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kwisatz · 16-11-2006, 10:43

Hi there this is my first post.

Having lurked on this board for a while I picked up on TVdrive being available in Glasgow on the 14th Nov, and on my third attempt was able to order an install for that day.
I thought I'd share my reaction to the new box.
Usual story for an NTL installation. Get a 12 to 6 slot, nobody there by 5.45, call CS and miraculously guy is there 10 mins later.
To cut a long story short it works great as a STB and PVR but HD a problem for me. I requested that the installer bring a HDMI cable, though my HDTV had DVI in, as I had bought a HDMI/DVI adapter.
Imagine my surprise when the engineer tod me no HD available so no way to test the connection. But sales promised me BBC HD / ITV HD and History HD, say I. Blank look and a shrug.
However I connected it up, got the menus and such visible at Hi-res and tried to playback the one HD VOD item -Pride - which gave me audio only. No SD picture (on ordinary broadcast channels) via HDMI either.
This put me into a panic that either my "HDReady" TV is not actually HDCP compliant (which I understand will result in loss of picture) or that the adaptor is somehow not HDCP compliant (is this possible ?).
However, channel 108 (BBC HD) came up yesterday and that is also no picture, audio only in SCART or HDMI mode, even though there is an onscreen message in SCART mode along the lines of "...you are viewing this HD channel in SD..." (I'm viewing nothing,pal)
So my question is:
- Is everybody in Glasgow getting this problem
OR
- Is it just my HDTV that's the problem?

As a corollary, if it is a HDCP issues, plan B is to get a component to VGA cable (my HDTV also has a VGA input) and try that; as it is my understanding that the component does not carry HDCP. Any opinions on that?

16-11-2006, 10:43	#183
kwisatz Inactive Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12	Re: PVR release dates Hi there this is my first post. Having lurked on this board for a while I picked up on TVdrive being available in Glasgow on the 14th Nov, and on my third attempt was able to order an install for that day. I thought I'd share my reaction to the new box. Usual story for an NTL installation. Get a 12 to 6 slot, nobody there by 5.45, call CS and miraculously guy is there 10 mins later. To cut a long story short it works great as a STB and PVR but HD a problem for me. I requested that the installer bring a HDMI cable, though my HDTV had DVI in, as I had bought a HDMI/DVI adapter. Imagine my surprise when the engineer tod me no HD available so no way to test the connection. But sales promised me BBC HD / ITV HD and History HD, say I. Blank look and a shrug. However I connected it up, got the menus and such visible at Hi-res and tried to playback the one HD VOD item -Pride - which gave me audio only. No SD picture (on ordinary broadcast channels) via HDMI either. This put me into a panic that either my "HDReady" TV is not actually HDCP compliant (which I understand will result in loss of picture) or that the adaptor is somehow not HDCP compliant (is this possible ?). However, channel 108 (BBC HD) came up yesterday and that is also no picture, audio only in SCART or HDMI mode, even though there is an onscreen message in SCART mode along the lines of "...you are viewing this HD channel in SD..." (I'm viewing nothing,pal) So my question is: - Is everybody in Glasgow getting this problem OR - Is it just my HDTV that's the problem? As a corollary, if it is a HDCP issues, plan B is to get a component to VGA cable (my HDTV also has a VGA input) and try that; as it is my understanding that the component does not carry HDCP. Any opinions on that?