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EETV Apple TV 4K Review

NK20026 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:39:46 GMT

Hi, thinking of taking the plunge to EETV with the Apple TV 4K box setup, but wanted to see what others thought of it first. Does it work well, ease of use, picture quality etc? I know we don’t have Now TV Ultraboost available just yet but general thoughts would be very helpful while thinking about making the change from Sky Stream over to EE TV Full Works package. Thanks.

Re: EETV Apple TV 4K Review

jonathanteague — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:08:37 GMT

Hi,

I have EE TV for Sky Sports to watch the F1 but I found their restrictions on having only 1 customised Apple TV not ideal for my needs. I have non EE Apple TV's at home so I went for the EE TV Box Pro as that allows me to record the F1 and watch it later. If you wait for catch up on Now (as you would if you went for EE's version of Apple TV) you could be waiting days for a replay.

This setup works for me and i've been happy with it for nearly 2 years now. Only drawback is the EE TV app on non EE Apple TV's doesn't have all the channels, just a small subset so it's pretty useless at the moment. I use an app called TV Launcher as a replacement which provides a TV guide and opens live streams in the usual catchup apps.

Re: EETV Apple TV 4K Review

Richardr66 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:16:21 GMT

I find that the Apple TV box with EETV works very well and is in general of high quality.

A couple of things to check:

does it include the channels you want - see internet mode on https://ee.co.uk/help/tv-sport/ee-tv-channel-guide It doesn't include the free to air U& channels for example and their app has a lot of commercials
It is in my opinion the best of the streaming boxes, but is far from perfect - some of the UK catch up services aren't at their best, especially the BBC iPlayer which is an ancient version and doesn't have UHD, or indeed 1080 HD. Channel 4's app isn't as good as elsewhere either, but content wise picture is fine. If that is an issue you may find using a TV with iPlayer on it gives better picture quality, at the expense of a different remote control.

Apart from that:

framerate switching is much better than the other streaming boxes I've used which to me gives a better picture quality on some of the US based apps.
Ease of use is [to me] great. You will have a remote with no number key, but once used to it will be preferable

If Sky UHD is important, you can subscribe to NowTV separately from EE at the expense of using the NowTV app rather than the EETV app and channel list.