Now TV Stick with Multipass Bundle - Half price in Dunnes

avud · 28-11-2019 12:59PM

I’m an eir customer but don’t have a smart tv although I have a 4K firestick, my question is would this offer on Amazon prime be of any use to me could I play the prime TV movies.

Frank_1969 · 28-11-2019 02:15PM

SuperValu doing it for €19.99

cian8 · 28-11-2019 02:44PM

Thanks OP

That will sort the TV in the other room when the in-laws arrive for Xmas!

I had a €25 off €100 voucher in Dunnes so as the other €75 worth of groceries were required this was essentially for free.

dinneenp · 28-11-2019 02:50PM

The original deal, is it 1 month cinema, arts & 1 week sports or only one from the 3?

gerrybbadd · 28-11-2019 02:54PM

dockysher wrote: »

Are u able to download Iptv on now tv stick? Or would amazon fire stick be needed?

No you can't. Just so you're aware, we aren't allowed to discuss IPTV on Boards

facehugger99 · 28-11-2019 04:53PM

Frank_1969 wrote: »

SuperValu doing it for €19.99

No mention of the 1 week Sky Sports pack though.

New Home · 28-11-2019 10:25PM

It's also available in Lidl at €19.99 from the 2nd of December.

NOW TV CINEMA BUNDLE SMART STICK

https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/gifts-for-him-her/now-tv-cinema-bundle-smart-stick/p32695

dulpit · 29-11-2019 09:56AM

New Home wrote: »

It's also available in Lidl at €19.99 from the 2nd of December.

NOW TV CINEMA BUNDLE SMART STICK

https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/gifts-for-him-her/now-tv-cinema-bundle-smart-stick/p32695

Slightly different, that's 2 months sky cinema, so no entertainment, no sports, etc...

dowtchaboy · 29-11-2019 11:59PM

brandonviewer wrote: »

Saw this today as well. I notice that the rte player is listed on the box but I can't see any mention of being able to source this anywhere else including the now Ireland website. Can anyone confirm that it actually works and how easy it is to use?

Yes I have these players showing on mine I had to manually add some from within the menu system ie just click on add Apps and a selection appears to choose from):
Sky News; All4 (plays catchup for all the Ch4 brands and a huge library of boxsets, but NOT live Ch4); YouTube; RTE Player; Virgin Player; Netflix; TED

There were others but i haven't bothered to add them yet. Unfortunately no TG4.

By the way these apps keep working even after the Now TV subscription lapses - I find the ability to access Ch4 boxsets a great bonus. Mind you it's lower resolution than HD- when I run the All4 app on my Chromecast the picture is much crisper.

dowtchaboy · 30-11-2019 12:15AM

By the way - this may have been covered in another thread but if you go to nowTV website they have some Black Friday offers - eg Entertainment 2 months for €15; 2 months Entertainment + Cinema for €25 - you do have to remember to cancel before full price kicks in.

https://www.nowtv.com/ie/watch-tv-shows-online

NateDogsCats · 30-11-2019 10:22AM

Can't remember if it was posted but these aren't codes in the boxes, you have to link it to your account and then all the passes have to be redeemed together. I wanted to avoid it so I wouldn't waste the free trials I still had so I linked them up and didn't redeem, and I went back into my account afterwards and the option to redeem them is still there.

brandonviewer · 30-11-2019 12:21PM

dowtchaboy wrote: »

By the way - this may have been covered in another thread but if you go to nowTV website they have some Black Friday offers - eg Entertainment 2 months for €15; 2 months Entertainment + Cinema for €25 - you do have to remember to cancel before full price kicks in.

https://www.nowtv.com/ie/watch-tv-shows-online

How easy is it to cancel?

dulpit · 30-11-2019 12:46PM

brandonviewer wrote: »

How easy is it to cancel?

Just a button click

Qwerty27 · 30-11-2019 01:55PM

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Yes I have these players showing on mine I had to manually add some from within the menu system ie just click on add Apps and a selection appears to choose from):
Sky News; All4 (plays catchup for all the Ch4 brands and a huge library of boxsets, but NOT live Ch4); YouTube; RTE Player; Virgin Player; Netflix; TED

There were others but i haven't bothered to add them yet. Unfortunately no TG4.

Does the rte player let you watch live shows or is it just the catch up service? Have an LG tv with player built in but can only watch repeats and not live.

ooter · 30-11-2019 02:23PM

not sure if it's just my stick but the rte player hasn't been working for a few weeks now, all other apps working fine.

bored_newbie · 30-11-2019 11:47PM

dowtchaboy wrote: »

By the way - this may have been covered in another thread but if you go to nowTV website they have some Black Friday offers - eg Entertainment 2 months for €15; 2 months Entertainment + Cinema for €25 - you do have to remember to cancel before full price kicks in.

https://www.nowtv.com/ie/watch-tv-shows-online

Can you buy now and hold off on activating it until the end of December?
I was thinking of buying the double Sports pack but when you go to checkout it says "Your content will start immediately."

So in other words, you can't buy it now as a Christmas present...

dowtchaboy · 01-12-2019 02:07AM

Qwerty27 wrote: »

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Yes I have these players showing on mine I had to manually add some from within the menu system ie just click on add Apps and a selection appears to choose from):
Sky News; All4 (plays catchup for all the Ch4 brands and a huge library of boxsets, but NOT live Ch4); YouTube; RTE Player; Virgin Player; Netflix; TED

There were others but i haven't bothered to add them yet. Unfortunately no TG4.

Does the rte player let you watch live shows or is it just the catch up service? Have an LG tv with player built in but can only watch repeats and not live.

