Disney +

peahead · 25 Feb 2020 at 00:12

Anybody going to give the Disney + streaming service a try i see it's now available to Pre order for a limited time price of £49.99 for a years subscription.

I think for that price it's worth giving it a shot.

https://preview.disneyplus.com/uk

varkanoid · 25 Feb 2020 at 09:06

Yeah got my email yesterday I signed up. Series 2 of the Mandalorian beckons.....

chroniclard · 25 Feb 2020 at 09:11

Other than Mandalorian I am not sure if there is anything else worth watching?

RobDogDog · 25 Feb 2020 at 09:44

I think you can run 4 devices simultanesouly using 1 account. My workmate and I are going to go halves for the year - £25 each for the year. I'll get that back on Simpson episodes alone. The Mrs seems keen to watch Star Wars as well which was unexpected haha!

ShortWarning · 25 Feb 2020 at 10:01

While I love Marvel films I don't tend to watch them over and over again but as I have young kids I'll sign up for the year to see how it is.

TheVoice · 25 Feb 2020 at 10:03

I'll wait and see what's on there, I might subscribe for a few months to catch up on the many, many Marvel films I've missed if they're in UHD, but there's not much else. I can take or leave Star Wars stuff.

At least they're launching it with the app on my not-very-old TV unlike Apple TV+.

Ayahuasca · 25 Feb 2020 at 10:18

If you can indeed split it between four people who'll only run it on one device then it's probably worth it. Although I can see them clamping down on that fairly sharpish if people clock on. £49.99 for the year is a bit steep for what I'd use it for though.

Mr.Shabz · 25 Feb 2020 at 10:21

If they confirm all Simpsons series are available at UK launch, then I'll be very tempted.

Deleted member 77746 · 25 Feb 2020 at 10:30

I have a free 3 months disney+ code so once it comes live I will use it.

StarShock · 25 Feb 2020 at 10:47

I kind of want this to be able to go back and watch many of the cartoons from my childhood. Gummy bears, chip 'n dale rescue rangers, ducktails, darkwing duck, tailspin etc... though I suspect that after a couple episodes of each I'll likely have satiated my nostalgia and never watch again

peahead · 25 Feb 2020 at 12:04

List of currently supported devices for Disney +

https://help.disneyplus.com/csp?id=csp_article_content&sys_kb_id=92e7685d1bcfc8d4b8651f861a4bcb01

Hopefully more manufacturers will jump on board nothing from Panasonic yet as i have a 65"GZ950, will just use my Apple tv box for now.

Liquid_Entity · 25 Feb 2020 at 12:15

My Sony KDL-55W905A TV is too old for a native app so could use it through the PS4. I already pay for Netflix, Prime and SKY Q so wondering if adding another £49.99 for this is worth it. I hav a 4yr old and soon another one but won't be for a year before that one would watch anything of interest.

pepp77 · 25 Feb 2020 at 12:18

For basically £1 a week its definitely worth a look at for the first year, shame then that the pre-order website wont actually load.

brakeinup · 25 Feb 2020 at 17:13

I will be paying for a year at 49.99 - I have three young kids so it has to be done. Its a very reasonable cost, but I hope Disney don't slowly increase the price like Netflix did.

varkanoid · 26 Feb 2020 at 12:56

chroniclard said:
Other than Mandalorian I am not sure if there is anything else worth watching?

If you like Marvel there are 3 or 4 series coming out, WandaVision etc, a Star Wars series set before the Prequels is in the works, the Obi Wan Kenobi series, and allegedly a Darth Maul series.

chroniclard · 26 Feb 2020 at 13:14

varkanoid said:
If you like Marvel there are 3 or 4 series coming out, WandaVision etc, a Star Wars series set before the Prequels is in the works, the Obi Wan Kenobi series, and allegedly a Darth Maul series.

Are these real TV or cartoons?

Matteysan · 26 Feb 2020 at 13:28

Mr.Shabz said:
If they confirm all Simpsons series are available at UK launch, then I'll be very tempted.

From rumours there won't be any Simpsons because it is licensed to sky, unsure if I wanna subscribe basically because no one knows what is going to be on there.

varkanoid · 26 Feb 2020 at 13:53

chroniclard said:
Are these real TV or cartoons?

All real TV.

chroniclard · 26 Feb 2020 at 13:58

varkanoid said:
All real TV.

Ah sweet. Will bin Netflix as rarely watch it anyway and try this for a bit then.

a1ex2001 · 26 Feb 2020 at 14:55

brakeinup said:
I will be paying for a year at 49.99 - I have three young kids so it has to be done. Its a very reasonable cost, but I hope Disney don't slowly increase the price like Netflix did.

of course the price will slowly creep up once they have hoovered up as many sign ups as possible it is the only way for them to increase revenue, hopefully it will see a similar investment in content to that of Netflix who are spending a fortune creating high quality TV.

I won't be signing up simply beacuase I don't want to pay for another streaming service the market is becoming far to fragmented with too many different services needed to get everything I'll stick to Netflix and Prime (mainly for the other benefits) for now and see who comes out on top in the streaming wars or if some sort of aggregator subscription appears