I left Sky a few months ago, so looking into signing up to the Now TV sports package for a month to try it out.

For those who use it, what are your thoughts - is it a buffer-less stream with good quality picture?
And does it include Sky Sports+ ?

claretskeith wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:07 am

I left Sky a few months ago, so looking into signing up to the Now TV sports package for a month to try it out.

For those who use it, what are your thoughts - is it a buffer-less stream with good quality picture?
And does it include Sky Sports+ ?

It does include Sky Sports +

Found it to be very good, used it since the first lockdown.

Excellent, thank you.

It's very good,there is a bit of a time lag,so I could get notifications of a goal before it happens on TV,but that apart there is no buffering etc

Can you get sky red button on NOW TV? Wondering what the best way to watch all these championship matches on red button this season without getting the full sky package.

claretskeith wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:07 am

I left Sky a few months ago, so looking into signing up to the Now TV sports package for a month to try it out.

For those who use it, what are your thoughts - is it a buffer-less stream with good quality picture?
And does it include Sky Sports+ ?

We moved across to NOW TV when we got BT TV quite a few years ago now ... no buffering on ours

Squazo wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:06 am

get a firestick loaded £50 per year. message me my mate csn sort it. no buffering whatsoever

Already got one. I've tried several and they all buffer to a certain extent. BT Sport seems to buffer less than Sky Sports for some reason.

ArmchairDetective wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:05 am

Can you get sky red button on NOW TV? Wondering what the best way to watch all these championship matches on red button this season without getting the full sky package.

Assuming it stays the same as two years ago, the red button games appear about 15 minutes before kick off, so you don't actually press the red button, you just click the picture of the game you want to watch.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:12 am

We moved across to NOW TV when we got BT TV quite a few years ago now ... no buffering on ours

You are already buffed!

distortiondave wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:43 am

Assuming it stays the same as two years ago, the red button games appear about 15 minutes before kick off, so you don't actually press the red button, you just click the picture of the game you want to watch.

Thanks distortiondave. Good to know. We already subscribe to Now TV but don't have the sports package. Could be a quick win for me until I figure out the best solution for the season. Not sure Miss AD will appreciate the amount of games I can watch though

ArmchairDetective wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:05 am

Can you get sky red button on NOW TV? Wondering what the best way to watch all these championship matches on red button this season without getting the full sky package.

There is no red button now for the Football League. They are shown either on the Football channel or on the new Sky Sports streaming service Sky Sports + which launches this Thursday.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:09 am

There is no red button now for the Football League. They are shown either on the Football channel or on the new Sky Sports streaming service Sky Sports + which launches this Thursday.

Ah right, thanks CT. Do you need a sky subscription to access the streaming service?

Edit: I stopped being lazy and googled it. Says you can access via Sky, Now, or via Sky Sports app.

ArmchairDetective wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:34 am

Ah right, thanks CT. Do you need a sky subscription to access the streaming service?

Edit: I stopped being lazy and googled it. Says you can access via Sky, Now, or via Sky Sports app.

And it’s free if you have the full sports package.

Our first appearance on Sports + is the Leeds game.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:38 am

And it’s free if you have the full sports package.

Our first appearance on Sports + is the Leeds game.

Isn't the Luton game on tv? I've got tickets so not looked into all the tv channels just yet.

Luton game will be on Sky Sports Football, Leeds on Sky Sports +

Can you 'record' games on Now TV, or live pause them? The reason I ask is it's the kids' bedtimes around 8ish, so if I'm watching a game on TV, I record it - or pause it at 8ish - and watch it from the start at around 8:30. Is this possible with Now TV?

Cheers

Fretters wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:45 am

Can you 'record' games on Now TV, or live pause them? The reason I ask is it's the kids' bedtimes around 8ish, so if I'm watching a game on TV, I record it - or pause it at 8ish - and watch it from the start at around 8:30. Is this possible with Now TV?

Cheers

It seems you can if you have a hard drive:

https://www.nowtv.now.com/support/tv-recordings-2/

Paul Waine wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:42 am

Isn't the Luton game on tv? I've got tickets so not looked into all the tv channels just yet.

It’s on Sky Sports Football

Fretters wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:45 am

Can you 'record' games on Now TV, or live pause them? The reason I ask is it's the kids' bedtimes around 8ish, so if I'm watching a game on TV, I record it - or pause it at 8ish - and watch it from the start at around 8:30. Is this possible with Now TV?

