EE TV

[Bantam52]

Hi. I have recently taken up EE TV and have been suplied with 2 TV set top boxes - Box Mini & Box PRO.  Do I really need 2 and if not which is best?  

Thanks

[XRaySpeX]

Pro is more versatile.

[Minkey1]

The Pro box offers some 4K capability and will record.

The Mini box, as you will see, is physically smaller, doesn't record, and can be tucked away with eg a kitchen or bedroom TV. 

The mini we use in the kitchen on an old non smart telly and find it useful.

If you only have 1 TV you don't need both and in that scenario most people would use the main Pro box I guess.

[Midnight_Voice]

@Bantam52 @Minkey1 

The Box Mini has the same 4K capability as the Box Pro.

The Box Pro can be run in Aerial Mode, where it gets all the OTA FreeView channels, local transmitter permitting, or IP Mode, where it gets a selection of Freeview channels supplied by EETV over the internet.

The Box Mini can only run in IP Mode.

The Box Mini is definitely intended for a secondary location, and the Box Pro for your primary location, wherever that it.

Both boxes run the same apps.

You cannot watch anything recorded on the Box Pro on the Box Mini. This often surprises and disappoints customers migrating to EETV from Sky.

[Minkey1]

"The Box Mini has the same 4K capability as the Box Pro".

Good to know. The telly ours is in is pre HD so could never test it 😞

[Midnight_Voice]

@Minkey1 

Curiously, the Box Mini is built to a slightly better and later hardware and software spec than the Box Pro.

I don’t recall what the difference is, though.

[Minkey1]

That sounds logical. I've had the Pro box a couple of years IIRC.

[Midnight_Voice]

@Minkey1 

I think there have been about four iterations in that time.

Mostly cosmetic, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been some hardware tweaks too, that firmware and software can’t touch.