T1000 Out of Support - Does it matter?
jonesh
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T1000 Youview boxes are often described as being Out of Support, meaning that they will not receive any more software updates.
What are the implications of this?
The term Out of Support has been used to suggest that T1000 boxes are redundant, and that they should be replaced with more recent models.
Our T1000 is in daily use, and it works as well now as it did when I first set it up in March, 2013.
Should I consider replacing it because it is Out of Support?
What are the implications of this?
The term Out of Support has been used to suggest that T1000 boxes are redundant, and that they should be replaced with more recent models.
Our T1000 is in daily use, and it works as well now as it did when I first set it up in March, 2013.
Should I consider replacing it because it is Out of Support?
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What a surprise that the 2 BT 2100 boxes, (that own/I paid for myself) + also a T2000 pvr (for trial testing use), now run slower when loading the new "wonderful super improved" home page that in my opinion, is a total waste of resources, (inc within the hardware design/Dram memory etc). It does make you think about progress & will "my" box still work? Hopefully yes is the answer. I hope Youview take note & your T1000 continues to provide good service. There must be many other users still with the older boxes.
John L
It's not as if out of support here means the box is at risk of attacks as software on a PC would be.
I'd say keep enjoying it until it expires.
More to the point, it’s not as if being in support means that anyone would fix it if it went wrong.
But apropos of @redchiz’ comments about maintenance releases on newer boxes keeping them abreast of current developments, isn’t it odd that T1000s, which don’t get these releases, don’t seem to be losing any facilities?
The acid test of YouView’s resolve will be when something happens in the broadcast world to invalidate something the box relies on, so all T1000s stop working; will YouView then step in to fix them with a software release or not?
Or maybe when it can no longer have a working BBC iPlayer, as this tends to drop off devices more than six years old….
Thank you for your replies.
@John L
T1000s didn't receive the new homepage.
Navigation of the UI is adequately quick. In particular, Guide navigation is significantly faster than it is on the Panasonic on the shelf below.
@Stevef_fr8ys
Will do.
@Roy
I don't use the apps on the T1000. I only use it as a Freeview recorder. I think that it will be a while before they turn off the terrestrial TV signal.
Indeed; but I recall that in the early days of digital, I had to toss the Nokia digibox we were using with our still-analogue TV in favour of a Sagem, as some expansion of the system left the early boxes like the Nokia unable to cope, and it stopped working.
It was something like that I was thinking of, not the wholesale discontinuation of terrestrial TV. Which would anyway put the kybosh on every YouView box out there, whether ‘supported’ or not 😢
I'm surprised that the DVB T1 muxes are still transmitting. They must be due for the chop soon.
Others have successfully replaced a fuse, capacitor or some such, and maybe they can offer advice on this, but I think it's probably worth investing in a replacement.