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scrotnig · 09-12-2004, 21:49

Time for my regular evangelising about ntl's TV service I'm afraid.

I have three boxes. Currently one Samsung and two Pace 1000's.

The Samsung is marginally faster than the PACEs, but not much. The Paces speeded up DRAMATICALLY when I put new Duracell batteries in the remotes last month, an interesting point to note.

Although I currently have a SACM, I used to run 1mb broadband via one of the PACEs and I couldn't make it crash even when using interactive at the same time.

I have had the odd crash but it is very occasionally and all three boxes normally perform excellently. I only ever get a 'no schedule data' error for a few seconds after booting the box up from scratch, other than that it's always there and useable.

I do not deny there are problems with some Pace boxes, and for some people with the TV service in general, however, my experience is more common than you might think.

I love the DTV service and would never be without it, it's as simple as that. My only gripe is that ntl are FAR too slow launching new channels compared with other platforms, though it was nice to see ITV3 launch on time.

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scrotnig cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,499	Re: Does/Did Your ntl Digital STB Lock Up? Time for my regular evangelising about ntl's TV service I'm afraid. I have three boxes. Currently one Samsung and two Pace 1000's. The Samsung is marginally faster than the PACEs, but not much. The Paces speeded up DRAMATICALLY when I put new Duracell batteries in the remotes last month, an interesting point to note. Although I currently have a SACM, I used to run 1mb broadband via one of the PACEs and I couldn't make it crash even when using interactive at the same time. I have had the odd crash but it is very occasionally and all three boxes normally perform excellently. I only ever get a 'no schedule data' error for a few seconds after booting the box up from scratch, other than that it's always there and useable. I do not deny there are problems with some Pace boxes, and for some people with the TV service in general, however, my experience is more common than you might think. I love the DTV service and would never be without it, it's as simple as that. My only gripe is that ntl are FAR too slow launching new channels compared with other platforms, though it was nice to see ITV3 launch on time.