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John

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5th Aug 13 at 14:19

I like the box and the remote. Plex needs to encode most of my stuff though so takes ages, box running the server can barely handle it.

willay

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5th Aug 13 at 15:34

ordered one, see how it goes.

Russ

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5th Aug 13 at 15:51

got mine, piece of piss set up, stream 1080p perfectly from plex media server

[Edited on 05-08-2013 by Russ]

Dom

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5th Aug 13 at 15:58

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
got mine, piece of piss set up, stream 1080p perfectly from plex media server

Shame everything is transcoded down to 720p due to hardware limitation in the Roku

Simon_16v

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5th Aug 13 at 17:13

Mine was delivered today but no1 was in, so will be a 7am collection tomorrow

Russ

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6th Aug 13 at 06:10

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
got mine, piece of piss set up, stream 1080p perfectly from plex media server

Shame everything is transcoded down to 720p due to hardware limitation in the Roku

didnt realise that, well it transcode 1080 to 720 seamlessly

Simon_16v

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6th Aug 13 at 07:02

Picked mine up this morning, smaller than my Apple TV

Tiger

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6th Aug 13 at 17:23

Whats the monthly fee on Now TV in comparison to SkyHD?

Simon_16v

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6th Aug 13 at 17:59

Free for 30days, £8.99 per month for 3 months and then £15 a month thereafter.

Easily cancel the subscription too online

Tiger

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6th Aug 13 at 18:34

In that case I think i'll stick with SkyHD, for the simple fact of the massive amount of features on SkyHD - It would be a good budget option though for someone that doesnt spend much time at home.

Cavey

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6th Aug 13 at 18:37

Yeah, its definitely not for replacing Sky! - But for media streaming, for a tenner it's brilliant tbf

Tiger

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6th Aug 13 at 18:45

Yeah, definitly, it seems a great idea, but sky multiroom is cheaper, if, you've already got sky.

Brett

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6th Aug 13 at 19:20

Enter NEXT20 when doing the Sky trial and you get a £20 Next voucher

LeeM

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7th Aug 13 at 15:17

just arrived, nice looking little box. and they included an hdmi cable which is always a nice touch!

Cavey

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7th Aug 13 at 15:28

quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
just arrived, nice looking little box. and they included an hdmi cable which is always a nice touch!

I thought that too.... HDMI - £1, Batteries - £1, so that's £8 for the box, even better

Brett

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7th Aug 13 at 17:46

At least include postage cost too then lol Probs works out at a fiver for the box

LeeM

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7th Aug 13 at 19:32

just got it up and running, pretty easy to do and works well.

Russ

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7th Aug 13 at 20:32

quote:
Originally posted by Cavey

quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
just arrived, nice looking little box. and they included an hdmi cable which is always a nice touch!

I thought that too.... HDMI - £1, Batteries - £1, so that's £8 for the box, even better

fuck me, £1 for two batteries, where do you shop

Dom

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7th Aug 13 at 20:41

quote:
Originally posted by Russ

quote:
Originally posted by Cavey

quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
just arrived, nice looking little box. and they included an hdmi cable which is always a nice touch!

I thought that too.... HDMI - £1, Batteries - £1, so that's £8 for the box, even better
fuck me, £1 for two batteries, where do you shop

Poundland probably.

andy_mk3

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7th Aug 13 at 21:50

Got my replacement today, the remote works! They didn't even pick the old one up, so I got two for a tenner

Russ

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8th Aug 13 at 06:38

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Russ

quote:
Originally posted by Cavey

quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
just arrived, nice looking little box. and they included an hdmi cable which is always a nice touch!

I thought that too.... HDMI - £1, Batteries - £1, so that's £8 for the box, even better
fuck me, £1 for two batteries, where do you shop

Poundland probably.

you get 10 for a quid in there though.

willay

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12th Aug 13 at 10:01

So got the device, installed plex, but am I right in thinking you cannot get to the Apps until you have signed up to nowtv and signed into your account?

Cavey

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12th Aug 13 at 11:41

I used our Sky login, didn't have to sign up to anything extra.

Not sure if you haven't got a sky login

Brett

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12th Aug 13 at 12:01

No harm signing up a NowTV account. You don't have to pay anything or give card details, not unless you actually want the Sky aspect.

LeeM

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12th Aug 13 at 12:27