Does anyone have BT TV?

FJY said:
I'm old enough to remember when there were only 4 channels. I remember Channel 4 coming in around 1982, and that it was a fairly big deal back then. I also remember Channel 5 being introduced in around 1996/1997. Now, there are literally hundreds more channels, but that also means that there's a lot more crap to choose from as well. More channels = more rubbish, in my opinion anyway. At least we had better quality programmes back when we only had those 4 channels...
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There was still lots of awful programmes on those channels! I remember when Big Brother first came out, we have it to thank for things like Love Island and so on...
 
Very true. I pretty much stopped watching telly regularly about the time Dirty Den got killed in Easties. Every programme seemed to be either full of people being horrible to each other, or cooking, or property. Voyeuristic, corrosive or just formulaic. Nowadays I look for cool stuff on Netflix to watch on the ipad. I thought Cilla's Blind Date was bad enough, but here's our Graham taking off his clothes to stand naked in front of the camera for the same show with less decency!
 
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Well, that came as a surprise!

My BT TV box arrived and I set it up ... no aerial, remember, so when it came to the channels setup the choice was aerial or broadband and I picked broadband. Expecting pretty much nothing, maybe AMC to be the only thing appearing after setup ... I was surprised to find a whole stack of Freeview channels. Via broadband?

Apparently, BT mux a stack of channels just because they can ... and if you have one of the new Pro boxes, you can get a selection of the following depending upon region and HD option for your region:

4Music SD
4Seven SD
5Select HD
5Star HD
5USA HD
BBC Alba HD
BBC Four
BBC News HD
BBC One East HD
BBC One East-Cambridge HD
BBC One London HD
BBC One Midlands East HD
BBC One Midlands East HD
BBC One Midlands West HD
BBC One N East and Cumbria HD
BBC One N Ireland HD
BBC One North-Lincs and Humbs HD
BBC One North-West HD
BBC One North-Yorks HD
BBC One Scotland HD
BBC One South East HD
BBC One South HD
BBC One South-Oxford HD
BBC One South-West HD
BBC One Wales HD
BBC One West HD
BBC Parliament HD
BBC Scotland HD
BBC Three HD
BBC Two England HD
BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
BBC Two Wales HD
C4 London HD
C4 Midlands HD
C4 North HD
C4 Scotland HD
C4 South HD
C4 Ulster HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD
CBS Drama SD
CBS Justice SD
CBS Reality SD
Challenge SD
Channel 5 HD
CITV HD
DMAX SD
E4 SD
Film4 SD
Food Network SD
HGTV SD
Horror SD
ITV1 Central West HD
ITV1 Central West HD - Central East
ITV1 Central West HD - West
ITV1 Central West HD West Country
ITV1 Granada Border Scotland
ITV1 Granada HD
ITV1 Granda HD - Border England
ITV1 London HD
ITV1 Meridian East - Anglia West
ITV1 Meridian East - Meridian North
ITV1 Meridian East - Meridian South
ITV1 Meridian East HD
ITV1 Meridian East HD - Anglia East
ITV1 UTV ND
ITV1 Wales HD
ITV1 Yorkshire West HD
ITV1 Yorkshire West HD - Tynes Tees
ITV1 Yorkshire West HD - Yorkshire East
ITV2 HD
ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD
ITVBe HD
Paramount Network HD
Pick SD
Quest HD
Quest Red SD
Really SD
S4C HD
STV1 Aberdeen HD
STV1 Edinburgh HD
 
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pjgh said:
Well, that came as a surprise!

My BT TV box arrived and I set it up ... no aerial, remember, so when it came to the channels setup the choice was aerial or broadband and I picked broadband. Expecting pretty much nothing, maybe AMC to be the only thing appearing after setup ... I was surprised to find a whole stack of Freeview channels. Via broadband?

Apparently, BT mux a stack of channels just because they can ... and if you have one of the new Pro boxes, you can get a selection of the following depending upon region and HD option for your region:

4Music SD
4Seven SD
5Select HD
5Star HD
5USA HD
BBC Alba HD
BBC Four
BBC News HD
BBC One East HD
BBC One East-Cambridge HD
BBC One London HD
BBC One Midlands East HD
BBC One Midlands East HD
BBC One Midlands West HD
BBC One N East and Cumbria HD
BBC One N Ireland HD
BBC One North-Lincs and Humbs HD
BBC One North-West HD
BBC One North-Yorks HD
BBC One Scotland HD
BBC One South East HD
BBC One South HD
BBC One South-Oxford HD
BBC One South-West HD
BBC One Wales HD
BBC One West HD
BBC Parliament HD
BBC Scotland HD
BBC Three HD
BBC Two England HD
BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
BBC Two Wales HD
C4 London HD
C4 Midlands HD
C4 North HD
C4 Scotland HD
C4 South HD
C4 Ulster HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD
CBS Drama SD
CBS Justice SD
CBS Reality SD
Challenge SD
Channel 5 HD
CITV HD
DMAX SD
E4 SD
Film4 SD
Food Network SD
HGTV SD
Horror SD
ITV1 Central West HD
ITV1 Central West HD - Central East
ITV1 Central West HD - West
ITV1 Central West HD West Country
ITV1 Granada Border Scotland
ITV1 Granada HD
ITV1 Granda HD - Border England
ITV1 London HD
ITV1 Meridian East - Anglia West
ITV1 Meridian East - Meridian North
ITV1 Meridian East - Meridian South
ITV1 Meridian East HD
ITV1 Meridian East HD - Anglia East
ITV1 UTV ND
ITV1 Wales HD
ITV1 Yorkshire West HD
ITV1 Yorkshire West HD - Tynes Tees
ITV1 Yorkshire West HD - Yorkshire East
ITV2 HD
ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD
ITVBe HD
Paramount Network HD
Pick SD
Quest HD
Quest Red SD
Really SD
S4C HD
STV1 Aberdeen HD
STV1 Edinburgh HD
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I'm envious, the regional channels are useful for the local optouts.
 
Gah! Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory!

Not subtitles on NOW if you watch it on the BT TV box. Netflix? Yes. Prime? Yes. NOW on, like any other device? Yes. BT TV? Nah!

Given most of the programming on NOW is American and they tend to mumble, subtitles are a must. Oh, well ... back to the Fire Stick.
 
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