Sky is about to get a new rival that is bringing back a very popular feature. EE - which is most famous for its speedy mobile network -has just announced the launch of its new TV Box Pro at an event in London. It gets all the functions you'd expect - including access to streaming apps - but it also packs an in-built hard drive for storing content and even recording four shows at the same time.
Although Sky Q has long had this functionality, more recent gadgets such as Sky Glass and Sky Stream have moved away from physical hard disks with content now held on the cloud instead.
This does have some advantages - including watching things you may have forgotten to record - but it also means when shows, such as Match of the Day, are deleted from cloud players they can no longer be viewed - that's not the case with in-built hard disk where footage can kept forever.
EE clearly thinks consumers want this option and is offering a whopping 600 hours of space on the TV Box Pro. Other features include full access to premium services such as Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, TNT Sports, Netflix and more.
If you don't want to pay to watch telly, you can plug in your existing aerial for terrestrial services or view live TV via your broadband.
It's also 4K compatible, features Dolby Atmos sound technology and there are full search options to find things to watch faster.
Along with this main box, EE is also offering a Mini device as well which can be placed in other parts of the home for a multi-room experience. Unlike Sky, EE is promising that customers who buy a main TV Pro box won't be charged extra to add the Mini devices to their home. It's worth noting that this smaller set-top box doesn't get a hard disk inside but still offers users the option to pause and rewind live TV.
If that sounds enticing then more news on these boxes will be announced in the coming months along with pricing and availability.
Along with revealing new TV boxes, EE is launching speedy Wi-Fi later this week which will offer some homes the chance to download files and films at over 1.5Gbps - that's around 20 times faster than the current UK average.