On Demand Television on Getaway?

[SwimCarrie]

First NCL cruise in many years. Can someone please fill me in on television/movie availability in the cabin in a standard balcony cabin? Are there On Demand TV shows and movies? 

[julig22]

There are a couple of free movie channels, multiple news channels, some sports and some network tv (random shows).  Not on demand.  I believe there are also pay per view movies.  Was on the Getaway in October and the TV reception wasn't great a lot of the time. Could have been our location, hard to say.  Might want to download movies to a tablet to bring with you.

[Coastalbreezes]

On my recent cruise the on-demand price for movies was $10 and there was a decent selection of fairly current films, all genres. On occasion films (no charge) will also be shown in the atrium.

[kylenyc]

Is it my imagination that any movie playing in Atrium also played on one of the stations in the cabin TV?

[mking8288]

48 minutes ago, kylenyc said:

Is it my imagination that any movie playing in Atrium also played on one of the stations in the cabin TV?

 

Well, answer is no, not really.  WYSIWYG - first, maybe in your stateroom & again, repeated in the atrium, or, vice versa ... premier showing for that sailing first in the atrium & subsequently, again in the privacy of your cabin (we "discovered" that on a rainy & wet sea day and were in our cabin, remote surfing)

 

The pay-per-view movies via interactive stateroom TV had a charge for most, (and, I believe - free for those in Haven at no charge) - about 60 of them, some fairly new.  

 

But, the (limited) variety & choices of free & inclusive channels for all had been very limited - those "Sole" hospitality brand TV sets were HD but horrible, at times, not even 720p ... maybe at most 480p - could be the satellite reception while at sea. 

 

Depending on the ship, I just pre-load our own HD programming onto the notebook PC, hook up the 6' HDMI cable to the side port, power up & switch input source and viola ... catch up on our "watch later" series.  Newer TV's used on the Gem & Dawn since they refurbished and replaced the older sets, couldn't do it - firmware locked & HDMI input source disabled ...  Plan C, go to the tablet or iPad with bluetooth earbuds instead,  if boredom is an issue.  

[BirdTravels]

23 hours ago, SwimCarrie said:

First NCL cruise in many years. Can someone please fill me in on television/movie availability in the cabin in a standard balcony cabin? Are there On Demand TV shows and movies? 

Pay per view movies are available. Examples of current shows and [not-exciting] channel line up: