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Originally Posted by Mark Horley from ntl
The main reason why NTL customers won't see HD at the same time as Telewest customers is because the box that supports HD - the TVDrive box - will not be launching on the NTL side until end of 2006/early 2007.
There is a huge amount of work to be done to make sure that this box and the code that resides on it can interface with all the NTL back-end systems. As always when launching new products, we will be conducting exhaustive user testing to ensure that it is a good-quality customer experience.
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Originally Posted by nn012
So that's confirmation from the horse's mouth that ntl: will indeed be introducing the TW TVDrive box and not the original MPEG-4 Explorer 8450 PVR announced before the merger.
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Correct.
All together now....
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"We're sorry Neil, you were right about ntl's HD 'service' & we were wrong.
You said it wouldn't be this year & you were right.
You also said it would be MPEG 2 & you were right"
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I really don't want to say "I told you so" but........
I told you so! 
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Originally Posted by McYorkie
Sky management and their HD development team must be laughing their heads off at the mess ntl: are in on this one.
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Yep, the whole industry is (again) laughing at ntl & their inability to make a good business decision between them.
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Originally Posted by McYorkie
Despite the initial problems that they're having with box supplies, in the long game ntl's lack of a coherent policy on the PVR and HD is an open goal for them to aim at and poach disgruntled ntl: subscribers who can't as yet sample any HD at all - not counting the TW subscribers that can potentially access TVD/HD.
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ntl's open goal is there for all to see, & it always has been.
ntl-where others lead, they follow (eventually).....