Is YOUVIEW any good?

Dan-Dan

so , if we go for BT youview when we move to our new house , we can keep the standard broadband with BT we have now and STILL get BT Sport and kiddies TV

Is that about right ?

The thing is , i dont want to get infinity , if it isnt necessary....

celticmoneysaver

Apologies for piggybacking

If I am using
3) get a tv/broadband package from talktalk, they supply a youview box (different to the humax) and have all content the retail box has plus 'boosts' which allow you to view sky channels (movies, sports, discovery etc) through the talktalk player app. This gives more content than BTs offering but the talktalk player app is clunky and you can't record from the sky channels.

Does anyone know anymore about extra charges if you don't keep your youview box connected to your broadband with them?
This was something that was mentioned when I spoke on the phone and haven't received paper contract details yet and 'my account' information is very limited on small print it has none?

Thanks

VisionMan

@celticmoneysaver

According to the T's&C's, they'll charge you £199 if you do the above. Though there would really be no point in disconnecting a hybrid IP box.

chipp

I got a Humax YouView box about six months ago, useful bit of kit but I can't see the red display without getting out of my comfy armchair and moving much closer to the unit (reading glasses distance). Don't know if they've had feedback and changed this, I find it hard to believe I'm the only person to experience this problem.

mehera

Youview - a way of selling us Freeview!!

Nice one Lord Sugar . . . .

I would buy a Freesat/Freeview + box for £150 and stuff all of them!!!!!!!

2010

Anyone with a broadband connected laptop and a tv with hdmi socket only needs a hdmi cable from £land and they can get all the i players and utube for free on the telly.

Why waste money on a box or pay for youview when you can get it for a quid.
If you need a longer cable, they`re a couple of quid from Amazon.

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/psg03714/hdmi-lead-high-speed-ethernet-5m/dp/AV22098

macman

mehera wrote: »

Youview - a way of selling us Freeview!!

Nice one Lord Sugar . . . .

I would buy a Freesat/Freeview + box for £150 and stuff all of them!!!!!!!

How is a free service 'selling you Freeview'?
The only investment is the one-off hardware cost.
You could make the same comment about any Freeview box.

almillar

mehera - A YouView box is a high definition Freeview recorder (FreeviewHD+), with integrated on-demand. If that's not of value to you, fair enough, but it's a different proposition from a £150 Freeview box, and a completely different platform from Freesat (whose equivalent device would be the Freetime box).

zarf2007

2010 wrote: »

Anyone with a broadband connected laptop and a tv with hdmi socket only needs a hdmi cable from £land and they can get all the i players and utube for free on the telly.

Why waste money on a box or pay for youview when you can get it for a quid.
If you need a longer cable, they`re a couple of quid from Amazon.

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/psg03714/hdmi-lead-high-speed-ethernet-5m/dp/AV22098

Yes, and the user experience/UI blows, look to why apple is successful, it isn't magic what they do, they just do it better than everyone else.....

2010

zarf2007 wrote: »

Yes, and the user experience/UI blows, look to why apple is successful, it isn't magic what they do, they just do it better than everyone else.....

Not a clue what you`re on about!