Everyone wants Kodi.

Incase you need a hdmi extender if your TV is wall mounted and sockets stick out towards the rear, you can get one for free from Roku here

Just to let you all know. I own of these and they're good, but they are very slow.

Ditch all those Non Kodi stick ,tv scrip or box. get an android box and put the kodi on. End of the story.

Great find and great price. Thanks very much.

Great spot, time to ditch my now tv box

Really good deal. Not sure I need one but tempted to buy!

great deal thanks op the streaming stick is a little marvel with dual band WiFi, screen casting and screen mirroring

Great price, Thanks for posting

had one of these myself before i got my current android box and it's a great bit of kit and a steal at this price.

can you pt kodi on this?

Good spot OP, gonna swap out my now TV for up to date plex

good find op, heat added

What makes this better than now tv other than netflix?

Was looking at getting a NOW tv box, is this a better option?

£29.99 on website

Voted hot and ordered!

anyone else having problems adding to basket ?

Does Roku have Amazon Prime Video? What other notable apps are there besides Netflix when compared to NowTV?
(This is for my parents - so Kodi/Plex etc aren't of interest)

*Edit - yes it does. Reserved for collection :smiley:. Netflix + Amazon Prime Video is so much better than NowTV's offering. Works out about the same price too...with all the other Prime delivery/music perks.

Thanks for the answers guys :smiley:

Is this the most up to date Roku?

Guessing they will be dropping these soon now that they do a 4K box. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roku-Streaming-Media-Player-4400R/dp/B015YF5YIS good find though. I have two of them and they are good but more limited than an android box.

Shame they didn't put a headphone jack in the remote like they've done with the more expensive boxes to allow pass through audio. That is an amazing feature.
Regardless, great price, would go for one if I didn't already have a chrome cast.

I found a review that says it is quite sluggish http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/roku/roku-streaming-stick so I might just stick with my now tv HD box.

That's no issue for me. My parents always hit the stupid NowTV device limit - even though they are using the same 4 devices to access NowTV. So I'll be happy to help them move over to NowTV + Amazon Video/Netflix and then just use the NowTV box as a freeview catchup service.

Explain

same as have trouble online so did it with the app

What 'free' channels/apps are available that aren't already on NOW TV?

I bought one, returned it and spend a bit more on a roku 3.

Found it (ESP Netflix) very slow.

Got this for £35 ages ago, a good bit of kit, much better than a box as it can be easily transported when not at home, used it at friends, relatives and on holiday in the highlands when raining it kept a troop of adults and kids entertained - ended up buying a discounted Now TV pack so the kids had childrens channels and Netflix for the adults, bargain at under 20 notes, heat!

Argos website not letting me buy it on phone or PC...

Why Argos site is always crashing? Currys or Amazon has very high demand aswell but they never down!

Argos website struggling
Popped into one local to me and had 1 in stock , result
Worth going to store and checking stock

Site is down

Can get through fine if you can use the app. Reserved one no probs. Looks like most stores near me (N London) have sold out tho

Site crashed, that's funny. I was looking at these last night, full price, so glad I waited, thanks OP.

I have had one of these for a few months, previously had an earlier Roku box, this device is tiny, has a higher resolution interface (shows more on the screen), and just works really really well. I can even control it from my phone. Works well with both Netflix and Amazon video. It has other app/uses too, but that's all I use it for. I had some issues getting HD streaming initially but tweaked some settings on my router and now it's fine.

Ditch all those Non Kodi stick ,tv scrip or box. get an android box and put the kodi on. End of the story.

The biggest reason why the Roku stick is better, is it has Netflix and Now TV as well as Amazon Prime video.
The Now TV box does not have Netflix nor Amazon Prime Video.

although I would recommend an Android box over Now TV and Roku.

Apple have shown that headphone jacks are now defunct :wink:

not everyone wants Kodi.

Everyone wants Kodi.

I prefer Plex and Mobdro...

Kodi's naff

Any advantages of this, over a Chromecast (or GoogleCast, or whatever they're calling it this month)?

I would go for this, but I dont think it has the Sky Sports News app which I always use on the Now TV box.

Mobdro all the way for me.

What is the screen resolution?
EDIT looks like it's up to 1080p with a 600MHz cpu and 512MB RAM which would account for the sluggishness. I think the Now tv box 2 has a 900MHz cpu and the same ram so I might as well keep my now tv box.

Mine set to 1080p 60hz

Incase you need a hdmi extender if your TV is wall mounted and sockets stick out towards the rear, you can get one for free from Roku here

Just a thought isn't it better to wait for the now tv box and deals I.e. £19.95 with 6months entertainment or 4months movies to appear again? As you would stil have to pay for passes on top of this!

