topic Re: TV Mini boxes in TV

TV Mini boxes

Pedro1977 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:08:14 GMT

I'm just transferring from Sky Q to EEtv - I have been offered 1 pro box and 1 mini box. Currently with Sky Q I have 1 main box and 3 mini boxes. Is there a limit to the amount of EEtv mini boxes I have? The call centre said they can only supply 1 mini box, but can use the Now TV app to watch sport/sky channels, which is fine but I don't have the EPG when just accessing the apps. What Is the best work around? Thanks

Re: TV Mini boxes

zulu17 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:02:10 GMT

@Pedro1977 Potentially you could have a 2nd mini box (so 3 boxes in total) if you have sufficient broadband speed and are willing to pay the monthly subscription (i think it is £5 on some present offers,offers tend to change) for the second minbox.

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Profile closed — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:11:28 GMT

@Pedro1977 wrote:
I'm just transferring from Sky Q to EEtv - I have been offered 1 pro box and 1 mini box. Currently with Sky Q I have 1 main box and 3 mini boxes. Is there a limit to the amount of EEtv mini boxes I have? The call centre said they can only supply 1 mini box, but can use the Now TV app to watch sport/sky channels, which is fine but I don't have the EPG when just accessing the apps. What Is the best work around? Thanks

As @zulu17 has pointed out, the maximum is 3 boxes on any account, assuming you have enough bandwidth to deliver a service to all 3 at the same time and still have some headroom for normal activities such as web browsing, using YouTube etc.

What broadband speed do you have?

I assume you are also aware that unlike Sky Q, you cannot view recordings made on the main box on a multiroom box?

Side note, there is a now/next TV Guide in most versions of the app.

Re: TV Mini boxes

zulu17 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:59:52 GMT

One other consideration given that EE call centre suggestion that you gave use the Now app is that Now do have limits on the number of concurrent streams. I suspect your TV package would have the NOW Boost included (not all do) which does raise limit, Whether that would be sufficient for your household's needs is questionable .

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Pedro1977 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:15:12 GMT

Thanks @zulu17 & @Profile closed - my broadband is currently 150mb - although have been offered 500mb for a good price so could upgrade if necessary.

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Profile closed — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:29:59 GMT

@Pedro1977

Solid speeds, very jealous!

I can’t see a technical reason why you couldn’t have 3 boxes personally, but I obviously don’t work for EE.

You either need to reach out to EE again or, wait until services are all live and then see if you can add a further box.