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<blockquote data-quote="smoggy07" data-source="post: 856408" data-attributes="member: 298987">Mine has yet to arrive (hopefully it will turn up before the weekend) but I created a NowTV account without subscribing, I registered and when it got to the point of them asking for card details I clicked a link to take me back to the homepage (or just entered nowtv.com into the browser) and I was logged inApart from the free 30 day trial, I won't be subscribing to anything NowTV (unless the offer me some stupid deal @ £1 per month) and will be using it&nbsp; as a streamer with PlexI've been reading up on hacking these boxes to run another OS (xbmc maybe?) but everywhere I read says this is a custom made/stripped down Roku with hardware missing and so won't take any other OS/firmware, so there's not really a lot that can be done hacking wise but I am thinking if I added some of the &quot;missing&quot; components to add USB/Ethernet and so on, it might just take a firmware update to become a &quot;proper&quot; RokuPeople have tried and failed to get this to take the Roku firmware, some tried spoofing the download server and adding their own F/W and others have lifted chips to read them but no one has had any success as of yetBTW the Roku code name for the Now box is Windsor, there are others too but I can't for the life of me find the web page or remember any apart from Windsor and JacksonAlso, it has been mentioned that there is 100% no chance of installing Netflix on the NowTV box (not that one would want it installing), apparently all Roku devices are &quot;one time flashed&quot; with a special Netflix &quot;key&quot; in the factory and as this is one time programmed it can't be changed or spoofed, this key grants or denies access to Netflix based on the stored key (I think this is something to do with the Netflix branded box/Roku)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smoggy07, post: 856408, member: 298987"] Mine has yet to arrive (hopefully it will turn up before the weekend) but I created a NowTV account without subscribing, I registered and when it got to the point of them asking for card details I clicked a link to take me back to the homepage (or just entered nowtv.com into the browser) and I was logged in Apart from the free 30 day trial, I won't be subscribing to anything NowTV (unless the offer me some stupid deal @ £1 per month) and will be using it as a streamer with Plex I've been reading up on hacking these boxes to run another OS (xbmc maybe?) but everywhere I read says this is a custom made/stripped down Roku with hardware missing and so won't take any other OS/firmware, so there's not really a lot that can be done hacking wise but I am thinking if I added some of the "missing" components to add USB/Ethernet and so on, it might just take a firmware update to become a "proper" Roku People have tried and failed to get this to take the Roku firmware, some tried spoofing the download server and adding their own F/W and others have lifted chips to read them but no one has had any success as of yet BTW the Roku code name for the Now box is Windsor, there are others too but I can't for the life of me find the web page or remember any apart from Windsor and Jackson Also, it has been mentioned that there is 100% no chance of installing Netflix on the NowTV box (not that one would want it installing), apparently all Roku devices are "one time flashed" with a special Netflix "key" in the factory and as this is one time programmed it can't be changed or spoofed, this key grants or denies access to Netflix based on the stored key (I think this is something to do with the Netflix branded box/Roku) [/QUOTE]

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