BT TV customers can now add an additional YouView box to their BT TV package allowing them
to watch in multiple rooms at the same time. This has been a feature of the
standard pay-TV services for some time with both Sky and Virgin offering
multi-room options. The extra box will allow you to watch and pause both live
and catch-up TV as well as access all your existing content with one exception
of Sky Movies.
The extra box is limited to one per household and you need to have a
broadband speed greater than 34Mbps. This means that you must be a BT Infinity
customer to be able to get one. A minimum 12-month subscription applies and is
charged at £5 per month with a £99 one-of cost. This compares favourably to Sky
who charge £11.25 per month for an extra box, although a non-recording Sky
Multiroom HD box does not incur any one off fees. Virgin charge £6.50 per month
for a non-recording box and an extra £5 a month for a TiVo, with a £49.95 or
£99.95 activation fee depending on the recording capacity.
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Do see myself moving over to BT, just waiting for fibre to go live (This month – hopefully) – then it will be bye bye SKY.
youview box is totally rubbish in my view
hmm so im guessing my next bill will have a £5 extra charge on it then as ive been doing this for the last 2 month since adding BT Youview with a second box i already had, knew it wouldn’t be long before BT would pick up on the fact that people can already do this free and start charging for it
The youview box is excellent in terms of features and usabilitity but it is so horribly slow. I gave up with it eventually as it was frustrating to use.
Shame really as the catchup EPG option is brilliant!
@doowles the new BT G4 box and the retail box its based on are not bad TBF, i have a TT branded one (used for multiroom) which i agree is slow and kinda a bad experience but the new BT box its a lot faster & more responsive and an all round better experience much better and faster than my old virgin box though still not on par with sky where speed in concerned
I think I will give it a miss, Still nothing the big providers can offer me to change to them.
tough for the millions who will never be able to get 34 Mbps due to line lengths. I wonder how long its going to be before they realise they can’t join the digital revolution because their connections are so poor?
“you need to have a broadband speed greater than 34Mbps”
Really??
Wow 34Mbps, so much for BSG and BT Group. I guess I need to convert more of my TV licence fee to fund more broadband.
I’m suspicious of BT’s stipulation for a minimim 34Mbps connection speed in order to support the additional facility. We access our online / on-demand services via a Humax Foxsat HDR and also an Apple TV unit, and even with them both streaming HD content together the bandwidth used is nowhere near that on our Infinity 1 (average speed 36Mbps) connection!
I think it’s a ruse to get people to sign up for Inifinity 2 (well, those fortunate enough to have access to fibre, anyhow).
Shan’t be buying one of them then
still only running 3Mb, and declared not financially viable to run fibre to the village.