Website still cant check stock, but text stockcheck&reserve is working

As a owner I didnt know that, cheers, as some places I visit have a tight fit with the tv design,my Phillips plasma is a nightmare!

Just to let you all know. I own of these and they're good, but they are very slow.

Aren't people getting it for the free channels?

Is like that UK turk? Where you stream live tv and and stream films and stuff?

Good find op, heat added :smiley: but for me , if there is no option for kodi then it's no good for me.

And spend hours of your lives fiddling with updates, no thanks. Kodi doesn't work well enough. Plex ftw.

don't get the point . you buy the stick and still have to pay to watch Netflix and amazon video and ...???
is it worth buying this if you don't have any paid subscription ?

As a free option they give you the same as a Now Tv box, basic catchup services from the main Uk Terrestrial channels.

If you subscribe to a mix of Now Tv, Amazon, Netflix or buy films/shows from Amazon or Google Play, then these devices are fantastic. (In my case I have a Roku 3, not the slightly underpowered stick.)

Just installed mine. Set up straight forward and I've tried it on a few catchup channels and all seems good. Agreed that it's a bit slow processing key inputs but once the programme is playing it seems OK. Thanks OP.

Same here , quite impressed so far
Just adding a few extra free channels not in the menu at the mo

Does it support Amazon Music?

Is the picture of the remote on the Argos (and Currys) site wrong? I believe the 3500EU should have a dedicated Amazon Prime Video channel button, but the picture on the website shows a remote with 4 buttons for Netflix, Google Play, YouTube and Rdio. Suspect the picture is an older model - can any buyers confirm that they definitely got the remote with the Amazon button?

​Mine hasn't, just the four buttons. Unit was sealed and barcode states the model as the 3500EU.

Great price....good find. Heat added

​thankyou it worked

Does this have iPlayer app. If so is it removable as I want it for uni for Amazon and Netflix but don't want to be liable for BBC licence even if I don't use the iPlayer under their new rules

AFAIA, you can have a device with the iPlayer app, as long as you don't use iPlayr for watching live TV. It;s perfectly legal to use the iPlayer app to listen to radio for example. Possession of the app doesn't need a licence - you have to be using it to watch live or catch-up BBC TV. You can legally use Netflix for that.

Do you need an account with credit card added or can this be plugged in and get any free stuff, thanks

When you set up a account they ask for payment details
I used PayPal
It's just incase you want to pay for anything

Thanks for the info, seems sensible but the old days just owning a VCR meant you had to have a licence

Let's not forget, new Now TV box is ethernet not wifi.

This is no longer the case:
Do I need a TV licence to watch iPlayer?

Out of stock :disappointed:

I currently have the latest now tv box, Itt can pause, rewind and fast forward the live entertainment channels. Can the roku stick do that? If not, given the fact my now tv box and fire tv stick (which I use for netflix and amazon prime) are probably faster and more responsive, I can't see any benefit in getting the roku (other than its universal search facility)? Am I missing something?

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Ignore this comment , still available

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/3500EU.htm?cmpid=COJUN&catalogId=10001&cjsurferid=176203330453151299%3AgRuaBRLXBzM7&_%24ja=tsid%3A11674%7Cprd%3A1546795&storeId=10151&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FSearch%2FsearchTerm%2F3500EU.htm&referrer=COJUN

Is this actually in stock for anyone? I don't understand. It says nothing about being out of stock until I put my post code in, and that's even for delivery. Why would my post code determine whether its OOS for me if its delivery?

Errrrr well no don't ignore. I'm not going to lie about it being OOS am I

Thats no stock in your area , keep checking next 5 stores
I put in a few random areas to check and showed stock still

I thought it would just come from a big depo somewhere, regardless of location if it was delivery. Obviously not then. No where near me at all within a rather large mile radius

I've had mine two years now. Got used to its sluggish performance and regular rebooting when I happen to put it under pressure by fast forwarding or rewinding anything I'm streaming. Only put up with it this long because of the range of apps such as Amazon and now tv and iPlayer that work with and the fact that I've been holding off replacing it for the past year waiting for the newer model (3600) or the 4K new box to reach these shores.

The Roku stick/boxes are (as far as i'm aware) the only streaming devices to have apps for Now TV, Netflix and Amazon video, Google Play Movies as well as access to Iplayer, ITV player, All 4, Demand 5, Spotify etc.

I'm now finding places that say they have in it stock, so I add to my basket using that location and it then says OOS within 2 seconds. Happened with Trowbridge and Devizes collection. I give up

​would chrome not have that too ? you could sideload all the ones that arent on amazon fire stick too if you really wanted them maybe

I know the law has changed. You need a licence to WATCH TV using iPlayer. You do NOT need a TV licence to have a machine with iPlayer capability as long as you don't use iPlayer to watch TV.