Cheers

It’s not been clear what you can and cannot record via the + channel. I’ll have to do some testing this Saturday when there are a flood of games on at the same time.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:52 am

It’s not been clear what you can and cannot record via the + channel. I’ll have to do some testing this Saturday when there are a flood of games on at the same time.

Would appreciate a report back, thanks CT!

Fretters wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:55 am

Would appreciate a report back, thanks CT!

I remember recording the Rotherham home game two seasons ago from the red button. Because there were ten mins stoppage time, it overran and they missed the winning goal.

I have used NOW for Sky Sports for a few years and it has been great.
Some red button games used to be shown as bonus streams on the main menu but didn't show up on the sports menu.
I haven't been able to record but as above there now (!) seems to be a recording box available. If you purchase NOW through BT you might be able to record using there latest recording box, but not sure.
You get good offers made if you go through the cancellation process and if you pay for "Boost" you get HD and 3 licences so you can share the cost.

I switched to it about 3 or 4 months ago. Sky were putting their prices up again and wanted about £84 pm. I had one box no multi room, entertainment channels with Netflix (already had Netflix and kept the account having left sky) and sky sports. Once I’d cancelled they were offering all sorts of discounts but none could match NowTV for price and I was sick of them always looking for ways to put creep the price up. So now I pay about £26 per month for NowTV and £10pm for Netflix. All I’m missing out on is the basic entertainment channels sky have but I’m not really interested in them and the only one I miss slightly is sky Atlantic.

So far NowTV seems brilliant. I’ve only had one issue with it one weekend where it wouldn’t play on the TV and it seemed to be an issue they were having everywhere. It still played on the iPad though as a backup.

I don’t think anything is missing from the sky sports package and the quality is very good. No buffering or anything.

I’d highly recommend it.

I took out a special offer last August at £19.99 per month.

This has just expired and the fee is now £23.99 per month. I also pay for
"Ultra Boost" at £6 per month which provides 4K Ultra HD HDR. As for recording
the content, I've never tried it but I will look into it.

They have a very good help desk and I'm sure they will help with any enquiries.

The service is excellent and this coming season promises to be even better.

One big advantage is that you can cancel anytime with only 1 month's notice.

Go for it, you won't regret it.

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:02 pm

I took out a special offer last August at £19.99 per month.

This has just expired and the fee is now £23.99 per month. I also pay for
"Ultra Boost" at £6 per month which provides 4K Ultra HD HDR. As for recording
the content, I've never tried it but I will look into it.

They have a very good help desk and I'm sure they will help with any enquiries.

The service is excellent and this coming season promises to be even better.

One big advantage is that you can cancel anytime with only 1 month's notice.

Go for it, you won't regret it.

That's good, it's £26 a month now for sports, but only if you lock in for 6 months. It's £34.99 a month after that but you can cancel any time.

Fretters wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:20 pm

That's good, it's £26 a month now for sports, but only if you lock in for 6 months. It's £34.99 a month after that but you can cancel any time.

I went to cancel mine after six months and, they gave me the cheaper price to stay.

gtclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:00 am

It's very good,there is a bit of a time lag,so I could get notifications of a goal before it happens on TV,but that apart there is no buffering etc

Guess it depends on the quality of broadband you have?

Changed from Now Broadband at £25 a month to Sky Super Fibre at £24 a month .

Stonehouse wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 2:49 pm

Changed from Now Broadband at £25 a month to Sky Super Fibre at £24 a month .

I'm paying over £40 a month with standard Talk Talk - out of contract, so rolling but haven't got around to sorting a new deal yet. Sky prices appear to be:

I've just signed in to Now TV and they've offered me £26 for 12 months. But if I sign up to ultra boost for £9 more, I can share my login with two others and it would cost each of us £11.66 a month. That isn't far off what folk pay for a dodgy stick, but without the buffering or searching for a steam.

If anyone on here is interested in that, let me know.

It’s worth mentioning that the dodgy firesticks are a million miles ahead of what they were a few years ago - the one I have has a better user interface than most streaming services and there’s never any buffering or problems. I’ve had it over a year and it’s blown me away.

Fretters wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:55 am

Would appreciate a report back, thanks CT!

I was reading up what I could find on this and it seems to be that you can only record the linear game being shown.

So, for example, there are eight Championship games kicking off at 12:30 this Saturday.

