Chorus Digital

freeasabird

Hey Guys,

My Brother in Law got Chorus Digital.

However it does not seem to have a "widescreen" setting. For example, while watching Sky Sports 1, and a Premiership Match is on, it does not appear in correct aspect on his Widescreen TV. I have looked for a set up menu, but could not locate a 16:9 for 4:3 setting menu etc

Any ideas?

Does Chorus Digital not broadcast in Widescreen??

Cheers.

Goolay

If you have the sagem box, you press MENU on the remote, then "installation" on screen, then "set top box installation", then "tv and vcr installation" then set screen size to 16/9. That should sort it. I think by default they're set to 4/3 pan&scan.

freeasabird

Thanks very much for your help.

Let you know how I get on.

Cheers.

Tonio

I am based in Johnstown just outside Navan. Am thinking of getting chorus digital. What is the reception quality like? Are the channels broadcast in widescreen where applicable i.e. would I be able to watch the BBC channels in widescreen and live sports on sky? Would I receive the analogue service in addition to the digital or are they separate? Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

watty

If you are talking about Digital MMDS:

1) The quality is OK or if signal/install poor then picture freezes.
2) Often the Chorus uses Analog feeds so no Widescreen on BBC/ITV
3) Sky & RTE might be WS
4) Often you get the rotten analog service too (poor picture)

The analog service may be axed soon to give more digital channels.

Unless you really really want C4 and can't order a UK FTV card to an NI or UK mainland address, then a FTA Digital Satellite is better pictures and free per month.

Sky Digital is about the same price as Chorus and much better range of channels from 21 Euro to 62 Euro depending on package. Real WS and more reliable. If you cancel Sky after the inital minimum period you still get all BBC & ITV and about 30 decent TV 70 Radio. Free. You own the grar from day1.

Chorus may improve now that UPC has bought them.

Tonio

Thanks for the info

Piusno1

Hi' watty
Is there a time limit for Chours to change over from analog to digital im in the Ros area and no sign of them changing to the digital mmds

watty

No Idea. have you tried ringing them?

watty

watty wrote:

No Idea. have you tried ringing them?

Unless they have changed,they will promise the sun, the moon and the stars but wont deliver.

watty

New management. You never know.

Piusno1

Tried ringing, but no luck on when it might be. Even if they told me when there might be a chance of getting digital mmds, the only other competion is Sky of course, but i like been able to get ch. 4 at the moment.

Doodler

My sister-in-law got Chorus digital, she lives in Malahide. I told her that this would be a big step up in quality from the analogue service she was watching; having recently got a new plasma screen, the poor analogue quality was being magnified. I was wrong.

The digital is a bit better, but really it's very poor compared to Sky digital which I use; I was really shocked at how bad it is, just fuzzy. It has a sagem box and it says signal "too low", but I doubt whether that's the underlying cause, as (at least on satellite) poor quality manifests as pixellation or freezing, not fuzziness.

Have I got this wrong?