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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 20:09:49 GMT
My parents have BT broadband and phone but not TV, is it still free? they have freeview.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Aug 1, 2013 20:15:18 GMT
My parents have BT broadband and phone but not TV, is it still free? they have freeview. TEST If the broadband is unlimited it should work fine, sorted mine earlier.
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Post by lythampotter on Aug 1, 2013 20:16:24 GMT
They've got a good line up of presenters. Lovejoy , Danny Baker, Danny Kelly, Owen to name but a few. You should get if you switch broadband and phone package I suppose that's why they are doing it. Lovejoy????? Absolute tosser. He's no more a football fan than any other Lovejoy-like tosser. Just saying.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 20:41:41 GMT
Mmm, BT want to charge £5 extra month for a BT Freview box to get BT sport, it may not seem a lot , but still
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Aug 1, 2013 20:49:17 GMT
They've got a good line up of presenters. Lovejoy , Danny Baker, Danny Kelly, Owen to name but a few. You should get if you switch broadband and phone package I suppose that's why they are doing it. Lovejoy????? Absolute tosser. He's no more a football fan than any other Lovejoy-like tosser. Just saying. Mcmanaman and James are not to bad, crap start but once they got into the swing of things, it was a notch up from Motd. Even Owen tried harder than he does for Motd. Trouble with Motd is that if Hansen and big ears feel you're trying to out-pundit them, then they'll quietly usher you out... Ian Wright anyone?
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Post by doningtonphil on Aug 1, 2013 21:17:46 GMT
If I read it correctly:
You can get it if you have BT tv as part of your bt subscription (phone/broadband/tv). I do recall in an mail I received that it referred to a 'new style' box being needed (I have a youview box from them).
If you have a sky package but you have bt broadband (on a bt phone line according to an earlier thread) you can get bt 1 2 and espn added to your sky packade for free (and the hd channels if you have an hd sky box)
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Post by redwhite on Aug 1, 2013 22:16:55 GMT
My parents have BT broadband and phone but not TV, is it still free? they have freeview. TEST They can watch on the computer or Ipad
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 2, 2013 5:49:53 GMT
My parents have BT broadband and phone but not TV, is it still free? they have freeview. TEST They can watch on the computer or Ipad Yes, that's how I watched last night. I downloaded the BT Android App and logged in using my usual BT login. I have an HDMI cable and connected my tablet to the TV and watched it that way. I'm one of those rare people who can't get Sky as there is a mountain in the way. I also have a VERY slow broadband (1 meg) because I live miles from an exchange but I still managed to watch BT Sport without visible buffering once it had loaded. My local mobile phone mast has just been upgraded to 4G (by EE) and there was a 4G broadband demo running at 54 meg at the local golf club the other week so that may solve all our problems once EE have sorted out their pricing policy for their domestic wireless routers, which are due next month. If the price for the 4G is reasonable we'll be able to have Sky and BT Sport via a 4G router.
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Post by redwhite on Aug 2, 2013 13:05:23 GMT
They can watch on the computer or Ipad Yes, that's how I watched last night. I downloaded the BT Android App and logged in using my usual BT login. I have an HDMI cable and connected my tablet to the TV and watched it that way. I'm one of those rare people who can't get Sky as there is a mountain in the way. I also have a VERY slow broadband (1 meg) because I live miles from an exchange but I still managed to watch BT Sport without visible buffering once it had loaded. My local mobile phone mast has just been upgraded to 4G (by EE) and there was a 4G broadband demo running at 54 meg at the local golf club the other week so that may solve all our problems once EE have sorted out their pricing policy for their domestic wireless routers, which are due next month. If the price for the 4G is reasonable we'll be able to have Sky and BT Sport via a 4G router. Ah never thought of connecting the iPad to the TV. Will give that a go. Have to say I'm very impressed with BT so far. I was an existing BT customer without Sky and I was expecting some sort of catch with this but so far anyway there hasn't been.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 2, 2013 13:22:35 GMT
Yes, that's how I watched last night. I downloaded the BT Android App and logged in using my usual BT login. I have an HDMI cable and connected my tablet to the TV and watched it that way. I'm one of those rare people who can't get Sky as there is a mountain in the way. I also have a VERY slow broadband (1 meg) because I live miles from an exchange but I still managed to watch BT Sport without visible buffering once it had loaded. My local mobile phone mast has just been upgraded to 4G (by EE) and there was a 4G broadband demo running at 54 meg at the local golf club the other week so that may solve all our problems once EE have sorted out their pricing policy for their domestic wireless routers, which are due next month. If the price for the 4G is reasonable we'll be able to have Sky and BT Sport via a 4G router. Ah never thought of connecting the iPad to the TV. Will give that a go. Have to say I'm very impressed with BT so far. I was an existing BT customer without Sky and I was expecting some sort of catch with this but so far anyway there hasn't been. I suppose all TVs are different. With mine, once you have connected to tablet via the HDMI cable you have to press the "source" button on the remote and choose "HDMI" - I suspect more modern TVs might automatically set HDMI as the source.
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Post by lordeffinghamhunt on Aug 2, 2013 14:46:02 GMT
More modern tellys. As yours got valves?
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 2, 2013 14:51:42 GMT
More modern tellys. As yours got valves? Don't poke fun at valve sets. Our old 9 inch Pye had the advantage that you could sort most problems out with a sharp tap on the wooden case!
