britishtrident
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| posted on 23/12/13 at 12:19 PM |
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Now TV box
Our FTTC broadband is getting installed so I ordered a Sky Now TV box for £9.99 I have no intention of paying a Sky subscription so it just really a
toe in the water test for broadband TV BBCi Player and Demand 5 if works well in a few months I will see what else is available from Roku,
Chromecast and others.
Link to Now TV Box review
[Edited on 23/12/13 by britishtrident]
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chrism
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| posted on 23/12/13 at 01:58 PM |
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Ive recently got one of these aswell, you dont get all the channels you would with a Roku Lt box (Which it is a cutdown version of it) but still
pretty good, you do need to sign up for a nowTV account which is a free and you can also get a months free Movie pass.
There are a few good other channels over the iPlayer, 4OD and Demand5 (No ITV Player) and its worth the £10 for the UFO and conspiracy channel alone,
Lol.
You can also sideload Plex client onto it and stream video from your pc/laptop.
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johnny chimpo
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| posted on 23/12/13 at 03:07 PM |
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Is there a list of channels available with this box?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/12/13 at 04:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by johnny chimpo
Is there a list of channels available with this box?
Sky/Now TV are bit unclear on exactly what what free channels you get you get but the Sky subscription stuff is well covered the main thing you
can't get is Netflix.
However for a £10 including delivery it has to be worth a punt just for BBCi Player alone especially if you have fibre broadband.
If you don't have an HDMI socket on your TV add £5 for a cable.
If it works for me I will buy a more versitile box and switch the Now box to another telly.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 23/12/13 at 05:02 PM |
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We've got one in my sons room. It's mostly all on demand stuff. But you can side load some programs onto it. I've got Plex loaded
which allows me to stream films from my brother in laws server in his house.
You can pay a subscription to get movies or sports if you don't have sky.
Ben
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davidinhull
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| posted on 1/1/14 at 05:08 PM |
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Hi
If possible could someone clarify, that after the initial£10 purchase, can you use this for bbc iplayer, 4od, and demand5 (but not itv player?) with
no other costs or subscription?
All I want to do is watch those online services (itv player in addition would be even better, if anyone can suggest an option for that) on the tv
rather than computer, so this seems a cheap way to do this - almost too cheap, hence my assumption there will be ongoing costs
Thanks
David
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 1/1/14 at 05:18 PM |
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Yes just don't sign up for the subscription bit. I didn't bother we just use the free bits.
Ben
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/1/14 at 12:43 PM |
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We bought a new LG 47LA620V smart telly and it has nowtv, iplayer and demand5 already on it and can access 4OD via the internet. I am very impressed
with it so far.
yours, Pete
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 3/1/14 at 01:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by davidinhull
Hi
If possible could someone clarify, that after the initial£10 purchase, can you use this for bbc iplayer, 4od, and demand5 (but not itv player?) with
no other costs or subscription?
All I want to do is watch those online services (itv player in addition would be even better, if anyone can suggest an option for that) on the tv
rather than computer, so this seems a cheap way to do this - almost too cheap, hence my assumption there will be ongoing costs
Thanks
David
A Samsung Blu-ray player will get you all the catch-up services, including ITV, plus loads of other on-demand apps like Lovefilm, Blinkbox, etc. Going
to sting you for a bit more than a tenner though 
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