NOW TV - Good deals

Chad · 17-12-2013, 18:03

Pretty impressed with their latest deals:

https://shop.nowtv.com/?DCMP=KNC-Generic

NOW TV box plus 6 months entertainment pass only £34.99.

NOW TV box plus 5 months SKY Movies pass only £34.99.

NOW TV box plus 5 SKY Sports day passes only £34.99.

denphone · 17-12-2013, 18:06

The last one is still a rip off in my humble opinion.

Chad · 17-12-2013, 18:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by denphone

The last one is still a rip off in my humble opinion.

That was my feeling too at first but I can see how it offers some value.

Say you buy 2 of the boxes, costing a total of £69.98, you'll have 10 SKY Sports day passes in total. This is ideal for example for F1 fans.

SKY has exclusive live broadcast rights to 10 of the races from the F1 calendar. So instead of having to subscribe to SKY Sports from March to November, at a cost of £27.25 per month, F1 fans have a much cheaper alternative. They can buy the 10 day passes and watch the races not covered by the BBC without the need of having a full SKY Sports subscription.

It's something I'm considering as I mainly watch boxing on SKY Sports. Rather than paying over £300.00 for a SKY Sports subscription, I could buy a couple of NOW TV boxes and use the SKY Sports day passes to watch the boxing shows I'm genuinely interested in. As a nice little bonus I'll be able to catch Super Sunday the following day as part of the 24 hour pass.

A combination of Boxnation, BT Sports and some carefully used SKY Sports day passes will cover all of my sporting needs.

Dave42 · 17-12-2013, 18:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chad

That was my feeling too at first but I can see how it offers some value.

Say you buy 2 of the boxes, costing a total of £69.98, you'll have 10 SKY Sports day passes in total. This is ideal for example for F1 fans.

SKY has exclusive live broadcast rights to 10 of the races from the F1 calendar. So instead of having to subscribe to SKY Sports from March to November, at a cost of £27.25 per month, F1 fans have a much cheaper alternative. They can buy the 10 day passes and watch the races not covered by the BBC without the need of having a full SKY Sports subscription.

It's something I'm considering as I mainly watch boxing on SKY Sports. Rather than paying over £300.00 for a SKY Sports subscription, I could buy a couple of NOW TV boxes and use the SKY Sports day passes to watch the boxing shows I'm genuinely interested in. As a nice little bonus I'll be able to catch Super Sunday the following day as part of the 24 hour pass.

A combination of Boxnation, BT Sports and some carefully used SKY Sports day passes will cover all of my sporting needs.

still cheaper subscribing monthly that paying the rip off day pass

denphone · 17-12-2013, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave42

still cheaper subscribing monthly that paying the rip off day pass

For once Dave l agree wholeheartedly with you.

muppetman11 · 17-12-2013, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave42

still cheaper subscribing monthly that paying the rip off day pass

It is if you wish to watch sport all the time however many just want to access to the odd event , maybe an F1 race , boxing match , football final , I dare say some may watch with friends/family around. The Sky Sports day pass would cost you a fortune owing to the fact you watch sport on a daily basis but remember there's lots who don't.

The sports pass is now also available on Apple TV

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...-apple-tv.html

Chad · 17-12-2013, 20:46

The NOW TV box itself costs £9.99 meaning the 5 day passes are costing £25.00, only £5.00 each. £5.00 seemed to be the amount people on here, and Digital Spy, considered to be a fair and reasonable price for the day pass service. £5.00 for 24 hours access to 6 sports channels is good value when compared to the cost of PPV boxing and the £7.00 SKY used to charge for Prem Plus games.

Is suppose it all comes down to when you use it. On the 1st February I could use the pass to watch Lee Selby Vs. Rendall Munroe for the European title then the following day watch West Brom Vs. Liverpool then Arsenal Vs. Crystal Palace. Not bad for £5.00.

muppetman11 · 18-12-2013, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chad

The NOW TV box itself costs £9.99 meaning the 5 day passes are costing £25.00, only £5.00 each. £5.00 seemed to be the amount people on here, and Digital Spy, considered to be a fair and reasonable price for the day pass service. £5.00 for 24 hours access to 6 sports channels is good value when compared to the cost of PPV boxing and the £7.00 SKY used to charge for Prem Plus games.

Is suppose it all comes down to when you use it. On the 1st February I could use the pass to watch Lee Selby Vs. Rendall Munroe for the European title then the following day watch West Brom Vs. Liverpool then Arsenal Vs. Crystal Palace. Not bad for £5.00.

Its also worth remembering that to get Sky Sports on the Sky platform it costs £43.50 as you have to include a minimum of the Entertainment pack , many people are happy with just Freeview and Freesat so Now TV allows them to watch the odd day and save quite a decent amount.

Doz007 · 04-01-2014, 15:42

Are Sports, Movies and Entertainment streamed in HD? I can't see any mention of it on the website.

muppetman11 · 04-01-2014, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doz007

Are Sports, Movies and Entertainment streamed in HD? I can't see any mention of it on the website.

Depends what device your using ,

All live channels are only available in SD , on selected devices On Demand Entertainment and Movies are available in HD (720p) there is currently no 5.1 audio though , this will arrive at some point.

http://help.nowtv.com/HelpArticle?id...ectedTopicKey=

cimt · 04-01-2014, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chad

The NOW TV box itself costs £9.99 meaning the 5 day passes are costing £25.00, only £5.00 each. £5.00 seemed to be the amount people on here, and Digital Spy, considered to be a fair and reasonable price for the day pass service. £5.00 for 24 hours access to 6 sports channels is good value when compared to the cost of PPV boxing and the £7.00 SKY used to charge for Prem Plus games.

Is suppose it all comes down to when you use it. On the 1st February I could use the pass to watch Lee Selby Vs. Rendall Munroe for the European title then the following day watch West Brom Vs. Liverpool then Arsenal Vs. Crystal Palace. Not bad for £5.00.

£5 each? Seems alright. I got 7 day passes with my TV. It's a shame I don't watch sports as I have 6 codes left.

Doz007 · 05-01-2014, 09:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Depends what device your using ,

All live channels are only available in SD , on selected devices On Demand Entertainment and Movies are available in HD (720p) there is currently no 5.1 audio though , this will arrive at some point.

http://help.nowtv.com/HelpArticle?id...ectedTopicKey=

Cheers MM, I should have known that you'd have the answer

It's a shame that they're not available in HD, if I was going to pay £10 a day to watch Sky Sports I'd expect it to be in HD.

muppetman11 · 05-01-2014, 10:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doz007

Cheers MM, I should have known that you'd have the answer

It's a shame that they're not available in HD, if I was going to pay £10 a day to watch Sky Sports I'd expect it to be in HD.

I agree however I guess Now TV is clearly aimed at the freeview/freesat households , those who may want to watch the odd sporting event , that said I think the entertainment and movie options represent pretty good value for money and in my experience the PQ has been pretty good via the Now TV box and PS3.

nicko · 03-03-2014, 13:31

Carling are giving away sport passes on their beer multipacks limit of 5 per customer.

webcrawler2050 · 03-03-2014, 14:46

So can one just buy the box, if you are already a now TV subscriber?