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NOWTV Smart Stick - Deals in Currys

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    #2
    Utter Consternation
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Utter Consternation


    Are these any use?


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    #3
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Utter Consternation wrote: »
    Are these any use?

    You don't need the sticks if you have another device or a smart tv.

    The passes can be bought here without the stick.

    https://www.nowtv.com/ie/tv-passes

    Although the week's pass for sport is a fiver cheaper in Currys than through Sky direct.

    Sports pass 1 week - €10

    Whether it's worth it or not, is up to you. How much you'd use it.


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    #4
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    2 months movies is 24. It's 30 from nowtv


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    #5
    thenightman
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭thenightman


    Not a bad shout considering they are asking for 39 for the sports pass alone on the now TV site. Be interesting if the sports pass will include the bt channels that sky have acquired


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    #6
    Enrico Palazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Enrico Palazzo


    720p? What is it, 2010 again?


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    hjr
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭hjr


    Curious if anyone has used the Sky Sports Mobile Pass from Now TV....5 channels for €7 a month. I know it can only be used on the mobile, but if the quality was ok then I wouldn't mind that restriction


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    iHungry
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭iHungry


    hjr wrote: »
    Curious if anyone has used the Sky Sports Mobile Pass from Now TV....5 channels for €7 a month. I know it can only be used on the mobile, but if the quality was ok then I wouldn't mind that restriction

    Yes I use it.I have a usb-c to hdmi convertor so I can watch it on my TV. The quality on a big TV ain't the best but it's passable. Im on the 13.99 pack which I pay for using my three.ie credit


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    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    Enrico Palazzo wrote: »
    720p? What is it, 2010 again?

    Where are you seeing 720p ?
    I have the stick and it is full 1080p


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    hjr
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭hjr


    iHungry wrote: »
    Yes I use it.I have a usb-c to hdmi convertor so I can watch it on my TV. The quality on a big TV ain't the best but it's passable. Im on the 13.99 pack which I pay for using my three.ie credit

    Thanks....do you find much buffering on it? Is it far behind live tv? I read somewhere it's about 20 seconds behind...


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    Cyclepath
    Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭Cyclepath


    Utter Consternation wrote: »
    Are these any use?

    I got one mainly because it has the channel 4 (All4) app and the one on my 'Smart' TV was ****e. Loads of great free content. Tou don't have to buy the passes when the free ones expire. I got a 3 month entertainment pass with mine for €30. I may or may not renew it but you can do it online and cancel whenever you like.


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    Enrico Palazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Enrico Palazzo


    Taliyah Miniature Yearbook wrote: »
    Where are you seeing 720p ?
    I have the stick and it is full 1080p


    From the currys page: "Stream sports in 720p HD quality". Perhaps that's just for other devices?


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    #13
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    I recall posting similar one up a while back, I ended up stocking up on couple of these. But I should have taken all of them, especially for the 1 month sports pass costing only 15 bucks :o

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057986044


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    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    Enrico Palazzo wrote: »
    From the currys page: "Stream sports in 720p HD quality". Perhaps that's just for other devices?

    Nah, it is full 1080p. Even when I stream it on my laptop I get full HD


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    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    They are clearing the stock of the sticks before the new boxes come out

    I don't think the stick is going anywhere. The new box (which has been out in the UK for a while) is 4K. So I am sure they will keep the stick at a cheaper price and the 4K box will be a bit more expensive.


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    gussieg
    Registered Users Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭gussieg


    Now tv apparently still streaming in 720p, but the stick is capable of 1080p. Netflix comes out in full HD, as do other apps.
    probably to make people not want to switch from sky subscription completely but get this as well.


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    Berberis
    Registered Users Posts: 783 ✭✭✭Berberis


    iHungry wrote: »
    Yes I use it.I have a usb-c to hdmi convertor so I can watch it on my TV. The quality on a big TV ain't the best but it's passable. Im on the 13.99 pack which I pay for using my three.ie credit

    Is this the Three pay credit.
    If so would you mind telling me the steps in getting this please.
    Have €129 credit going spare with another 20 about to go on tommorw


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    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    Enrico Palazzo wrote: »
    From the currys page: "Stream sports in 720p HD quality". Perhaps that's just for other devices?

