Reply to: NowTV Box - Any Good ?

[The Spartan]

And what will you move to when Blinkbox is closed down.....

They may find a buyer though, it'd be a shame if they didn't as they've just added chromecast support.

[TheFaQQer]

And what will you move to when Blinkbox is closed down.....

BitTorrent

[tractor]

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And what will you move to when Blinkbox is closed down.....

Well as it's not exactly the sole focus of my life, I'll probably worry about that if and when it happens

[eek]

I went for Blinkbox (Tesco). You can dl and stream up to 5 clients. Gets all the latest seasons like Homeland, Game of Thrones etc.

Mine connects thru the PS3

And what will you move to when Blinkbox is closed down.....

[tractor]

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I went for Blinkbox (Tesco). You can dl and stream up to 5 clients. Gets all the latest seasons like Homeland, Game of Thrones etc.

Mine connects thru the PS3

[Pondlife]

I use the Now app on our PS3 which is basically our main TV box as we mainly watch Netflix & Amazon Video.

Would having the box be to any advantage in this use-case... or a bit pointless?

My (limited) understanding is that since you're logging in with a SKY account to use it, you can't therefore use it for other PPV suppliers e.g. Amazon/Lovefilm.

[d000hg]

However now you have to sign up for films, entertainment or sports pack before they allow it to be activated

Does that mean you can use it only for sport day-passes, do they count for activation purposes?

[The Spartan]

Sky don't own Roku, they are just an investor in it...

You are indeed correct, my mistake

It's only what I was told when I was there and it's how their staff tell it.

[eek]

I did some work on these while I was at Sky, they're actually OK it depends on what you're after in terms of content to be fair. Though it is more or less like a Roku box which Sky also owns.

Sky don't own Roku, they are just an investor in it...

[Fred Bloggs]

Yes, they're pretty good. First one Sky sent to us was faulty but the second one has been good since we've had it. We watch the movies on it which works out a lot cheaper than the Sky Movies package.

[SueEllen]

Bit pointless unless you specifically want to watch Sky content.

They are good if you haven't got anything else to watch catch up TV on/Youtube/random content that isn't linked to any other major TV/Film player - so for additional TVs in the house they are a bargain.

However now you have to sign up for films, entertainment or sports pack before they allow it to be activated. (There are free/discount vouchers online for 30 days.) They have closed a lot of the software holes that were in the box.

[d000hg]

I use the Now app on our PS3 which is basically our main TV box as we mainly watch Netflix & Amazon Video.

Would having the box be to any advantage in this use-case... or a bit pointless?

[TheFaQQer]

Depends on what you really want it to do

I've never used ours for any Sky content (but I know it exists), and it's probably worthwhile if you only occasionally want some sport. Ours is used as a streaming media player which picks up from the Plex media server installed on my NAS - in that respect, it's a great box at £10.

[The Spartan]

Thanks for the warning

So much love

[d000hg]

I did some work on these while I was at Sky

Thanks for the warning