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Sleeper12 · 10-03-2021 11:13pm

FRIENDO wrote:

No it doesn't Netflix Basic SD (480p) â‚¬7.99 Netflix Standard HD (1080p) â‚¬12.99 Netflix Premium 4K â‚¬17.99[/quote

Sorry. Typo. Entertainment, movies and boost are much more expensive than 4k Netflix & you only get HD with now tv.

I have 15 movie and entertainment vouchers stored on my now tv account but like you I hop in & out of streaming services. The big scoop sky have on entertainment (your honour) I've already seen on Showtime

BTW there is a thread on getting netflix from Turkey. Netflix Premium 4K is coming in at under 5 euro per month.

bugsyb4 · 10-03-2021 11:39pm

Is NOW TV definitely not HD? I had the sports there for a while as I got a 3 months free pass and also have it with my Eir subscription and the pic on NOW TV was much better!

On an aside does anyone know is there anyway of getting Sky Sports in HD with Eir? BT have their own HD channels but Sky don't, very annoying.

FRIENDO · 10-03-2021 11:58pm

bugsyb4 wrote: »

Is NOW TV definitely not HD? I had the sports there for a while as I got a 3 months free pass and also have it with my Eir subscription and the pic on NOW TV was much better!

On an aside does anyone know is there anyway of getting Sky Sports in HD with Eir? BT have their own HD channels but Sky don't, very annoying.

Now TV is HD at 720p

Full HD is 1080p

So you are correct Now TV is HD at 720p

FRIENDO · 11-03-2021 12:00am

Sleeper12 wrote: »

FRIENDO wrote:

No it doesn't Netflix Basic SD (480p) â‚¬7.99 Netflix Standard HD (1080p) â‚¬12.99 Netflix Premium 4K â‚¬17.99[/quote

Sorry. Typo. Entertainment, movies and boost are much more expensive than 4k Netflix & you only get HD with now tv.

I have 15 movie and entertainment vouchers stored on my now tv account but like you I hop in & out of streaming services. The big scoop sky have on entertainment (your honour) I've already seen on Showtime

BTW there is a thread on getting netflix from Turkey. Netflix Premium 4K is coming in at under 5 euro per month.

I seen that Turkish deal spoken about on boards and I do find Netflix Ireland expensive for the 4k and premium package.

Im just not tecky with vpn stuff, so I'll be staying on Irish Netflix

bugsyb4 · 11-03-2021 12:29am

FRIENDO wrote: »

Now TV is HD at 720p

Full HD is 1080p

So you are correct Now TV is HD at 720p

What is my Sky Sports with Eir then?

Always assumed SD was 720p.

Either way I find pic quite good using my NOW TV stick anyway.

FRIENDO · 11-03-2021 1:07am

bugsyb4 wrote: »

What is my Sky Sports with Eir then?

Always assumed SD was 720p.

Either way I find pic quite good using my NOW TV stick anyway.

SD is 576i Europe or 480 from the US also

HD is 720p,1080i and 1080p

Now TV at HD 720p is alot better than any SD picture, but it would be nice to have it in 1080p

Sorry, I don't know anything about Eir

Tigerandahalf · 11-03-2021 4:50pm

I see Now TV have added streaming options for their sports documentaries and other stuff.
The Lions rugby tour documentaries are up on it.

FRIENDO · 11-03-2021 10:04pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I see Now TV have added streaming options for their sports documentaries and other stuff.
The Lions rugby tour documentaries are up on it.

Yes, very good

namloc1980 · 14-03-2021 10:49pm

Months later and there's still no NowTV app on Google TV Chromecast. So slow.

icdg · 15-03-2021 7:02pm

Meanwhile, it seems Now TV is about to change its name to just “Now”. As you do.

icdg · 16-03-2021 4:26pm

icdg wrote: »

Meanwhile, it seems Now TV is about to change its name to just “Now”. As you do.

So this launched today and apart from the name change itself it’s an interesting one. All the garish colours and branding is gone in favour of a dark colour scheme. Seems to be a bit of a move more upmarket.

Also, passes are now “memberships”.

flexcon · 16-03-2021 5:42pm

Whats the rules for buying the UK sub and streaming in Ireland? Is the 60 day rule still there for roaming or has that now gone since Uk left Eu?

cause in the UK, Sky Sports Pack + boost split between 3 people (2 devices each, 3 concurrent streams) works out at €13 a month. Which seems doable.....like really doable.

IrishHomer · 17-03-2021 6:43am

I messaged Now TV Ireland few days ago asking about full HD and they said none available til end of the year.