Oxford v Norwich is on Sky Sports Football
Leeds v Portsmouth is the linear game on Sky Sports +

These will be recordable but not the other six - that's how I've read it. The test will come on Saturday.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:46 am

I was reading up what I could find on this and it seems to be that you can only record the linear game being shown.

So, for example, there are eight Championship games kicking off at 12:30 this Saturday.

Oxford v Norwich is on Sky Sports Football
Leeds v Portsmouth is the linear game on Sky Sports +

These will be recordable but not the other six - that's how I've read it. The test will come on Saturday.

The Sky Sports Plus App is there now on Sky Q boxes. I was looking and thinking that the games may stay there to watch on demand afterwards. I put the live Tennis on last night and you rewind it back to start as well.

clarets1978 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:32 am

The Sky Sports Plus App is there now on Sky Q boxes. I was looking and thinking that the games may stay there to watch on demand afterwards. I put the live Tennis on last night and you rewind it back to start as well.

I’d read it was replacing Sky Sports Arena so I didn’t look at the apps. There are a few tennis matches on this afternoon but there doesn’t seem to be an option to set to record in advance.

Yes the multiple live games part of goes on the app. I was looking at the Carabao Cup section for next week. So many choices all at the same time!!!
Im at work now, is it showing the tennis matches from last night in the section for tennis on demand? That might answer our question

clarets1978 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:43 am

Yes the multiple live games part of goes on the app. I was looking at the Carabao Cup section for next week. So many choices all at the same time!!!
Im at work now, is it showing the tennis matches from last night in the section for tennis on demand? That might answer our question

I can’t find any ‘on demand’ in the app at all, just a list of forthcoming events.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:54 am

I can’t find any ‘on demand’ in the app at all, just a list of forthcoming events.

That doesnt bode well for retrospective watching

clarets1978 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:55 am

That doesnt bode well for retrospective watching

I’ve just been in and selected one of the tennis matches. All I can do is watch it.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:54 am

I can’t find any ‘on demand’ in the app at all, just a list of forthcoming events.

On now tv on demand matches dont appear on the list till around 15 mins before they start.

Venkys4eva wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 4:54 pm

On now tv on demand matches dont appear on the list till around 15 mins before they start.

On Sky Q, you can see all the matches for this week but with the tennis now on, you can select that and watch.

Looks like the days of getting it for 20 quid a month are over as a new sign up.

claretskeith wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 3:01 pm

I'm paying over £40 a month with standard Talk Talk - out of contract, so rolling but haven't got around to sorting a new deal yet. Sky prices appear to be:


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When I changed over the broadband offer was for new Sky customers only and as I had Sky Sports it wasn’t available to me,had a moan with Now Tv (part of Sky) and they sorted it for me.

claret2018 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 6:34 pm

It’s worth mentioning that the dodgy firesticks are a million miles ahead of what they were a few years ago - the one I have has a better user interface than most streaming services and there’s never any buffering or problems. I’ve had it over a year and it’s blown me away.

Pal of mine gave me an X96 android box and it’s set up more like the Sky menu and unlike the Firestick you can go back several days to see tv programmes you’ve missed apart from sports channels.

Although I don't have a Sky account any longer, I do pay them £10 for the recording facility on my HD box.

So I have freeview + record option. I guess I could buy a freeview box and probably save overall.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:46 am

I was reading up what I could find on this and it seems to be that you can only record the linear game being shown.

So, for example, there are eight Championship games kicking off at 12:30 this Saturday.

Oxford v Norwich is on Sky Sports Football
Leeds v Portsmouth is the linear game on Sky Sports +

These will be recordable but not the other six - that's how I've read it. The test will come on Saturday.

Cheers, CT.

The main thing is I wanted to be able to pause the game I'm watching. With the LG TV app, I seem to be able to do that, but can't on the firestick.

I watched the Preston v Sheff U on a friends firestick last night but the stream was like the iFollow screening with the home side’s commentary. Did anybody watch it on the Sky Sports + and who did the commentating? Was it the same commentary? Reason I ask is I have been offered a deal on Now but I don’t want to watch the games on Sky Sports + if it’s the home commentary and not neutral.

One thing I've found, you don't seem to be able to re-watch a game again.

Select EFL and there is a separate row for each division where all
the available games are displayed.

I'm currently watching Oxford v Norwich and I can pause and rewind
the game. Not yet seen any reference to catchup capability.

Are all episodes of Mission to Burnley available on Now TV?