Views on BT TV - subscription or buy box from Argos

TanDiy

Hi, just looking to move away from Sky and have been looking at the BT/youview service as I already have BT broadband (although they say this has to be upgraded to Infinity). I just wondered whether people think the service is ok - is the box reliable recording, etc. I have also noticed that the BT box can be purchased from Argos for £149.99 so I guess this would be a cheaper option for straight Youview without the extra BT content. Just wanted to check that people think Youview is ok. Thanks for your info and advice

mwarby

You can buy them new on ebay for £90, although these are unwanted bt contract boxes and as I understand it without warranty

I got my youview box that way (a humax dtr-t2100) and it worked just fine bothnon plusnet and BT.

VisionMan

TanDiy wrote: »

Hi, just looking to move away from Sky and have been looking at the BT/youview service as I already have BT broadband (although they say this has to be upgraded to Infinity). I just wondered whether people think the service is ok - is the box reliable recording, etc. I have also noticed that the BT box can be purchased from Argos for £149.99 so I guess this would be a cheaper option for straight Youview without the extra BT content. Just wanted to check that people think Youview is ok. Thanks for your info and advice

Yes the service is reliable. However, if you upgrade to fibre just to get YouView its expensive. If you were thinking of upgrading anyway (with or without YouView) then its cheap. Far cheaper than buying retail.

BTs TV contracts start at £5 for 12 mths, after that the box is yours. There may or may not be an activation fee as that would depend on the TV package you sign up for.