new ntl samsung 2110 with digital output any one got one

[quadplay]

Cheaper for ntl to buy from Samsung than the 2100 (which was already much cheaper than the Pace boxes!)

so my 2 new samsung 2100c boxes installed last Friday, are already superceded

<edit> adds I am original 'diamond cable' = langley

[SLM]

Do not know why ntl just bin the PACE and go with the samsung if they are cheaper to get new, wonder how much it costs to repair the old PACE?

[thelem]

I don't imagine they do much to the pace boxes except replacing all those broken doors and sticking a new piece of plastic over the LED display. I know the one I used to have had a burnt smart card when I got it, so they obviously hadn't even replaced that.

quadplay: Just out of interest, I don't suppose you could say what sort of prices we're talking about?

[quadplay]

Originally Posted by thelem

I don't imagine they do much to the pace boxes except replacing all those broken doors and sticking a new piece of plastic over the LED display. I know the one I used to have had a burnt smart card when I got it, so they obviously hadn't even replaced that.

They can't in Bromley areas - the system doesn't currently allow for smartcards to be re-paired!

quadplay: Just out of interest, I don't suppose you could say what sort of prices we're talking about?

I can't, sorry.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by thelem

quadplay: Just out of interest, I don't suppose you could say what sort of prices we're talking about?

If you are really interested there was a presentation from about 2 years ago showing the cost of pace and samsung boxes declining which might give you an idea.

From memory, and it was a while ago, I think they were about £250 and they expected the price to drop to roughly £100 over the next 12-18 months.

You could try trawling the yearly presentations to check if you really want.

[Tristan]

I recall seeing a figure of £75 for a Samsung 2100, but I've no idea whether that's accurate or not.

[Gran Carusso]

Hi Everybody there

Just a quick question...Has anyone tried this Samsung 2110 with Windows Media Center? Does the MCE remote control works with this STB?. MCE users with NTL Samsung 2100 have problems to change the channels due to "debouncing" feature in the STB.

Thanks

[Daver_UK]

I had one of these boxes installed last week but there is a problem with the remote control where only the channel +/- and pwer buttons work. The light on the pwer button flashes red instead of green when a button is pressed too. The engineers that did the install said that this was only the second samsung box they had installed and the other one had the same problem. NTL sent us a new remote but this has exactly the same problem.

Also, there is no chanel info displayed on screen when changing channel. Im not sure if this is normal as this is my first NTL box.

Has anyone else had this issue?

[N00N00]

Anyone know if these are available in Bromley (ex cable and wireless) areas yet?

thanks

[Graham M]

They'll be all over the place but what you get all depends on what the installer has in his van on the day