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YouView is finally officially official. After leaks, stops, starts and stutters, YouView boxes will be in the shops by end of this month, right for the start of the Olympics.
Currently over 2000 YouView boxes are in homes right now, as we already know, and the feedback is good. Well, that’s what YouView say anyway, our tipster had something a bit different to say on the matter.
Whether it’s truly revolutionary, or just evolutionary, we’ll hopefully find out soon. My money’s on the latter, but I’m willing, hoping almost, to be proved wrong — especially when the box will run you £300.
YOUR VIEW Name Owners Seek Injunction to Stop YouView Calling Itself YouView
YouView Gets Anonymously Poked and Prodded
Or for the bargain basement price of £0 I could just plug my laptop into my TV. If I didn’t have a laptop then buy a Rasberry Pi and leads for about £30.
It may perform its functions well but unfortunately I feel this is three years too late.
£300 haha, not going to fly of the shelvs is it. To late in the game, isnt this what the BT Vision box does already? just freeview with on demand from the expected?
I will be interested assuming the Sugar guy pulls some strings and adds some serious content, not the rubbish that is Netflix, for the one-off fee of the initial outlay for the box as I don’t watch anywhere near enough TV to justify getting into a contract with BT Vision or Sky.
Also, it would be nice if it was part of a smart TV rather than a separate box.
The only thing Youview will be useful for now, is unifying the on-demand content between the tv manufactures.
I think the most compelling feature is the rewinding of live TV on all channels (not just the one you are watching) if that works as advertised it will be a fantastic service.
Laptops etc in the front room don’t really pass the anyone can use test, I need my TV setup to handle my mother in law, my girlfriend, drunk mates and then techies. Which is where this might work really really well.
As far as I understand it is a standard PVR apart from the link to the on demand services. No magic wizardry in rewinding all channels
Reading here http://www2.youview.com/features/ the ScrollBack TV feature is what I’m referring to.
I could just be a direct link to the original programme through the on demand service though.
That’s how I read it
‘anyone can use test’. yeh. u’d think people who made digital equipment would’ve figured out the importance of this long ago
Would have been a reasonably useful bit of kit for certain markets, at the right price.
But £299 is way way too high