iPlayer no longer supported - stand-alone replacement iPlayer device??

Mel_P · 26 Jul 2016 at 11:45

Thanks all.

So I will:

1. try my Pi 3 with kodi - just to see until service actually ends.

Meanwhile:

2. investigate 4k Fire TV box as probable first choice as probably better support
3. possible android box as alternative to Amazon device.

Dsteviedee · 26 Jul 2016 at 15:48

As already said, most "HD" services are only broadcast at 720p.
So for an easy to use, cheap, catchup TV solution, the NOW TV box cannot be beaten.
I use one in the kitchen, have a Fire Stick in the bedroom and Openelec Nuc in the lounge.
If I asked my wife to use catchup TV on any of the devices, the only one she could use would be the NOW TV.

wesley · 26 Jul 2016 at 16:08

NOT TV comes with 3 month sky, do you have give them your credit card first?

Dsteviedee · 26 Jul 2016 at 16:11

wesley said:
NOT TV comes with 3 month sky, do you have give them your credit card first?

You do when you register the box, then cancel it straight away.

jpaul · 26 Jul 2016 at 16:25

I am not sure, but maybe you can still get the 14 day trial and then apply any pass (you can also confirm that passes are valid without having to enable them)

Afterthought - possibly a movies trial

Mel_P · 27 Jul 2016 at 09:39

Dsteviedee said:
If I asked my wife to use catchup TV on any of the devices, the only one she could use would be the NOW TV.

Probably the best argument for NOW TV yet!!
(with apologies . . )

wesley · 27 Jul 2016 at 11:52

Dsteviedee said:
You do when you register the box, then cancel it straight away.

how? how easy to cancel it?

Dsteviedee · 28 Jul 2016 at 08:29

Dsteviedee · 28 Jul 2016 at 08:32

Mel_P said:
Probably the best argument for NOW TV yet!!
(with apologies . . )

It's true, it's the main reason I still use Sky for all of our main viewing.
If I change the skin on Kodi she hates it because "it's changed and not the same"

Jamesyboyjim · 28 Jul 2016 at 11:01

Doesn't the newer black now TV box support 1080p? the original white ones were 720p yes.

As for cancelling a Now TV sub, you simply log in to the Now TV website, go into account management and choose cancel plan. Whatever voucher you have currently running will continue to be valid until the date it expires so don't worry about losing out.

easyrider · 28 Jul 2016 at 19:12

Fire TV

Bbci player very snappy...

Spacedeck · 28 Jul 2016 at 19:17

Jamesyboyjim said:
Doesn't the newer black now TV box support 1080p? the original white ones were 720p yes.

As for cancelling a Now TV sub, you simply log in to the Now TV website, go into account management and choose cancel plan. Whatever voucher you have currently running will continue to be valid until the date it expires so don't worry about losing out.

I never owned the white ones but I do have the black box. That gives me the options for 720 and 1080p.

Slam62 · 28 Jul 2016 at 19:19

The black one is capable of 1080, but they don't stream it yet..

jpaul · 28 Jul 2016 at 22:35

I find BBC iplayer app on the older nowtv box is very lethargic, when you want it to pause or try and rewind; compared to that, the sky nowtv app is much more responsive -perhaps to be expected.

However even on a windows laptop nowtv also seems more responsive than iplayer - Dare I say it sky have better programmers.

But on a laptop the interface to both is different too, plus you have a mouse+keyboard and finding programs and jumping around in them is so much easier
(do any of the firetv type smart boxes give the same iplayer GUI as a windows laptop ? .. where you also have radio catchup)

Note the 720/1080 aspect of nowtv boxes was already discussed earlier in this thread - not another thread - this one :rolleyes: