Sky's NOWTV Box for £9.99

MrsE_2

Gleek wrote: »

No and no, Mrs E. It connects via a hdmi cable to the back of a TV.

And Anon1, It's a 6 month subscription to nowtv which is this: http://www.nowtv.com/movies

[typically, despite what Royal Mail said, mine still hasn't arrived as yet.]

Do if you have a TV with a sky box hooked up to your one HDMI port, then you can't have this?

roddydogs

Could someone confirm (or Not) you can get this, you dont have to sign up for any "Free" offers, you can use it straight from the box for the free stuff, & do you need Wif Fi? Thanks.

Gleek

Yes you need wifi or it won't work. There's no ethernet cable space.

You have to have an account but you don't have to pay a thing, you just need a basic nowtv account and that enables you to watch 5ondemand, iplayer, use facebook and spotify etc.


Mrs E, you can get a splitter (not recommending the one in the link per-say, it was just the first that popped up on amazon. I haven't used a splitter so I don't know which the best), however if you have a sky hd box and on demand activated then you have the on demand things available already.

If you don't and you still want one, I would advise researching splitters.

Gleek

Had it for 10 minutes and been playing. Very easy to set up, just applied it to my existing sky id and it already had the offer applied and waiting for me.

Remember if you want the nowtv offer, you must apply it BEFORE midnight 4th August.

This little box is better than I even thought it was.

Menu - http://i42.tinypic.com/330zsro.jpg

Size - http://i44.tinypic.com/fvyasz.jpg - That's a standard credit card on top.

Movies menu when you take offer up - http://i39.tinypic.com/xc7if5.jpg

Cinderella playing from the nowtv menu - http://i40.tinypic.com/9idy15.jpg

Will post more after when I've set my mums up. For a tenner (and £2.50 a month I think it's an absolute bargain! (ETA: not the best pictures, quick snap from my phone whilst I was playing)

ETA2: Have 2 working on the same account without a hitch. Does mean however, what one person downloads (I downloaded tunein radio) means the other persons box also gets the same program on it.

Gleek

Couple of views of the channel store:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2u481gj.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/zlz1ci.jpg

Very happy with the quality of the video too after a few minutes of watching cinderella.

You must have a spotify premium account to use it on here. it won't let me log in with a normal account. You can get a 30 day free trial though.

Gleek

This is what is on the box as soon as you turn it on. I've just written the names and a quick explanation as to what the channels are according to their blurb. I'm not sure if they're all free or if some are premium, its just to give an idea.

Channel Store:

My Channels
This is what you already have on/have downloaded. Mine is BBC News, Sky News, iPlayer, Demand 5 and tunein radio.

New
This is a selection of new channels that have been recently added

Most Popular
What the majority of NOWTV box owners are using.

Film and TV
Vimeo - host and share videos in high quality
Crunchyroll - latest Anime from Japan and Drama's from Asia
Bollywood Central - best in Indian Film, TV, music and gossip from India.
Cyta - Hellenic Cyta TV - Greek
BBC Iplayer - catch up with BBC programmes and radio
Demand 5 - Catch up with Channel 5 programmes
Flixter - High definition movie trailers and favourite classics
USTV Now - expatriate communication services

News, Weather, Sport
Sky News - Breaking news
BBC News - Breaking news from the BBC
Fox News - Streaming coverage
Blinkx - hottest videos for free
CNBC Real Time - stock quotes and top video news
MLB.TV (think it's a premium pay channel) Baseball
NHL Game Center (must subscribe) - live out of market games and replays
Wall Street Journal - Origina lProgramming, On Demand.

Music
Musiclouds - Soundcloud, 8tracks and jamendo
Spotify - (must have premium account) Instant access to millions of tracks (can get 30 day free premium trial)
Vevo - Favourite music videos, live performances and original shows
Tune in - internet radio
Havoc - indie music and action sports

Internet TV
Revision3 - entertaining and informative programmes about tech, music, movies, news, culture etc
Tedtalks - ideas worth spreading
IGN - latest video game and movie news and reviews
TWiT - TWiT channel allows you to watch and listen to the entire TWiT network
Hoopla - Kids rhymes and stories
Cnet - tech shows and advice
Metatube - popular videos from the web

Photos and videos
Facebook photos and videos - enjoy photos and videos from the people in your life fullsize on your tv
Playto - stream videos from your favourite websites and home servers from your phone or tablet
Flickr - view your own account and public pictures
Picasa - view your photos and videos from your picasa web albums
Picasa Screensaver - Create your own screensaver for your box with your own pictures

International
YuppTV - Indian Channel
Arabia - Arabic channel
EU Live - EU Parliament
Video TV - Popular international channels for expats living in the uk
Watch India - Indian channel

Special Interest
Webcam 1 - Watch a webcam
Aliens and UFO's - Alien Abductions and UFO Encounters
Indian Food - Over 5000 food videos and recipes
Horoscopes - daily horoscopes
Momversation - mums connecting and sharing advice through video
Fitness Magazine - little changes for big success

Religion and Spirituality
Divine TV - 24 hour catholic channel
TBN - Christian Channel
Revelation TV - European Christian Channel
Shalom - Indian channel
EWTN - Catholic channel

roddydogs

Ok fine, another question, I want to get this for a friend (she hasnt a clue & will not sign up for anything, even if I tell her its free) can I set it up as mine, then take it to hers? thanks.

Peter999_2

Yes you can.

It doesn't care where it gets the internet connection from (so long as its in the UK).

Obviously your friend would have to have wifi available and a good internet connection.

dinofabio

just received my box today.

I just want it to watch bbc Iplayer nothing else. I don't want to subcribe to Sky to watch movies or sport.

I can't seem to find a page where I can just open an account and watch BBC iPlayer. Every link I find takes me to a sports or movie package. Although they seem good deals I don't want them.

I just want the iPlayer without having to give my card details over.

Is this possible?

Peter999_2

You just need a SKY id that you can get for free on this page :

http://help.sky.com/my-account/sky-id/create-a-sky-id

Click on the CREATE A SKY ID link. This will create a username and password you can use to sign into the NOWTV box.