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Old 16-10-2016, 03:28
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Just ordered a new UHD/4K BT TV box on Saturday as I saw that I can have all the channels I have now which is all SD channels + HD channels now with UHD channel and sports at £2 cheaper then I am paying now for TV ...

All I had to do is pay for the box @ £49 + £7.95 post and sign for 2 years ... that saving me £2 a month over that time = £48

I was £ in credit with BT so I don't need to pay out any more then I have already done.

I get a new UHD channel to view on my new UHD TV plus new box with 1TB space which is bigger then older box to record and all the channels that I was getting at cheaper rate...
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Old 16-10-2016, 06:39
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As you haven't told us how much you are now paying or what package you are on/channels you get, it could be either bargain of the century or a sucker's deal!
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Old 16-10-2016, 08:53
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It's easy enough to check, though. Alan mentioned that he gets the full package, including UHD, and BT publish the prices on their website.
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Old 16-10-2016, 22:11
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Thanks David for ready my post.....

Total Entertainment *

This package gives you:
Up to 80 Freeview channels including 12 in HD
50 Premium entertainment channels including 9 Kids channels and 13 HD channels
Access to the BT Ultra HD channel
Take BT Sport HD and AMC HD at no extra cost
7 days of catch-up through your TV guide
Watch TV on the go with the BT TV app
The latest movies to rent or buy on BT Store
Ongoing monthly payments:
£14 per month, then £21 from month 25
24 month contract @ £14.00
**
Change
Stay on my current AMC subscription Free
*
Change
Stay on my current Sky Cinema subscription
*
Change
YouView+ Ultra HD box £49.00
*
TV Everywhere *
Access BT TV content online and on supported Apple and Android devices. £0.00
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Your Installation One-off £7.95
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Old 16-10-2016, 23:13
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I'm currently paying £15 a month for Entertainment Plus + HD Extra.

The Total Entertainment deal for existing customers looked good as it would have reduced my monthly charge to £14, given me a bigger capacity box, Kids Channels and BT Sport 4K UHD

However......

Have no kids
Have no 4K TV
My Powerline AV solution is not guaranteed to work with UHD, and there is no easy route for an ethernet cable
Don't use our current box capacity, so don't need more.

So there is no point in paying the £20 installation + £49 box fee + lose a days leave for a BT Contractor just to tell me he can't install the Ethernet cable, when over 24 months I wouldn't save the money i'd be paying up front.
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Old 17-10-2016, 06:50
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Im the now paying £12.50 but that's the discounted price for entertainment max package.
I also got AMC HD and the full BT Sports HD pack free.
I don't have Sky Cinema as I have Netflix and think that's better value than paying for Sky Cinema.
All my BT contracts are up near the end of January so will see what BT offer me then.

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Old 18-10-2016, 01:30
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Totally agree that if you do not have a 4K TV and you do not wish to have kids channels and the Youview box holds the recordings you do then your right Colin not buy it yet.

Darren your paying under what I was paying at £16 per month and as your still in a contract then why change now.

Reasons for me is I was out of contact and I have just got a 4K TV so with BT TV having a channel for a UHD TV and Netflix UHD too then the idea that I would get more for less then I am paying now and what new TV customers are being offered then its a win for me.

New Customers £18
My cost was £16
Now paying £14 for 2 years.

Plus the new box has 1TB space to record and is less wide then my old box so that I can have my 4K 3D Blue Ray player on the same self next to the BT box now.

And as I only paying for the new box out of money that I already had in my BT account it has not hurt my pocket right now too.
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Old 18-10-2016, 11:16
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I signed up for the BT TV Total Entertainment package, as an existing BT Infinity 2 customer, a couple of months ago - £10/month for a year, plus free 4K box (and no installation charge as an engineer wasn't required). Although I don't have a 4K TV, it was cheaper to go for this than it was to go for the non-4K package and add HD and kids separately! Plus the free BT Sport in HD is nice, but probably not something I would choose to sign up for if paying separately as we don't watch it very much.

