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Is it an option to change back to aerial mode if it doesn’t work well enough for me/my connection?

I wonder if part of the reason the programmes don’t seem to record correctly is because of the distance from the router, the new wiring and router are at the opposite end of the house so this new box is connected wirelessly where previously we used an ethernet cable. Strangely there is no issue when streaming a channel live.

You’d have to reset again but yes, the first question will ask you whether you have an aerial and that will put it back into that mode.

Wireless will certainly not help reliability, though I can’t see why recordings would be less reliable than live.

As the old BT YouView box stream many channels over IP already, I'd like to know what is preventing the roll out of streaming regular broadcast channels over IP (that are available) where local transmitters don't provide a signal to these boxes?

Why does it have to be only on the new boxes? Are the actual streaming protocols different?

And as for those newer boxes, why on earth isn't a fall back made to the aerial signal when one is available?

It all seems like a cods of a job.

At a guess, the old boxes are made by a different manufacturer and that means duplicate development costs for a device they no longer manufacture, and in time as stocks deplete would no longer support (anyone with problems would just be given the new box).

Perhaps they also feel that existing customers have already gone through the pain of getting an aerial feed, whereas potential new customers would have been put off until now.

It’s still all multicast IP traffic, so no difference in streaming, though annoyingly ITV insists you sign into the hub before you can watch their channels.

Remember that not all of the channels are identical, eg BBC HD regions are already available whereas not yet on FV, and the more “niche” channels are not carried.