You can install plex on the new now tv smart box. I got one from Amazon and it's the same procedure as the old boxes.

Got mine cheaper at Amazon.Pleased with it in bedroom.Has replaced an old freeview hd box as this has catch up and can pause and rewind live tv.

How do these get Freeview HD?

Plugged into your aerial or is it live streamed?

You can install plex on the new now tv smart box. I got one from Amazon and it's the same procedure as the old boxes.

Do the viewing codes work with existing accounts or would I have to set up a new one?

Thanks.

It's the older version, or Rarflix. Rarflix has wake on lan built in, but both are a lot older than the newer Plex clients. To my knowledge, it's because the newer builds are available via the Roku appstore, which isn't available on these NowTV branded boxes.

Ended up moving onto Kodi on a fire stick/box and using PlexKodiConnect which is a much better experience for accessing Plex content, but judging by the number of people flogging the NowTV boxes on eBay, there's clearly some market for IPTV via the older sideloaded versions of Plex.

Excellent deal by the way....£40 for box alone (no codes) from Now TV direct.....

for those that have purchased. how's the box for freeview hd, out quality, usability and speed. any review welcome

£39.99 seems to be the price for this now, Amazon did the £36.99 deal, now Argos doing it for £39.99 and i seen it in Asda today for £39.99 too, don't think its ever been on sale for £70?

Could you re-type that in English please?

https://groceries.asda.com/product/media-streaming-freeview-boxes/now-tv-now-smart-box-movies/910002523879
Asda link is £40 also saying "was £70"

Decent price but it still comes with a remote without numbers on, I imagine changing from ITV2 on 6 to C5HD on 105
takes about a year.


This can sideload the now defunct 2+ year old version of Plex.

No.

It's not defunct if it still works. I have it on mine and still works seamlessly with Plex Server on my PC

:disappointed:. Now I'll never understand.

Link to the thread earlier this week - when on Amazon Special - which may answer, in the 200+ comments, various questions/ideas people have:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/now-tv-smart-box-inc-freeview-with-5-month-entertainment-4-month-movie-pass-35-99-2492953

Half an hour on google with some of those terms will tell you everything you need to know, and whether or not it's for you.

​you can't rewind and there is no hard drive.

Not sure what you mean by review? It has live pause, and can rewind up to 30 minutes from when you change over to the channel.

It can't record, if that's what you're asking?

I was JUST about to say the same thing too?, hahaha.

Becton/Gallions Reach Tesco has this same Deal at £69.99!!, so ..... lol.

Bring back dome Black Friday, huh?, lol. :-)

Our current discount 6 month deal with now tv ran out today, we went online to cancel at the increased price and we got offered another 6 months at £3.99 a month - worth trying if your current deal runs out

You can get 6 months entertainment AND 4 months movies, with 2 black boxes for £50 from the reps in curry's/pcworld, and sometimes a couple of skysports day passes thrown in too.

​have you tried going all the way through cancellation?

The movies on now tv are awful. I watch better on itv. Never pay £9.99 month for them.

How can I get free view without an Ariel then?

I'm part of an IPTV streaming service and we have just under 11k users. There is definitely a demand for it. Even Live TV on Kodi use IPTV via xtremecodes

Yes, tried several times.

Its because they buy it direct debit & you buy passes from ebay etc.

I've side loaded an app called TVPlayer into my old now TV box which is basically free view but uses the Internet instead of an aerial connection. Although an aerial connection would be best for signal, wifi/Ethernet can also be used and I haven't had any problems so far. Quality will obviously depend on your internet speed and you can't rewind live TV but for £10 you can't really complain.

Cheers! i meant rewind!
cool... 30 mins rewind is great

Trick missed imo - it has a USB port... why not allow freeview recordings?

So this will work as simply a standalone Freeviw HD box once the subscription is up? Might get one then.

They say "up to 30 mins" - it depends on the quality of the signal, and resolution. So I'm guessing 15 mins for HD...