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Are there any benefits to the new box vs a third party option? (Apple TV)?
Signed up with Telus a few days ago and just got my Optik tv boxes in the mail. We already have an Apple TV, so I downloaded the Telus TV+ app while I waited for the Telus boxes, only to be disappo...
Optik-Kate
TELUS Team Member
TELUS Team MemberJust chiming in here that all 4K channels are only available on the STB. While we do have a limited number of sports 4K channel right now, the move to the new android box allows us to add features much faster than the system that we were on previously, so in the near future we most definitely would expand the number of 4K channels. Other benefits that are exclusive to the STB would be the gamezone and sportszone experience that are coming soon.
- Thank you for chiming in!
Would you happen to know why the 4k channels are restricted to the box? Or if there’s plans to bring it to the app itself in the future?
I can’t imagine it being related to only the box having the necessary hardware to decode the 4k streams given it’s essentially a rebranded android TV box. It kind of feels like a software lock to persuade people to use the Telus top box instead of their own.- Optik-Kate
Hi BradCL, the plan to add more 4K channels on more devices is on the roadmap, there is just a lot of device limitations/ development prioritization to work through. I believe 4K on TVOS is on the roadmap, but I cannot provide any timelines.