OK, i'm talking about the availability of legit apps from the Roku store, that don't require any hacks/sideloading. Chromecast requires casting from apps phone/tablet. Most people would prefer a simple remote and the apps to be on the device. I'm pretty sure you can't use Amazon Video on Chromecast without doing it from a Chrome browser - seems pretty awkward to me.

Ended up with two reservations at Perry Barr in Birmingham but I only need one, happy to share reservation code if anyone is interested.

​I guess your right probably, I ended up hooking my pc up to my tv, I mean its a bit more expensive than this option but works well ha

Hi, can anyone answer my question above, can live entertainment channels from Now TV be paused, rewind etc on the Roku stick? I can see a benefit in having a single stick that does everything, but if it can't pause live tv, then it can't do everything! In that case I'm best sticking with my Now TV Smart box and fire tv stick. If it can pause live tv, then I might try it.


Using Now TV and my fire-tv stick, I can do all this, except for Google Play Movies, which I'm not interested in. It would be nice to have everything on a single stick, but see above ...

Typical Argos special, no stock in my nearest 20 stores. Same.old story

​where are you? I have one reserved at my local store.

thanks OP, got one for a friend :smile:

I love roku. With channel pear you can get all the streaming m3us too much like mobdro if you sign in with the same credentials pulled from peat on kodi. Though that's if you like syfy, 24 hour south park, Simpsons, ginx etc, fox movies etc. About 70 worth while channels in all. And with the roku media player you can stream mp4s and mkvs via dlna on your network. So well worth the price in my opinion.

if you're going to get a streaming stick at least make sure it's a fire stick :sunglasses:

I bought one of these a few months ago as I wanted Now TV, Prime Video and Netflix but never use it. It is soooo slooooooooow. Drives me mad.

Absolute chronic piece of kit. Very slow interface, massively underpowered AVOID

It looks like this stick has the same hardware as the original white Now TV box, which was pretty slow compared to the newer black Now TV box, so i think i'll give it a miss

Love my roku stick. Ok not the fastest piece of hardware, but working off a 5g wifi helps massively. All apps on one device, which is why I originally bought it. Plex streaming is a dream on it. Remote is superb to.

​chronic? Chronic is fantastic in a young persons vocab I got a bit confused by the contradiction there!

​No. Don't avoid. ​Well, I've been using mine since yesterday afternoon and the only sluggishness is occasionally on navigation. Everything else is absolutely fine. It is on 5ghz wifi and being used on TV's less than a year old but I've no complaints at all. No crashing, no rebooting, pretty much perfect.

You're better of getting the fire TV stick and installing KODI. Every movie and TV show on earth for free...

Thanks op, ordered one and got free delivery!

Ive got a fire stick, how do I get Kodi, not good with tech stuff but teenager is?

yawn....didn't we already cover this a page or so back

that is the price for an old one! NOT the updated 3600 version. read reviews. was very sluggish and would buffer for ages. cold

​See my post just above. It doesn't.

Have you ever used exodus on kodi? It sounds like you've not.

Not really in what you can do.

You will need to google the steps, then a guide to install exodus, then you're golden!

Got one from Streatham - any tips on hidden channels appreciated, I heard NASA has one on there?

Can no one who has one confirm if now tv live channels can be paused like the new now tv smart box. For me, that's critical functionality?

I personally downloaded and installed es file explorer from the amazon appstore on the fire stick then used the apps2fire app on my android phone to upload the kodi apk file to es explorer on the firestick and installed from there. I then used this link for addons.
https://seo-michael.co.uk/the-best-movie-add-ons-for-kodi/

I have a PS4, everyone goes on about Roku...but what can I get on it that I already can't? Free channels?

The PS4 does everything the Roku does --- but in a much bigger and more power hungry form.
Also, is the All4 app still broken on the PlayStation?! Works perfectly on the Roku.

No. Hence the reason it's not advertised that it will.

Not everyone has a ps4, and the roku is a tad more portable

Maplin price match so I bought mine there for the Argos offer price today - saved 20 squid :smiley:

No, they don't.

Your zero deals in 4 years, says enough about you.

​Not really relevant that. Is it?

I said no they don't as well :stuck_out_tongue:

ordered last night and delivered today.....just been playing around with it...wow...love it....already have a couple of Kodi boxes but this little beauty is a joy to use....fast, nice interface....excellent....just ordered another two for the family - for collection tomorrow

yeah well that's the theory....the reality of Kodi / Exodous / Pulse / SALTS / Phoenix etc etc etc is very much fingers crossed and hit and miss...to the point of exasperation

I agree kodi sucks! however plex iptv sub blows everything away for me

See that's the thing. Everybody bands around how Great using Kodi is. (And that isn't fair on KODI, seeing as even the developers of it are getting annoyed at its usage now.) The truth is, we've hit a point where the old arguments about lack of access to content etc don't wash now. (Certainly regarding mainstream audiences). Now it IS about not wanting to pay for it, because you CAN get a decent level of service, to a heck of a lot of content.. IF you are willing to pay your way.

what does it do?

