E: 13/07 Win 1 of 2000 youview trialists (free tv)

hermanni

YouView brings you all the plug-in-and-watch simplicity of Freeview, plus the UK’s leading Internet catch-up and video on-demand services.

That means you’ll get the digital TV you love, plus BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD, Demand 5 and SeeSaw, all instantly available on your TV, through one simple set-top box.

For the first time, your on-screen programme guide will go backwards in time as well as forwards. You can discover and watch great programmes whenever you want – even ones you thought you’d missed.

Of course, YouView will also have High Definition, as well as the choice of pay-TV channels and on-demand programmes from TV providers such as BT Vision and Talk Talk TV. It’s also a personal video recorder, so you can pause, rewind and record live TV whenever you like.

Basically, you’ll get all the best bits of 21st Century TV, without having to grapple with complicated technology or pay any TV subscription fees.


The requirements for taking part
Unfortunately, if you do not meet any of the following criteria you cannot participate in the Trial. You must:

• be 16 years or older;
• be resident in the UK;
• have a valid television licence;
• have an internet connection;
• have an aerial capable of receiving Freeview programming; and
• agree to the terms and conditions of the YouView service, as notified to you from time to time.

Your confidentiality obligations
It is essential that you keep information relating to your participation in the Trial confidential. In particular, you must not:

• disclose to anyone else any information, experience, images, content or details relating to your participation in the Trial;
• publish any comments and/or still or moving images in or on any media (including on the internet or on any blogs or social networking sites), relating to your YouView Box or the Trial;
• take or share any still or moving images of your YouView Box, the YouView user interface or of any other materials provided to you or via the YouView Box in connection with the Trial;
• share your login details to the YouView Trials website with anyone else; or
• allow anyone else, other than the people you live with, to use your YouView Box or to view any materials provided to you in connection with the Trial.

https://trials.youview.com/login

cornishpasty1

thanks hermanni :T when signing up you also get this to accept/decline

I have a widescreen TV with either a free SCART or a free HDMI connection
You just need to be able to free up an HDMI or SCART connection for the duration of your participation in the YouView trial

The_Safordian

When I first seen this I thought great but then I seen this and thought something's not quite right here.

have a valid television licence

A BBC TV Licence isn't required to watch catchup TV so why would they put that in. I decided to check the partners and seen this

The BBC

YouView is a critical part of the BBC's strategy for meeting its public purposes in the connected digital age

So rather than just be honest and say a TV Licence isn't required they've put it in making sure people who don't need one will think they do, that's just plain wrong and very underhand

tghe-retford

The_Safordian wrote: »

So rather than just be honest and say a TV Licence isn't required they've put it in making sure people who don't need one will think they do, that's just plain wrong and very underhand

It's likely that as part of this trial, you'll have to test both the catch-up and live TV aspects of the proposed set-top-box they provide. So you will more than certainly need a TV Licence.

dogcat_2

So do you get to keep the trial box......

Tea_Pea_Dee

dogcat wrote: »

So do you get to keep the trial box......

No


17. RETURNING THE BOX TO US AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
At the end of your participation in the Trial, or otherwise upon request from us, you must:
immediately stop using your YouView Box and any other items provided to you in connection with the Trial (including, without limitation, the remote control, cabling and associated materials);
make the YouView Box and any other items provided to you in connection with the Trial (including, without limitation the remote control, cabling and associated materials) available for collection; and/or
return the YouView Box and any other items provided to you in connection with the Trial (including, without limitation the remote control, cabling and associated materials) to the designated location notified to you at the time.

mjm3346

The_Safordian wrote: »

When I first seen this I thought great but then I seen this and thought something's not quite right here.



A BBC TV Licence isn't required to watch catchup TV so why would they put that in. I decided to check the partners and seen this



So rather than just be honest and say a TV Licence isn't required they've put it in making sure people who don't need one will think they do, that's just plain wrong and very underhand

It is not wrong or underhand and has nothing to do with not needing one for catch-up Tv. If they say in the terms and conditions a TV licence is required to take part in the trial then a TV licence is required.

Benjiboy_3

As the unit has a DVB tuner and can receive live tv as a primary function you would need a tv licence regardless of if you watch live tv or not. I'd imagine the unit would have to be tuned in to operate properly anyway.

vanpopple

Closed now

sunlund2311

Had e-mail today.
Its a no for me, get looking for a new pvr now then


Hi,

Many thanks for registering to take part in the YouView trial in its pre-launch phase.

Unfortunately due to the high-level of demand, we are unable to offer you a place on the Beta trial.

If you would like to find out more about YouView and what it has to offer, please visit our website www.youview.com or follow us on Twitter @YouView.

Again we would like to thank you for showing an interest in YouView at this exciting time.

Kind regards,
The YouView team