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  • Re: Will BT Youview box work with ee Broadband?

    From Theo@21:1/5 to NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid on Fri May 23 22:11:19 2025
    GB <NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid> wrote:
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    I have a BT Youview box, and it never crossed my mind that it might not
    work with a particular brand of broadband connection.

    BT did some multicast TV stuff back in the day which required special
    network setup, but I don't think any of that is still operational. So otherwise I expect it'll work on any broadband. Perhaps you won't get BT TV
    or whatever, but that's a subscription service in the first place.

    Theo

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Chris Holmes on Fri May 23 21:35:37 2025
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    I have a BT Youview box, and it never crossed my mind that it might not
    work with a particular brand of broadband connection.

    How is yours currently connected to the router?

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to Chris Holmes on Fri May 23 21:48:23 2025
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?

    As far as I know all BT YouView boxes work with any internet connection.
    I have mine on a Zen fibre connection. Its sometimes a bit slow to
    update the apps, it took much longer than the TV to get the ITV X app.

    Dave

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  • From SH@21:1/5 to Chris Holmes on Fri May 23 22:13:14 2025
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    Errr.... BT actually own EE...... :-)

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 23 22:18:42 2025
    On 23/05/2025 22:13, SH wrote:
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD
    Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    Errr.... BT actually own EE...... :-)

    So is PlusNet but you can't use a Plusnet router on BT or EE and as far
    as I know BT routers don't work on PlusNet.

    .. or to put it another way, if BT can break something in order to sell
    you a replacement or upgrade they will ...

    Dave

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to David Wade on Fri May 23 21:41:42 2025
    David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
    On 23/05/2025 22:13, SH wrote:
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD >>> Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    Errr.... BT actually own EE...... :-)

    So is PlusNet but you can't use a Plusnet router on BT or EE and as far
    as I know BT routers don't work on PlusNet.

    When I was on FTTC I used a BT Hub 6 to connect to PN…

    .. or to put it another way, if BT can break something in order to sell
    you a replacement or upgrade they will ...

    I remember BT remotely zapping their HGV/2-Wire ADSL modems that were being used on other networks if an internal address hadn’t been changed.


    --
    Spike

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 23 22:49:50 2025
    On 23/05/2025 22:13, SH wrote:
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD
    Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    Errr.... BT actually own EE...... :-)

    And I thought I had read somewhere that the latest person
    in charge of decision-making at BT has reversed the previous
    incumbents decision to make EE do all the consumer side stuff and
    leave BT to deal with corporates and businesses ?.

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  • From Nick Finnigan@21:1/5 to Theo on Fri May 23 23:30:34 2025
    On 23/05/2025 22:11, Theo wrote:
    GB <NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid> wrote:
    On 23/05/2025 21:26, Chris Holmes wrote:


    Hi All,

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD >>> Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?


    I have a BT Youview box, and it never crossed my mind that it might not
    work with a particular brand of broadband connection.

    The BT TV Pro (Youview) box was claimed to need a BT Smart Hub 2 and BT Broadband, but possibly only for some subscription services.


    BT did some multicast TV stuff back in the day which required special
    network setup, but I don't think any of that is still operational. So otherwise I expect it'll work on any broadband. Perhaps you won't get BT TV or whatever, but that's a subscription service in the first place.

    "EE TV is the new name for BT TV".

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 24 09:41:05 2025
    GB wrote:

    I have a BT Youview box, and it never crossed my mind that it might not
    work with a particular brand of broadband connection.

    Some IPTV services work through a dedicated VoD VLAN, so the streaming
    supplier and the broadband supplier are linked, no idea whether YouView
    works that way.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 24 09:43:30 2025
    SH wrote:

    Chris Holmes wrote:

    First question as subject, second question (if the answer is no), what HD
    Youview / Freeview PVRs can people recommend that will?

    Errr.... BT actually own EE...... :-)

    So?

    BT also owns Plusnet, and Plusnet stopped offering BT's TV offering as a bolt-on.

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