Posted 19th Feb 2020
I'm upgrading my contract and use BT Sport as an add on.
I just spoke to EE chap and said could he throw in the additional cost of putting it on a larger screen - it was only £5 a month.
He said he couldn't but then said something odd - 'I can't change the price but I'm sure you can use the internet, theres ways of working around BT Casting option.'
Now, I don't cast my mobile screen, I have the BT Sport App on my Apple TV - which I thought was the same thing - but now I'm unclear if I even need additional cost - as I am not actually 'casting' I am running the tv app separately altogether.
And what was he getting at when he said you could 'get around' the casting thing - rooting or something else?
Has anyone else got BT Sport via EE - is it work the extra cost, is it even necessary?
I just spoke to EE chap and said could he throw in the additional cost of putting it on a larger screen - it was only £5 a month.
He said he couldn't but then said something odd - 'I can't change the price but I'm sure you can use the internet, theres ways of working around BT Casting option.'
Now, I don't cast my mobile screen, I have the BT Sport App on my Apple TV - which I thought was the same thing - but now I'm unclear if I even need additional cost - as I am not actually 'casting' I am running the tv app separately altogether.
And what was he getting at when he said you could 'get around' the casting thing - rooting or something else?
Has anyone else got BT Sport via EE - is it work the extra cost, is it even necessary?
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sorted byNo, not a penny.
Tonight I was going to try the PS4 / Xbox One App and hook it up to my new 75 Hisense / 65 OLED and see how they do.
They won't work unless they have a sim card as the app detects whether you have a sim card in your device and doesn'tt work if you don't !
Well, that's not entirely true either. I have a Telly Tablet - made by Virgin Media - it's a massive 14 inch thing, not portable in the slightest - but I got it for my camper van instead of a tv.
Anyways, I have installed BT Sport on it and log in my details and over my household wifi, there is no sim in it and my wifi is off 3 network not EE, I can watch exactly the same things I can on my mobile - for example WWE shows are available right away 'on demand' - but the Apple TV app has a delay on it - some of the WWE stuff is like 4 days after its happened.
That suggests that the app doesn't detect a sim in all cases.
So as I remember. If you set up casting on your phone and set it to casting your phone screen and then open BT Sport - I believe it will cast whatever is on your phone's screen so it should do so for free.
Let us know if it works.
I'm got to get one today
I got 3 months free aswell so payments don't kick in till November.
I then had Sky tv phone me up and they offered me Sky Q , Signature package,Sky Sports, HD for £25 a month for 18 months. They also gave me free installation along with £40 credit. It does good to come away from Sky for 6-8 months.
So will casting from my phone still will cost me £10 a month?
Right, so if I just cast BT Sport from my phone - that is free, but the Apple TV App (which actually isn't as good) is what I'm paying the additional fee for - I get it now - thanks.
Yes, I assumed he was implying that - I was asking does anyone know which app he was referring to.
But Strickibhoy was saying that 'casting' costs no additional fee - therefore, I'm confused as to why he was trying to suggest 'getting around it'. (edited)
Great - can you recommend any particular android boxes?
What has the OP got then? Is there a basic BT Sport for EE that I am unaware of?
newsroom.ee.co.uk/ee-…ta/Oh, they limit you on the basic bundle. Does this work digihelpdesk.co.uk/her…st/ (edited)
The dumb part is - the phone app and the Apple TV app are totally different - the phone app gets stuff earlier, Monday night raw that over a week on the Apple app. The extra money you pay isn't for the Apple app, it's so you can cast your phone to the screen.
Actually, I've found that you could just cast the app using Chrome cast whole screen cast - no need for the additional payment.
My understanding is that to use BT sport on Windows all you need is the basic bt sport on mobile which you get included with the mobile deals.
If you're saying I would have to pay more to be able to use the BT sport app on Apple TV then it's just not worth it to me. I'll just look for mobile deals that include BT sport on mobile and continue using the Windows app.
TIA
Hi mate are you able to cast the BT sport app for free ?
I'm on the BT mobile plan and I can't cast it to anything. Only way I can watch it is actually through my mobile
Can't seem to mirror my android phone to my Samsung TV. Tried absolutely everything
Tried the smart things app and everything. I can't see anything on my TV to enable mirroring
When I click cast in settings on my Moto g8 all that comes up is my two Google mini device's (edited)
Do you have a chrome cast? You need one if you are to cast from an Android phone.