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vienne86 · 13-12-2020 11:02am

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 · 13-12-2020 9:25pm

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 · 14-12-2020 6:04pm

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 · 15-12-2020 10:39am

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 · 16-12-2020 7:19pm

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

Sultan of Bling · 16-12-2020 7:29pm

Dave..M wrote:

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

Yes it does

mdol · 17-12-2020 6:53pm

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 · 18-12-2020 12:19am

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 · 18-12-2020 12:57pm

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 · 18-12-2020 2:57pm

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 · 18-12-2020 3:23pm

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 · 18-12-2020 4:42pm

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 · 18-12-2020 5:11pm

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 · 18-12-2020 5:23pm

Virgin live working away here no problem
3 channels all live

decor58 · 18-12-2020 7:23pm

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 · 18-12-2020 8:57pm

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 · 21-12-2020 5:41pm

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 · 28-12-2020 5:05pm

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Yes it does

Not seeing NOW TV as an available app

billbond4 · 28-12-2020 5:06pm

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

Dave..M · 28-12-2020 5:08pm

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.

Red Silurian · 01-01-2021 2:45pm

Dave..M wrote: »

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.

I have an old Chromecast and can cast nowtv from my phone to it... Is this possible with the new Chromecast with GoogleTV?

Sultan of Bling · 01-01-2021 2:51pm

Dave..M wrote:

Thanks, I'd asked about the new Chromecast.

colmtheperson wrote:

I have an old Chromecast and can cast nowtv from my phone to it... Is this possible with the new Chromecast with GoogleTV?

Apologies dave.

I meant you can cast it in the chromecast to your TV as colm said above.

I assumed this was possible with the new chromecast also.

DoubleJoe7 · 02-01-2021 11:59am

I was certain I saw an ad for the sports packages on Now TV at half price for six months, but now I can't find it when I go to buy. Anyone else see this offer somewhere?

Sultan of Bling · 02-01-2021 8:15pm

DoubleJoe7 wrote:

I was certain I saw an ad for the sports packages on Now TV at half price for six months, but now I can't find it when I go to buy. Anyone else see this offer somewhere?

Never saw that one.

It was half price for 3 months at one stage and they had a 2 months for the price of one offer.

It might have been a different package you were looking at.

IrishHomer · 02-01-2021 8:22pm

Anyone else notice the Now TV picture now se ms Tobe upgraded to 1080p?

It's supposed to be 720

Nigzcurran · 02-01-2021 8:43pm

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Never saw that one.

It was half price for 3 months at one stage and they had a 2 months for the price of one offer.

It might have been a different package you were looking at.

Yep I have both the sports packages for a total of €35 a month for 3 months

DoubleJoe7 · 03-01-2021 1:59am

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Yep I have both the sports packages for a total of €35 a month for 3 months

I got the half price for three months deal, it comes to an end this week, which is why I was so happy (or so I thought?!) to see another deal.

Sultan of Bling · 03-01-2021 2:24am

DoubleJoe7 wrote:

I got the half price for three months deal, it comes to an end this week, which is why I was so happy (or so I thought?!) to see another deal.

I have the same deal which expires at the end of February. It's my first time using it and overall I'm happy with the performance.

I believe from reading previous threads that when you cancel, they will e-mail you another offer.

Would you mind letting the thread know of any deals they offer?

Nigzcurran · 03-01-2021 2:30am

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

I have the same deal which expires at the end of February. It's my first time using it and overall I'm happy with the performance.

I believe from reading previous threads that when you cancel, they will e-mail you another offer.

Would you mind letting the thread know of any deals they offer?

I canceled the other day and they offered me another discount, wasn’t half price though, think it was probably 33% off ish which I didn’t go for as I have a full iptv sub on a firestick and the half price deal was the absolute max I was willing to pay

Dave..M · 03-01-2021 5:48pm

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Apologies dave.

I meant you can cast it in the chromecast to your TV as colm said above.

I assumed this was possible with the new chromecast also.

Yup, can still cast but there's no app which is a pity (but not unexpected given how bad they are at device support)

rafatoni · 06-01-2021 2:10pm

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Yep I have both the sports packages for a total of €35 a month for 3 months

A deal like that would be very welcome this week :-)

Butson · 06-01-2021 3:46pm

Best deal going was in early October, got an email from them.
Sports extra for 3 months for €30 total.

CELBRIDGE HOOP · 06-01-2021 4:05pm

Butson wrote: »

Best deal going was in early October, got an email from them.
Sports extra for 3 months for €30 total.

I got that deal last week.Great deal.

DoubleJoe7 · 09-01-2021 10:46am

CELBRIDGE HOOP wrote: »

I got that deal last week.Great deal.

