Tv player plus
duffman25
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Tv player will be launching a new pay service soon looks good value https://recombu.com/digital/article/tvplayer-plus-announced
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Yes indeed
I've just seen this and finally comes with Chromecast support!
Might finally be able to get rid of that dodgy indoor aerial in my bedroom!:D
Thank for that.
I'll look into it.
Weather that is true or not remains to be seen.
And when do they launch this app, because if it does then I might cancel my now tv subscription..
It is in beta at the moment I have beta access and there is indeed a lot more channels than the free one . the beta lasts 3 month already had almost a month so I'm guessing possibly December time launch
Ill 2nd The amazon TV is very good device for it too once the plus app launches for it will make it a good ckmoetetor to the now TV entertainment package (providing you don't want sky channels butbwant others of course )
It does say it works for Chromecast but I get people's complaints on here that çhromecast keeps juddering sometimes and the amazon fire stick is better. But the amazon fire stick dosent have the bt sports app which the chromecast does. If it does have it built in then I might consider it.
You can easily sideload bt sport app to firetv you will need a wireless/bluetooth keyboard and mouse though, but you can just download firetv remote mouse to your phone and use that instead.
Have you side loaded the app. Because when I tried it on my fire TV via the official Fire TV app you could not get all of the Channels, Dave was missing.
No used the offiacial app hadn't noticed it but you are correct DAVE is indeed missing, the app is due to be updated very soon to add the plus service.
Thanks.
Very unlikely as Sky have their own offering via nowtv.
Not sure if I would pay extra for the TV Player Plus service as I'm already paying BT for there BT TV service with Youview.
Darren
Sky Go's channel selection is even beaten by this in some ways because it offers H2 & Discovery ID. Hopefully this is more likely to grow than Sky and it'll end up offering Discovery History & Science and maybe more +1's, I don't really understand why Sky Go hasn't expanded much this year when it really should.
I've signed up to the beta, tempted to leave it on but probably shouldn't as I already have Netflix, Prime & Sky HD Variety Pack at the moment, I also have a NOW TV trial running as well so I've got temporary access to Sky Movies via that for 2 months.
FREE
BBC ONE
BBC TWO
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
BBC Red Button
BBC News
BBC Parliament
BBC Alba
CBBC
CBeebies
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
Dave
Dave Ja V
Yesterday
Yesterday+1
Quest
Drama
Really
Travel Channel
Food Network
Tru TV
4Music
All Box Music channels
Now Music TV
Capital TV
Heart TV
Clubland TV
QVC
CNN International
Russia Today
Al Jazeera and some more.
PAY £5 a month
Gold
Watch
alibi
Good Food
Home
Eden
Lifetime
TLC
Sony TV (free to view on satellite)
Sony Movies (free to view on satellite)
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Wild
History (no history shown on it though!)
H2
CI
Discovery ID
Discovery Channel
Discovery Turbo
Animal Planet
British Eurosport
British Eurosport 2
CN
Boomerang
Cartoonito
Baby TV
Also includes Dave, Dave Ja Vu, Yesterday, Yesterday+1, Drama & Really on just the free website.app.
Seems to be a good solution almost reaching the variety of Sky's basic pack for only 35 a month, missing Comedy Central, Fox, MTV and obviously the Sky channels such as Sky1, Sky Atlantic, Challenge & Pick TV. Sky Go for some reason doesn't get expanded very often and has quite a mean channel selection still. NOW TV is £7 a month and its live channel selection is much poorer than this.
I think TVPlayer Plus is great value and combined with the free channels it really does offer some fantastic live viewing options. I especially like channels such as Dave and the BBC Red Button being there, and on the Plus side, EuroSport is a real highlight.
On the negative side, the lack of all the extra ITV, Four and Five channels is a real serious omission. Just look how many matches are being missed via the Rugby World Cup without ITV4. I think TVPlayer should concentrate on getting the licensing for these a.s.a.p.
Also, the video quality is lacking a bit. The streams are actually quite high bitrate-wise, but the quality for the amount of data streaming in could be a lot better.
However, I don't really agree with the comparison to Now TV Entertainment. Your points are extremely valid of course, in that Now TV Ent has a lot fewer channels and costs more, but the channels it does have includes some pretty good ones like Sky 1. There is content on Sky that simply can't be found anywhere else, and that also is both their own in-house productions, as well as licensed shows like that from HBO.
As well as that, they have something TVPlayer doesn't have, which is proper on-demand. I watch almost all of my television these days via on-demand or catch-up. I don't let a television schedule dictate my life anymore, with the one exception - sports. Live TV is great, but on-demand is the future. Now TV offer entire box sets and seasons to watch in HD when we want on loads more platforms than TVPlayer (although I expect TVPlayer to improve there over time).
But, in all fairness, I think Now TV could really improve as well. I think they should open up to all the channels they offer on Sky Go for the equivalent package, which also means throwing in a pile of FTA TV as well.
For me, I find having both an excellent solution for covering most of the UK's best Entertainment TV, having Now TV and TVPlayer Plus. For around £12, you get nearly a hundred channels including Sky, FTA, many freeview and Eurosport.
However. as it is available on Apple products only at the moment, other than browser viewing, I would like to know if and when the Plus app will appear on any smart Tv's soon.
My TV is a Samsung so an app for that would be good. Roku?
No idea about the Samsung Smart TV app, but I wouldn't be surprised it will end up there.
It is available on Android and Chromecast is coming soon (Actually, Plus is only on iOS and web for the moment, but that is just because it is still in beta).
The quickest way to get TVPlayer on your computer is via the AFTV Stick, which is quite cheap - if you can't wait for the Samsung TV app.
Market this well and they could shake up the budget end of the market.