EE TV - Any users here? Feedback?

[thetapeworm]

I've been with Sky since the analogue days and currently just have a very basic package with a conventional Sky Q box plus Netflix for £36 a month.

While in the EE shop today shifting some SIM plans around and swapping from BT Internet to EE (double the speed, same price plus discounts on existing phone plans) they mentioned EE TV, something I was unaware of previously.

I had a quick demo of the EE TV Box Pro and it looked impressive, I've read a bit about it tonight and it seems to suit my needs, I was just wondering if anyone here already has it and how it's working out for you?

I'm a bit concerned about having all my eggs in one basket so to speak but this also seems to save me money so I'm very tempted.

https://ee.co.uk/tv

https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/ee-launches-ee-tv--a-com...

[thetapeworm]

2 days of issues with the Sky planner search, Sky app and the voice commands being unwilling to let me record things a few days in advance might have tipped me to the EE side - I know Sky Glass improves on this but I really like to record things rather than relying on streaming.

And where has the green button gone to when there's an advert for something that you might want to record?

I don't want to have to shuffle through the planner day by day looking for things that I've just told it about or for it to have no concept of "series link" and remembering that I watched the last series of certain things and might like the record the new one (and not 484 repeats of the same thing at 2am with a sign language person).

I guess I can always come back and lose my "Sky Diamond" status, it's not exactly rewarded me with anything over the years

[jj.]

I'd like to 'bump' this post to the top. I see that my new BT broadband contract can now come bundled with EE TV. And at only an extra £15 a month for the basics, meaning it now becomes a very cheap option compared to sky. My basic discovery pack (no film/sport packages) is costing £44. It's just the sky box is soo easy to use/record find things on....

Anyone else using, as I can't find anything on the web/youtube on its GUI.

anyone care to share their experiences...?
jj

[thetapeworm]

I didn't sign up in the end, the deals they ran through with us in store when we were getting the broadband in place (a far more tedious process than it should have been with too many calls needed to sort things) weren't anything like those actually available when we wanted to sign on the virtual dotted line.

I think they wee offering us a like for like package with Netflix bundled in for something like £28 but also said we'd get some of the NowTV stuff too and the F1 channel, when it came to crunch it transpired nobody in the shops actually seemed to have a clue what the EE TV stuff entailed, hopefully months down the line they've been trained up and the back-end systems are working properly so meaningful checks can be made.

Back here watching with interest again... hopefully someone out there has signed up

[jj.]

I'm going to pop into a store and see if I can have a look. As free 2nd tv viewing, many many hours of storage, all sounds good. Just the misses wont like it if the GUI is messy and hard to find stuff, and to be fair nor will I. All I want is basic free to air stuff, a couple of extras ITV2/ITV4, BBC3, Discovery (these types of documentary type channels), Eurosport (for Le mans coverage) not fussed about anything else really.

When I've had a look, I'll try and update back here, in a couple of weeks.
jj

[worsy]

This thread prompted me to look. We have BT TV pro, which is basically a recordable TV box with all the apps. Moved over a few years ago from Sky but via a Recordable freeview device for which the planner was rubbish.

No complaints at all. Although I note that the EE TV Pros states:

EE TV Box Pro is only compatible with Smart Hub or Smart Hub 2 – if you don’t already have a Smart Hub, we’ll send you one with the box.

Which means eventually I will have to ditch it. The Smart Hub's don't allow an SSID split across 5 and 2.4ghz wifi. So if you have 2.4ghz only devices which a lot of smart switches are, the fall over trying to connect to 5ghz. I've therefore replaced the Smart Hub with a 3rd party solution for routing and wifi.

[jj.]

Yup, Got the latest Smart Hub 2 - so should be fine. Popped into EE today to take a look. Boxes looked small, however there's wasn't connected to anything, so could only show me the main menu (which reminded me of a Samsung TV Smart Hub (no bad thing)) looked OK, lots of pre installed usual stuff you would expect. Seemed quick and responsive.

But couldn't show me anything of normal programmes or the search/recording process, bit of a waste of time having it in-store really...?

Will have to wait until I can see it working, before committing and cancelling sky. Am surprised as can't even find any youtube reviews of the modern boxes...?
jj