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ian@huth · 01-09-2006, 15:31

When you look at PVR's being marketed by BSkyB and NTL:Telewest three things spring to mind

1. BSkyB have over 4 years experience of marketing PVR's but still have had several issues during this time with software updates not performing as anticipated.

2. Telewest have only had a PVR on the market for a few months and some issues have been found with their service.

3 NTL have not as yet marketed a PVR in areas which were not under Telewest control.

When NTL eventually get round to supplying PVR's across their whole customer base what issues will there be? The spec of the NTL PVR may be superior to the spec of the Sky+ boxes but that doesn't mean that NTL customers will get a PVR that does everything that it is supposed to do and have no quality of service issues. Remember that NTL STB's have had a red button service available for years but what happened when you pressed that button?

What I am saying is that we will have to wait and see how NTL's PVR performs when they eventually get it on the market in large volumes.

01-09-2006, 15:31	#91
ian@huth Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Services: VM 10Mb, TU, 1xSky HD, 2xSky+ (HD,all packs, sports & movies) 2xDVD PVR's, Freesat Freeview & other Posts: 4,536	Re: Is there an NTL PVR? When you look at PVR's being marketed by BSkyB and NTL:Telewest three things spring to mind 1. BSkyB have over 4 years experience of marketing PVR's but still have had several issues during this time with software updates not performing as anticipated. 2. Telewest have only had a PVR on the market for a few months and some issues have been found with their service. 3 NTL have not as yet marketed a PVR in areas which were not under Telewest control. When NTL eventually get round to supplying PVR's across their whole customer base what issues will there be? The spec of the NTL PVR may be superior to the spec of the Sky+ boxes but that doesn't mean that NTL customers will get a PVR that does everything that it is supposed to do and have no quality of service issues. Remember that NTL STB's have had a red button service available for years but what happened when you pressed that button? What I am saying is that we will have to wait and see how NTL's PVR performs when they eventually get it on the market in large volumes.