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Millem

Apologies if this is not allowed to be discussed.

I noticed on the Currys Irish site they are selling NOWTV . It seems like a good alternative for us to Netflix. I will pay for the monthly passes.
http://www.currys.ie/Product/now-tv-box-with-3-month-entertainment-pass/334977/397.3.1

Does anyone know if it works in Ireland? If so do you just simply plug it in?
Thanks a million.

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eoghan104

Excellent. Thanks for that.

coylemj

eoghan104 wrote: »

I just bought the box and a sports pass.

The offers that I've seen are for the box bundled with either an entertainment or movies 14 days pass, did you buy a Sky Sports pass separately? If you did and it's a €15 seven day pass, take note that as a new Now TV user, you can sign up for Sky Sports at €20 p.m. for three months, this is cancellable at any time so you can get one month for €20 instead of seven days for €15. If you haven't used the pass and want to cancel, you should be within the cooling off period.

eoghan104 wrote: »

Also can you wire the box with internet?

Yes and that's the best way to connect it when you use it for the first time as the first boot will download the latest version of the s/w. But it will remember wi-fi passwords so when you're all setup, disconnect the cable and set it up for wi-fi, that way it will be a breeze to connect if/when you bring it to the bedroom or another room away from the router. As with Apple TV, it will used a wired connection in preference to wi-fi if it detects a cable connection.

Schwanz

http://entertainment.ie/tv/news/NOW-TV-launch-a-Smart-Stick-for-handy-and-cheap-access-to-TV-movies-and-Sky-Sports/405908.htm

Stick available now to buy in the Republic.

muffler

I see pigsback.com doing a great deal at the moment. €20 for the box including a choice of either 2 months entertainment or 2 months movies pass. Price includes delivery. The same offer is in Argos for €27

Edit.....see below - its another 20 for delivery

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Johnboy1951

muffler wrote: »

I see pigsback.com doing a great deal at the moment. €20 for the box including a choice of either 2 months entertainment or 2 months movies pass. Price includes delivery. The same offer is in Argos for €27

I had a look and see this:

Highlights

Get a NOW TV box plus a 2 month Entertainment or Sky Cinema Pass for just €19.99 - 50% Off
Stream award-winning box sets or the biggest box office hits on your TV.
With no contract, dip in and out at any time.
Delivered free to your door in 3-5 days (after voucher redemption)
Access Sky Sports with a Day, Week and Month Passes. Available to buy at nowtv.com/ie

FINE PRINT
Delivery costs an additional €19.99 per voucher/item
18+ ROI Only. New NOW TV customers only.
Redemption required at www.nowtv.com/ie
Cinema or entertainment pass costs €15 per month once the 2 month offer period ends, unless cancelled

I find that not a little confusing ...... comment? Thanks.

muffler

A good spot Jb. I looked at the front page and never noticed the bit in brackets.....

Delivered free to your door in 3-5 days (after voucher redemption)

So its actually another 20 quid for delivery. Great bloody way they have for describing things. I was tempted but not any more :mad:

FRIENDO

Ye just got the Sky Sports offer 20 Euro for 3 months.
It said 50 but when I selected the package it offered me the 20 Euro deal, so happy days :-)

kooga

The roaming feature with your box is very handy - while abroad I got an email to say my roaming would expire in 7 days and so it did as I was out of the country for 30 days

To reactivate it I had to return to Belfast and last night I set the box back up again and the roaming restarted - which was great.

NuMarvel

I forgot to mention this here, but Nestle are doing a promotion offering chances to win passes. The Bargain Alerts thread is here.

FRIENDO

NuMarvel wrote:

I forgot to mention this here, but Nestle are doing a promotion offering chances to win passes. The Bargain Alerts thread is

Great that's me off the diet :-)
Thanks

NuMarvel

FRIENDO wrote: »

Great that's me off the diet :-)
Thanks

It's a great offer. Free passes AND increased odds of diabetes. What more could you want?

FRIENDO

NuMarvel wrote: »

It's a great offer. Free passes AND increased odds of diabetes. What more could you want?

Great stuff and thanks, just bough two bars today (2 for 2 Euro) and won both times, voucher valid till April 2019, I have a feeling everybody is a winner

The choice is one of the following:

Month Entertainment
Month Movies
Month Kids
Day Pass on Sports

I've already purchased the Sports for the 3 month offer and good bargains are being advertised for Entertainment and Movies at the moment, so I think I'll hang on to the vouchers for a while

Millem

got two bars today for €1.60! Waiting for husband to come home and eat them to see if I won!!!

FRIENDO

Millem wrote: »

got two bars today for €1.60! Waiting for husband to come home and eat them to see if I won!!!

