EE HD v Sky UHD

[kabp]

Hi, 

We've just come over from Sky where we had UHD and now have EE HD and there seems to be a huge variation in quality. 

When we took this out EE said that as long as we had HD we shouldn't see the difference but it is significant.  I wondered if this is the same with everyone or perhaps just our TV/settings?

We have 14 days to cancel with EE if we aren't happy so wondered what other people have experienced please?

Thank you

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@Omesha And therein lies the rub as they say.

If recording is still a big thing for you, you have to take the Pro Box. The better and more complete hardware is the Apple TV, but it is live and on demand only.

We are heading towards the end of recording anyway, everything will be streaming only eventually.

[Omesha]

I would like to think so but have you tried watching Channel 4 ondemand rather from a recording. Many of their shows are at standard definition such as "Hunted" and goodness me it's like a throwback to the thick CRT televisions. 

I do think we're in the early adoption stages, but there are some pains that we'll experience by doing so

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@Omesha 

The shows are standard definition on the Pro Box, but the Channel 4 app on Apple TV (including live streams of channels), are in HD. Same for itvX.

For a small fee on both apps you can remove all the ads from on demand viewing as well. For balance, the iPlayer on the Pro Box is the full fat up to UHD HDR version, the one on Apple TV is not and tops out at 720p.

You wait until you record any itv IP stream and realise you cannot skip the ads at all! 

[Omesha]

omg there are so many layers to this conversation that were beyond my initial understanding of the tech. Quite interesting to see the pro box be so different to the apple tv offering. 

It sounds like, maybe for me to be happy within this 14day cooling off period I should try the apple TV variant. 

I've read you can't get both from EE. But if you bought the apple TV privately you also don't get the full EE experience. 

my head's spinning 😣

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@Omesha Sorry!

Just to unpack a little further, you only get access to the full range of channels in a guide via the EE TV app on their Apple TV due to rights restrictions from the content providers.

However, if you already own an Apple TV, you can access your subscription channels through the EE TV app, just not the ‘Freeview’ versions.

And to totally blow your mind, you could just buy an app called TV Launcher for Apple TV, tell it what channels you can access via the apps and subscriptions you have and use it as a live TV Guide.

When you click on the channel, it launches it in the respective app and it works with all the main players plus NOW and Discovery+. That includes almost all of the Freeview channels delivered by EE TV.

It is round about now when you might think to yourself, what do I actually need EE TV for at all? 😱

Well, to take this full circle, if you want channels to be delivered over IP and have the ability to record, EE TV is the only choice. 

[Omesha]

My mind has well and truly been blown considering the TV Launcher app is £4.99/month.

Just to confirm IP is Internet Protocol? 

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@Omesha wrote:

My mind has well and truly been blown considering the TV Launcher app is £4.99/month.

Just to confirm IP is Internet Protocol? 

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TV Launcher is a one off £4.99, no further monthly charge.

Yes to IP. 

[Claire4904]

I’m literally day one of 14 today and switched back to my sky box after 30minutes of bad picture quality on the Apple ee tv box. The home screen and guide etc is all picture perfect and clear and crisp but as soon as you watch anything from live tv to streaming, the quality is bad and doesn’t buffer to normal. I’ve got the highest ee broadband box at 1gbps and I’m not impressed. The hdmi went back in the sky box. I’ll give it another try on Monday but so far my opinion is a huge no and to stick with Sky…

[Claire4904]

Either live tv or streaming the picture buffers but never clears. Surprised considering your menu pages are all perfectly clear 

[Mickhellard0609]

Sorry don’t bother.i had same problems.I highly recommend going back to
sky.i did and got everything cheaper as a returning costumer.got 500 mb
broadband for 21 and to with sports and ultimate for with multi room for
43.