Sleeper12 · 17-03-2021 6:50am

flexcon wrote:

Whats the rules for buying the UK sub and streaming in Ireland? Is the 60 day rule still there for roaming or has that now gone since Uk left Eu?

Unfortunately that stopped on 31st December. They are no longer in the EU and don't have any rights to broadcast UK content in the eu

flexcon · 17-03-2021 10:48am

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Unfortunately that stopped on 31st December. They are no longer in the EU and don't have any rights to broadcast UK content in the eu

Cheers

SmartDNS it is then. the UK plans are cheaper and they come with Boost for 1080. It's a no brainer

Delta2113 · 17-03-2021 10:51am

Got an app update yesterday for my LG Tv for Now - no messing around.

Nigzcurran · 17-03-2021 10:52am

flexcon wrote: »

Cheers

SmartDNS it is then. the UK plans are cheaper and they come with Boost for 1080. It's a no brainer

Is that similar to a vpn?

flexcon · 17-03-2021 10:59am

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Is that similar to a vpn?

It's better for streaming content. Smart DNS give you access to the Geo blocked content but doesn't send the stream through a VPN which can be slow and cause the picture to be blurry.

Also - there is no need to send the stream through a VPN it's a waste.

I'm not sure of the rules for posting links to providers so I wont here - PM me if you want more info

icdg · 17-03-2021 11:44am

To be clear there is absolutely no discussion of circumventing regional restrictions here

I will add though, that before the Portability Regulation was a thing, Sky had no problem with Sky Go customers accessing their content in both the U.K. and Ireland with appropriate adjustments (so you would see the U.K. line up in the U.K.). Now hadn’t been launched then but they could have went back to that situation and rights wouldn’t have been an issue (at least they weren’t back then and it was only a couple of years ago).

Johnboy1951 · 17-03-2021 4:35pm

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Is that similar to a vpn?

I use
https://www.smartdnsproxy.com/
for VPN and it includes their smart dns.

icdg · 17-03-2021 4:54pm

Johnboy1951 banned for 48 hours for ignoring warning in previous post

namloc1980 · 17-03-2021 7:36pm

Delta2113 wrote: »

Got an app update yesterday for my LG Tv for Now - no messing around.

Shame they couldn't launch a Google TV app. And also no 1080p HD option in Ireland.

WoollyRedHat · 18-03-2021 11:38am

I was able to toggle to 1080HD in my settings. Is it a case that the option is there but not the functionality?

NuMarvel · 18-03-2021 12:53pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

I was able to toggle to 1080HD in my settings. Is it a case that the option is there but not the functionality?

Devices can be set to stream 1080 (even NowTV branded devices), but the service/app itself only streams up to 720 no matter what setting the device has.

Sleeper12 · 18-03-2021 2:52pm

Boost feature is supposed to be coming to Ireland later in the year I think

Equium · 18-03-2021 6:43pm

FRIENDO wrote: »

Just noticed the Now TV app Has arrived on the Irish Fire stick
Must be still work in progress, I could log in and view perfect but the app won't add to my app list or recently viewed.
But good to see it on the Fire stick.

Out of interest, is your Firestick/Amazon account using a UK or Irish address? I have downloaded the NOW app but it won't log in. I just get sent back to the 'sign in to see your details' page.

FRIENDO · 18-03-2021 7:24pm

Equium wrote: »

Out of interest, is your Firestick/Amazon account using a UK or Irish address? I have downloaded the NOW app but it won't log in. I just get sent back to the 'sign in to see your details' page.

Probably best to message Amazon on chat, they will sort it out for you, think mine is set for UK

Nigzcurran · 18-03-2021 9:33pm

FRIENDO wrote: »

Probably best to message Amazon on chat, they will sort it out for you, think mine is set for UK

Mine is set to ireland and installed no problemo

feargantae · 19-03-2021 2:22am

namloc1980 wrote: »

Shame they couldn't launch a Google TV app. And also no 1080p HD option in Ireland.

If someone has a Sony Android TV and can extract the NowTV apk for Éire then there's a fella on Reddit who can mod it to work on Google TV. He did the same for the English and Italian NowTV. Just us left!!

brianc27 · 19-03-2021 7:11pm

Equium wrote: »

Out of interest, is your Firestick/Amazon account using a UK or Irish address? I have downloaded the NOW app but it won't log in. I just get sent back to the 'sign in to see your details' page.

Similar issue with myself, app actually freezes when I log in, says video can't load then brings me back to the log in page and the app freezes then, strange one, my address is set to ireland

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