    Well maybe I am wrong. So I was convinced that the content was full 1080p - but per their site it is only 720p https://help.nowtv.com/ie/article/what-is-highest-streaming-quality-for-my-device

    Interesting however when I check the resolution on my TV when watching any sky sports channel it still says 1080p. I wonder if the gui is rendering in full HD but not the content, Hence the TV thinks it is full 1080p when it is not.


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    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    Amayah Silly Doorbell wrote: »
    2 months movies is 24. It's 30 from nowtv

    Offers here too if you just want the passes
    https://www.nowtv.com/ie/offers


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    iHungry
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭iHungry


    hjr wrote: »
    Thanks....do you find much buffering on it? Is it far behind live tv? I read somewhere it's about 20 seconds behind...

    Its very reliable, I never have issues connecting or losing picture when watching.

    Not sure how far behind it is.


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    #21
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Can you buy this and then just apply the pass to an existing account and throw the stick away? I've seen comments on some of their one month codes before saying you can only use them on new accounts, I've previously had a short lived now tv sports subscription.


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    aristotle25
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭aristotle25


    Royale with Cheese wrote: »
    Can you buy this and then just apply the pass to an existing account and throw the stick away? I've seen comments on some of their one month codes before saying you can only use them on new accounts, I've previously had a short lived now tv sports subscription.

    I bought the stick with 1 month sky sports pass (for the full €44 from DID.ie) and there is no seperate code in the box for the pass.
    Its kinda baked into the stick so when you set it up for the first time you have to enable the 1 month there and then.


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    ooter
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    Cyclepath wrote: »
    I got one mainly because it has the channel 4 (All4) app and the one on my 'Smart' TV was ****e. Loads of great free content. Tou don't have to buy the passes when the free ones expire. I got a 3 month entertainment pass with mine for €30. I may or may not renew it but you can do it online and cancel whenever you like.

    has the rte player and the VM player on it too.


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    #24
    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,721 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Pigsback are doing a 4 month sky sports pass for €78. Might be of interest to people on this thread.


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    IrishHomer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Pigsback are doing a 4 month sky sports pass for €78. Might be of interest to people on this thread.

    Is pushback complicated? Is it trusted


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    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,721 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    IrishHomer wrote: »
    Is pushback complicated? Is it trusted

    Yeah I've used it a few times for weekends away and vouchers for restaurants and never had any issues.

    I bought the voucher and will activate it on the day before the season kicks off.

    Will watch nowtv through fire stick or PS4.


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    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    IrishHomer wrote: »
    Is pushback complicated? Is it trusted


    Is that a typo and you meant 'pigsback'? :confused:

    If so, then yes its a reliable company who are around about 20 years. The offer is straight forward. Details below in the link:


    https://www.pigsback.com/en-ie/offer/427348/nowtv


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    #28
    IrishHomer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    Davy wrote: »
    Is that a typo and you meant 'pigsback'? :confused:

    If so, then yes its a reliable company who are around about 20 years. The offer is straight forward. Details below in the link:


    https://www.pigsback.com/en-ie/offer/427348/nowtv
    Yes a typo thanks :)


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    tscul32
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭tscul32


    Amayah Silly Doorbell wrote: »
    2 months movies is 24. It's 30 from nowtv
    Only €27 for 3 months from Now TV. DID sold off a load of passes a few months ago, 1 month movies + 1 month entertainment for €10. I've been using them for the past while. Got a 1 month movies for €4.99 offer from them by email the other day too. You can usually find a good deal somewhere.


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    Doodah7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Pigsback are doing a 4 month sky sports pass for €78. Might be of interest to people on this thread.

    This deserves its own thread in fairness. Great deal!


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    ffocused
    Registered Users Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭ffocused


    Royale with Cheese wrote: »
    Can you buy this and then just apply the pass to an existing account and throw the stick away? I've seen comments on some of their one month codes before saying you can only use them on new accounts, I've previously had a short lived now tv sports subscription.

    I picked up 2 of them yesterday for the sports passes. I have an existing account and got 5 of them around black friday last year which got me through last season.
    All the sticks i got last year has the passes printed on cards and i used them all without issue.
    I assume the sticks i got yesterday are the same, i will check when i get home later.


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