Visualising BT Vision

Simplicity was the key principle behind the development of BT Vision. Taking into account the needs of the public in its design, BT have taken their philosophy of connectivity, already encapsulated in their telecommunications and broadband services, into the realm of the televised, by connecting together the formerly independent elements of watching television, recording television, and accessing on demand services in order to create their latest innovation BT Vision V+ as part of BT Vision HD.

BT Vision is available now, to customers who are already signed up to BT as a provider of their broadband, for as little as £17 a month, with that price being set at £4 for the first 4 months. Unlike, other providers, who rely on cable, or satellite for the signal, BT simply draw off your existing BT broadband, meaning no additional work needs to be done to make your home ready for BT Vision.

Variety, Convenience, Accessibility: these three words encapsulated the nature of the original BT Vision and have been carried through into Vision+. Firstly, the variety of BT Vision channels, with up to 50 channels, and 20 radio stations offered by Freeview, as a standard feature gives BT users unrestricted access to some of the best television around. However this television, like all television, has a schedule, which when difficult to adhere to brings up the necessity for convenience. There are already the on-demand services offered by ITV, Channel 4, BBC, and Channel 5, but they are not readily available through Freeview, so where is convenience to be found?

Once again, BT have picked up on this need and made it a necessity for these on-demand services to be included in the BT Vision Channels, including BBC iPlayer. Even with this additional convenience however, we are still talking in terms of watching one programme at a time. As the name suggests, BT Vision is about seeing everything, and they have done their best to make that a possibility. Recording, pausing, rewinding live television, all possible at the push of a button, making television far more accessible than it ever has been. Why not even record two shows and watch one, with 80 hours of recording space on a BT Vision + box, there is certainly space for it!

However, what good is all of this, is you cannot see half of what you choose to watch. The enjoyment in watching something comes from the quality of the programme, making the experience that more powerful, and that is where the words High Definition come into play. BT Vision HD, is an integral part of the new BT Vision V+ box, which is HD ready, up to 1080i resolution.

All of this power is combined in one small box, which itself, is absolutely free.