BT Vision? Any users here?

[Fat Audi 80]

We are toying with ordering BT Vision. We can get a discounted 12 month contract for £10 a month. We only have Digital Freeview at the moment.

Are they any BT Vision users out there and is it any good?

Cheers,

Steve

[Hammer786]

I like our BT Vision box has quite a nice interface and overall look to it. Takes forever to load up in the morning if you turn it off at the switch at night, forever being 4 minutes plus. The first time you press a button such as "on demand" it takes about 15 seconds to load but after that it's instant. HD is a decent size and can store a lot of sd tv which is always nice. Good online facilities with a decent choice of films. Overall i'd recommend it, although I hope they do a revision on the box itself to make it a little quicker booting.

[s2driveruk]

slightly biased being a BT employee but yes its a neat system, those the box does play up from time to time....having said that so does my sky box. I would have it already myself but despite living in a town of 150,000+ people, it seems BT can't be bothered to add another exchange to allow better bandwidth (I'm on 1mb with a following wind )

If you have a broadband speed of 3mb plus, then it will be absolutely fine and the user interface etc are great on Vision.

Do you have BT broadband Steve? If so PM me.......

[Fat Audi 80]

What is the quality like? I have a high definition TV, but no blueray player or anything. Presumably the quality will be better than my existing Digital signal?

Cheers,

Steve.

[s2driveruk]

Steve, this is a quick easy read overview:

http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/btvision.html

[hiltoa]

Hmm, I have freeview, a Humax pvr and a 10mb download, 1mb upload broadband connection with BeUnlimited.
Can't see any advantage in the BT Vision set-up as I tend to catch-up any programs I've missed on the PC (with its 20" widescreen monitor).

I've been digging my heels in and avoiding getting a HD tv for years now, knowing that when I finally do, I'll HAVE to also get a PS3 / Blueray / Sky + HD and DVD upscaler!

At least my prehistoric JVC tube tv still has a better picture than a comparable LCD / Plasma (IMHO), but when OLED finally gets established, I feel temptation may finally get the better of me!

[Fat Audi 80]

slightly biased being a BT employee but yes its a neat system, those the box does play up from time to time....having said that so does my sky box. I would have it already myself but despite living in a town of 150,000+ people, it seems BT can't be bothered to add another exchange to allow better bandwidth (I'm on 1mb with a following wind )

If you have a broadband speed of 3mb plus, then it will be absolutely fine and the user interface etc are great on Vision.

Do you have BT broadband Steve? If so PM me.......

Hi David,

Thanks for the advice. Yes we already have 3 years of BT Broadband under our belts hence the good offer on the Vision contract. We have a 6MB displayed connection speed, which I suspect is somewhere near that if you actually measured it.

Cheers,

Steve.

[hiltoa]

Steve, this is a good way of testing the speed of your connection: http://www.speedtest.net/

Looks like a rev counter too, which is cool in a sad car geek kind of way...

[Fat Audi 80]

Cheers, I got a different result with that one to a previous site I used... 3.8Mb the first time and 4.7Mb just now. It could be the time of day I suppose.

Its all good anyway.

Thanks,

Steve