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Originally Posted by King Of Fools
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Originally Posted by HD462
This is disapointing news if it's true. I'm not really bothered about the HDTV side of things, but did like the idea of the Scientific Atlanta 3 tuner PVR, and have been hanging fire on buying a hard drive dvd recorder on the basis of the announcement last year that they were bringing a PVR out, and looking at Scientific Atlantas demo page of it.
If it's not going to have that functionality, then I may as well just go and buy my own HDD PVR after all. The plus side of the ntl one was that I imagine the EPG would be linked in, so making setting up recordings easier y just selecting the programme from the EPG.
Also the £25 a month extra someone mentioned earlier in the thread would be a no go for me, I'd just buy a standalone HDD PVR. I wouldn't mind a one off fee to upgrade to the newer box, and the subscription fee stays the same (which I think is what was trying to be said earlier in the thread).
I wish ntl would make an up to date announcement one way or the other. We often wait for new things to come out, but youv'e got to draw the line somewhere.
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No, all the functionality of the PVR is in the MPEG2 box currently being issued in Telewest areas (TVDrive). The only difference between the Telewest STBs (which are definitely being used) and the NTL STBs (which are probably not being launched this year) is the HD technology.
Sky intend to charge £300 for the box and £10 per month on top of the subscription so NTL may decide to adopt a similar package. |
So it still has the three tuners then?
Even if it has, it's academic if your prices are correct, as I wouldn't pay £300 for the box (I thought we'd rent it like currently?), I'd rather buy my own HDD DVD recorder of my choice rather than what ntl decide to give me.
I'd pay maybe a one off upgrade fee for the new box, but wouldn't expect the subscription charge to go up as they not offering me any more channels etc. The only advantage is being integrated with the EPG, which needs updating anyway, as I find the one on my £40 Freeview box much better laid out, and it's a 7 day guide...no extra costs to use.
If you can buy a HDD dvd recorder for £160 now (maybe even less), then they must get these boxes much cheaper when buying by the thousands.
For £300 do you own the box, or is it still the property of ntl?
Even if you own it, you can't use it any other way if you choose to leave ntl, like you could with a normal PVR.
I've waited a long time for this, but it's becoming a less viable option the more I read about it.