Netflix/Streaming Services
24-03-2015, 09:55
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by passingbat
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Its saying £35 for me , as I'm already a prime member I'm not sure I qualify as it seems to be aimed at encouraging people to take Prime.
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24-03-2015, 09:57
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Its saying £35 for me , as I'm already a prime member I'm not sure I qualify as it seems to be aimed at encouraging people to take Prime.
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Underneath the £35 it should also say £7 if you sign up to prime and £19 if you already have prime.
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24-03-2015, 10:09
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by Kabaal
Underneath the £35 it should also say £7 if you sign up to prime and £19 if you already have prime.
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Cheers just ordered one , when I got to checkout it listed it as £19.
Many thanks for the heads up Passingbat.
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24-03-2015, 11:20
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by passingbat
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Thanks
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24-03-2015, 18:05
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24-03-2015, 20:09
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
If you get Fire TV, be careful. It was said on TV this morning that Fire TV has the same technology as the Samsung Smart TV's ie it can eavesdrop on your conversations and send them back to the manufacturer!!
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24-03-2015, 20:18
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
If you get Fire TV, be careful. It was said on TV this morning that Fire TV has the same technology as the Samsung Smart TV's ie it can eavesdrop on your conversations and send them back to the manufacturer!!
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Well, what do you know; Amazon seem to even include that feature in their adverts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTNLCL0J2Q
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24-03-2015, 20:33
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
That's how the voice commands work, same as Siri, Cordana and Google Now.
If it listens when you don't ask it to, then that would be a problem.
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24-03-2015, 21:04
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by johnathome
If it listens when you don't ask it to, then that would be a problem.
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Is there a possibility of that happening?
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24-03-2015, 21:21
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Is there a possibility of that happening?
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The firetv stick remote does not have voice control, only the firetv box remote has it.
I don't use the voice control myself as i don't sub to Amazon instant video. Also to use voice control you need to hold down the mic button whilst talking.
I've used it in the past and no men in black suites have visited yet anyway lol.
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25-03-2015, 18:17
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by Mad Max
Here's a question for everyone, but maybe theone2k10 will be able to respond more accurately. It's £33 a month for TV XL standalone with TiVo, now that obviously gives you a lot of channels, most of which imo are a load of total tosh, and I only watch a handful of what's on offer, anyway back to the question.
Does anyone think it would be more beneficial to drop the Virgin TV package and take on more streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime etc? It does seem to me that in doing so it would be quite a bit cheaper than the £33 for the XL package, iirc Netflix is approx £6 per month and I'm not so sure about Amazon Prime but I wouldn't think it would be that much more than Netflix.
So if you had both of these services at the same time, I'm thinking that it would more than keep you satisfied with the channels that they offer at a fraction of the cost.
Thoughts?
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I decided to cancel VM TV and Phone after 25+years and just keep the BB. I found 90% of what i watched and 100% of what the wife watched was on Freeview.
I also have Netflix and Prime, which i had anyway so i was paying at least £74 for VM services (not including phone calls), plus the streaming services.
When i cancelled VM they offered me 50Mb BB for £19.50 for 18 months, very happy with that price.
The only thing that i'd miss was The Walking Dead but as chromecast had a free 3 month offer for NowTV i grabbed that. Game sell 3 month passes for NowTV entertainment for £15, so i'll get those.
I am pleasantly surprised at the amount of channels on Freeview and although there was a hefty set-up cost (£300) as i didn't have an aerial and wanted a recordable box i'll be saving over £54 a month.
I find more to watch on Prime and Netflix than i ever did on my cable package.
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25-03-2015, 18:29
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
All 5 Seasons of 'Friday Night Lights' added to Netflix UK today.
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25-03-2015, 18:46
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by johnathome
I decided to cancel VM TV and Phone after 25+years and just keep the BB. I found 90% of what i watched and 100% of what the wife watched was on Freeview.
I also have Netflix and Prime, which i had anyway so i was paying at least £74 for VM services (not including phone calls), plus the streaming services.
When i cancelled VM they offered me 50Mb BB for £19.50 for 18 months, very happy with that price.
The only thing that i'd miss was The Walking Dead but as chromecast had a free 3 month offer for NowTV i grabbed that. Game sell 3 month passes for NowTV entertainment for £15, so i'll get those.
I am pleasantly surprised at the amount of channels on Freeview and although there was a hefty set-up cost (£300) as i didn't have an aerial and wanted a recordable box i'll be saving over £54 a month.
I find more to watch on Prime and Netflix than i ever did on my cable package.
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I'm going to comment on here for mad Max just in case my post in other thread gets removed for me Netflix, wwe network, smart DNS with my broadband and phone cists about £56 a month. I save a bit more dye to not needing a TV licence as I only watch on demand content nowadays. I don't have so much as a Ariel connected to my TV. My bb costs the mist but it is 71mbs download and 18/4mbs upload. I'm paying approxamly £27 a month less than the equivalent services would cost with VM. If you hardly watch tvvthen in demand certainly is the better option. As for sport if you can't get a USA provider login there are alternative methods which I can't discuss here obviously lol. But any legit on demand questions I will be more than happy to help as much as I can. My on demand help or streaming help is open to all BTW lol.
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25-03-2015, 19:08
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by theone2k10
I'm going to comment on here for mad Max just in case my post in other thread gets removed for me Netflix, wwe network, smart DNS with my broadband and phone cists about £56 a month. I save a bit more dye to not needing a TV licence as I only watch on demand content nowadays. I don't have so much as a Ariel connected to my TV. My bb costs the mist but it is 71mbs download and 18/4mbs upload. I'm paying approxamly £27 a month less than the equivalent services would cost with VM. If you hardly watch tvvthen in demand certainly is the better option. As for sport if you can't get a USA provider login there are alternative methods which I can't discuss here obviously lol. But any legit on demand questions I will be more than happy to help as much as I can. My on demand help or streaming help is open to all BTW lol.
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Thanks for your reply and Johnathomes reply also, it certainly gives me food for thought, that's for sure.
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