Just to help people with the various NowTV Box versions:

#1 Original small WHITE NowTV Box (a few years back) = max 720p output; extra 'AV' composite video/audio output to use with optional cable (c£10 extra) with pre HDMI TV sets; WiFi Internet connection only

#2 Newer small BLACK NowTV Box (last year) = max 1080p output; wired & WiFi Internet connections; no AV socket; far faster CPU - ie a LOT better than original white box (ie best to retire/replace white ASAP)
[Were some "special editions" eg Christmas last year with various 'jazzy' designs/colours instead of pure black]
http://www.nowtv.com/box

#3 This latest black bigger NowTV SMART Box just released with addition of Aerial socket for live Freeview HD digital terrestrial TV display [with some pause & rewind capability, but not record]
http://www.nowtv.com/tv-smart-box

NowTV comparison of current black NowTV Box and NowTV Smart Box:
http://www.nowtv.com/best-tv-boxes

And some extra tips/tricks/ideas I summarised re exploiting the white/black NowTV Boxes:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/now-tv-movies-sub-9-99-m-reduced-7-99-6-60-m-when-cancelling-2134612?p=24308188

“BBC gets alot of the licence it also pays for the infrastructure for freeview etc.” It gets all of it: ‘TV Licensing collected £3.7 billion in revenue in 2013/14.’ And yes, that's BILLIONS. And if you don’t pay they like to put bad, bad people in prison. And remember, that billions is year in, year out!!!

You don’t need a TV licence FULL STOP. As long as you are not watching live TV as it is broadcast.

You can own TV’s galore: You can stream Netflix, Amazon Prime and Youtube. You can watch amazing Bluray/DVD content and you can play fantastic console games.

All legally WITHOUT a TV licence.

TV Licensing are operating an out-dated business model through fear and intimidation.

You can CHOOSE of your own FREE WILL the beautiful services you choose to have in your home. And streaming content is easily accessible and can be contract free.

Do not let BBC TV Licencing or Capita into your home. If they knock one too many times, film them from an upstairs window if need be. They have no more power than the milkman.

And remember, your ‘right’ to silence is YOUR ‘right.’ Not something they give you. Say nothing and shut the door.

SHUT-UP and shut YOUR door. This advice is the deal of the year--£145.50 saved (the only aside, is that if you pay by DD go through the proper termination process).

you still need a phone line (as it streams the channels you watch over your broadband connection)
can you ditch sky? well it really depends on what channels you watch! if you only watch sky1/Atlantic/living and bbc/itv/ch4+5) then yes you could!

Be warned though......you cannot record anything off this box (as said above, you stream off the internet) and sky have removed the kids channels which is another subscription on top of their entertainment package (which is part of this deal) Also if you watch sky sports, you would also need their sports package (which is pretty expensive as well)

the best deals around for the subscription packages (entertainment/sports/kids) are from amazon/argos/Tesco etc and even people of ebay sell them pretty cheap. most often (like this deal) you can also get the streaming box and the subscription thrown in as a package as well.

here is the old box, and includes the packages you can buy for it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NOW-TV-Month-Entertainment-Pass/dp/B016WGF9O2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_504_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=41NPyeZU6kL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=FJ11S4VB0DY22NHEXR6N

some nowtv links of channels
http://watch.nowtv.com/entertainment/channels
http://watch.nowtv.com/kids
http://watch.nowtv.com/sports/explorer

FYI- I ditched sky back in April- and my misses seems pretty content in using nowtv with Netflix and BT TV and works out a lot cheaper as well! HTH

Ta

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Sheesh. I said, "I think". I wasn't entirely sure. But either way, it would be weird to label a port after a font.

One thing to keep in mind is you still get the old remote control, this could be a little fiddly with with 80+ channels.

So this will pause and rewind the freeview channels?

You don;t need a TV license to own a freeview box.

Yes

That isnt the case as i always understood though the BBC gets alot of the licence it also pays for the infrastructure for freeview etc.
http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/tv-licence-explained

YouView boxes are dead slow and have a clunky user interface.

Now TV Boxes (from the black version onwards), are lightning fast.