YouView question

indierocker85

Heya

I think I am overpaying on TalkTalk.

We pay £8.50 for our essentials package, and we don't use the phone much, and we don't really want to pay extra for the sake of YouView.

However, Youview does appeal to us! I have seen a YouView (TalkTalk) Box at a cash converter store, for £30. I was debating simply buying the box, benefiting from YouView, and then downgrading our talk talk package to Simply Broadband at a saving of around £4.63 a month!

What I want to know is, can I simply plug a Youview box in that's bought from elsewhere, hook it up to aerial, broadband and tv, and will it simply work without me having to put any details or subscription in, or any details from TalkTalk?

If so, I'll just buy a box with the savings from the lower package price

Cheers
Indie

Cornucopia

I think so.

I have a YV box that I originally received free from TT. When I moved, the TV stopped working due to poor broadband speeds.

After some quibbling, TT agreed to cancel my TV contract and I used the money saved to upgrade to Fibre... but my YV box still works. (They never asked for it back). I pay £3.50 pm for Broadband and Phone (no free calls) + £10 pm for fibre.

TT seem a little hazy as to what the TV package actually is, so it's well worth trying.

The other thing to note is that if you only use the YV box for catch-up TV, you don't need a TV licence. So that's another £12pm saving.

indierocker85

Cool, Thanks a lot for your response. I think you've clarified things for me. I am interested in the YouView+, which I think is the HUAWEI DN370T model. There seems to be a lot of them on ebay at the moment. Do you know which one you have, and/or the model and make?

indierocker85

The reason I am asking on here is, I want the benefit of YouView, but don't wanna pay an extra £4+ per month for the benefit of it.

VisionMan

indierocker85 wrote: »

What I want to know is, can I simply plug a Youview box in that's bought from elsewhere, hook it up to aerial, broadband and tv, and will it simply work without me having to put any details or subscription in, or any details from TalkTalk?

If so, I'll just buy a box with the savings from the lower package price

Cheers
Indie

Yes thats right. The only thing you will lose is TT TV.

Cornucopia

indierocker85 wrote: »

Cool, Thanks a lot for your response. I think you've clarified things for me. I am interested in the YouView+, which I think is the HUAWEI DN370T model. There seems to be a lot of them on ebay at the moment. Do you know which one you have, and/or the model and make?

I think TT have only ever supplied from Huawei. Not sure what model mine is - will check in the morning.

AFAICT, you don't need a TT TV sub to use the YV box, including catch-up. (I don't have a TV sub).

indierocker85

VisionMan wrote: »

Yes thats right. The only thing you will lose is TT TV.

Well, apparently we get TalkTalk TV now, or we're paying for it, but I don't even know what it is?

Cornucopia

indierocker85 wrote: »

... HUAWEI DN370T ...

Yes, this is the one I have.

indierocker85 wrote: »

Well, apparently we get TalkTalk TV now, or we're paying for it, but I don't even know what it is?

For some reason, TT seem to be unclear about what Talktalk TV actually is. It appears that they've given a brand name to the broad concept of a TV service without actually thinking about what that requires in terms of service proposition and costs. And they certainly don't seem to have linked the technical provision of service with payment or service options.

They also keep changing it.

All in all, a bit messy.

gay_guy

I would avoid getting You View from TalkTalk or their tv subscriptions as its not worth the money.


I have just got Sky installed for Sky+HD and got a lot of content compared to rubbish You View.


Here is a downside to You View:


1. Can't record Sky Channels (TalkTalk have said millions of times, they trying to sort this out but TalkTalk have been saying this since a couple of years now, I don't think it will happen)


2. After a few months once you get it installed then you will be having problems, recordings failing, freezing.


3. Its only a small box.


4. TalkTalk don't do anything but once they do, they will come out and replace you're You View box for a recondition one, you won't get a new one.


When I got You View, everything was working fine but a few months after it went downhill, I had recordings failing, the recordings keep freezing, the HD channels weren't working so I had to record soaps on the main channels.


You View is so cheap and rubbish, I am glad I moved to sky as I got loads of HD channels now and more content on demand.


Stay well clear from You View, all my mates agree with me that its trash.

VisionMan

gay_guy wrote: »

I would avoid getting You View from TalkTalk or their tv subscriptions as its not worth the money.

I have just got Sky installed for Sky+HD and got a lot of content compared to rubbish You View.

Both the box and the platform have won six awards and that includes one for TalkTalk.

1. Yes you can.

2. They don't any more.

3. Bonus!

4. No they don't. They fix it.

Sorry you had problems with YouView but your personal experience of it is not indicative of the majority. And I've got "mates" who swear by it.

gay_guy

VisionMan wrote: »

Both the box and the platform have won six awards and that includes one for TalkTalk.

1. Yes you can.

2. They don't any more.

3. Bonus!

4. No they don't. They fix it.

Sorry you had problems with YouView but your personal experience of it is not indicative of the majority. And I've got "mates" who swear by it.

No you can't record sky channels, TalkTalk only transmits sky channels through the internet.


You don't know what you talking about.


Here is proof about the sky channels.


http://help2.talktalk.co.uk/how-do-i-record-programmes-my-youview-box