[Merged] VOD - Page 15

Adlam · 19-02-2005, 00:17

Hey, first post for me on these forums but id like to conform the software downloads, I recieved mine this morning, runs alot better with the guide actually getting information within 10 seconds

and the box is et to crash on interactive. The new On Demand symbol is there but used for Front Row at the moment

paul11974 · 19-02-2005, 00:20

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Originally Posted by Adlam

Hey, first post for me on these forums but id like to conform the software downloads, I recieved mine this morning, runs alot better with the guide actually getting information within 10 seconds

and the box is et to crash on interactive. The new On Demand symbol is there but used for Front Row at the moment

where are you from ?

Tristan · 19-02-2005, 00:31

South Wales.

Adlam · 19-02-2005, 01:00

Yeah thanks Tristan, South Wales, any reason or was itjust you didnt know where Swansea was?

Tristan · 19-02-2005, 01:03

The whole NTL franchise in South Wales is getting the new software: Swansea, Cardiff, and the other cabled towns inbetween.

EDIT: And welcome to the site by the way! Where are my manners...

Adlam · 19-02-2005, 09:53

Thanks, all I got to do now is spice up my profile

RamJet · 20-02-2005, 00:25

Hi

well I've read thus thread - lots of people are saying up to 2 years 4 VoD rollout ? ? ? ?

I for 1 would be very surprised if the roill out isn't completed by Easter 2005

It's logic mate - having spend $$$ on the Research and Development they ain't going to get that $$$ back unless (a) people use the Service (b) they roll it out to all of us asap so we can start spending our hard earned $$ on Vod

RJ

Tristan · 20-02-2005, 00:32

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Originally Posted by RamJet

Hi

well I've read thus thread - lots of people are saying up to 2 years 4 VoD rollout ? ? ? ?

I for 1 would be very surprised if the roill out isn't completed by Easter 2005

It's logic mate - having spend $$$ on the Research and Development they ain't going to get that $$$ back unless (a) people use the Service (b) they roll it out to all of us asap so we can start spending our hard earned $$ on Vod

RJ

Yes, but it also costs "$$$" for the VOD equipment in each area. So they've got to balance outlay against return.

BBKing · 20-02-2005, 10:25

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I for 1 would be very surprised if the roill out isn't completed by Easter 2005

I would be very surprised if it is complete. It's not just buying the kit, it's paying people to install and commission it.

wir3d · 24-02-2005, 21:28

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Originally Posted by BBKing

I would be very surprised if it is complete. It's not just buying the kit, it's paying people to install and commission it.

It's a bit of both - the kit has to be bought, then installed. Each region is slightly different in terms of network, state of the head end premises, etc. There's a dedicated VOD rollout team currently ploughing through the country. It'll take time, but it's happening in a number of regions.

If you get the software download, you'll know it's imminent in your region.

nostra · 02-03-2005, 08:10

Just to let you guys who havent checked know... it appears we not have VOD in Swansea and possibly cardiff?

VOD is up and running in the house and i must say im quite impressed with the large amount of movies on offer and quite a few music tracks etc

thumbs up!

Mr_Burns · 02-03-2005, 09:55

Aye, it's working in Cardiff too.

quadplay · 02-03-2005, 10:16

Yup - watching Three Pints now in Swansea. Well pleased. :-D

I especially like the way the front panel display changes to show the current position.

Begize · 06-03-2005, 09:37

Well - sounds like a good product, can't wait to actually use it!

Does anyone know if it just works with all the existing boxes? I had an engineer out yesterday because my Pace 1000 keeps freezing when I'm hammering the broadband - it was the second visit. First time out they changed some cable and put an attenuator on the back of the box.

This guy came out to install a SACM but seemed surprised they hadn't done a STB swap first time. "You're going to have to have a new one anyway" he said "They're rolling out VoD round here (Manchester) in the next few months and it won't work on these old boxes".

BBKing · 06-03-2005, 10:32

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"They're rolling out VoD round here (Manchester) in the next few months and it won't work on these old boxes".

Misinformed I think - if we've gone to the effort of making it work on the 4001 and 4010 (including subvariants) it's a bit silly (when we come to do Bromley) not to do it on the DOCSIS Pace varieties too. After all there are more of them. He may be confused as there is currently no VOD-enabled software version deployed for the 1000, but that's not surprising as the effort's been quite sensibly on the Langley platform boxes up till now.