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Perez2017

JDxtra wrote: »

The minimum is 2.5. If you're that close to the minimum, you may struggle at peak times or if something else on your broadband uses bandwidth at the same time.

What are other streaming services like e.g. YouTube.

YouTube and Netflix both work fine.

Butson

Does anyone know if you buy a new stick that comes loaded with passes, does it over ride your current passes.
I have the sports, cinema and entertainment pre paid until end of January but stick got broken. New one came with a month of each. Started watching Sky sports as normal, then checked my account and it said I had activated the new Pass.
Thank you.

bugsyb4

Does anyone know if a NOW TV Stick works abroad?

Currently have active sports, entertainment and cinema passes on it.

NuMarvel

bugsyb4 wrote: »

Does anyone know if a NOW TV Stick works abroad?

Currently have active sports, entertainment and cinema passes on it.

You can roam in EU countries for up to 30 days. It won't work at all in non-EU countries, including the UK from 1 Jan 2021.

More here.

decor58

bugsyb4 wrote: »

Does anyone know if a NOW TV Stick works abroad?

Currently have active sports, entertainment and cinema passes on it.

As said, yes, I used mine on the continent, Netflix worked without a hitch, RTE and VM players worked but with some restrictions.

vienne86

I'm new to NowTV. I've been watching all afternoon using the stick on my home TV. A family member tried to log in at the same time using the app on an iPad in the UK. They couldn't get connected - should there be any issue with doing this? I haven't checked yet if there is any problem with their iPad/app.

Nigzcurran

vienne86 wrote: »

I'm new to NowTV. I've been watching all afternoon using the stick on my home TV. A family member tried to log in at the same time using the app on an iPad in the UK. They couldn't get connected - should there be any issue with doing this? I haven't checked yet if there is any problem with their iPad/app.

Think it’s only one login allowed at a time

IrishHomer

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Think it’s only one login allowed at a time

Two logins are allowed at one time but max 5 devices registered at any time.

Maybe brexit is now preventing EU stuff in UK

vienne86

IrishHomer wrote: »

Two logins are allowed at one time but max 5 devices registered at any time.

Maybe brexit is now preventing EU stuff in UK

That's what I thought, though I thought I might have read somewhere that with Sky Sports passes you can only have one login. I can certainly have two devices simultaneously in my house. I'll try one on another network later.

NuMarvel

vienne86 wrote: »

That's what I thought, though I thought I might have read somewhere that with Sky Sports passes you can only have one login. I can certainly have two devices simultaneously in my house. I'll try one on another network later.

It could be that you can't have simultaneous log ins in different countries. They allow roaming in EU countries (and the UK up to 1 Jan 2021), but from their perspective, you can't be roaming if you're also watching something at home.

vienne86

NuMarvel wrote: »

It could be that you can't have simultaneous log ins in different countries. They allow roaming in EU countries (and the UK up to 1 Jan 2021), but from their perspective, you can't be roaming if you're also watching something at home.

Perhaps that's it. I've just managed two simultaneous logins here, on different networks.

givecredit

vienne86 wrote: »

I'm new to NowTV. I've been watching all afternoon using the stick on my home TV. A family member tried to log in at the same time using the app on an iPad in the UK. They couldn't get connected - should there be any issue with doing this? I haven't checked yet if there is any problem with their iPad/app.

your family member needs to install the Irish Version of the app, not the UK app.

vienne86

givecredit wrote: »

your family member needs to install the Irish Version of the app, not the UK app.

Ah okay - I'll tell them that. I wasn't aware that there were different versions of the app for Ireland and UK.

mollser

Butson wrote: »

Does anyone know if you buy a new stick that comes loaded with passes, does it over ride your current passes.
I have the sports, cinema and entertainment pre paid until end of January but stick got broken. New one came with a month of each. Started watching Sky sports as normal, then checked my account and it said I had activated the new Pass.
Thank you.

The stick passes follow after whatever offer you're on - i.e. i just activated a free 7 day trial entertainment pass, then that day activated the 2 month entertainment pass that came with a stick, and the next payment is due in 2 months and one week - so i still get the benefit of the 7 day free trial.

Dave..M

Hey, can anyone confirm if the NOWTV app works on the new Google Chromecast?

Sultan of Bling

Dave..M wrote:

Hey, can anyone confirm if the NOWTV app works on the new Google Chromecast?

Yes it does

mdol

Thinking of getting one for the kitchen tv. Could somebody tell me if the Sky News/RTE/Virgin and All4 apps have a 'watch live' option?

My ancient old Roku box for example has rte player on it but no option to watch live content, I can only stream catch-up content which is pointless.

decor58

mdol wrote: »

Thinking of getting one for the kitchen tv. Could somebody tell me if the Sky News/RTE/Virgin and All4 apps have a 'watch live' option?

My ancient old Roku box for example has rte player on it but no option to watch live content, I can only stream catch-up content which is pointless.

Only Sky news has live option, VM "live" option appears on screen but is "unavailable" when you select it.

Fake Tales

So NowTV is supposed to have come to Fire stick. Can anyone see the app. I have the new 4k stick but don't see any NowTV in the app store.

icdg

Not to be rolled out for Ireland until the new year. Although as Amazon doesn’t actually support the Fire Stick here (aside from the Basic Edition, if you can get hold of it) I’m intrigued to see how that will work.

Fake Tales

icdg wrote: »

Not to be rolled out for Ireland until the new year. Although as Amazon doesn’t actually support the Fire Stick here (aside from the Basic Edition, if you can get hold of it) I’m intrigued to see how that will work.

What's different with the basic edition that means it is supported?

Amazon obviously have a method of holding back apps from people in Ireland (we don't see ITV or BBC) so I imagine they just turn that off?

givecredit

Fake Tales wrote: »

What's different with the basic edition that means it is supported?

Amazon obviously have a method of holding back apps from people in Ireland (we don't see ITV or BBC) so I imagine they just turn that off?

The app is a dedicated irish version. Different to UK now tv app. So they need to build it.

mdol

decor58 wrote: »

Only Sky news has live option, VM "live" option appears on screen but is "unavailable" when you select it.

Cheers. Bought one for half price and that is indeed the case. Oh well.

BionicRasher

Virgin live working away here no problem
3 channels all live

decor58

BionicRasher wrote: »

Virgin live working away here no problem
3 channels all live

Thanks for that, live is fine now, previously I just got "unavailable".

Fake Tales

givecredit wrote: »

The app is a dedicated irish version. Different to UK now tv app. So they need to build it.

Out of interest what/why is there a differece. I would have expected the sky content ie the same.

swoofer

I just treied rte player for late late 11 Dec and its still buffering! a friend has same problem, is this rrte or now ttv

Dave..M

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Yes it does

Not seeing NOW TV as an available app

billbond4

I have it on my firestick, but you will need to have a uk account for it to work at the moment

Dave..M

billbond4 wrote: »

I have it on my firestick, but you will need to have a uk account for it to work at the moment

Thanks, I'd asked about the new Chromecast.

Edit: in case anyone else is wondering; there is currently no NowTV app on the new Chromecast with Google TV.