tazmago
Distinguished Member
Hi,
I have been researching NowTV for the last few hours and have been finding conflicting information, so I thought I would ask for some clarity on here.
I currently have Sky HD (along with Amazon Prime and Netflix), but have lately been considering replacing Sky with NowTV. I’m not fussed with 4K as my broadband wouldn’t cope with it. I currently pay £43.95 a month for the Sky subscription (I cancelled Sky movies and Sky Sports last year) but looking at my viewing habits over the last few months the vast majority of stuff I watch are all on the NowTV entertainment pass list (or they will be once History channel is added later this month (I believe)). It seems like a no brainier to me to cancel Sky and go with NowTV, but I have a few questions I was hoping that you good folks on here could help me with.
1. I’m a little confused about how the NowTV payment works. I’ve seen on CDKeys they sell 3 month entertainment passes for £14.95, which seems like great value. However I’ve also noticed on the NowTV website, it says that once the 7 day trial is up, I’ll be charged £8.99 pm. I know you can’t stack vouchers for this, So do I need to cancel just before the trial/pass runs out so I don’t get charged the full £8.99. Then just repeat this apply voucher/cancel cycle every time? How easy is it to cancel?
2. I would also like to add the booster pack for HD viewing, does this work as a separate subscription, so I’ll just be charged £3 a month providing I keep my passes active.
3. I had a habit with Sky of watching one programme while taping another, so with NowTV I’ll miss the record option. This means I will miss a certain live programme, is the catch up feature available for all programmes, so I could watch my missed episode 24 hours later, or is catchup only available on certain channels/programmes?
4. Does everyone agree that in my case, dropping Sky is a good idea?
Sorry for the long post, any help is much appreciated,
Cheers
I have been researching NowTV for the last few hours and have been finding conflicting information, so I thought I would ask for some clarity on here.
I currently have Sky HD (along with Amazon Prime and Netflix), but have lately been considering replacing Sky with NowTV. I’m not fussed with 4K as my broadband wouldn’t cope with it. I currently pay £43.95 a month for the Sky subscription (I cancelled Sky movies and Sky Sports last year) but looking at my viewing habits over the last few months the vast majority of stuff I watch are all on the NowTV entertainment pass list (or they will be once History channel is added later this month (I believe)). It seems like a no brainier to me to cancel Sky and go with NowTV, but I have a few questions I was hoping that you good folks on here could help me with.
1. I’m a little confused about how the NowTV payment works. I’ve seen on CDKeys they sell 3 month entertainment passes for £14.95, which seems like great value. However I’ve also noticed on the NowTV website, it says that once the 7 day trial is up, I’ll be charged £8.99 pm. I know you can’t stack vouchers for this, So do I need to cancel just before the trial/pass runs out so I don’t get charged the full £8.99. Then just repeat this apply voucher/cancel cycle every time? How easy is it to cancel?
2. I would also like to add the booster pack for HD viewing, does this work as a separate subscription, so I’ll just be charged £3 a month providing I keep my passes active.
3. I had a habit with Sky of watching one programme while taping another, so with NowTV I’ll miss the record option. This means I will miss a certain live programme, is the catch up feature available for all programmes, so I could watch my missed episode 24 hours later, or is catchup only available on certain channels/programmes?
4. Does everyone agree that in my case, dropping Sky is a good idea?
Sorry for the long post, any help is much appreciated,
Cheers
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