Netflix, Amazon, Smart TVs, Virgin Media, Freeview? 13 October 2017 at 1:42PM edited 13 October 2017 at 1:47PM in TV MoneySaving 16 replies 4.8K views

seven-day-weekend

Puzzled!

We have Virgin Media for Phone, Internet and TV.

Recently we had a new Smart TV which we plugged into the Virgin Media box . The box is a Virgin TV V6. We installed the other one (also a Smart TV) in the bedroom via the Freeview aerial.

We can watch Netflix and Amazon films on both of them. I am a bit puzzled as I thought we would only be able to watch them on the Virgin Media connection.

Am I correct in thinking that one is through the Virgin box and the Freeview one through the internet directly?

I'm pretty sure we don't pay for them to be on both TVs. Would one of them be free?

As I say - Puzzled!

Carrot007

Surely Netflix and Amazon are nothing to do with Virgin and thay always come though the internet.

If it's on the smart TV it's nothing to do with virgin. Do they even have amazon/netflix apps on their box? Sky certainly won't allow the competition!

DCFC79

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Puzzled!

We have Virgin Media for Phone, Internet and TV.

Recently we had a new Smart TV which we plugged into the Virgin Media box . The box is a Virgin TV V6. We installed the other one (also a Smart TV) in the bedroom via the Freeview aerial.

We can watch Netflix and Amazon films on both of them. I am a bit puzzled as I thought we would only be able to watch them on the Virgin Media connection.

Am I correct in thinking that one is through the Virgin box and the Freeview one through the internet directly?

I'm pretty sure we don't pay for them to be on both TVs. Would one of them be free?

As I say - Puzzled!

To watch Netflix, Amazon or Now TV all you need is an internet connection and a device to view the content eg a tv and the set top in your case

OP are you looged in on the same accounts on the TV and the V6 box ?

Are both TV's connected to the internet either wifi or ethernet ?

Carrot007 wrote: »

Surely Netflix and Amazon are nothing to do with Virgin and thay always come though the internet.

If it's on the smart TV it's nothing to do with virgin. Do they even have amazon/netflix apps on their box? Sky certainly won't allow the competition!

That's right Netflix and Amazon are nothing to do with Amazon.

seven-day-weekend

Oh well, told you I was confused, I don't understand all these ways of viewing, I can just about remember when all we had was BBC!

The Virgin Media TV guide has a Netflix channel and on the TV there is a netflix icon that you can click on. You have to subscribe to it though, which is why I am confused and thought you could only watch it on one TV.

Same account on everything.

molerat

The TV, as many smart devices do, will have the internet apps installed but you will need to log in using the respective accounts. Netflix accounts can be watched on several devices at once if you have an account level that allows it.

wongataa

You can use a Netflix account on any device capable of running Netflix. There are 3 account levels which determine how many devices can log into the same account at once. All you need for Netflix is an internet connection. It is nothing do with any particular ISP.

seven-day-weekend

All is slightly clearer, thanks all! Unexpected added bonus when we got a new TV!
Thanks all.

giraffe69

Our new TV came with 6 months free Netflix. All that was needed was to activate it and it works fine across the Internet.

seven-day-weekend

Just checked our Netflix account, we can have it on FOUR screens! We have added our third TV (in the other bedroom).

Is it possible to make the fourth screen our son's TV, who lives at a different address?

dunroving

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Just checked our Netflix account, we can have it on FOUR screens! We have added our third TV (in the other bedroom).

Is it possible to make the fourth screen our son's TV, who lives at a different address?

My office mate says her sister uses her Netflix account - and she lives in the Netherlands.

thepurplepixie

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Just checked our Netflix account, we can have it on FOUR screens! We have added our third TV (in the other bedroom).

Is it possible to make the fourth screen our son's TV, who lives at a different address?

As far as I know it is how many screens you can have it on simultaneously so we have a package where we can have it on two screens, sometimes it is on in the dining room where grandchildren watch it if they want to watch something different to us, sometimes I have it on in the bedroom and if one of my kids is staying they might have it on in the lounge. You probably don't need a package for 4 screens.

I assume you son could use it, before we had it my DD would watch it at my house when she was visiting using her own package. Don't know if they would know or be bothered if they knew.

I am assuming you pay more for 4 screens, if not ignore what I said.