27-04-2016 15:44
Is there any way to connect a Now -BLACK - box to a TV that does not have a HDMI port.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
26-04-2016 10:30
Does the new Black Box have the s-video connection that the old white box had?
26-04-2016 10:43
@Anonymous User
Welcome to the forum. The black NOW TV box is HDMI only I'm afraid, it has no mini jack to RCA connection.
26-04-2016 16:36
@Anonymous User wrote:Does the new Black Box have the s-video connection that the old white box had?
Out of interest, what's the make and model number of your television?
03-05-2016 15:22
It's an old Sony Trinitron CRT set.
27-04-2016 15:50 - edited 27-04-2016 16:00
@Anonymous User
I am not aware of any method to connect a NowTV black box to a non HDMI TV.
I believe your only option might have to be the older NowTV white box and you will also need the Roku red, white and yellow cable from the Sky accessories store.
Maybe somebody else may come up with a solution ?
Edit - Just found this converter on Amazon (not sure it would work with the NowTV box ?)
This converter uses a HDMI mini connector, so you would need a HDMI standard to HDMI mini cable and also not sure if the NowTV black box is HDMI 1.3 ?
27-04-2016 15:57
Thanks for your reply. I was afraid that it would be the case but hoped that someone might have a bright idea. Thanks anyway.
27-04-2016 16:06
@Anonymous User
See if anybody else comes up with a suggestion ?
If it's possible i am sure somebody might have tried a HDMI converter box and will confirm to you if they actually work and maybe they can link the converter box that they had success with.
27-04-2016 17:33
@schnapps wrote:
@Anonymous User
See if anybody else comes up with a suggestion ?
If it's possible i am sure somebody might have tried a HDMI converter box and will confirm to you if they actually work and maybe they can link the converter box that they had success with.
@Anonymous User @schnapps
The sticking point would be the lack of HDCP support. HDCP support is needed in order to stream/play high-quality protected digital content. The support is needed for any content which has a resolution of 720p or above. So you may well be able to use a converter, but she would be restricted in terms of video quality. HDMI is the future. Unfortunately, and in a few years time, people will be able to do very little if anything with their TVs if they don't have a TV with HDMI. As the U.K.'s main broadcasters are meant to be planning for HD only future which means that in order to be able to receive the channels you will need a TV which supports HDCP
27-04-2016 18:10 - edited 27-04-2016 18:11
You might be right about the HDCP encryption being the stumbling issue with a lot of these HDMI converter boxes.
Also with composite video (yellow cable) the maximum resolution that this cable can output is only a SD signal at 480i or 576i.
Personally if it was me, i would be looking on somewhere like Gumtree and taking a gamble on picking up a cheap HD HDMI TV (a lot of people are getting shot of perfectly good televisions because they have got the 4K upgrade bug) or maybe looking at the cheap Supermarket branded TV's if you prefer to buy new.