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Box Office movies and other content are available, either on subscription (The ‘Unlimited’ option), or on a pay-per-rent basis.Ĭosts for pay-to-view: £3.50 for a blockbuster movie,£1.10 to watch an episode of Spooks or Friends, 50p for a music video or an episode of Peppa Pig. For this, you’ll get all the catch-up services, and access to some of the BT Vision library. With the YouView service from BT, the basic fee is £4 a month (rising to £5 in early 2013). You can also search, although this option only searches the BT Vision library, not the rest of the YouView serviceīT Vision on YouView – Screen 2 BT Vision Costs.You can also add kids shows to a playlist Playlists – Create your own MKTV channel by adding music videos to a playlist suited for each mood.Bookmarks – Shows and films you’d like to watch in the future.Recommended for you – Shows based on what others have been watching.In here, you’ll find sections are Vision Box Office, Vision Kids, Vision TV, Vision Music, Vision Film, Vision Sport and Essential On Demand You can get to the content in a number of different ways, but the main menu offers the following: When you access BT Vision for the first time, you’re asked to set up a PIN, and then you’re in. To get to the BT Vision content, you press the remote’s blue YouView button, and select the BT icon from the menu scrollbar. If you’ve tried the BT Vision service launched by BT back in 2006, then the offering will be familiar to you. The buttons on the remote control have a rather comforting ‘click’, which is something you don’t get that often, and navigating through the menus is pretty intuitive. Once the box is up and running, it’s pretty slick. LOW Eco mode: A much faster startup time (15 seconds), but the box consumes 19 watts when idle.Įco-Mode on the Humax DTR-T1000 Humax Box.It takes 2 and a half minutes to start up, but only consumes 1 watt in idle HIGH Eco mode: When the box is not used, it powers off.This is all to do with the speed of the box boot-up:

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Once set up, the box needs to be switched on, and you have to run through a fairly simple setup process, where you let the box scan for channels, update the software and get itself ready.Įco Mode: During the setup process, we were prompted to pick a power saving mode, either High or Low.

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As most of us don’t have a Home Hub close to the telly, you can request a free pair of HomePlug adapters when signing up to BT’s YouView)

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Connect the box to your TV via the supplied HDMI lead.This is pretty straightforward, and doesn’t require an engineering visit. The service carries a £49 activation fee, and a small charge for delivery by Royal Mail courier.

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With BT, you get the box for free as long as you get your broadband from BT. The YouView box on offer from BT is the same as the Humax Youview box that you can pick up on the high street for almost £300. When reviewing the YouView option offered by BT, it becomes clear that the service is not trying to compete with the pay TV giant that is Sky, but trying to offer a service to the many millions who have Freeview but want a little more. You need to be in a Freeview coverage area and get your broadband from BT: Check YouView & BT

Movies from BT Vision Box Office, and Now TV (Sky Premiere Movies).Easy access to catch-up TV from BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5.Box free to BT Broadband customers (Saves £299 on high-street price).Radio & Telly Recommended Offer: Save £299 with a Youview box from BT

We look at what YouView from BT has to offer, and who the services is aimed at. Offering improvements over the original BT Vision service.