Thread: Some NTL Digital Qs
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Old 18-02-2005, 22:03   #6
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Re: Some NTL Digital Qs
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Originally Posted by russellelly
I'm considering getting the NTL Digital Family pack. I'm in an ex-CableTel area, so I think that's Bromley

A couple of Qs:
Am I likely to get the Samsung or Pace box?
I've heard the EPG is, erm a bit rubbish. Is this for all channels, or will Now and Next be OK usually?
Will they replace my SACM with the Digital STB, or leave both?
Is there likely to be an EPG shakeup anytime soon (UK History is still in the middle of music!!!), and how effective is the favourites list? Can the EPG be set to display favourites only?
Is there a 14:9 option on the output?
What's the latest date for a PVR, and would it be worth waiting on? I've already got a Pace Twin, but it only records Freeview

Sorry, that was a bit over a few, but any answers appreciated
You will get a Pace, as Samsungs aren't being given out in Scotland yet.

In the 3.1 software, the TV Guide can be pretty shakey. From what I've read, the 3.2 update (which has gone out to Glasgow and Cardiff) improves the speed and stability a great deal. The Now & Next bar is vastly superior to the Sky version -- I rarely use the full Guide on NTL.

You will have a SACM for internet and a digital STB for TV.

NTL have said that they will rearrange the channels in the second half of 2005, presumably after everyone's got the 3.2 software.

The way Favourites works on NTL is a bit different to Sky. Rather than just picking a list of channels, it lets you rearrange *all* the channels into any order you like. So, for example, you could have BBC1 followed by E4 followed by Discovery. When you pressed channel up, you'd flick in that order; it's also the order they'd be listed in the Guide. It's a very good and very flexible system (although it does take a long time to set 200 or so channels in the order you want them).

There is no 14:9 option.

Again, NTL have said the second half of 2005 for a PVR. We don't know any more than that though.
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