Was that deal via an email offer only?

CELBRIDGE HOOP · 10-01-2021 2:30am

DoubleJoe7 wrote: »

Was that deal via an email offer only?

Yes.

Nigzcurran · 10-01-2021 2:43am

CELBRIDGE HOOP wrote: »

Yes.

Can ye screenshot the contents of the email please? Might help other people get a bargain

doogb · 17-01-2021 9:55pm

Hi,

Does anyone know if NowTV will ever be available for Chromebooks ?

Thanks in advance

eskimo_undercov · 07-03-2021 2:28pm

IrishHomer wrote: »

Anyone else notice the Now TV picture now se ms Tobe upgraded to 1080p?

It's supposed to be 720

Could someone confirm that please? I'm eagerly waiting for 1080p in IE cause 720p is unwatchable for me after years of being spoiled by netflixes and such with 4k ☺

Thanks!

Sleeper12 · 07-03-2021 2:41pm

eskimo_undercov wrote:

Could someone confirm that please? I'm eagerly waiting for 1080p in IE cause 720p is unwatchable for me after years of being spoiled by netflixes and such with 4k â˜º

In the UK they charge 3 pounds for a month pass called NowTV Boost. It gives full HD. No one would pay the 3 per month if the regular stream was full HD

Nobotty · 07-03-2021 6:13pm

Its 1080 for me and also now has full dolby digital sound via a sound system
Im paying for neither

FRIENDO · 08-03-2021 12:39am

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.

NuMarvel · 09-03-2021 11:47am

Nobotty wrote: »

Its 1080 for me and also now has full dolby digital sound via a sound system
Im paying for neither

I haven't noticed any improvement but lately I've been watching a lot of older series that might not be in 1080 anyway.

Are you using a built in TV app or one of the sticks/boxes?

FRIENDO · 10-03-2021 1:42pm

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.

Working perfectly on the Irish Fire Stick now ðŸ‘

mackersdublin · 10-03-2021 7:16pm

Nobotty wrote: »

Its 1080 for me and also now has full dolby digital sound via a sound system
Im paying for neither

720p is the highest picture quality here in Ireland (4830/4831)
https://help.nowtv.com/ie/article/what-is-highest-streaming-quality-for-my-device

In the UK, you have the option of adding Boost for £3 extra per month for 1080p and you can watch on 3 different screens
https://www.nowtv.com/boost

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 10-03-2021 7:42pm

mackersdublin wrote: »

720p is the highest picture quality here in Ireland (4830/4831)
https://help.nowtv.com/ie/article/what-is-highest-streaming-quality-for-my-device

In the UK, you have the option of adding Boost for £3 extra per month for 1080p and you can watch on 3 different screens
https://www.nowtv.com/boost

It's crazy that they still don't offer that here. Like what's stopping them?

Sleeper12 · 10-03-2021 8:18pm

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote:

It's crazy that they still don't offer that here. Like what's stopping them?

I'm UK now tv & get the boost but 3 pounds a month extra for HD is shocking when you get 4k hdr free on prime & netflix

FRIENDO · 10-03-2021 8:31pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I'm UK now tv & get the boost but 3 pounds a month extra for HD is shocking when you get 4k hdr free on prime & netflix

4k is included on the Prime Irish package at no extra

However 4k is only available on the most expensive Netflix package in Ireland

Sleeper12 · 10-03-2021 8:38pm

FRIENDO wrote:

However 4k is only available on the most expensive Netflix package in Ireland

Now tv & entertainment & boost cost much more than the 4k pack though. This is only for HD. Even the most basic netflix pack gets you hd for free

NuMarvel · 10-03-2021 9:06pm

mackersdublin wrote: »

720p is the highest picture quality here in Ireland (4830/4831)
https://help.nowtv.com/ie/article/what-is-highest-streaming-quality-for-my-device

In the UK, you have the option of adding Boost for £3 extra per month for 1080p and you can watch on 3 different screens
https://www.nowtv.com/boost

Ironically, the TV pass on its own in Ireland is roughly equivalent to the sterling cost of the TV pass with HD boost in the UK. TV and Boost is £13 which converts to just over €15 today; the standard TV pass price in Ireland.

So we're in effect paying HD prices without the HD boost. :mad:

FRIENDO · 10-03-2021 10:11pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Now tv & entertainment & boost cost much more than the 4k pack though. This is only for HD. Even the most basic netflix pack gets you hd for free

No it doesn't
Netflix Basic SD (480p) €7.99
Netflix Standard HD (1080p) €12.99
Netflix Premium 4K €17.99

I also find myself nipping in and out of Now TV plans and getting very good value deals.

Sometimes you get a half price deal for 3 months with Now TV

Now

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