So is everything pay for on this? Any free services like iplayer?

Yes it has all UK catchup services.

Wasn't any stock showing in my area yesterday, but today I managed to buy the only one in stock from my nearest store. Happy Days

Hi can you name a good android box?? As many are very slow and basic........

Hi can you name a good Android box?? As many are basic and slow....

I've installed plex on my laptop but am struggling with the plug ins do you have a link for setting up the iptv ?

free roku hdmi extender https://my.roku.com/hdmi

Hi mate the iptv subscription i use works on the now tv box its just a case of installing plex on a box then connecting to a server very simple. You can find what you need on a well known auction site just search the words plex iptv I'm suprised not many people know about this service available it is excellent and blows away any kodi build out there.

sshhh.....don't spoil it.

Let the masses carry on with the crappy KODI plugins while we enjoy Plex and IPTV

Just had a look at this is this all totally legal?

It looks like they are giving you access to a server they set up without giving you the direct login details so they don't have to set up a lot of dummy accounts to sell to a lot of people. Basically, unless I am mistaken it will use more or less the same sources as the common Kodi addons and therefore is only as legal as doing the same with Kodi.

There's actually a whole heap of free catchup apps beyond the usual iplayer etc. I wouldn't expect to find much quality content - but there are plenty offering free movies and old TV series.

With that said, do yourself a favour and pony up for the £6 per month Netflix deal. There is SO MUCH good content on there. Just watched 'Stranger Things' - which was superb. One of the best things I've seen in ages! Now looking forward to the second series of Narcos (Pablo Escobar).

It also has a filmon app with a tonne of channels....not all are great but a small selection of pay tv. You need to add this hidden channel via the website though using the channel code. And there are loads of others....one channel had just had access to all 7 star wars movies for example, another all star trek movies....again you needed to add the hidden code as the main one from the roku store reverted to just showing trailers.

And you can make your own apps using the roku app makers and then embed your own streams picked up from interent sources if you really want to do kodi equivalent stuff on top of everything else other people are doing. you just have to look....

I think you might have used Kodi wrong if you think it's crappy.

kodi's not crappy its just not on the same level as a dedicated plex iptv sub don't believe me get yourself a free 24hrs test try it and thank me later

What would that give me over a paid IPTV sub in Kodi?

Not trying to be argumentative, just curious. I already use a paid service in Kodi that works awesome.

Read my post again... I never called Kodi crappy. I called the plug-ins crappy, which they mostly are.

I was using Kodi way before it was called kodi even before it was called xbmc..... On an original xbox

Thanks for the info. I managed to get the filmon plug in for my laptop and a film plug in I then installed plex onto the firestick but I've just realised I need to have the laptop switched on. It's all very interesting for us senior grannies and I think I get more enjoyment out of researching these things than actually watching the results I never heard of Kodi or plex until amazon prime day and the HUKD firestick post.

I would say its probably a similar service if your paying a sub the only difference maybe is just how simple it is to set up. There is never any need to update anything as thats done for you. Its purely a case of turning now tv on select plex and your good to go and the selection of channels,on demand films,tv shows,music,and just about anything you could ever want is there. I would definitely try a 24hr test and see how it compares with your service ive tried many streaming devices and for me this is the winner. now tv boxes cost next to nothing as well plenty of people sell them on here

So was I.

Read my post, just above yours. We've moved past that now dude.

That's fair enough.

I guess if you're willing to pay then Kodi/Plex is much of a muchness.

I run Kodi on a htpc in the front room and on my gaming pc in my office and have it on an android box in the bedroom.

I've put plex media server on my server this evening, will take a look. I did try it a few years ago and wasn't impressed but bought a new TV a few weeks back that has a plex client, so willing to take another look.

Looks like a few stores are starting to get them back in stock again in my local area for those that tried to find them, but missed out initially.

Seem to have missed out :neutral_face:

Plex for streaming from the web really needs a paid IPTV service..
.....but it can still be a very useful tool If you have lots of media stored already. Create Plex library folders pointing to your TV Shows/Movies etc..(I create even more granular folders for everyone in the home, e.g my TV shows, My Movies etc..) Then create a port forward on your router to your Plex server and everyone in the house can then access their own personal media library on whatever device wherever they are....Phones/Tablets/Browser...
Turns your home media library into a Netflix type library...and there are Plex clients for so many devices...

This should be expired I think - now showing 39.99

What hidden channels show movies? I know there's a NASA channel on there somewhere...