22-02-2016 23:04
Does anybody know if the NowTV App is available as a download for the 'Nvidia Shield Box' as i'm very tempted to upgrade as Plex is not properly supported on the NowTV box - Also if anybody has the Nvidia Shield box with the Plex Media Server App installed, could you tell me if it has the option to 'View By Folder' as this option is missing from some versions and is very important for my personal setup.
Thanks
17-10-2017 12:39
Shield is running on LAN
27-11-2018 13:22
It’s now 27/11/2018 and it’s still not available. Poor show.
27-11-2018 13:54
@Anonymous User wrote:It’s now 27/11/2018 and it’s still not available. Poor show.
Highly doubtful it ever will be, let’s face it they can’t even manage 1080p or provide access to red button games on sky sports.
27-11-2018 19:21
Gutted it's not on the sheild. Thing is there are a huge amount of sheild users. I'd argue more than Roku. But genuinely gutted they don't support it. It really would be the killer box for all boxes. Now TV and 4od. Oh and itv 😂
13-03-2019 14:35
Still waiting
01-08-2019 13:07
Get it together sky and provide an app for the best streaming device in the marketplace - I refuse to buy another device just to watch sub 1080p content.
I may however pay if i could get it on my Shield.
So $$$$ being missed out on from this potential customer!
02-08-2019 23:31
@Anonymous User
Hi Pish
Forgive me if the following seems like silly questions but isn't the Nvidia Shield just a niche market in the UK?
Also, Sky/Now TV have always been against running their software on Internet streaming devices running android, therefore do you have a reason, technical or otherwise, why they should reverse this policy?
UK Bob
03-10-2019 13:48
"Forgive me if the following seems like silly questions but isn't the Nvidia Shield just a niche market in the UK?"
Not really - it's just another option for consuming streaming services. It's not really any different to the apps on Smart TVs or other streaming devices like Apple TV, NowTV's own Roku stick etc.
And clearly, streaming services are no longer "niche", so nor is how you consume them. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/features-and-news/uk-becomes-a-nation-of-streamers
"Also, Sky/Now TV have always been against running their software on Internet streaming devices running android, therefore do you have a reason, technical or otherwise, why they should reverse this policy?"
Except it's available on all other Android devices, phones included, so they'd be totally daft if that's their reasoning. How it's available on a gaming console but not a specific streaming device defies logic.
As a Shield owner myself, it's very frustrating.
Speaking more generally, having multiple devices is not acceptable (would you own 2 TVs in the same room if one provided exclusive BBC access and the other exclusive ITV access). Doesn't matter to me if a Now TV stick is only £20, I'm not switching between different devices for the same purpose. That's a totally sucky user experience for this day and age.
Right now, it's easier to pirate this material that consume it legitimately.
03-10-2019 13:51
Feel your pain. FWIW (and getting off topic), I've given up waiting and switched to Samsung TV - seems to have it all including NowTV.
03-10-2019 15:37 - edited 03-10-2019 15:38
@Anonymous User
I tend to agree - we are an all-Samsung household. Though it will be a hard choice next year when we want OLED, if Samsung are still pushing QLED; good though it is, it isn’t OLED.
However, any TV can have NowTV, even if it is not a native app on the set, for the £15 price of a NowTV stick.
So I shan’t let NowTV sway my choice of TV brand, as, thankfully, I don’t have to 😛