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Netflix on non smart tv

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  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,856 Forumite
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    Thanks. Basic re the set top box. Don't need HD or ability to record. Just want to run Netflix through it.

    Roku box or stick then.
  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    now tv box , with suitable mod (see internet)
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  • I use a ps3 and a wii to watch netflix on. Wii's look cheap on ebay having a quick look. You can watch iplayer on it too, but not nowtv yet.
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  • Does the Now TV box not have a Netflix app then?

    Also should have mentioned we have no satellite dish only a standard aerial.

    Thanks.
  • Does the Now TV box not have a Netflix app then?
    Being from Sky that's…unlikely.

    Also not sure about "modification" via internet.. ;)

    Anyone else amused when people use lower case letters for nowt v ? :D
  • pappa_golf
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    Being from Sky that's…unlikely.

    Also not sure about "modification" via internet.. ;)


    "how to convert a now tv box into a Roku" *




    5 min job , try googling it


    *the now tv box is a roku , but flashed with now tv software
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  • pappa_golf wrote: »
    5 min job , try googling it
    *the now tv box is a roku , but flashed with now tv software
    I know this already. The question was if the nowt v box came pre-loaded with a Netflix app. It doesn't
    Still not sure about "modification" :)
  • Do you know anyone with Amazon prime, that lives in the '2 hour' delivery zone? If they've never used it before, there's a £10 discount code floating around.

    You'd then order a Fire TV stick for £25 (after discount). I've got a Chromecast, Fire TV Stick and Apple TV - the stick gets my vote every time.
  • pappa_golf
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    I know this already. The question was if the nowt v box came pre-loaded with a Netflix app. It doesn't
    Still not sure about "modification" :)


    the now TV box is a Roku box that is made in white and flashed with Sky,s own software.


    a std Roku box can use Netflix and is a "app" available from Roku




    in order to use a Roku branded box in black , you just plug it in , however you have to spend 5 mins reflashing the software to the std Roku stuff if you want to use the white "sky" branded one




    sky subsidise the boxes they sell ,


    how to flash a now tv box


    http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/08/sky-now-tv-plex/




    MODS:
    as netfix is a paid for service , this mod cannot be classified as P2P or torrent use
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  • VisionMan
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    pappa_golf wrote: »
    the now TV box is a Roku box that is made in white and flashed with Sky,s own software.

    Only Sky could take a Roku box and then cripple it. :p
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