Yesterday, BT Vision finally launched, at least to any existing BT Broadband customers with at least a 2Mbps connection and who pre-registered.
BT claim that their box - made by Philips and based on Microsoft's IPTV platform - is future-proof. It has an HDMI output so is happy to connect up to your HD TV or projector. They've also said that it's perfectly possible to download high definition content, though didn't give a date when this would be available.
BT is making the BT Vision box available for free to customers, though they still have to pay £30 connection fee and £60 engineer costs, plus their normal monthly broadband subscription. BT plans to launch a self-install version next year.
The big draw is the news that BT will now be able to offer a significant proportion of live Premiership matches thanks to a deal with Setanta - however they won't be in high definition.
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