Hope you got the one's with the Now TV offer on the label, I bought two Yorky's yesterday only to discover they didn't have the offer

So found two Toffy Crisps today with the right offer

Its like Christmas with all the Chocolate :-)

Millem

FRIENDO wrote: »

Hope you got the one's with the Now TV offer on the label, I bought two Yorky's yesterday only to discover they didn't have the offer

So found two Toffy Crisps today with the right offer

Its like Christmas with all the Chocolate :-)

yes...I won on both

Buying another two tomorrow!!!

Millem

Question on roaming.....can you log in in two different countries at the same time?
Thanks

Schwanz

Heard there's plans to have this service streaming in 1080, any truth to this?

FRIENDO

Schwanz wrote: »

Heard there's plans to have this service streaming in 1080, any truth to this?

Yes it was reported that Now Tv will be streamed at 1080p this year, I've set the Now TV box at 1080p output anyway, don't know if it's still 720 or upscaled 1080p, but I'm very happy with the quality, watching on a 50" plasma.

Tigerandahalf

I stream using the chromecast for the last good while and I have always thought the 720p output was near hd. It makes you realise how crap the output is from tv3 and tg4.

NuMarvel

They're doing another half price offer from the Entertainment (TV) or Cinema passes: €7.50 per month for 2 months, runs up to 12th August.

As always, it's for "new customers only", but based on past experience, that's anyone who doesn't have a current pass when they buy a new one.

kennyb3

How is the quality of the stream?

I'm a non techie and trying to find a way to have sky sports at certain times of the year - the odd week pass and month pass. Is this the best option?

If I and my father both bought boxes could we both run off same pass (as says you can stream from 2 devices) to effectively half the cost?

I wish sky would just sell the sports channels without the 100+ channels on the basic package I don't want.

Currently relying on mobdro on my phone but it's so bad during big events.

I assume this wouldn't be the case with now tv? Anyone watch the open championship through it? Was it stop/start?

FRIENDO

kennyb3 wrote: »

How is the quality of the stream?

I'm a non techie and trying to find a way to have sky sports at certain times of the year - the odd week pass and month pass. Is this the best option?

If I and my father both bought boxes could we both run off same pass (as says you can stream from 2 devices) to effectively half the cost?

I wish sky would just sell the sports channels without the 100+ channels on the basic package I don't want.

Currently relying on mobdro on my phone but it's so bad during big events.

I assume this wouldn't be the case with now tv? Anyone watch the open championship through it? Was it stop/start?

It works great, Sky Sports is perfect quality, I'm using the Now TV box.

I live in a rural area, so my internet is not very fast, I get up to speed 15 but with other users in the house it can be a lot less to each device but the Now TV works really well streaming.

I think Now TV say that you need a minimum of 2.5 download.

You can register up to a max of 4 devices per month for your Now TV account and watch on any two devices at the same time.

I work away from home often and watch on my mobile phone, I have also chrome casted onto my Fathers Sony TV when I stay there, it works perfect

McMurphy

Lads I'm very unfamiliar with these, but may be interested one.

Can anyone tell me if they're android based and if so is it possible to sideload apks on to it?

icdg

They are rebranded Roku boxes, the software is Linux based afaik but with access to Roku’s Channel Store locked down further.

McMurphy

icdg wrote: »

They are rebranded Roku boxes, the software is Linux based afaik but with access to Roku’s Channel Store locked down further.

So that'd be a no then?

flexcon

I still don't understand why the NOW TV app on Apple TV isn't available in ROI. It's available in the UK.

That is the only reason why I use the UK app version, so I can watch on the Apple TV. Works perfectly without VPN. I only need a VPN when buying the pass.

I downloaded the App from the UK Apple App store and tried singing into my Irish account but no luck, it needs that UK account.

I am not suggesting anyone to use a UK account btw, just giving context to the annoying Issue. Sorry if this breaks the MODS rules, its kinda difficult to convey the issue without describing the bottleneck

mikeym

Is Rte 1 + 2 and Virgin One on Now Tv?

icdg

No. No terrestrial channels are carried in either the U.K. or Ireland. It’s designed to be paired with DTT or Freesat.

Tigerandahalf

icdg wrote: »

No. No terrestrial channels are carried in either the U.K. or Ireland. It’s designed to be paired with DTT or Freesat.

Are you sure about that? I thought they released a box in the uk that could hook up a terrestrial aerial, but not in Ireland.

Johnboy1951

icdg wrote: »

No. No terrestrial channels are carried in either the U.K. or Ireland. It’s designed to be paired with DTT or Freesat.

Now TV Smart box has a Freeview tuner, IIRC.

EDIT:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107224998&postcount=238

It seems attempting to use that link from an Irish location causes the URL to be changed to not display the UK site.