Yeah I have an LG too. I just now tried the RTE Player on the NOW stick - it works OK and seems smoother than I remember the PC version anyway. But there is nowhere that I can see to select live TV, just catch-ups and box sets.

Now I'm trying the RTE Player app built-in to the LG - it complains that it needs to be updated since mid-October. After a few failed attempts, in the end I exited, fired the app up again and took the option to update it. Works fine - nice and smooth on The Shield box set. Maybe they have finally sorted out their problems? but again there is no option to show live TV. I don't have proper broadband - use Vodafone 4G tethered on my phone, but it works for me for RTE and Ch4 boxsets with the occasional pause.

Just for completeness I've just run the Player app on my Mac and now I do get the option to play the live channels.
Hope this helps.

lertsnim · 01-12-2019 02:16AM

dinneenp wrote: »

I can get amazon. Prime free as I'm an eir customer. So that would include the matches! Great.

No. It is Prime Video UK that has the premier league matches. Premier Sport have the Irish rights.

IrishHomer · 01-12-2019 02:43AM

lertsnim wrote: »

No. It is Prime Video UK that has the premier league matches. Premier Sport have the Irish rights.

Your mixed up there.

Amazon prime have live streaming rights to uk for three days within the next month mainly St Stephens day and next Tuesday night.

Premier sports is a satellite channel who has Saturday 3pm kick off rights to Ireland only.

Father Hernandez · 01-12-2019 12:36PM

IrishHomer wrote: »

Your mixed up there.

Amazon prime have live streaming rights to uk for three days within the next month mainly St Stephens day and next Tuesday night.

Premier sports is a satellite channel who has Saturday 3pm kick off rights to Ireland only.

Amazon have the rights to these games in the UK only, not ROI.

Premier Sports have the rights to the Saturday 3pm games, midweek fixtures this week and St Stephens Day games too.

Irish customers won't be able to watch these games on Amazon, they don't have the rights.

https://www.premiersports.com/premierleague.html

lertsnim · 01-12-2019 02:29PM

IrishHomer wrote: »

Your mixed up there.

Amazon prime have live streaming rights to uk for three days within the next month mainly St Stephens day and next Tuesday night.

Premier sports is a satellite channel who has Saturday 3pm kick off rights to Ireland only.

I am not mixed up. The Sky EPG even shows games on Premier Sports 1 and 2 this Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.

It is you that's mixed up.

IrishHomer · 01-12-2019 02:35PM

lertsnim wrote: »

I am not mixed up. The Sky EPG even shows games on Premier Sports 1 and 2 this Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.

It is you that's mixed up.

Cool ill go purchase a now tv box so thanks for information

dinneenp · 20-12-2019 10:11PM

Hi,
So where have the best deal if I want Sky Movies & a week of Sky Sports please?
Want to get one for the Xmas break.
Thanks,
Pa

glwaymiko · 21-12-2019 08:55AM

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,
So where have the best deal if I want Sky Movies & a week of Sky Sports please?
Want to get one for the Xmas break.
Thanks,
Pa

Now tv web site at the moment 2 fr 1 monthly offer €15 ....

mjp · 21-12-2019 09:56AM

glwaymiko wrote: »

Now tv web site at the moment 2 fr 1 monthly offer €15 ....

What sort of broadband speeds do you need for nowtv to work? Only have 2 mbs speed here and just about able watch Netflix movie without buffering. Don't want to blow money on 2 month pass and not have the speed for it then.

deadduck · 21-12-2019 01:00PM

ooter wrote: »

not sure if it's just my stick but the rte player hasn't been working for a few weeks now, all other apps working fine.

Anyone know if the RTE player is back working? I tried using it a few weeks and it would either totally crash and cause the now tv stick to reboot, or sometimes the picture would just freeze, while the audio played ok???

Rackstar · 21-12-2019 01:01PM

deadduck wrote: »

Anyone know if the RTE player is back working? I tried using it a few weeks and it would either totally crash and reboot the cause now tv stick, or sometimes the picture would just freeze, while the audio played ok???

Same here. Thought that was just how it was. Will check it this evening

dowtchaboy · 21-12-2019 02:46PM

mjp wrote: »

What sort of broadband speeds do you need for nowtv to work? Only have 2 mbs speed here and just about able watch Netflix movie without buffering. Don't want to blow money on 2 month pass and not have the speed for it then.

The NOW stick is only 720p so it's not a huge data guzzler (not HD).
I use it on a 50%strength 4G or 3G (H) mobile data and it works fine - maybe the odd pause in bad weather. I watched 2 hours of Endeavour on it via the Virgin Player app on it last night and it was flawless. It has the RTE Player too but not TG4. Best of all, of course, is that it has the Ch4 player and its superb boxset catalogue and catchup service.

dowtchaboy · 21-12-2019 03:08PM

deadduck wrote: »

Anyone know if the RTE player is back working? I tried using it a few weeks and it would either totally crash and cause the now tv stick to reboot, or sometimes the picture would just freeze, while the audio played ok???

Checking it now 13.47 Saturday afternoon - trying out The Shield boxset:
ads are running perfectly....dum de dum....ok the first ad played perfectly, then there was a blank and then the 4th ad played...and we're off! It's working fine....bit of a chase on the streets ... and it's crashed out back to the NOW menu after about 3 minutes. Went through to the SHield again - this time it skipped ads 1 and 5, showed the other 3....and we're back at the beginning of The Shield pilot again. OK - this time it's kept running fine - watched about 15 minutes of it before I stopped it.
So it's looking fairly good.

william · 23-12-2019 02:47PM

Hi. I only need access to RTE player. Would the stick be good for that without a subscription and would it be easy to scroll through the player’s menus etc. Thanks. William

Now TV Stick with Multipass Bundle - Half price in Dunnes

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