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The fact that it runs at 50fps – standard TV is 25fps – also makes a difference, with footage appearing as silky smooth as a Lionel Messi dribble. Compare it to a HD broadcast of the same game and you’ll notice the extra clarity and detail immediately. But don’t go thinking there’ll always be something new to watch on it – there’s generally only one or maybe two 4K live events broadcast each day, so you’ll find a lot of the programming taken up with trailers for the service. You’ll also find rugby, Moto GP, boxing and other events in UHD. It also has the exclusive UK rights to the Champions League, and again shows the majority in 4K. In all, BT has 42 live English Premier League games, many of which are shown in 4K. Tempted by highlights of the Champions League quarter-finals? No problem. Want to watch Manchester United vs Swansea City in the best possible resolution? You got it. This was actually the first 4K channel to launch in the UK back in 2015 and it features a decent amount of football. Yes, the YouView+ does have Ultra HD content, but right now that’s restricted to one channel: BT Sport 4K UHD. The fact that the words ‘Ultra HD’ are including proudly in the box’s name gives you some idea of its main selling point, but actually it’s a bit of a red herring unless you’re a football addict.

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And Sky’s not even in the same league on this front: it forces you to download the show before you can watch it.īT YouView+ Ultra HD box 4K content: Great for footie fans Take catch-up: on Virgin, choosing an previously aired show will sometimes take you straight to the show, and sometimes just to the relevant app, where you’ll then need to search for the show all over again. And it really is universal, pulling in info from Netflix and Now TV as well as searching all of BT’s on-demand content.Įverything’s just really well organised and displayed. Yet more? The universal search feature will bring up options on catch-up or on-demand and show you future episodes which you can set to record. Again, you can scroll back in time for up to seven days and watch something you might’ve missed, or forward to set reminders and recordings. That guide also gets a dedicated button on the remote, and again it’s really slick: fast, easy to read and filter, and with just the right amount of info.

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Want another option? The dedicated YouView button on the remote will bring up a similar panel, which as well as again showing you what you’re watching will let you jump straight into the various on-demand apps, your recordings or the full TV guide.

And, if any of these shows are available on catch-up, you can jump straight into them.Įverything’s beautifully laid out – you get thumbnails of every show, whereas on Virgin it’s all just text – and it’s every bit as fast as if you were browsing Netflix on a phone or tablet. You can scroll forward on this to see what’s coming up later on the channel, or back to see what’ve you’ve missed.

For instance, press OK while watching and a semi-translucent info panel will slide into view along the bottom. YouView is a really well thought out platform, and typically gives you several routes to what you might want to watch. The first thing to note is how easy it is to get to the good stuff. In use, the BT YouView+ Ultra HD box is a really smooth operator. As a result, you’ll need to hook up a TV aerial to the box in order to get the likes of BBC and C4, while connecting the Ethernet port to your BT Hub will let you access the ‘premium’ channels and on-demand content.īT YouView+ Ultra HD box software: YouView wins the day Rather than give you all of the channels over your broadband connection or satellite, as those rival services do, you get half of them via your Freeview aerial. You’ll need most of these, too, because the Youview+ Ultra HD box does things a little differently from Sky Q and Virgin’s V6. Round the back you get HDMI, Ethernet, SPDIF for audio output and ports for aerial in and out. On top you get a few buttons – Standby, Record, YouView, Back and OK – but I can’t see anyone using them unless they lose the remote and find themselves marooned on Animal Planet two minutes before the start of the Champions League Final. Overall it’s nicer than the Virgin V6, but not quite up there with Sky Q.

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The black plastic it’s made from looks a little cheap and sat next to a PS4 or Xbox One S it’ll appear distinctly last-gen. That’s not something that you’d especially want to do, as it’s fairly unobtrusive in its looks, but don’t expect it to give you any wow moments either.

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