Trying to watch the latest Beatles docu "Get Back"

maggiesoup

Partner and I are huge Beatles fans, so very excited to hear last year  that Peter Jackson was producing a new movie of miles of unseen footage.

It appears he's now changed his mind and has sold the rights to Disney Plus for streaming only over a 3 day period beginning on 25th November.  This is so disappointing as our 10 year old (but working perfectly) TV doesn't have the Disney Plus app.

Any helpful advice on how we can see it without (a) having to buy a Firestick (£50 according to PC World) and then having to subscribe  £8.99, the whole process costing us around £60!  To see a documentary!   Nuts.

TimSynths

Firestick is £25.

Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote (includes TV controls) : Amazon.co.uk

TimSynths

More good news! Disney+ is only £7.99pm.

Disney+ | The streaming home of Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, Nat Geo and Star (disneyplus.com)

Neil_Jones

You can use a web browser on your computer, connect via HDMI (TV should have HDMI, it may not have Chromecast/Mircast/Wireless Display as that was just coming in 10 years ago).

WIth regards to the documentary, it was sold to Disney in March 2020 so its not a "Peter Jackson changed his mind" thing, he's only been working on it for the last four years.

And if you're going to pay for it for the documentary, you might as well make full use of Disney+ while you're there, its pointless going for one documentary and one documentary alone, its not just full of Disney cartoons, you get Star too, which features television and film content intended for mature audiences, in contrast to the family- and franchise-oriented programming featured elsewhere in Disney+. This content is primarily drawn from the libraries of Disney subsidiaries.

maggiesoup

Thanks.  Still a bit annoyed that we have to pay £33 to watch a documentary.  Anyhow, sounds like we have no option.  Had a quick look at Disney Plus and it looks like they give you ONE week free trial and then decide if you want to continue.  Would there be any catches in accepting the week's trial, watching the 3 episodes (over 3 days) then cancelling, given that I'm not interesting in watching Disney for anything else?  Sorry to sound so miserly but sounds like Disney has made them a silly offer to get millions of new subscribers.

Neil_Jones

maggiesoup said:

Thanks.  Still a bit annoyed that we have to pay £33 to watch a documentary.  Anyhow, sounds like we have no option.  Had a quick look at Disney Plus and it looks like they give you ONE week free trial and then decide if you want to continue.  Would there be any catches in accepting the week's trial, watching the 3 episodes (over 3 days) then cancelling, given that I'm not interesting in watching Disney for anything else?  Sorry to sound so miserly but sounds like Disney has made them a silly offer to get millions of new subscribers.

Disney benefited more from the pandemic than anything else, launching in the UK just before the first lockdown so all streaming services benefited to an extent, Disney more so than others.

Anyway they don't do free trials now but there was an offer for £2 a week or so ago, but you've missed that unfortunately.

coffeehound

If you are with O2, there is the possibility of a 3-mo trial

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/disney-plus-free-for-3-months-on-o2-text-disney3-to-21500-account-specific-3827051

molerat

TimSynths said:

Firestick is £25.

Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote (includes TV controls) : Amazon.co.uk

Perfectly adequate at £14.99, not 4K but op's old TV won't support it anyway

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZZW7QCM/?coliid=IUVEE2K9VRBI8&colid=EGRNMV65N7Y5&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Rodders53

Or Wait.
Sooner or later it will be shown by the BBC, ITV etc.,. 
 

Neil_Jones

Rodders53 said:

Or Wait.
Sooner or later it will be shown by the BBC, ITV etc.,. 
 

More likely unofficially on YouTube, since Disney have all the worldwide distribution rights to the show, and it is being marketed as a Disney+ Original.  So if it appears outside Disney+, it won't be for quite some time, since the whole point of Disney+ was to consolidate all that stuff in one place.

Birdman2015

https://www.amazon.co.uk/introducing-fire-tv-stick-lite-with-alexa-voice-remote-lite-no-tv-controls-2020-release/dp/B07ZZW7QCM/ref=p13n_ds_purchase_sim_1p_dp_desktop_3/261-4177681-7021220?pd_rd_w=kNK6j&pf_rd_p=67373106-a8f8-4661-a815-1597b905e294&pf_rd_r=RD2B18E820DV3N9Z603B&pd_rd_r=f08f3ecf-38c5-478a-870c-b215630c3725&pd_rd_wg=7skrs&pd_rd_i=B07ZZW7QCM&psc=1

Firestick Lite £14.99.

if you have a Tesco Clubcard you can redeem £8 of vouchers for 3  months Disney +.