VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

The main difference with the new box is that it has an aerial connection for receiving terrestrial channels , do you need that ?

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]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

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]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

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

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]

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

[adzii_nufc]

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]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

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]

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]

Originally Posted by passingbat

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

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]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

maybe new packs/packages ?
.

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

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by passingbat

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]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

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]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

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]

Originally Posted by Chad

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]

Originally Posted by Chad

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]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

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?