most of Sky’s key TV channels), plus BT Sport Ultimate in up to 4K HDR as well as Eurosport.īT states that the new IP capable box is “ designed to support the future of all IP streaming and works with BT Smart Hubs and Complete Wi-Fi as well as the BT TV mobile app,” so it may be that they’ll have further features to unveil in the future. For £65 per month the VIP package includes a NOW Cinema, Entertainment, Sport Membership as well as NOW Boost (i.e. However, there are a few catches with today’s big launch, such as the fact that the new box will initially only be available to new customers taking a VIP package, but it will be added to other packages “ in due course“. We’ve got lots more planned, which I can’t wait to share with our customers shortly.” We’ve seen such great feedback since launching our flexible TV plans and now the award-winning platform is about to enter the next generation of viewing. “We’ve seen a huge growth in 4K HDR content and we’re excited that the new BT TV Box Pro supports such an immersive way of viewing. BT TV’s set-top box also offers pause, rewind and record functionality.Ĭhandru Lakshminarayanan, BT’s TV and Sport Propositions Director, told .uk: Similar to its predecessor, BT TV Box Pro comes with integrated search – helping streamline viewing and removing the need to remember which show is on which platform. On top of that, you can also expect a new image-led user interface (UI), which has been rolled out for both new and existing BT TV customers. allowing customers to record up to 3 shows and watch a fourth simultaneously). Otherwise, the new box will support 4K, HDR video quality, WiFi, 1TB of storage (double the PVR capacity of the previous BT TV box), Dolby Atmos audio, a Bluetooth remote, and it will integrate 4 Tuners (i.e. We actually expected this kit to surface last year, but COVID-19 is believed to have caused some development delays. Sky (Sky Q HDR) and Virgin Media (Virgin TV 360) have both issued upgraded versions of their kit in the past year or so, which is something that BT can’t ignore. The good news, as hinted last year ( here), is that BT’s new STB finally appears to be catching up with some of their rivals, at least on the technology front. The DTR-T4000 also lacked HDR support (a big oversight since BTSport can do HDR). ![]() Until now the best STB that BT’s YouView powered Pay TV service had to offer was their Ultra HD (4K) equipped YouView box ( Humax DTR-T4000), but like so many other PVR-capable (Personal Video Recorder) devices on that platform it lacked WiFi and could thus only be connected via a wired (Ethernet / LAN) cable to your broadband router. ![]() But you’ll need a wait for the wireless networking to be ready. ![]() After a long wait, UK ISP BT has today finally announced the launch of a new set-top-box for their broadband-based Pay TV ( IPTV) service – TV Box Pro, which among other things will finally add WiFi and High Dynamic Range (HDR) video support.
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