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Post by lordb on Aug 2, 2013 14:53:56 GMT
my earliest memory of TV football is standing in 1 corner holding a metal clothes hanger at a certain angle in order for my brother to be able to watch midweek sports special (best thame tune ever btw)
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Post by lordeffinghamhunt on Aug 2, 2013 15:23:14 GMT
Do you remember the first remotes ( not your mrs) the ones with just the two buttons. How easy we're they to use.
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Aug 2, 2013 18:21:04 GMT
Ah never thought of connecting the iPad to the TV. Will give that a go. Have to say I'm very impressed with BT so far. I was an existing BT customer without Sky and I was expecting some sort of catch with this but so far anyway there hasn't been. I suppose all TVs are different. With mine, once you have connected to tablet via the HDMI cable you have to press the "source" button on the remote and choose "HDMI" - I suspect more modern TVs might automatically set HDMI as the source. Fear not Lakeland that's how my telly works too. I've cancelled Virgin Media and ordered BT phone and broadband so as to get the football. I intend to watch it on my laptap but that idea of yours about linking up to the tv sounds rather clever. Is it possible to configure a laptop so as to view it on TV? What's a HDMI cable?
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 2, 2013 19:02:37 GMT
I suppose all TVs are different. With mine, once you have connected to tablet via the HDMI cable you have to press the "source" button on the remote and choose "HDMI" - I suspect more modern TVs might automatically set HDMI as the source. Fear not Lakeland that's how my telly works too. I've cancelled Virgin Media and ordered BT phone and broadband so as to get the football. I intend to watch it on my laptap but that idea of yours about linking up to the tv sounds rather clever. Is it possible to configure a laptop so as to view it on TV? What's a HDMI cable? HDMI cables are simpy the cable you need to connect a computer to a TV. Look at the back of your tv - if it has a slot labelled HDMI then you need an HDMI cable to connect it to a tablet. Newer laptops have HDMI slots (my 2 year old acer has one) and many tablets do. As it happens my Samsung tablet didn't have an HDMI slot but I bought an adapter (for £20) to convert its Samsung slot to take an HDMI cable
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Post by Boothen on Aug 2, 2013 19:24:04 GMT
It's a bloody travesty. I've had a BT phone line for decades, I get my broadband via Plusnet (A BT owned company) and yet I have absolutely no way of watching this BT Sport malarkey.
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Aug 2, 2013 20:17:21 GMT
Fear not Lakeland that's how my telly works too. I've cancelled Virgin Media and ordered BT phone and broadband so as to get the football. I intend to watch it on my laptap but that idea of yours about linking up to the tv sounds rather clever. Is it possible to configure a laptop so as to view it on TV? What's a HDMI cable? HDMI cables are simpy the cable you need to connect a computer to a TV. Look at the back of your tv - if it has a slot labelled HDMI then you need an HDMI cable to connect it to a tablet. Newer laptops have HDMI slots (my 2 year old acer has one) and many tablets do. As it happens my Samsung tablet didn't have an HDMI slot but I bought an adapter (for £20) to convert its Samsung slot to take an HDMI cable Thanks Lakeland. When I press Source on the remote it comes on the telly "HDMI 1" "HDMI 2" so I assume there must be a couple of those slots somewhere. I'm definately special needs where IT is concerned. I'll ask our IT wallah at work to point me in the right direction as to getting my mits on one of these HDMI thingy's. Once again thanks mate.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 20:41:47 GMT
Fear not Lakeland that's how my telly works too. I've cancelled Virgin Media and ordered BT phone and broadband so as to get the football. I intend to watch it on my laptap but that idea of yours about linking up to the tv sounds rather clever. Is it possible to configure a laptop so as to view it on TV? What's a HDMI cable? HDMI cables are simpy the cable you need to connect a computer to a TV. Look at the back of your tv - if it has a slot labelled HDMI then you need an HDMI cable to connect it to a tablet. Newer laptops have HDMI slots (my 2 year old acer has one) and many tablets do. As it happens my Samsung tablet didn't have an HDMI slot but I bought an adapter (for £20) to convert its Samsung slot to take an HDMI cable If you don't mind me asking, where did you get adapter from...i'm guessing that the Ipad won't work... TEST
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 2, 2013 20:51:21 GMT
I just googled "HDMI adapter Samsung Galaxy Tab" and bought it from Amazon. I'd have thought that the ipad would have an HDMI port (I can't understand why the Samsung doesn't) but if it doesn't I'm sure someone will sell an adapter.
EDIT: I've just googled "ipad HDMI adapter" - there are plenty online including amazon - and they are cheaper than the £20 I had to pay for the Samsung one.
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Post by bfb on Aug 2, 2013 21:42:43 GMT
Well I'm still on sky and unlimited broadband is free for a year now I've given them a new one year contract. If I then get the money off the phone ill more than save enough for bt sport
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 22:14:15 GMT
I just googled "HDMI adapter Samsung Galaxy Tab" and bought it from Amazon. I'd have thought that the ipad would have an HDMI port (I can't understand why the Samsung doesn't) but if it doesn't I'm sure someone will sell an adapter. EDIT: I've just googled "ipad HDMI adapter" - there are plenty online including amazon - and they are cheaper than the £20 I had to pay for the Samsung one. Thank you, you have been very helpful TEST
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