Chromecast and/or Now tv for my tv.

Timalay

Why not give the Roku Stick a look (only for a little bit extra than the Chromecast).

grumpycrab

johnsmi wrote: »

I do have a nexus tablet and all the tv catchup apps on there. Will I be able to stream them to the tv ok with chromecast?

chromecast will do that but is fiddly to set up (in my opinion) whereas the Nowtv box is a doddle to set up and use to watch catchup.

Inner_Zone

johnsmi wrote: »

One usb port on tv for chromecasat,

That might power it but your TV will need a HDMI port as well.

enfield_freddy

Timalay wrote: »

Why not give the Roku Stick a look (only for a little bit extra than the Chromecast).

the now tv box is a modified roku , nowtv locked it down , you can get "most" of the roku features , by unlocking a now tv box , and over £20 cheaper

Geodark

grumpycrab wrote: »

chromecast will do that but is fiddly to set up (in my opinion) whereas the Nowtv box is a doddle to set up and use to watch catchup.

Can't see how it is any harder to setup and any of the others - just setup my 3rd on here, and it took all of 10mins - and that was including doing all the updates.

bob_a_builder

you can get "most" of the roku features , by unlocking a now tv box

Already got it using Plex OK - any pointers please on further unlocking ?

enfield_freddy

bob_a_builder wrote: »

Already got it using Plex OK - any pointers please on further unlocking ?

look at my post above , read http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/av-distribution/now-tv-10-minute-hack-10-wireless-plex-media-player.html


locate reposatories from the web (githut have a lot) load them in the folder on the PC and go for it

Lumstorm

I use the Roku I would recommend it over a Now TV box as it has the same services and more such as Netflix. You can use the plex hack to enable Netfix but then you need to have your PC on to watch it.

I can't personally bothered with the hassle trying to get Netflix working that way as Netflix isn't very Linux friendly plus I don't have my PC on all the time. I think its worth the extra as it just works.

johnsmi

enfield_freddy wrote: »

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/av-distribution/now-tv-10-minute-hack-10-wireless-plex-media-player.html

to reset it back to a std nowtv box , you press the hidden reset pin to reset back to factory.

plex is free for a PC , and about £1.50 for a tablet/mobile from the apps store , download the free copy for your PC https://plex.tv/downloads

normally they don,t sell the boxes unless you pay for a "months pass" , often another £10-£15 ,


I have a brand new "hacked" one here , if you want to save the hastle , PM me

Thanks for the offer and all the info (I had already ordered the now box when I saw your post) but really appreciate your offer if I had seen it on time.

If I understand your post correctly, will I be able to put plex on my nexus 7 as well and stream stuff from there? If so I would probably set it up both for the pc and tablet, if not too much involved.

There are two plex apps by plex inc in the play store 1 plex for android at £3.22 and 2 plex for plex pass which is free.

Many thanks for any further info.
John

enfield_freddy

try it from your pc first (free) AFTER setting up your now box (registration) , and then unlocking it.