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**TideMan** · 23-05-2016, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by minimoke

But today Spark has given me lightbox for free. No idea what this is but looks like tv with no ads. Also looks like it is High Definition content

If you've got a smart TV, you can access Lightbox without connecting to a computer. On a Samsung, you hit Smart Hub and you will see Lightbox in the display, along with Netflix, You Tube, etc.
They have some great programs on Lightbox. We've just finished watching 3 seasons each of 10 episodes of The Bridge - a Swedish/Danish crime program we became addicted to.

**Rep** · 23-05-2016, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by TideMan

If you've got a smart TV, you can access Lightbox without connecting to a computer. On a Samsung, you hit Smart Hub and you will see Lightbox in the display, along with Netflix, You Tube, etc.
They have some great programs on Lightbox. We've just finished watching 3 seasons each of 10 episodes of The Bridge - a Swedish/Danish crime program we became addicted to.

Additionally, if you have WIFI, a tablet (Android, Windows Surface or a iPad - actually it will work on an iPhone or an Android phone), a spare HDMI port on your TV and a $70 device called a Google Chromecast you don't even have to have a Samsung SmartTV to watch Lightbox either. With this kit (and the services of your tech enabled average teenager) you can watch watch SkyGo (subscription and password dependent - noting that I would never suggest you breach the terms of service), YouTube on your TV (but not watching any of the streams of live Sports coverage that would breach the terms of service) and lots of content on Vimeo and other services.

Also if you happened to be a subscriber to Amazon Prime, you could potentially watch something called 'The Grand Tour' with three aging british motoring presenters when it is available sometime later this year. If you were interested. Which of course, you might not be. But then again you might be vaguely interested. Possibly.

**minimoke** · 23-05-2016, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by TideMan

If you've got a smart TV, you can access Lightbox without connecting to a computer..

I have a smart tv but im not bright enough to know how to use it. Might try hitting some buttons tonight and see what happens.

Hopefully not another channel with nothing to watch on it.

Edit. So I have a Smart TV. but not a Young TV. Its too old for the Lightbox App. But it does have Quikflic and Net Flix so ïll ask spark for one of those. Also found it has about 50 other channels of TV in the Apps section so no shortage of stuff to graze on if I ever had the time or inclination.

**macduffy** · 25-05-2016, 04:21 PM

SKT shareprice up 13c today. This is probably why.

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/fellet-...tions-b-189445

**Bobdn** · 25-05-2016, 04:27 PM

Wow, that's really interesting. I bought Sky "it's a dinosaur and you shouldn't touch it with a barge poll" TV at the same time as I bought Air "the special dividend will bigger than the mass of the universe and Dreamliners burn 20% less fuel" New Zealand. One worked out better than the other (but it's early days). Markets are funny!

**airedale** · 25-05-2016, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by minimoke

I have a smart tv but im not bright enough to know how to use it. Might try hitting some buttons tonight and see what happens.

Hopefully not another channel with nothing to watch on it.

Edit. So I have a Smart TV. but not a Young TV. Its too old for the Lightbox App. But it does have Quikflic and Net Flix so ïll ask spark for one of those. Also found it has about 50 other channels of TV in the Apps section so no shortage of stuff to graze on if I ever had the time or inclination.

I have a Sony Bravia smart TV but it won't connect to Lightbox despite lengthy emails fron the Lightbox support team. I am just about to give up on Lightbox, but as a last shot I might dial-a-geek to try and sort it.

**Raz** · 25-05-2016, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bobdn

Wow, that's really interesting. I bought Sky "it's a dinosaur and you shouldn't touch it with a barge poll" TV at the same time as I bought Air "the special dividend will bigger than the mass of the universe and Dreamliners burn 20% less fuel" New Zealand. One worked out better than the other (but it's early days). Markets are funny!

Yes which one is it growing and the other contracting again? Crazy stuff.

**TideMan** · 26-05-2016, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by airedale

I have a Sony Bravia smart TV but it won't connect to Lightbox despite lengthy emails fron the Lightbox support team. I am just about to give up on Lightbox, but as a last shot I might dial-a-geek to try and sort it.

Yes, we have an old Sony Bravia at our bach and we've had trouble too, though our Samsung at home works perfectly. Our solution was to get Lightbox on our iPad and use ChromeCast (~$60) to send the signal from iPad to TV. Works perfectly.