Re: NTL Digital

["Mark" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Did you get cable Internet access too Michael?

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Mc Aree" <michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 9:58 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] NTL Digital


> Installed yesterday and when I was flicking through the channels I got
Home
> & Leisure installing a monster HA system in a US home. Big DVD
& Home
Cinema
> setup with lighting 'scenes' etc. I thought it was a good omen :-)
>
> First views on NTL Digital are;
> 100% better than analogue - the picture is super (S-Video).
> The EPG is much faster than SKY and Channels are not grouped. You can
scroll
> down the list of channels and see what is on over the next 8 days and
also
> set reminders. A few minutes before the programme is about to start a
screen
> pops up asking if you want to watch the channel.
> No Teletext :-(
> No Interactive (yet) :-(
> No Event Timer (yet) :-(
> RTE 1 & 2 as part of the basic package :-) (NI only I think)
> My Father has SKY and NTL beats it apart from Channel choice. I don't
really
> care as most of the SKY extra channels are like .TV - two hours
strected
to
> 8 hours and it is called a channel :-)
>
>  The rear panel of the box looks interesting;
> TV RF Connector.
> Mono Audio
> Composite Video
> Stereo L & R
> Two Scart.
> IR Blaster out
> IR remote in
> RS232 DCE (For service use only)
> Parallel port (IEEE 1284) to connect to a printer (for future use)
> Ethernet Connector (for future use)
> There is also a slot in the front for your credit card when you want
to
buy
> things on the net (for future use)
>
>
> I am very happy so far with the picture quality, and the sound. Within
the
> software setup there are option to change to Widescreen, 16:9 or 4:3
(P&S).
> Also S-Video or Composite. My pronto is working fine with it although
I am
> having some fun trying to get my screens to work with the EPG.
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