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popper · 07-07-2006, 14:43

well yes stuart, but thats why i put the 'without the anologue conversion that the SD STB does today' bit in there.

if your (un)lucky enough to be in the 20% TW bit of NTL and have access to the old mpeg2 HD 'tv drive' today then great ( if you can live with the vaulty firmware by all accounts), but its assumed the average+ ntl readers dont, and perhaps wont for a while longer, at least 6+ months it seems.

ohh and lets face it, having direct access to the raw .ts stream stored directly on your PC harddrive will always be better for any moderately interested end user that wants to watch their chosen tv content anywere, over the fixed extreamly limited (by ntl's choice/inaction,etc) STB, weather its the mpeg2 or the hoped for but unlikely AVC/H.264 STB box.

07-07-2006, 14:43	#16
popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: ntl:HD? well yes stuart, but thats why i put the 'without the anologue conversion that the SD STB does today' bit in there. if your (un)lucky enough to be in the 20% TW bit of NTL and have access to the old mpeg2 HD 'tv drive' today then great ( if you can live with the vaulty firmware by all accounts), but its assumed the average+ ntl readers dont, and perhaps wont for a while longer, at least 6+ months it seems. ohh and lets face it, having direct access to the raw .ts stream stored directly on your PC harddrive will always be better for any moderately interested end user that wants to watch their chosen tv content anywere, over the fixed extreamly limited (by ntl's choice/inaction,etc) STB, weather its the mpeg2 or the hoped for but unlikely AVC/H.264 STB box.