Samsung Box

Lamplite1c · 13-01-2005, 21:02

Hi im changing from Sky+ to ntl now that you dont need there Phone line as well ( getting fed up with picture break ups on sky) . What's the likelyhood of me getting a Samsung box, living in the solent reigon. If its slim is there any way i can help myself encourage the engineer to get me one. The reason i asked was due to the fact about 3 years ago i had ntl and had nothing but problems with the recycled pace boxes and the samsung ones are most importaintly new and silver (shallow I know) but the rest of the tv dvd ect is silver and i woudl have to paint a black box as it just wouldnt go in my room

Thanks
robert

browneggsandham · 13-01-2005, 21:42

No guarantees, you'll get whatever the Tech has in his van. I'm sure if he has one, he'll give you it if you ask nicely!

Browneggsandham

buba3d · 14-01-2005, 09:37

Is thgere any dates set for the new samsung boxes in the glasgow area ?

andrew_wallasey · 14-01-2005, 10:38

Just ask nicely if they have got one they will give it to you.

dd2k · 14-01-2005, 10:46

i think most egineers will have at least 1 samsung box on them, like other have said, smile and offer a cup of tea, im sure u will get one

will u be taking up ntl broadband, i think if u want 1.5mb Broadband via ya STB you need a samsung.

Mal · 14-01-2005, 11:57

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Originally Posted by Lamplite1c

Hi im changing from Sky+ to ntl now that you dont need there Phone line as well

When you say that you don't need a phone line, do you mean that you don't need to get a phone installed with ntl digital tv?

Just that in this thread, people still seem to be under the impression that even if you don't get the phone installed, you'll still be paying for it.

If that's not what you meant, I do apologise.

spiderplant · 14-01-2005, 15:07

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Originally Posted by andrew_wallasey

Just ask nicely if they have got one they will give it to you.

They won't have one. Samsung boxes aren't available in Glasgow yet. I don't know when they will be, but it isn't imminent.

14-01-2005, 17:59

Depends who this post was addressed to. The OP is in Hampshire.

Neil · 14-01-2005, 18:01

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Originally Posted by andrew_wallasey

Just ask nicely if they have got one they will give it to you.

That's nothing like right or true I'm afraid.

Tezcatlipoca · 14-01-2005, 19:27

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Originally Posted by Lamplite1c

Hi im changing from Sky+ to ntl now that you dont need there Phone line as well

Erm, are you sure you no longer have to have an ntl phone line if you want ntl DTV?

Where did you see that?

http://www.home.ntl.com/icat/television

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Originally Posted by ntl:home

*Price excludes your telephone line rental which must be purchased with your TV package.

Lamplite1c · 14-01-2005, 22:37

I actually asked ntl themselves, I wouldnt transfer if I had to pay for the phone. I like BT as I have caller display and you cant get that in the solent reigon.

SLM · 18-01-2005, 21:01

Your chance of getting a samsung is high but please if you get a pace do not paint it silver you will only end up with a bill for the box, and I for one would rather have a black box that does not match than a bill for about ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£100+

paulyoung666 · 18-01-2005, 21:08

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Originally Posted by SLM

Your chance of getting a samsung is high but please if you get a pace do not paint it silver you will only end up with a bill for the box, and I for one would rather have a black box that does not match than a bill for about ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£100+

only if you get caught

seriously i wouldnt recomend it either

william · 26-01-2005, 01:16

Hi

Well, I've just been given a Samsung box because my old Pace one broke (crashed completely, leaving 88:88 on the display), and although the Samsung seems otherwise good, it does the letterboxing differently to the Pace one.

I have a 4:3 TV and set the STB to 4:3 letterboxing so as to see the widescreen image when available. In this setting, the Samsung box crops quite a bit of the side of the image, and thus has a narrower black band at top and bottom. The image size seems similar to 14:9, or perhaps a bit wider. It becomes obvious when watching a widescreen programme on E4, as the logo is cut in half.

This seems like a backwards step, and I would really like to be able to see the 16:9 image without having to buy a widescreen TV. Does anyone know if the new Samsungs all do this, or if something is wrong with my box or the way it is set up? CS didn't seem to have heard of this, and offered to send out an engineer. Should I go for that?

Tristan · 26-01-2005, 02:06

Welcome to the site

I'm pretty sure this is a bug in the current Samsung software on Langley. If it is, it should be fixed in the next code release (which is "coming soon").