paid $450. Never buy one agin. Had to reboot box every couple of months even tho internet runs perfectly. Personally my earlier cheaper set top box was money well spent.

Purchased in May 2021 at Harvey Norman for A$450.00.

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Michelle S.

Michelle S.Central Highlands and Goldfields, VIC

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like

Fantastic

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Very easy to use and this product saved me buying a new TV. I turn the old TV into a Smart TV for the kids so they stay out of the main lounge and I can contain the mess

Purchased in August 2021.

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coffeetastesensation

coffeetastesensationPerth, WA

  • 4 reviews

So happy to have Fetch TV

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This product has great features such as Netflix, Catch Up TV, Movie Box and Movies for hire. It performs well when applying different settings. It is usually reliable however at times it will stop a segment of a show/movie and play a few seconds of a part of the show/movie that was rewound, then start from where it stopped. It is not as easy to navigate as the Telstra TV box but it takes a bit to get used to the different ways to navigate.

Purchased in July 2021.

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kate b.

kate b.Sydney, NSW

  • 3 reviews

Its perfect in everyway

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The idea of watching what i couldnt during the day is great, having connected to netflix also help the kids to watch thier favourite shows and cartoons.. very happy with that

Purchased in April 2021 at OPTUS for A$100.00.

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Sushma Kumar

Sushma KumarSydney, NSW

Excellent Entertainment

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It is great to have fetch with high definition reception n quality recording facilities. All my favourite programmes can be watched at leisure. Everything and whatever I need to watch is available at flick of button

Purchased in March 2021.

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annie65

annie65Perth, WA

  • 9 reviews

Not worth it

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I don't think I will continue with this most of the programs on TV aren't on catch up so if you don't watch them live you miss them. Very disappointing

Purchased in May 2021.

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Questions & Answers

bob

bobasked

Can you record on the mini

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Crystal
Crystal

HI Bob, no you cannot record on the mini. Ive had mine for 2 years. thanks

Drew Kosh
Drew Kosh

Hi Bob. Not on the mini. Only the Fetch Mighty records.

jenny

jennyasked

Can I hook my hard drive up to fetch mini so I can record the same way I do now with my Foxtel? It would save me buying the more expensive Mighty?

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Bent O.
Bent O.

I have both Mighty and Mini. Setting a recording on the mini is actually setting it on the mighty via software and wifi.

I just did a quick check of the manual and it only refers to ‘playing movies...music using the USB’.

Suggest you check their website manual or contact them directly to be sure.

My guess is... no.

JayneH

JayneHasked

Just bought a brand new Fetch Mini, it takes over 10 minutes to start every time, then doesn’t automatically connect to the wifi, & have to put in password every time, then sometimes connect to Netflix then other days it doesn’t, not sure if I got a faulty one or not, does anyone else have this problem???

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Fired Up
Fired Up

They can be temperamental initially. You can contact Fetch directly or realistically, based on startup delay, return the unit as faulty.

JayneH
JayneH

Ok thank you, yes I went to JBHIFi where I bought it & they said the same to return it with 90 days as it’s new & no questions asked. So thank you as tried to get into Fetch no success or reply to emails x

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