![]() Like any pay-TV service in the UK, Sky’s name is all over it because they own 90 per cent of the TV shows, films and sports that anyone is willing to pay for. This is basically a second programme guide where you can watch live TV channels streamed over your broadband connection, or stream on-demand TV shows and films from a variety of sources. You can also watch directly through the various on-demand players: BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5, plus a special free children’s TV player for Milkshake from Channel 5, and Sky’s Now TV for pay-per-view and subscription films from Sky Movies. It’s a Freeview+ HD recorder with a ‘backwards’ EPG that lets you scroll backwards through the past week and watch any programmes from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 that are marked with the catch-up symbol. The basic YouView experience is the same as the retail box which we documented on video. TalkTalk Player: More than Sky, less than Sky+ If you need to buy any TV or film subscriptions, he’ll also walk you through that, since it can be done with the remote control. The box itself takes about 10 minutes to set up, and your Bright Spark will ensure the default password is changed, a security question is set up, and your box is registered with TalkTalk. The YouView box itself still needs to be near a TV aerial connection. If that’s the case, the installer will use a couple of powerline home network extenders to guarantee a decent connection. The install can take anything from about 40 minutes to over an hour if you want your router and TV in different locations. TalkTalk recommends 5Mbps for a reliable YouView experience, but they’ll run a speed check on your line before taking an order. This does introduce a delay – there’s currently a 4 to 6 week wait for an install, so order now for Christmas.Īt the same time, the engineer will make sure you’ve got the latest router and ADSL filters installed. Unlike a retail box, TalkTalk sends one of its Bright Sparks engineers to fit the box and fine-tune your broadband. The remote is also a little different to Humax’s, with the YouView button shrunk down an pushed to one side, a large ‘TalkTalk’ button for accessing the TalkTalk Player, and a rubber directional pad that’s quite nice to use. There are USB ports on the rear and side of the DN370T, and on the back panel are a TV aerial input, HDMI port, S/PDIF optical digital audio output, a Scart socket and a loopthrough output for connecting your TV aerial to your TV. It’s also a little faster than the Humax box, but at 30-plus seconds it still takes too long to boot up from standby, even without power-saving turned on. That’s smaller than the Humax offers and may be too small for some, but on the other hand there’s a lot of catch-up that negates the need to record everything. There’s also a 350GB hard disc (although the installer thought it was a 1TB box). It’s a good deal smaller – about a third of the size, we reckon – and quieter since there’s no fan inside. It’s free if you susbcribe to a TalkTalk Plus unlimited broadband package. ![]() TalkTalk has its own YouView box, the Huawei DN370T, and it’s notably different to the Humax DTR-T1000 you can find in the shops. TalkTalk’s YouView box: Hua and Awei the best Some of the on-demand TV and films even come from sources that aren’t a three letter word that starts with ‘S’ and ends in ‘y’. TalkTalk TV includes entry-level subscription channels like Sky 1, and premium channels like Sky Movies and Sky Sports. After two years of development, TalkTalk is the first of YouView’s commercial partners to launch a service tied to its broadband service.īoth BT and TalkTalk have promised to add subscription TV channels, music videos and on-demand films to YouView’s hybrid of Freeview and catch-up TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
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