Seems like a very good offer......for those who don't mind paying! Will see you through the Christmas period!.
Works out at £8.49 per month. Just remember to cancel at the end of the 6 months.
TopCashBack tracking at £5.00
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nikomou
9 Sep 17#1
Great deal. It's for New Customers only though. Worth setting up a new account under the wife's name though. Thanks OP.
srp111
9 Sep 17#2
Great price.. So how can sky tv justify charging so much when this is the same thing !
Ashe to srp111
9 Sep 17#4
Because people pay it.
UltimatePhoenix to srp111
10 Sep 17#30
Same?? Seems alot less channels to me, i like Sky but now just live with Netflix, running out fast though, no tv license needed for me, need to reclaim :joy:
smackos to UltimatePhoenix
10 Sep 17#31
If you are running out of stuff to watch on Netflix then just top it up here and there throughout the year with other subs. Still miles cheaper than a Sky package. There's some great stuff over on Amazon to try out plus you could always rent stuff out on disc from the likes of CinemaParadiso.
UltimatePhoenix to smackos
10 Sep 17#34
Never heard of Cinema Paradiso, any good??? Ive watched Gotham and Defenders over lsstt couple weeks, and finished Big Bang theory, onto the other DC stuff next!!
smackos to UltimatePhoenix
10 Sep 17#37
Love using Cinema Paradiso here and there. Think like Lovefilm was. It might be old school but it's bloody excellent value for money.
Think of it this way. People pay for SKY Cinema each month and get movie releases about 9-12 months after they've shown up in cinemas. You can pay for Cinema paradiso and get recent releases between 3-4 months from its cinema release. For a quick example on Sept 22nd Sky Cinema will be premiering The Accountant. That's been available through cinema Paradiso since March. Between now and end of November I'll be able to rent the likes of Wonder Woman, Spide-man:Homecoming and Alien Covenant. The last few months I've watched things like Logan, Ghost in the Shell, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Kong: Skull Island, Life and John Wick 2. Sky Cinema subscribers are going to have to wait until next summer before they get any of those to watch, and ironically they won't be watching it at as good a quality either.
Then as well as that they do a ridiculous amount of tv show stuff. Whether that's stuff like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Ash vs Evil Dead, Vikings, Black Sails, Tin Star etc. Plus, you can swap and change your subscription level with them month to month. So some months you might want only 3 or 4 movies out, so stick it on a light package for £6.98. Other months you might to smash through a few tv series as well, so have it on a heavier subscription, or if it's a dry month then you can always freeze your subscription till a certain date again.
None of these services HAVE to replace each other for you full time. It's just about playing it clever to get exactly what you want from each of them.
UltimatePhoenix to smackos
10 Sep 17#38
Cheers ill save into my web, used lovefilm years ago but missus would use the headache excuse not to watch a film so didnt end up getting monies worth :joy: learnt to watch myself, gets involved when half way through though haha
smackos to UltimatePhoenix
10 Sep 17#39
No worries. I regularly use the streaming services but the content available via disc rental makes them look laughable sometimes, even compared to full Sky.
Films available now..
Films coming up up the next few months..
UltimatePhoenix to smackos
11 Sep 17#40
Nice one, think ill give it a go, still need John Wick 2, :thumbsup:
snowsgreen to srp111
11 Sep 17#41
Because of PQ and stereo only sound. That’s pretty much it really.
bowdown2thegame
9 Sep 17#3
Thanks OP. Does anyone know if this deal has an expiry for redemption? I can't see it on the link and didn't want to sign up until next month ideally
heavygoodz
9 Sep 17#5
Might be worth checking your account emails (we have two)- i've been offered movies for £4.99 "50% off"
reaper1951
9 Sep 17#6
Great Deal!!!! I got the same deal from Argos for £19.99, a couple of months ago.
reaper1951
9 Sep 17#7
Sorry never noticed the movies included, but after 14 day trial of the movies I got 4 months for 3.99 a month.
fiffio101
9 Sep 17#8
Not the same as sky as entertainment is only 11 or so channels and no plus 1 's etc. This is a great deal though
ST3123
9 Sep 17#9
Reasonable I guess, but personally would have to be even cheaper for me. Just had the entertainment pass for GOT and while it worked, the streaming quality looks a bit poor these days on large and 4K screens at only 720P and if you like surround sound forget it, stereo only. Really think Now TV should get with the times, by comparison Netflix now have a huge library of 4K content, even some HDR and Amazon are just behind, that really puts the video quality of Now TV into perspective. Plus half the time it didn't even stay at max quality, sometimes dropping to something akin to Youtube at lowest settings.
Personally, I think they deliberately limit the PQ of Now TV to make a Sky (Now TV is just Sky by another name) sub seem more attractive (where you can at least get a less heavily compressed 1080 image). If you could stream at up to 4K with HD audio then Sky Satellite TV would become pointless for a lot of people.
