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BT offers free Vision+ box to new subscribers

Tuesday 17 August, 2010

By Becca Talbot - becca@consumerchoices.co.uk

Got BT broadband? Sign-up online for BT’s TV service, BT Vision, before the end of the year and get a free Vision+ set-top box.

New BT Vision (www.btvision.bt.com) subscribers will get a free Vision+ box when they sign-up for one of the internet TV giant’s “Value” packs.

The BT Vision+ box works as a Freeview set-top box, but it is also high-definition (HD) ready and has a 160GB hard drive, for recording and storing films and TV programmes.

BT Vision is available to all BT Total Broadband customers and each BT Vision pack is organised by genre; kids, sports, films and music. BT Vision subscribers can choose from three Value packs:

• Bronze Value - Choose any two genre packs for £7.50 a month for the first three months, £14.99 thereafter
• Silver Value - Choose any three genre packs for £10.50 for the first three months, £17.99 thereafter
• Gold Value - Take all four genre packs for £12.50 for the first three months, £19.99 thereafter.

Any new BT Total Broadband customers, who sign-up for BT Total Broadband, BT Vision and one of the Value packs before 31 December 2010, will get the free Vision+ box, saving £45.

Existing BT Broadband customers can also sign-up for the offer, upgrading their service to include BT Vision.

Jon Ingram, operations director at Digitalchoices.co.uk, said: “The Vision+ box is HD ready and gives users the ability to record TV to its memory.”

He added: “BT Vision customers also have the option to add Sky Sports to their package, from just £6.99 a month - making it a very competitive TV option for anyone wanting to watch the action from the Barclays Premier League.”