
First, there’s now Wi-Fi, so you don’t have to wire the box into your home network. Several issues with the original have been resolved.

A sleeker, curved box (32 x 335 x 127mm), it looks far more modern, with more in common with Sky Q than the BT box of old. Today, that box is out, replaced with the BT TV Box Pro. One of the problems with the existing BT TV service was its reliance on the rather ugly and ageing BT YouView+ Ultra HD box.
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The use of an old and rarely supported streaming format ties you to the BT router, and the lack of much original content makes the BT TV Box Pro a combination of brilliant and frustrating. On top of this you can add premium channels through NOW via live streaming, although you can, uniquely, record these streams.

Now, the company is back with the BT TV Box Pro – a sleeker, faster set-top box that offers support for Dolby Atmos and 4K HDR in more areas.Īt the heart of the service remains the YouView platform, which is starting to show its age, despite being updated and tweaked by TV. Although the service has evolved over the years, the same couldn’t be said for the hardware. You may not remember, but it was BT that was first to launch a 4K channel in the UK, via its BT TV platform and original 4K set-top box. NOW also available via streaming and you can record the channels, too Entertainment You get all of the Freeview channels, delivered by four tuners, plus BT, NOW, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, Milkshake, BritBox via apps.Resolution This is a 4K set-top box, supporting HDR.
