Netflix on Freesat?

caronoel

Any chance that this will ever happen?

zaax

Never - not the same system

caronoel

So is it worth getting Chromecast or Amazon Fire to access Netflix?

TadleyBaggie

Actually the latest beta for the Humax Freetime devices does have Netflix as one of the On Demand services.

[Deleted User]

caronoel wrote: »

So is it worth getting Chromecast or Amazon Fire to access Netflix?

I've just bought an Amazon Fire stick in the black friday sales... it's great and far more usable than my chromecasts (had them a year)

I'm sick of being unable to connect to the chromecast from my phone - the amazon fire stick just works when I turn it on

The only annoyance is that Chromecast will power itself from a TVs USB port, but the Fire stick needs more juice, and you have to plug it into a (provided) usb power adaptor.

musafir05

Buy a subscription to netflix for £5 from ebay.
Mine lasted 8 months before disconnecting.

[Deleted User]

Netflix is coming to frees at/free time. A deal has been signed.

Gers

Deleted_User wrote: »

Netflix is coming to frees at/free time. A deal has been signed.

I got an email from Humax -

Thank you for offering to take part in Freesat trials. We are very grateful for your help to make Freetime even better. We’ll be trialling some new software and Netflix on the Humax Freetime HB1000s.

In order to take part in this trial you will need to install a software update on your Freetime box. To do this all you will need is a spare USB memory stick and access to a computer with an internet connection. Currently Freesat’s parental PIN control for some of the on-demand services is not compatible with this software update. If you rely on this feature please do not take part in the trial...

Will be doing the install procedure later today on the bedroom box - the living room one has just popped it's clogs (at least as far as recording goes).

The Firestick connected to the bedroom TV is only powered via the TV USB port and is working well. It's a great piece of kit which works seamlessly even though we are in a remote rural area and only have a max of 2mb of broadband.

MoneyMate

Looks like it's happening on some Humax machines as per link

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/12/16/netflix-joins-freesat-freetime/

smudger1964

MoneyMate wrote: »

Looks like it's happening on some Humax machines as per link

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/12/16/netflix-joins-freesat-freetime/

Yes can confirm it has appeared on my humax freesat box since the last update

caronoel

Thanks for this everyone - I'll do an update tonight and hope it will be there

Whoo ! Hoo!