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NowTV stick as a €25 upgrade to a fairly smart TV

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  • 22-10-2019 12:15pm
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    vidapura
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Just a little thing that people might find handy.
    I have an older 32" tv in the kitchen. Its not a smart TV but it is full HD and has a saorview tuner.

    The lady of the house wanted to be able to watch stuff off RTE Player and we figured twould be handy to have youtube available so the kids could leave me have the big tv for a match or whatever...

    So I found that you can buy the NowTV stick directly from nowtv online without any packages for €25 euro. (Thats 25 Delivered BTW)

    Arrived this morning, plugged it in, did a bit of updating.. and now I have a 'fairly smart' tv... its got RTE Player and Youtube working great off the stick...

    Haven't had time to look much more at it yet but it appears to have the Channel 4 player and a few other apps too...

    Hope this might be of use to someone lookin for a cheap way to upgrade a telly...


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,345 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Does it require a power source - USB cable or DC adapter?


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    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    CD keys usually have the passes fairly cheap for it too.


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    fdevine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭fdevine


    coylemj wrote: »
    Does it require a power source - USB cable or DC adapter?

    Micro USB powered. Will work off TV USB socket or wall wart


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    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Supermacs are doing some promo with one month codes I think.


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    NateDogsCats
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭NateDogsCats


    I'm using NowTV with the Sky Sports offer from July/August but through my PS4 app, but my Philips TV only has Prime and Netflix apps and I can't install anything else. Was thinking of getting a stick to see if it helps with quality (and my PS4 loading TV apps can be a bit dodgy at times) so I might try this.


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,915 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Firestick is a great option.


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    Smurts
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭Smurts


    Can you get RTÉ player on the fire stick? I think I downloaded it through the play store before but it didn’t work right on it


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    iggy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭iggy


    Does rte player work good on the now TV stick?


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    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,613 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    NateDogsCats wrote: »
    I'm using NowTV with the Sky Sports offer from July/August but through my PS4 app, but my Philips TV only has Prime and Netflix apps and I can't install anything else. Was thinking of getting a stick to see if it helps with quality (and my PS4 loading TV apps can be a bit dodgy at times) so I might try this.

    What was that offer out of interest


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    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,361 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Amazon Fire Stick is a much better option but sometimes you get good deals on NowTV where it comes with passes or whatever. And to be honest in certain cases, depending on the user, a NowTV is a little more straight forward.


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    bromley52
    Registered Users Posts: 2,796 ✭✭✭bromley52


    Smurts wrote: »
    Can you get RTÉ player on the fire stick? I think I downloaded it through the play store before but it didn’t work right on it

    It's not available on the Amazon app store. You have to manually install June's android version and a mouse app as the remote will not work with it. It works reasonably well once you get used to it but I would not recommend it for most.


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    larchielads
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭larchielads


    bromley52 wrote: »
    It's not available on the Amazon app store. You have to manually install June's android version and a mouse app as the remote will not work with it. It works reasonably well once you get used to it but I would not recommend it for most.

    Any links to junes android version????


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    pasta-solo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭pasta-solo


    I use the Now TV app on my LG smart TV, and it's pretty awful tbh. Has to buffer every few mins. Definitely not net speed issue. Would one of these be better for Now TV streaming?


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    vidapura
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭vidapura


    pasta-solo wrote: »
    I use the Now TV app on my LG smart TV, and it's pretty awful tbh. Has to buffer every few mins. Definitely not net speed issue. Would one of these be better for Now TV streaming?

    Our main TV is an Lg too.... and I think its a bit crap.. its a 2016 one.. very slow to change channel and the app store is useless really... tho YouTube etc works fine... sadly the RTE Player is practically unusable. I used the NOWTV app on it once or twice to watch matches and it worked ok.. but my rural broadband let it down...

    The TV I added the NowTV stick to was an older LG that had no smarts.
    But it did have HDMI and USB ports. So no problem powering the NowTV stick.

    I've only used it for one night but the streaming seems perfect on it. My missus was watching the bakeoff on catchup on the Channel 4 player... and was eyeing up box sets off that as well. I think thats a real bonus ..

    That said I couldn't get the Virgin Player working on it.. have to get time to dig in to that...

    Main reason I went for the NowTV was cos it was an Irish version said it had an RTE Player.. and its one that appears to work ok.. usual load of stupid Ads before anything starts of course.. sigh..

    I don't know bout the fire TV stick.. I didn't look too hard at it.. just assumed it wouldn't have the one thing the missus wanted.. irish tv players...


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    Danny2580
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    Sorry to get off the original topic somewhat. I use an LGTV with Now TV for Sky Sports etc., 2016 model, and have had some trouble with the Wifi being temperamental. To remedy it, I bought a Wifi range extender for about a tenner, and set it up with an ethernet cable going from it, into the back of the TV - wired connection works much better. You could potentially wire straight from your router if it's close to the TV (mine's not).


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    vidapura
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭vidapura


    Danny2580 wrote: »
    Sorry to get off the original topic somewhat. I use an LGTV with Now TV for Sky Sports etc., 2016 model, and have had some trouble with the Wifi being temperamental. To remedy it, I bought a Wifi range extender for about a tenner, and set it up with an ethernet cable going from it, into the back of the TV - wired connection works much better. You could potentially wire straight from your router if it's close to the TV (mine's not).

    Ahh thanks Danny, I've done the same thing myself with the main TV.
    Have a couple of homeplug adapters to network over the powerline and use the ethernet cable into the tv. Don't use the wifi at all, much better.

    That works well a lot of the time, but yeh can do nothing if your broadband is the crappy Imagine broadband that just calves whenever theres a big match on... see the Imagine thread to hear more.. LOL...


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