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Box Mini versus Box Pro

Midnight_Voice — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:56:48 GMT

On this page:-

https://www.bt.com/help/tv/learn-about-tv/youview-boxes-and-multi-room/bt-tv-box-mini#:~:text=The%20EE%20TV%20Box%20Mini%20from%20BT%20is%20our%20smallest,HD%20(via%20an%20internet%20connection)

there is a comparison of the two boxes, part of which says:-

How is the EE TV Box Mini different to the EE TV Box Pro?

It doesn't have the ability to record live TV
It's smaller than the EE TV Box Pro
The Pause and Rewind live TV time is shorter on the TV box
There's no SCART input (HDMI input only)
There's no aerial-out port
On the third item, shorter on which box?
On the fourth item, there is no SCART on the Box Pro either
On the fifth item, it hasn’t got an aerial-in port either

Would some kind soul like to fix these issues?

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

garybs29 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:51:04 GMT

How pedantic do you have to be all the time? 🙂

For point 3 it's pretty obvious the pause time on the mini is shorter as it's under the heading "How does the mini box differ"

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

Midnight_Voice — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:38:31 GMT

@garybs29

Precision requires that I draw your attention to:-

https://www.bt.com/help/tv/learn-about-tv/bt-tv-boxes

where both the Box Pro and the Box Mini are reported to allow pause and rewind for up to two hours.

So either that’s wrong, or difference 3 is actually no difference at all.

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

zulu17 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:43:36 GMT

@Midnight_Voice

I don’t have a Box Mini. So can only speculate.

upto two hours for both boxes doesn’t mean that the boxes perform identically as depending on the channel broadcast quality the available buffer area on the mini would be filled sooner for some channels than others whereas. the Box Pro had the hard drive so has the option to allocate more space to accommodate .

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

zulu17 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:02:22 GMT

@Midnight_Voice

I believe apps may differ between the Box Pro and Mini.

see

https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/EE-TV-Prime-video-app/m-p/1365160

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

Midnight_Voice — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:18:47 GMT

@zulu17

I have two. But that puts me no nearer to an answer than your speculation does 😢

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

Midnight_Voice — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:24:05 GMT

@zulu17

Indeed so. I wonder if there has been any movement on this since then?

I suppose we could look to see if the Prime app on the Box Pro now supports the FAST channels….

Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

zulu17 — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:33:28 GMT

@Midnight_Voice From my personal perspective the two main frustrations/limitations with the current Box Pro Prime Video app are

1) the absence of the FAST channels

2) the absence of pause/rewind when watching live sport such as their exclusive Tuesday Champions League matches.