(26-10-16, 01:58 PM)darrsi link Wrote: I use my Android phone for tv shows and films now, i rarely watch mainstream tv.
All gets beamed to my tv using Showbox, CartoonHD, etc, via wifi and costs bugger all. 

(26-10-16, 01:58 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Ok thanks
I have just been in curys and there was a now tv guy there so was able to have a good play. No one stop guide as such but it has a screen with all the main players down the left and 11 highlighted programs from each scrollable to the right so not quite a guide but at least a quick way if you are lucky enough that the program you want is there, if not then its off to the apps to find it.
Trying to decide between this and a Youview box, already have bbc iplayer on the tv but want the other players too and maybe the occasional sky a couple of months at a time.

(26-10-16, 02:24 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=fazersharp link=topic=21292.msg244483#msg244483 date=1477486733]
Ok thanks
I have just been in curys and there was a now tv guy there so was able to have a good play. No one stop guide as such but it has a screen with all the main players down the left and 11 highlighted programs from each scrollable to the right so not quite a guide but at least a quick way if you are lucky enough that the program you want is there, if not then its off to the apps to find it.
Trying to decide between this and a Youview box, already have bbc iplayer on the tv but want the other players too and maybe the occasional sky a couple of months at a time.

(26-10-16, 11:04 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Skipper and sherman you pair of old duffers you have both posted in the wrong thread

(26-10-16, 10:41 PM)alan sherman link Wrote: I'm due too, and excess does seem to be standard at £250. 

Bennetts renewal looking the cheapest - but premium has increased 25% since last year!  They want £100, without breakdown cover.

A sign of getting old is when the renewal is the cheapest option.

(28-12-16, 12:10 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Thought that I should update this.
I did get one and used a free 14 day sky movies trial and then brought 2 months of movies in the black Friday deal for £5. And still have the 2 month pass that came in the box.
My verdict is that the interface is very smooth and quick to load when compared to my smart tv and iplayer on my bluray player, we only really got it for the catchups so the movies are a bonus, the quality of the stream is pretty good even on my 55 incher but what lets it down is that it is not in surround sound, also once that you have had a good bindge on the movies we struggle to find anything we want to watch, so I think the best option is to only pay for the movies every 4 months or so and watch all the good stuff that has been dripped on in that time all in one go.

(28-12-16, 01:38 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=fazersharp link=topic=21292.msg248554#msg248554 date=1482923416]
Thought that I should update this.
I did get one and used a free 14 day sky movies trial and then brought 2 months of movies in the black Friday deal for £5. And still have the 2 month pass that came in the box.
My verdict is that the interface is very smooth and quick to load when compared to my smart tv and iplayer on my bluray player, we only really got it for the catchups so the movies are a bonus, the quality of the stream is pretty good even on my 55 incher but what lets it down is that it is not in surround sound, also once that you have had a good bindge on the movies we struggle to find anything we want to watch, so I think the best option is to only pay for the movies every 4 months or so and watch all the good stuff that has been dripped on in that time all in one go.