HPC=dream Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 As per title. My local Blockbuster has shut and I don't have a smart tv to stream any films. There is bugger all on the TV tonight and I fancy watching a decent film. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 You tube. Or nip out and buy a now tv box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrabus Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 As per title. My local Blockbuster has shut and I don't have a smart tv to stream any films. There is bugger all on the TV tonight and I fancy watching a decent film. Any ideas? Get a NOW box £10.turns your set into a smart TV .free trail on movies for 30 days and £9 per month to access over 800 movies plus four new films every week no contract,Its a good deal and i am not easily impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 As per title. My local Blockbuster has shut and I don't have a smart tv to stream any films. There is bugger all on the TV tonight and I fancy watching a decent film. Any ideas? Your local library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Your local library. Do they still exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Apparently I'm sitting through a box set of The Kennedys tonight. My fault I suppose - I bought it for her. Is it any good? I think I can guess the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Do they still exist? Yes, but you must leave your house first to find one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPC=dream Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Can I get a Now TV box if I still have a massive old fashioned TV? My wife is on at me to get a new TV but I have always resisted as nothing wrong with the current one. May have to invest in a fancy one. She says she is embarrassed when people come round and see our TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Do they still exist? Yes but they're shut until the 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Get a NOW box £10.turns your set into a smart TV .free trail on movies for 30 days and £9 per month to access over 800 movies plus four new films every week no contract,Its a good deal and i am not easily impressed We've got one - have had the dearer one for longer trial. It's been great - he's watched more films than I have, but even so I reckon I've watched 30+ films. Lots of action and horror and romcoms. They do change though - one's dropped off that was on his to watch list. They add a few more each week - it's supposed to be four. It'll be easier to get to iplayer now too - we have a ps3 linked up but that takes more thinking to work out how to get to iplayer on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Can I get a Now TV box if I still have a massive old fashioned TV? My wife is on at me to get a new TV but I have always resisted as nothing wrong with the current one. May have to invest in a fancy one. She says she is embarrassed when people come round and see our TV There is isn't there! Did you watch the Coronation on it? On a more serious note, most boxes will have S-Video, SCART, and composite output, but do check, as these are going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Yes but they're shut until the 6th. Crikey! Scotland opens on the 3rd, and they really can drink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPC=dream Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Just looked at the Now TV website and you need a TV with HDMI input.....that rules me out then. I saw Currys are doing a LG 42" HD TV for £279. Not sure how good it is but may be worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Crikey! Scotland opens on the 3rd, and they really can drink! They've shut the whole of the council/housing down until the 6th. Not entirely sure why - I assume they make people have holidays for the non-holiday days. Someone probably thought of it as a cost saving thing, but I don't see how it'd save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Not very HPC but as a one off you could buy one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPC=dream Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Not very HPC but as a one off you could buy one? That's just crazy talk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 That's just crazy talk! That's fine, just wanted to point out the obvious. We still rent DVDs from a shop in town which seems like crazy talk in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Just looked at the Now TV website and you need a TV with HDMI input.....that rules me out then. I saw Currys are doing a LG 42" HD TV for £279. Not sure how good it is but may be worth a look. That tele is pretty good, but its sold out everywhere...the next model up is the LG LN540 for £329 or the Samsung F5000...Prob the best value for dosh at the mo, is the Samsung F6400 at around £479... I've got Now TV..its effectively a rebadged Roku box..AFAIK, you can still get an AV cable for it, so you don't necessarily need HDMI...Moreover, you can buy NOW TV vouchers off ebay, which saves you a bit of dough... Lovefilm do a DVD rental, although you do find a lot of smaller corner type shops do it too (such as Spar & Mace) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankief Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 You might as well buy DVDs on line, they are getting as cheap as a rental. Got the two Saxondale series box set for under a tenner - that has come in useful this hols.- when BBC comedy hasn't been to my taste (Mrs Brown etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinker Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Not very HPC but as a one off you could buy one? Or "steal" one from the Pirate Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 [if you've still got one, your local library will probably have DVDs to rent. Not saying they'll necessarily have a fantastic selection, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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