How do I get an upgraded now tv box?

[VKH]

How do I get an upgraded box as mine is old and doesn't load new apps (Disney+ for example)

[schnapps]

Hi @VKH 

Sounds like you got the NOW Freeview Smart box with the blue NOW TV name on the top box casing if it doesn't support the Disney + App anymore.

Unfortunately NOW don't sell either the NOW boxes or NOW Stick anymore where they have been discontinued.

Look at something like a Roku player or Amazon Fire Stick has a replacement, though these devices don't have a Freeview inbuilt tuner with a TV aerial connection on them and you will have to use alternative means to watch Freeview (unless you keep watching on the NOW Freeview Smart box).

[nst]

Bad news is.... you dont.  NOW stopped selling own branded hardware a few years ago.

Good new is... theres a lot of other options out there where the NOW app works very well.  Cheapest being an Amazon Firestick.

[RoyB]

@nst 

On Amazon maybe (surprise, surprise!) but if you cast your net wider, to Currys or Argos for instance, you can get a Roku Express for what Roku say the RRP is:-

[MisterLogic]

This is an old thread but I thought I would add my contribution too!  I just needed to replace my Now TV smart box because the Disney+ app on it was "no longer supported".  I have chosen a Google Chromecast box, which is very small and works very well - you can add apps from the Google Play store for Now TV, Disney+ and various catch up services.  Got an HD Chromecast (not 4k) for only £22.99 from Argos.

[RoyB]

@MisterLogic 

I got a Chromecast 4K for Xmas.

Disappointingly, it does not have the All Four/Channel 4 catchup app, and I have two 2021 LG TVs with the same omission.

So I can’t use it with either of those, and need a Roku or Firestick on each 😢

[Mala]

@VKH mine says the same thing…what about Roku Express???

[RoyB]

@Mala 

Yes, and if I didn’t want or need 4K, as provided by the Roku Express 4K, a Roku Express HD would be my goto choice.