Bt upgrade youview box android#
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It doesn't matter if you use the box for it's purpose as it has everything on it without the need for a smart TV or even a TV. The box only has an aeriel input with no output but I used a splitter with no problems. Apart from Sky Store which I have never used, it all works perfect but of course, that will depend on your internet connection. Pay TV includes Now TV (movies only) Netflix and Sky Store (movie rentals).

Bt upgrade youview box plus#

It relies on an internet connection for it's programme guide and the built in apps which includes BBC iPlayer, ITV player, 4OD, Demand 5, Milkshake plus a few other free ones. It is a Freeview HD box with catch up TV, 7 day backwards for some channels and 7 day forward for all channels. This does however only have a single tuner with no recording facility. I bought this from Amazon as it was the cheapest I could find and I have to admit, it is a decent box although very small and a bit expensive but that's probably because it's BT and it has the signs of being a Humax product.

Bt upgrade youview box android#

I did buy a Q android box which does much the same - as comparison, the BT YOUVIEW box is much easier to use with the remote, and the TV functionality is much better combined with the EPG and the channel apps, but if course unlike the android boxes you're stuck with the bt youview apps which are a bit limited. So at £48 it's decent value but not worth a great deal more.

So in turn, if you already have a smart tv, you'll already have most of the functionality : you'll have a programmer guide, you'll probably have BBC iPlayer buried somewhere, you'll probably have a netflix or Amazon video app. In terms of regular youview functionsz, since this BT box has no recorder you can't record. Also when you first connect the box, you need to set it up with an aerial so it can figure out where in the UK you are.

The BBC iPlayer does allow live stations. These don't have a live streaming (ie what's on now) function, giving you selected highlights only.

The youview box uses apps written by each tv station, so it's youview box versions of 'ITV player' and 'All 4'. I don't need it automatically to switch, I am fine being able to use an app.Īnswer : with exception of BBC, it doesn't work. I'm looking for a box which if it does not find an aerial service, switches to use the live TV streaming functionality for each UK TV channel. I had a specific requirement : can I connect a youview box in a room which has no TV aerial cable but has very good internet.