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Old 10-03-2014, 12:21
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Hi bit of an odd question but dose anyone know if BT sport HD has a better picture via sky digital or via bts you view box. We have sky and also ordered BT youview. Just wondering what to activate the sports on or can it be activated on both at the same time (guessing not considering it is free)

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Old 10-03-2014, 20:32
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Not sure about via Sky but the BT sport HD ad on the BT sports claims it's HD service has 5x more detail than Sky's own HD service and BT sport is also in 1080i.
Also its only £3 a month for the HD extra bolt on that includes BT sport in HD.
The HD extra on BT Youview is well worth the extra £3 a month.

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Old 10-03-2014, 23:33
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Not sure about via Sky but the BT sport HD ad on the BT sports claims it's HD service has 5x more detail than Sky's own HD service and BT sport is also in 1080i.
Also its only £3 a month for the HD extra bolt on that includes BT sport in HD.
The HD extra on BT Youview is well worth the extra £3 a month.

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Thanks for the reply Darren, In all honesty im not a massive sports fan at all its more if m8s have it on ill watch it but don't particularly watch it purposely lol, But considering they are giving it away free i might as well activate it then friends/family can watch it if they like while round at mine, And yea ive got the HD extra thing i added all the TV stuff except kids, I think ill just activate it on the YV box as dont even know how much longer ill bother with sky (if im lucky enough to get multi room working with my second YV box really wont have much need for sky in the other rooms anyway lol)

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Old 11-03-2014, 02:13
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BT Sport HD via Youview is going to be roughly the same quality as BT Sport HD via Sky. The 5x more detail thing you saw is comparing BT Sport HD with BT Sport SD (on whatever platform).

So choose whichever is cheapest or suits you best and fits your long-term plans. If you have BT Infinity with a decent bandwidth (say over 25Mbps) you need have no fears about the quality of BT Sport via Youview, it should be at least as good as the satellite version. The SD version may even be better (than satellite SD).

Just remember, you can't get Sky Sports on a BT Youview box at the moment, there's a big legal wrangle going on about it.
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Old 11-03-2014, 11:21
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BT Sport HD via Youview is going to be roughly the same quality as BT Sport HD via Sky. The 5x more detail thing you saw is comparing BT Sport HD with BT Sport SD (on whatever platform).

So choose whichever is cheapest or suits you best and fits your long-term plans. If you have BT Infinity with a decent bandwidth (say over 25Mbps) you need have no fears about the quality of BT Sport via Youview, it should be at least as good as the satellite version. The SD version may even be better (than satellite SD).

Just remember, you can't get Sky Sports on a BT Youview box at the moment, there's a big legal wrangle going on about it.
Thanks for the reply as i said i im just going to put it on the YV box as if i can managed to get YV multi room working im going to cancel sky anyway, I read BT Dont officially support multi room thats why i was going to keep the sky active but on a reduced package but ive heard from numerous people that as soon as they plug a second YV box into their network it automatically gets all the BT stuff and dose work, And yea i will be having infinity option 2 it should all going well sync about 60Mb/s as this is what my other FTTC line syncs at, As i say too im not a massive sports fan at all its just that while they are giving it free i might as well activate it for f/f to watch while at mine, so the lack of sky sports really dose not fuss me one little bit lol

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Old 11-03-2014, 16:31
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I to am not to bothered about Sky Sports and only have BT sport as its free. I do like the HD extra bolt on. I also don't have the Sky Movies bolt on or the kids bolt on but have everything else. I'm pleased both Eurosport channels and Discovery got added to the HD extra bolt on the other week.
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Old 11-03-2014, 17:46
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I to am not to bothered about Sky Sports and only have BT sport as its free. I do like the HD extra bolt on. I also don't have the Sky Movies bolt on or the kids bolt on but have everything else. I'm pleased both Eurosport channels and Discovery got added to the HD extra bolt on the other week.
yea i didnt bother with the sky movies either think i selected that BT movies thing though but i think at £3 the HD bolt on is a no brainer

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Old 11-03-2014, 18:47
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i will be having infinity option 2 it should all going well sync about 60Mb/s as this is what my other FTTC line syncs at, As i say too im not a massive sports fan at all its just that while they are giving it free i might as well activate it for f/f to watch while at mine, so the lack of sky sports really dose not fuss me one little bit lol
Don't forget that BT chop your Internet sync speed down by whatever Youview/Internet channels you are using at the time (8-10Mb/s for each HD channel, 4Mbps/channel for SD). Stop watching or recording Internet channels, and you get it all back again. That won't likely bother you but for anyone on a low fibre speed it's worth remembering.
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Old 11-03-2014, 18:51
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Don't forget that BT chop your Internet sync speed down by whatever Youview/Internet channels you are using at the time (8-10Mb/s for each HD channel, 4Mbps/channel for SD). Stop watching or recording Internet channels, and you get it all back again. That won't likely bother you but for anyone on a low fibre speed it's worth remembering.
Yea thats no problem for me personally as I have already have sky fibre too the infinity is going on a second line itbwill mainlynused for bt tv and guests to use as well as a secind line to do some web testing things I currently tether for and the sky fibre will remain as my perm personal connection. I know I'm just been greedy lol.

Also considered setting a load balance up for multibthred downloads/uploads but that's going way off topic

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