07-07-2017 21:14
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07-07-2017 22:21
@Anonymous User wrote:
Yes I'm using an HDMI cable and use Virgin fibre optic. I'll go and browse tomorrow at new boxes.
Indeed it does @Anonymous User
Your topic has therefore been moved from the 'NOW TV 'black' box' area of the forum to the 'NOW TV 'white' box' area of the forum...
13-08-2017 20:19
13-08-2017 20:25
Hi @Anonymous User,
It's most likely a 'lack of memory' and processing power issue. Some people have had some success deleting apps and/or reseting their white boxes to free up memory. However, if the problem persits you're better off treating yourself to the newer 'black' NOW TV box.
Every now and again, various retails offer NOW TV 'bundle' deals, where you can buy a 'black' box together with either 'Entertainment' or 'Cinema' voucher passes for a lot less than buying the two products separately.
If you're interested, Currys/PC World are currently offereing the following 'black' box 'bundle' deals: -
NOW TV 'black' box with 2 month 'Movies' pass @ £14.99
NOW TV 'black' box with 3 month 'Entertainment' pass @ £14.99
Cheers
13-08-2017 20:32
14-08-2017 11:08
Thanks for info - fyi this Currys/PC World deal out of stock for delivery or collection in London 😞 14.8.17
14-08-2017 12:07 - edited 14-08-2017 12:08
@Anonymous User Deals pop up regularly. 🙂
You can always check Argos, Amazon etc...
Heck, even supermarkets! 😉
If you don't want to buy a box, remember there are more devices to choose from. 🙂
https://help.nowtv.com/article/Supported-devices
14-08-2017 13:32 - edited 14-08-2017 13:34
@Anonymous User
A few people over at HotUK Deals have reported that Asda are selling the nowtv box with 3 month entertainment voucher pass for £10 and Sainsburys are selling both the box with either the 3 month entertainment or 2 month cinema voucher pass for £13.50.
They might be store specific, but if you buy your groceries from either of the above supermarkets then it might be worth checking out.
Unfortunately stocks are starting to dwindle (especially around the £15 price mark) for both the 3 month entertainment and 2 month cinema pass bundled boxes, due to NowTV are starting to roll out the bundled boxes with the reduced duration (1 month less) passes in the box which cost more.
03-09-2017 15:37
Mine does the same!!
And trying to do a live chat on the help page is useless as this crashes too!!!!
15-09-2017 13:49
I have absolutely no doubt in my mind WHATSOEVER that this is a scam to try and force customers into buying new, black boxes. Therefore, this will happen again in the future.
Shame as I previously recommended NOW TV to everyone. Now they're on my "BT, British Gas, Vodafone" scam list.
15-09-2017 14:33
@Anonymous User
Hi SB
I am surprised you think upgrading from the white Now TV box to the black one is a scam, simply because if you knew anything about computers and their peripherals you would know that most IT kit only have a useful life of two to three years.
Also, from a personal view point, I do not like how the IT world churns computer equipment, i.e. making a perfectly useful item obsolete by bringing out the next new shiny hardware. It's even worse in the software/application end of the IT industry, software makers are always bringing out new software that cannot run on older machines and so forcing the user to upgrade to something more powerful if they want to keep working.
And so, unfortunately, that's what happened to the white box, app makers, such as YouTube and the BBC, upgraded their apps until the box could no longer work properly, the apps had grown beyond what it's CPU and memory could handle efficiently.
So you see SB, that's the way of the IT world, making people idealy change their IT kit every 2 - 3 years.
As for me, I don't like the churning of equipment either, I try to keep my IT kit until it no longer works and is uneconomical to repair.
UK Bob
20-08-2017 14:37