17-03-2017 23:00
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18-03-2017 11:54
@Anonymous User
Hi again Jakki
Understandably, you asked a further two questions, which were:
1) Does it do sport?
2) What will you do?
OK, Plex cannot stream live sports, it can only work on recorded media, i.e. films, music and photos.
As for me, I currently have a workaround, i.e. in the short term I plan to stream/cast my music from my Plex server to my TV sound system by using my android tablet and chromecast device. This, as you can imagine, causes me a bit more trouble and inconvenience because I now have to use two devices instead of one.
Longer term, around about sale time, I plan to ditch my NowTV box, which is actually a cut down cloned Roku, and buy myself a fully featured Roku box, this will restore all the features and facilities Sky's update has robbed me of.
UK Bob
18-03-2017 3:53
@Anonymous User
Hi Duffs
There are lots of unhappy people/NowTV users who feel let down/kicked in the teeth/pushed out the door by Sky/NowTV's current untenable action and their PR/BS excuse for taking that action.
Check out the main cause of customers anger at the following URL and it's growing thread:
UK Bob
18-03-2017 8:04
18-03-2017 8:07
18-03-2017 9:28
@Anonymous User
Hi again Duffs
You asked, "....haven't a clue about developer mode....", well here's a quick explanation of what "Developer mode" is and how it is used by the majority of NowTV box owners.
1) Developer mode was a hidden area, on the NowTV box, which was left open for developers to test their new apps before public release.
2) However, most people who found out about this hidden area started to install an app called Plex, which enabled users to stream their own media (films, music and pictures) via the NowTV box to their TVs.
3) This hidden area became so well known that some users only bought the NowTV box to install and use Plex on it.
So a lot of people, like myself, felt that we were kicked in the teeth when Sky decided to close this hidden area down without warning, and so at the moment are very angry.
For me, Sky's actions have deprived me of my music collection I have built up over the past two and a half years, deleted my Plex installation and robbed me of 50% of my entertainment.
To get back the entertainment value I used to have I will now have to buy a Roku box, costing currently between £60 - £80.
No wonder I'm mad.
UK Bob
18-03-2017 10:40
18-03-2017 11:24 - edited 18-03-2017 11:24
Hi @Anonymous User,
I'm a bit confused. And I don't think @ukbobboy's comments about 'developer modes' (for a different type of device) are making matters any easier for you!
If you're intension is to access the 'live' transmissions of all the Sky Sports and Eurosport 'live' channels more easily, then your limited to a few service providers. And it does not appear that EE is one of them.
Sufficed to say, a NOW TV box would only give you access to the 'live' Sky Sports channels!
18-03-2017 11:54
@Anonymous User
Hi again Jakki
Understandably, you asked a further two questions, which were:
1) Does it do sport?
2) What will you do?
OK, Plex cannot stream live sports, it can only work on recorded media, i.e. films, music and photos.
As for me, I currently have a workaround, i.e. in the short term I plan to stream/cast my music from my Plex server to my TV sound system by using my android tablet and chromecast device. This, as you can imagine, causes me a bit more trouble and inconvenience because I now have to use two devices instead of one.
Longer term, around about sale time, I plan to ditch my NowTV box, which is actually a cut down cloned Roku, and buy myself a fully featured Roku box, this will restore all the features and facilities Sky's update has robbed me of.
UK Bob