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BT Vision

 

What is BT Vision? It's a digital TV service - You get around 40 live TV channels from Freeview (including BBC3, ITV2, E4, Film 4, Dave, Sky Three, etc). What you also get is access to a decent collection of "on demand" content delivered over your Broadband connection.

 

On-demand: The BT Vision set-top box has a menu option that allows you to browse through BT's library of films, TV shows, music videos and recent sporting events - select something to view, and you can watch on your TV straight away.

 

 

BT Vision BoxGetting BT Vision: To get BT Vision, you'll need a special BT Vision set-top box, called a V-Box, which is supplied free by BT to customers of their Broadband service. This box can record up to 80 hours of TV on its built-in recorder. If you're not with BT and fancy a free set-top box with . It's connected to your broadband service, go to www.bt.com/btbroadband

 

 

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