Having just seen the notification on the itvHub, although being aware that itvX was rolled-out as daughter uses it on laptop, I thought I'd look around on the TalkTalk website and community, as well as the wider internet, only to find that we will not be able to access itvX on our TV due to the very old YouView box provided.
I notice from TT's community and website that only people with access to Fibre broadband will be able to acquire a set top box which will access itvX.
It's no real big issue to me but my daughter is a bit frantic about it.
My QUESTION/QUERY is, does it matter at all which set top box I use considering my account is purely for internet access (although it says mobile on my account, TT haven't done my mobile in years).
I assume I am free to acquire any available itvX-compatible set top box that I can purchase, in order to access all the accounts we hold (Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc) and, yes, itvX, as there is none available to customers such as myself - with very old YouView boxes - through TalkTalk and I'm sure TT don't expect us not to avail ourselves of what we can in order to continue with, even enhance, our current viewing experience?
One assumes that there is no restriction on set top box brand as it's simply a box enabling apps (free or otherwise) to be viewed on our TV and we are only paying TalkTalk for the broadband which enables a set top box to function. I'm aware that TT have contracts with Youview and Netgen (others?) but as the new boxes are not available to all customers, one has to assume customers have free choice to find a more up-to-date box themselves.
If you happen to know which boxes available to purchase out there in the wilderness are the best value (only want streaming, not recording) then please do advise this eager customer! Thank you.
Alison, expertise? none
