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Originally Posted by Captain W
The Sky NOW and NEXT bar gives you access to
* What's on NOW and NEXT for your 50 favourite channels
* The facility to switch on/off subtitles and audio description via the help button
* Synopsis for current programme
* The facility to scan up and down the NOW and NEXT info for channels and the respective start times for up to 6 hours (however the synopsis can only be read for the programme being watched - this is something that is being worked on for - a much anticipated/long running request)
* The messages button to quickly check for email/text messages via sky active
* It also displays if the channel being watched is in HD; if it carries Dolby Digital; if it's broadcast in Widescreen; if it has subtitles; if it's got narrative description and wheather you can record the programme without Macrovision scrambling the picture
From what people report here and on Digital Spy, cable boxes are notorious for taking a while to change channel/give synopsis info/acxtion any request from the remote. So there is a world of difference between Sky and Virgin Media's banner - thankfully Sky's version doesn't take for ever to scroll through what's on the channel your watching (limited to up to 6 hours) and every other channel on the satellite platform.
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My box is absolutely fine at doing this and im sure many are: Ntls current Now and Next does the everything I require far better imo, messages etc are unecessary clutter. Synopsis, Subtitles, Audio Description are available by miniguide for all channels where available, info on w/s rating, repeat etc in synopsis.
I think it depends what Sky box you have, the last box I used pretty standard was an Amstrad absolutely crap! The Pace boxes were not much better. Most Sky installs will be done with the cheap boxes unless you request otherwise. So the standard service will be a slow as I experienced.