To be fair for those with smaller sets and who aren't so sensitive to image quality, this is still a reasonable deal. If you are happy with DVD quality video you will probably find Now TV matches up roughly with that (minus the dolby digital audio)....
kilboy to ST3123
9 Sep 17#11
The on demand streams at 1080 it's only if you're watching live it drops to 720. But yeah it's a bit crap compared to netflix/amazon offerings. I think DVD quality is a bit of a harsh comparison though :smile:
smackos to kilboy
9 Sep 17#20
No the WHOLE of Now tv is limited to 720p. It isn't even really about the fact it's 720p so much, it's the fact they use really low bitrate to go with it.
Yeah that sucks. Bit of a cheek really, the box lets you select 1080.
Annoying really. The choice is adverts, unreliable boxes and expense (even at 75% off I'm paying more for sky than I did for Now TV) vs lower quality and less choice.
If you could pluck the best bits from both of them it would be awesome. :disappointed:
smackos to kilboy
9 Sep 17#23
Yeah, the box will scale and output 1080p to the tv but the stream that Now tv pushes to it is limited big time. I do use Now Tv, but it's hitting the point where we're watching tv shows and movies elsewhere and just having Now tv for the football. The odd few shows I personally watch in the house through Now Tv I could happily wait a little longer and grab them when they come out on iTunes/Amazon. (Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.) Its just a few things that my partner likes that still means we'll be subscribing to Now Tv till the end of time itself.. Ncis, Ncis LA and Hawaii Five-0. :persevere:
spy_master
9 Sep 17#10
Thanks, just got this offer for American Horror Story & Walking Dead series. You can use the sliders when purchasing to choose how many months you want, but discounts do vary depending on what you go for.
Smythey1
9 Sep 17#12
Iv got a 2 month now Tv series code if any wants for £5 ?
Oneday77
9 Sep 17#13
An alternative is: - Buy 3 x NowTV Freeview boxes with 2 months movies - £75 2 x NowTV Freeview boxes with 3 months entertainment - £50 All in ASDA total £125
Sell the unused boxes on Ebay for £28 each. £2.90 postage, 10% (£2.80 ebay) and 4% (£1.12 PayPal). So £15 less (5 x £21.18) = £19.10
If you can be bothered with the hassle :wink:
Davey11
9 Sep 17#14
So you buy now tv freeview boxes for £25 each, remove the pass and sell them for £28 plus postage??? Who pays £28 for a now tv box without a pass???
aishakhan894 to Davey11
9 Sep 17#15
+1
Oneday77 to Davey11
9 Sep 17#24
Look on eBay for sold listings for 4500k model NowTV boxes. They are the ones that are normally £50+ a pack with a pass. Also have Freeview built in with pause function.
Davey11 to Oneday77
9 Sep 17#28
Those boxes haven`t been £50 for ages, the most i have seen them for is £34.99.
fiffio101
9 Sep 17#16
Better off buying a month at normal price then getting a deal when you go to cancel
DevK
9 Sep 17#17
Hi all, do Now TV passes expire?
I bought a Now TV box via the John Lewis deal posted on HUKD a few weeks ago. It came with a 6 month sky cinema pass.
The question is, if I go for the deal posted in this thread, can I save the pass that came with my box to use at a later date? Say in 6 months time?
wobinb to DevK
9 Sep 17#19
I believe you have 12 months from purchase, but they don't really have anyway of knowing when that was. I've never had a code refused.
amphibianforce to DevK
10 Sep 17#33
I've attempted to apply a (presumably) expired code from an old box before. It failed, but I contacted NowTV and they had no issues applying it for me manually.
wobinb
9 Sep 17#18
The black now TV boxes are regularly available for 14.99 with two months movies. These work out at £7.50 a month. Occasionally the four month boxes come down to £19.99, so £5 a month. As others have mentioned you can often get discounted rates when cancelling.
John.Nash196 to wobinb
17 Sep 17#43
I did this for a year or so, but they seem to have stopped offering me discounted rates when i go to cancel.
wobinb to John.Nash196
17 Sep 17#44
You seem to need to have paid at least one month at the normal rate before cancelling. My first choice are the cheap boxes with vouchers, I stockpile these when they are cheap. If I run out then I'll pay for a month and then cancel.
I've not run out of vouchers for some time, so not sure what the current situation is.
