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Box Mini versus Box Pro

On this page:-

https://www.bt.com/help/tv/learn-about-tv/youview-boxes-and-multi-room/bt-tv-box-mini#:~:text=The%20...

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?

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*** Longtime YouView box owner, Broadband customer (was BT, now EE), finally an EE TV subscriber ***
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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

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"

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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

@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.

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*** Longtime YouView box owner, Broadband customer (was BT, now EE), finally an EE TV subscriber ***
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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

@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 .

 

 

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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

@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

 

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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

@zulu17 

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

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*** Longtime YouView box owner, Broadband customer (was BT, now EE), finally an EE TV subscriber ***
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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

@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….

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*** Longtime YouView box owner, Broadband customer (was BT, now EE), finally an EE TV subscriber ***
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Re: Box Mini versus Box Pro

@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.

 

 

 

 

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