Whether we'll keep going with it after the end of the 12 month contract will depend on the price and what kind of deal we may be able to get.
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Old 23-10-2016, 09:39
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If I plug the BT Ultra HD box into a non Ultra HD TV will It still allow viewing of non Ultra HD channels on my old TV? I understand the Ultra HD channels will not be viewable but am considering the upgrade for the increased storage and extra childrens channels over my current subscription.
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Old 23-10-2016, 12:34
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If I plug the BT Ultra HD box into a non Ultra HD TV will It still allow viewing of non Ultra HD channels on my old TV? I understand the Ultra HD channels will not be viewable but am considering the upgrade for the increased storage and extra childrens channels over my current subscription.
Yes it will work.
The BT Ultra HD box has a choice of HDMI Display Settings. You just choose the one you for the channels' to be sent to the TV.
The choice is:
- 720p
- 1080i
- 1080p
- UHD, 50fps, 8bit
- UHD, 50fps, 10bit

I don't haven't Ultra TV either and mine is set to 1080. But if I set it to either of the UHD settings my 2014 TV handles it fine and downscales to 1080.

I understand the Ultra HD channels will not be viewable
Either your understanding is wrong or who ever told you is incorrect.
If you were to have Ultra HD channels then the Ultra HD will still scale to what ever the Ultra HD HDMI display setting is set to, and you would be able to watch them if you really wanted to, say because their wasn't an HD version available.
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Old 23-10-2016, 12:45
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Yes it will work.
The BT Ultra HD box has a choice of HDMI Display Settings. You just choose the one you for the channels' to be sent to the TV.
The choice is:
- 720p
- 1080i
- 1080p
- UHD, 50fps, 8bit
- UHD, 50fps, 10bit

I don't haven't Ultra TV either and mine is set to 1080. But if I set it to either of the UHD settings my 2014 TV handles it fine and downscales to 1080.


Either your understanding is wrong or who ever told you is incorrect.
If you were to have Ultra HD channels then the Ultra HD will still scale to what ever the Ultra HD HDMI display setting is set to, and you would be able to watch them if you really wanted to, say because their wasn't an HD version available.
Many thanks for the detailed answer, most helpfull I Have now proceeded with the upgrade order.
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Old 27-10-2016, 02:28
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I was given the same deal £14 pound a month however I got the uhd set top box at no extra cost and free delivery on a 2 year contract I'm honestly surprised people have been paying for the box as I had no issue with getting one from BT for free. I did at first was told I had to pay for the engineer at £20 however the engineer was sent to my old address and when I phoned cube the company who they use for TV installs they refused to come back has he moved to his next job. I then phoned up and told BT what happened and insisted on a parcel force delivery. The person was still saying I needed a engineer so I was firm kept insisting on the parcel force delivery in the end he agreed to send it. Two days later my box arrived. The thing is easy to set up took 5 minutes and I saved myself the £20 setup. Had to wait a hour for the fault checker to repair a missing assets issue on my account but I now have the uhd BT sports channel. The picture is really decent and the price is right as I was on entertainment max at £16 previously. So I got a better box and saved enough for a couple chocolate bars. £2 better in my pocket then there's lol
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Old 11-11-2016, 15:44
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My Powerline AV solution is not guaranteed to work with UHD, and there is no easy route for an ethernet cable
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-cent...17-uk-3490638/

The latest Powerline adapters are much faster and generally more reliable, even over larger homes. I can confirm that 4K streaming works fine over them, even in my reasonably large 4 bedroom house!

I don't know why BT don't make use of these latest AV1000 Powerline adapters in their BT TV installs, but possibly the reason is cost. They would work in nearly all installs, and much less difficult and annoying than an Ethernet install. You don't even lose a socket with the passthrough adapters:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-Broadban...erline+adapter
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Old 11-11-2016, 17:43
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Don't forget folks that it isn't all about the cost of BT TV, it's the total cost of BT TV plus broadband that counts. I got far more discount on the BB than on the TV!
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