NOW CLOSED YouView feedback thread: non testers: chance to win your own box – worth £199 – please share the TV programme your family Will Not Miss

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This is the feedback thread for the 15 testers who are trying on demand TV service YouView in their homes with their shiny new Humax DTR-T2000 set-top box worth £199.

Non testers: YouView are also offering you the chance to win a YouView+ set-top box giving you the opportunity to enjoy seamless live, on demand and catch-up television.

They say “YouView is an on demand TV service with over 70 live digital channels. It seamlessly combines seven day catch-up on BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5 with a library of on demand TV programmes and films. A range of quality content is available via on demand players including UKTV, Sky Store, Now TV, milkshake!, S4C and STV. YouView is offered as part of broadband subscription bundles from TalkTalk and BT. It is also available to buy subscription-free from major retailers and electrical stores”.

For more information visit: www.youview.com

For a chance to win one please share on this thread the one programme your family make a point of watching together – be it X Factor, Strictly or Doctor Who, please share on this thread and you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win your own box! See T&CS here

Testers – please share on this thread your responses to the following questions from YouView

1 Did you set up your YouView box yourself? If not, who did?
2 How easy did you find it to set up your YouView box?
3 How long did it take you to understand how to use YouView?
4 Has your child/children used YouView? How long did it take them to understand it and get used to it?
5 Which programmes have you most enjoyed watching on YouView so far?
6 Which of the services have you most enjoyed so far?
7 Who in your family has used your YouView box the most?
8 What have you found YouView most useful for so far? Catching up on shows you've missed/ entertaining the kids/finding something to watch to pass time/ watching TV live/ listening to the radio/ search functionality / scrolling back 7 days on the programme guide / using the on demand players or the record functionality?
9 Have you used NOW TV or Sky Store to watch films?
10 Did you try out the free YouView remote record app?

And feel free to add any additional comments.

Please also add a review here

Thanks
MNHQ

Doctor Who

Downton Abbey as we all love it.

At the moment we sit down to watch Doctor Who as everyone enjoys it and DD seems to sit through it

Non-tester. We watch Star Wars Rebels together.

We all love to watch the X-Factor and also Catch Phrase! The kids are actually quite good at Catch Phrase too!

Non-Tester here. Has to be Doctor Who for us, our 13 year old son loves it. I think my man wasn't so keen at first but secretly enjoys watching it too as there is no talking when its on (which is really unusual for our home - I can barely hear Downton Abbey when they are wrestling on the carpet in front of the TV)!

Definitely Doctor Who.

Non- tester: We love watching strictly. My DD and I dance round the room, trying to copy their dance. My DD loves the lifts (thought she does struggle to get me above her head sometimes ;) )

The One Show

Has to be the Xfactor we all get under a big blanket and eat popcorn

non tester, we always watch the chaser, we love it when the contestents win.

I'm a non-tester but we always sit down for Dr Who. In some episodes, I'm not sure that one of us has understood the plot but we enjoy it anyway!

Strictly - there's something for everyone.

the voice

We always snuggle down to watch strictly together & often all end up dancing.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The X Factor it's good family entertainment that we can all sit in front of the TV and exchange opinions and food!

Non tester - For us its The Simpsons - we always watch the 7pm episode on Sky - Its part of the bedtime routine!

We love watching anything about nature - David Attenborough is a legend in our house! :)

Non Tester

We always watch X Factor together only my daughter sings through most of it

Non-Tester
We watch Pointless together - enjoy competing with each other!

Non-tester.

We watch Gogglebox together. We would watch Downton Abbey but DP makes 'helpful' comments and sometimes I have to send him out so I can watch in peace.

non-tester

We love watching Masterchef Australia-Its so much fun!

Tester here!

Firstly, thank you for the opportunity to product test the YouView box! I was very impressed with the service as I received the box before I had even been notified I had been selected! I received text messages telling me when my delivery was due. It was great! It was also great that it came with two adapters that turn any power sockets into an internet outlet. These are great for if you want to set up your YouView box in a different room to your wifi router. The YouView box tells you exactly what is in the box and what you will need to successfully set up the box. It also directs you to a website to check whether you can receive YouView services at your location.

1. I did set up the box myself! Usually, The Husband deals with stuff like this but I wanted to give it a go myself!

1. I found it very straightforward to set up. There are clear instructions provided and if you get really desperate, there are Youtube videos you can watch to show you how to set the box up!

1. I have dabbled in these sorts of things before. I have used a Virgin Media Tivo box before so I already understood the basics of a set top box. YouView was very easy to understand.

1. My son is newly 2. So he did not use the YouView box himself! I kept him well away from it as he quite likes playing with remote controls and I couldn't risk him removing a recording accidentally!!

1. I have been enjoying watching the new series of The Apprentice as it is something me and The Husband watch together when he's come home from work in the evening!

1. I loved the 7 day catch up service as I missed out on that best bits of The Apprentice show where they looked back over the last 10 years. I missed it when it was on so used the 7 day catch up service to watch, which was very handy!

1. I have used the YouView box the most as I like to have background noise on when The Husband is at work! I also put Peppa Pig on during the day when feeding my son!

1. There are a lot of useful features on the YouView box. The ease with which you can search for something to watch and then record it so you don't have to try and remember/write it down somewhere! And then being able to scroll back 7 days to see if you missed anything! But perhaps the best feature of all is the pause live TV function! Being able to pause live TV to grab a cup of tea or go for a pee or see to a crying child when he's woken up upset or having a quick tidy before The Husband comes home! ;) Also, the On Demand function is a brilliant and useful one!

1. We did use the Sky Store! We rented Maleficent which was surprisingly good!

10. I haven't tried the remote record app yet as I frequently forget to!

Some other things I found impressive with the YouView box were the parental controls (even if they are a bit irrelevant right now with a 2 year old!) and the option to have subtitles.

I think this new model of YouView box looks great! It is really light, a good colour, so slim and looks good with our TV! Multi-functional, there is something for everyone to watch and enjoy!

Thanks again, YouView and MN!

Non Tester - we have to watch Strictly - my girls are grown up now ,but we still have to discuss it on the phone every week if they aren't here at the weekend