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Old 10-06-2016, 19:46   #2798
RichardCoulter
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services

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Originally Posted by passingbat View Post
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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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.
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 View Post
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
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