Evision

Got it there a few weeks ago on the free for a year offer. For the first few days during peak viewing time some programmes were stalling a bit and sticking. Then it went off air overnight and when it came back on theres been no problems whatsoever, so maybe they rectified the problem. Perfect reception etc now so far with no problems. I dont like the menu, sky is much more user friendly but in the short space of time we have it so far its grand.

Padd25 wrote: »

Hi Maggiepip. Did you get the multiroom or HD with that.?

Got multiroom not HD - the multiroom is a fiver a month not included in the free for a year offer. The evision box is very handy too, if you want to change rooms with it just plug it out of the wall and tv and plug into any other spare tv in the house.

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

I Have to agree with Watty on this one. My dad has e-vision as it was free but Id set him up with a saorview/Free to air sat combo box which he had been happily using and he never uses the e-vision. Its a relaly small lineup in comparison and no advantage with regards to quality. The only slight downside is the lack of a decent epg which can be got around if your tech savvy but really, its the best option.

Hes using a xoro box from tvtrade. An octo lnb on a sky dish and an aerial with a powered amp/splitter and you're laughing.

I have eVision and Saorview/Freesat.

Would agree there is no difference in quality. However what you do get (for a couple of quid) is a single PVR with series link and tv listing. (not to mention access to BT Sports without having to pay sky which is the real reason why I decided to try it out.

Will I keep it after my contract runs out? I don't know. If the channel lineup improves maybe, I got it for BT sports but found that I was missing most matches due to other commitments so what's the point. I do find that I use it more than freesat or saorview, simply because it is all in one control and not 2 or 3.

The only other thing that puts me off it is eircom's customer service which is downright appalling.

jaggiebunnet wrote: »

(not to mention access to BT Sports without having to pay sky which is the real reason why I decided to try it out.

You dont pay Sky on satellite either

maggiepip wrote: »

Update again as I try to be fair! Evision has settled down brilliantly again and Ive discovered if it does freeze a bit (which has only happened once in the past three weeks) plugging it out for 60 seconds solves the prob. As I say I try to be fair lol.

I notice the on demand feature has finally been added this week - what are the typical charges for this on rival platforms out of curiosity?

I have it , with copper lines , working perfect , have to say its great value for money to

chris to be honest i wouldn't change from upc mmds to evision content wise very little difference.

HOWEVER

what are you paying a month for your upc?

i assume as you are on mmds you cannot get upc phone and broadband?

if however you can get a complete package phone broadband and evision from eircom at a good prce and push hard like getting the experience pack free on top of the basic for a minimum of 12 months go with evision.

Hi,

Just a note on my experience with evision, I switched from SKY 2 months ago and now regret it big time. Very unreliable hardware, have had my main box replaced and now the replacement is faulty. I also had a multiroom install done 5 weeks ago and this is still not working. I logged a service ticket with eircom at the time but nothing has been done, rang support once a week for updates , got different answer each time, just rang today and was told my ticket we closed as resolved yet the multiroom service is STILL NOT working. Guy on phone had no clue of my issue so I now have to start all over again. Despite the lovely adds on the TV Eircom are simply incapable of delivering a reliable TV service and their Customer Service is appalling.