Jaybeam
9 Sep 17#22
I think I will wait till the black box and 6 months entertainment pass comes on again at £19.50 which I paid last time finished 1 month ago
InTheKnow444
9 Sep 17#25
got both for £40 a few months back, still to activate the movie pass
mackem1966
9 Sep 17#26
seller on ebay doing a months pass for £2 for movies/entertainment/one day sports. I bought 4 as you can only use 4 per account but it would give you 4 months for £8
Davey11 to mackem1966
9 Sep 17#27
Did you actually receive those passes? I bought one, turned out to be a scam.
wibble to mackem1966
10 Sep 17#32
Think these are probably the free codes Now TV are handing out at theme parks, they are limited to four uses per account but only one pass type per account, basically you can use one each for movies, entertainment, sport and kids per account. To get four months movies you would need four accounts.
adsthompson
9 Sep 17#29
I have 100mb virgin broadband and now tv still buffers no idea why no other service does it
Munkee
10 Sep 17#35
Does the app allow 1080p . Buggy app yeah but sure tin star was streaming at 1080 last night . Same with GoT
both LG and Samsung to apps
smackos to Munkee
10 Sep 17#36
No it's a certainty. Your tv will SCALE the content to 1080p, the same way as it does for all content, even 540p DVD. It doesn't change the fact that the native content being put out is only 720p. In fact, SKY tv itself has only just actually moved to using 1080p files on Sky Cinema. It turns out that before that they were using lower resolution masters and encoding those for tv output at 1080i/720p. (That info comes from a Sky press release itself.)
The only way we will see 1080p streams anytime soon may come with the Sky By Broadband service when that launched sometime next year. If they were really clever, they'd stick that as available on multiple platforms, Nvidia Shield, Apple TV, RoKu etc. But you kow it's Sky, so they'll end up just providing it via the good 'ole Sky Q box and nothing else.
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Works out at £8.49 per month. Just remember to cancel at the end of the 6 months.
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Think of it this way. People pay for SKY Cinema each month and get movie releases about 9-12 months after they've shown up in cinemas. You can pay for Cinema paradiso and get recent releases between 3-4 months from its cinema release. For a quick example on Sept 22nd Sky Cinema will be premiering The Accountant. That's been available through cinema Paradiso since March. Between now and end of November I'll be able to rent the likes of Wonder Woman, Spide-man:Homecoming and Alien Covenant. The last few months I've watched things like Logan, Ghost in the Shell, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Kong: Skull Island, Life and John Wick 2. Sky Cinema subscribers are going to have to wait until next summer before they get any of those to watch, and ironically they won't be watching it at as good a quality either.
Then as well as that they do a ridiculous amount of tv show stuff. Whether that's stuff like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Ash vs Evil Dead, Vikings, Black Sails, Tin Star etc. Plus, you can swap and change your subscription level with them month to month. So some months you might want only 3 or 4 movies out, so stick it on a light package for £6.98. Other months you might to smash through a few tv series as well, so have it on a heavier subscription, or if it's a dry month then you can always freeze your subscription till a certain date again.
None of these services HAVE to replace each other for you full time. It's just about playing it clever to get exactly what you want from each of them.
No worries. I regularly use the streaming services but the content available via disc rental makes them look laughable sometimes, even compared to full Sky.
Films available now..
Films coming up up the next few months..
Personally, I think they deliberately limit the PQ of Now TV to make a Sky (Now TV is just Sky by another name) sub seem more attractive (where you can at least get a less heavily compressed 1080 image). If you could stream at up to 4K with HD audio then Sky Satellite TV would become pointless for a lot of people.
To be fair for those with smaller sets and who aren't so sensitive to image quality, this is still a reasonable deal. If you are happy with DVD quality video you will probably find Now TV matches up roughly with that (minus the dolby digital audio)....
I think DVD quality is a bit of a harsh comparison though :smile:
help.nowtv.com/art…ice
Annoying really. The choice is adverts, unreliable boxes and expense (even at 75% off I'm paying more for sky than I did for Now TV) vs lower quality and less choice.
If you could pluck the best bits from both of them it would be awesome. :disappointed:
Buy
3 x NowTV Freeview boxes with 2 months movies - £75
2 x NowTV Freeview boxes with 3 months entertainment - £50
All in ASDA total £125
Sell the unused boxes on Ebay for £28 each. £2.90 postage, 10% (£2.80 ebay) and 4% (£1.12 PayPal).
So £15 less (5 x £21.18) = £19.10
If you can be bothered with the hassle :wink:
Who pays £28 for a now tv box without a pass???
They are the ones that are normally £50+ a pack with a pass. Also have Freeview built in with pause function.
I bought a Now TV box via the John Lewis deal posted on HUKD a few weeks ago. It came with a 6 month sky cinema pass.
The question is, if I go for the deal posted in this thread, can I save the pass that came with my box to use at a later date? Say in 6 months time?
I've not run out of vouchers for some time, so not sure what the current situation is.
I bought 4 as you can only use 4 per account but it would give you 4 months for £8
I bought one, turned out to be a scam.
both LG and Samsung to apps
The only way we will see 1080p streams anytime soon may come with the Sky By Broadband service when that launched sometime next year. If they were really clever, they'd stick that as available on multiple platforms, Nvidia Shield, Apple TV, RoKu etc. But you kow it's Sky, so they'll end up just providing it via the good 'ole Sky Q box and nothing else.