02-09-2014 19:22
01-11-2015 10:14
01-11-2015 11:08
@Anonymous User yup you can do just that.
31-01-2016 14:20
31-01-2016 14:40
@Anonymous User wrote:
Yes please allow chromecast without using up a device slot as I gave now TV on different devices in different rooms such as xboxes and ps4's which are all used at some point or another so disabling one for a month doesn't work. I put the now TV app on my phone so I could chromecast it to my TV but I can't. If this is not possible I'll cancel this as Netflix is cheaper and more flexible
Hi @Anonymous User
Now TV isn't really any more restrictive than any other services with regards to chromecast the way now TV handles crime cast is just slightly different to other services that's all. Usually with most services it is the control device that is registered as the device (your phone or tablet) . However, with nowTV the chromecast itself is registered. This isn't a problem as long as you put the nowTV app on your phone or tablet into cast mode before you start streaming then only the chromecast is registered and not your control device and not your phone or tablet A Chromecast is reasonably easy to move around. In fact, the way now TV do it means you can use any control device you like in order to control your chromecast.
Other services such as blinkbox (now known as talktalk TV store) . Register the control device
I grant you, Netflix is slightly different because they don't register devices currently
05-02-2016 1:52
They have known about this for years and done nothing. WIth the new boxws and service could i encourage them to think again?
05-02-2016 7:50
@Anonymous User it's not something we can change. As I explained here, Chromecast has to use a device slot on your account. Our agreements with content providers set restrictions on how many different devices people can watch on.
Thanks,
Tom
18-02-2016 23:19
"Usually with most services it is the control device that is registered as the device (your phone or tablet) . However, with nowTV the chromecast itself is registered."
There is a reason for that. You can carry your phone, iPad or tablet to wherever the TV with Chromecast is. Unplugging and replugging Chromecast sticks isn't very user friendly. The whole model of seeing things on whatever screen is best at the time is screwed up now.
The only reason for device limitation is to act as a stand in for user limitation. Limiting number of controlling devices (that also can act as viewing devices) will do this without limiting what TVs the user wants to watch on for the moment.
Do you screw up the Apple Air Play model similarly? Or perhaps you don't support Air Play to Apple TV?
i think most people see casting as just a temporary transfer of the video for a small device to a bigger screen, and that's EXACTLY how it's meant to work. So why don't you implement it that way?
"This isn't a problem as long as you put the nowTV app on your phone or tablet into cast mode.."
If there happens to be a free slot it is pretty much bound to be accidentally filled by anyone trying to do this a few times. Your automatic registering model isn't a good idea.
Annoyance, and more annoyance. Guess NowTV staff don't actually use the product?
28-03-2016 24:20
28-03-2016 24:22