Cable Forum - VOD Netflix/Streaming Services

I see, didn't know that, thx. I've read that it will be a better box all round though, did I see it written that it will be able to deliver 4K content, or did I get that wrong?

muppetman11

10-06-2016 17:24

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35842225)

So the movies add on with VM is £21 per month! Christ!!

If you have Sky Movies on Sky you get them in HD free now I believe , has this changed also on VM or do you still have to pay an additional £7 ?

passingbat

10-06-2016 18:01

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35842207)

Well, I prefer to watch things on the TV and also want to have a play about to see what other content is out there.

I am also thinking of downgrading my TiVo package to M for the main/free channels and using streaming services (pay or free) to obtain any extra channels that I want.

The only channel I think i'd miss from XL would be Animal Planet. If I can't get this any other way, I might downgrade to M+ as VM include the SD channel in the M+ package.

I understand why I'd no longer get the HD variant, but blocking the +1 channel seems very petty.

The cheapest option is a Now TV box. That will give you Now TV plus BBC, ITV, CH4 and CH5 catch up services, plus a handful of apps, including Youtube. Box is £15, but you can find deals for the box with 3 months Entertainment pass for the same price and other bundled deals.

There is a new box due to be released with access to Freeview channels and maybe more (details under wraps)

The Now TV is a customised Roku box. A 'proper' Roku box will give you many more apps but more importantly, access to Netflix and Amazon Prime, if you decide you want to subscribe to either one of them.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35842225)

So the movies add on with VM is £21 per month! Christ!!

Sky movies via VM gives you 1080 and 5.1 sound.

Only you can work out whether the increased resolution and 5.1 sound is worth the extra cost. I suspect for many people it isn't, especially if they don't have a 5.1 audio system.

muppetman11

10-06-2016 18:14

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So what's the announcement from my YouTube link on the 29th June ?

adzii_nufc

10-06-2016 18:28

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Netlfix VPN restrictions have started. It takes about a day or two before the blacklist comes but it merely blacklists the IP after a few days use and doesn't do anything to prevent you using another server. I also signed into a secondary account and re-used the same server without reconfiguring the VPN and it appears the blacklist of an IP applies to only that account and isn't global in the case of fears over re-leased IP's.

Again making it look like they're doing stuff to prevent it but appearing still not to care enough to force actual region locks on sign up preventing you from ever accessing non UK content. I.E they could implement a system that locks your region upon sign up and forces you into that upon each login regardless of IP location.

passingbat

10-06-2016 18:33

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35842236)

So what's the announcement from my YouTube link on the 29th June ?

You've lost me there MM, all it says is that there is an announcement, presumably details of the new box. Sky have already trailed the live Freeview channels bit, but other details are under wraps until 29th June.

As you pointed out, live channels are superfluous to most people with a TV. As to whether there is anything else worth having, above the standard black Now TV, remains to be seen on the 29th.

muppetman11

10-06-2016 18:38

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It says it's so much more maybe new packs/packages ?

Could just be the box who knows , as far as I'm aware most of the info on the new box is pretty much out there.

RichardCoulter

10-06-2016 18:46

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35842232)

I had a call from VM offering me SKY Movies for £10 per month; which I turned down as it still wasn't worth it:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...gin-media.html

Thanks for the advice everyone.

It looks like the Rokus etc are only worth it if you want Netflix or Amazon. I don't, but could use Netflix via TiVo if I wanted to, so I don't think I'll bother.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35842228)

If you have Sky Movies on Sky you get them in HD free now I believe , has this changed also on VM or do you still have to pay an additional £7 ?

I asked about this at the end of last April, keep an eye on this thread MM :)

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post35842252

passingbat

10-06-2016 18:47

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35842247)

maybe new packs/packages ?
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Interesting. Maybe a Sky/HBO partnership version of HBO Now as a separate option, at an increased cost?

muppetman11

10-06-2016 18:58

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35842254)

Interesting. Maybe a Sky/HBO partnership version of HBO Now as a separate option, at an increased cost?

Who knows you may well be right and it's just info about the box , I guess time will tell.

1andrew1

10-06-2016 19:15

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35842259)

Who knows you may well be right and it's just info about the box , I guess time will tell.

Pocket Lint has been invited to the 29th June event and confirms the box is 4K.
I wonder if Now TV will add subscription options to provide more than the current two simultaneous devices in use and an upper tier subscription with 1080/4K when available. Can't see an HBO Online offering being announced.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1378...ced-on-29-june

Chad	10-06-2016 20:01

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35842247)

It says it's so much more maybe new packs/packages ?

Could just be the box who knows , as far as I'm aware most of the info on the new box is pretty much out there.

New channels in the Entertainment pass is almost a certainty. Maybe a rabbit out the hat as well. Netflix and Amazon Instant video available on there too like Roku?

muppetman11

10-06-2016 20:14

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35842269)

New channels in the Entertainment pass is almost a certainty. Maybe a rabbit out the hat as well. Netflix and Amazon Instant video available on there too like Roku?

I'd expect some users already have the new Now TV box , I guess time will tell what else arrives if anything.

1andrew1

10-06-2016 20:19

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35842269)

New channels in the Entertainment pass is almost a certainty. Maybe a rabbit out the hat as well. Netflix and Amazon Instant video available on there too like Roku?

I would have expected Now TV to have added the extra channels when the children's pack was split off from the entertainment and they added one channel then so I wouldn't expect them to add more on the 29th. I think the reason Now TV can keep the box so cheap is that they keep the competitors off so I can't see Amazon and Netflix joining soon.

Mad Max

10-06-2016 20:34

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35842272)

I'd expect some users already have the new Now TV box , I guess time will tell what else arrives if anything.

I didn't think that it was available yet MM?

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