NTL TV box

ronkmonster

Does anyone know if the NTL box can be used away from the cable point.
ie. Can I take to another house and watch recorded tv?

dangerousdavid

ronkmonster wrote: »

Does anyone know if the NTL box can be used away from the cable point.
ie. Can I take to another house and watch recorded tv?

Probably not. I noticed since I cancelled the Movie channels, I can no longer watch recorded movies.

MyPerfectCousin

dangerousdavid wrote: »

Probably not. I noticed since I cancelled the Movie channels, I can no longer watch recorded movies.

Doh, I missed this and asked the same question in another thread.

OP - what happens if you unplug the NTL cable from the box so you're not connected to NTL, and then try to play back the recorded video?????

MyPerfectCousin

Another question:

Is there a VGA output on the UPC Digital+ box? Is there an audio output?

If I can show a recording whilst disconnected from UPC, I want to be able to send the signal to a projector using VGA etc.

Dardania

There wouldn't be a VGA socket on the digital+ box, but it has HDMI, so if your projector has HDMI it should work, or even DVI with an adapter. There may be issues with HDCP with DVI - maybe someone more knoweldgable than me can advise if the digital+ box can output to DVI without any problems.

who is this

ronkmonster wrote: »

Does anyone know if the NTL box can be used away from the cable point.
ie. Can I take to another house and watch recorded tv?

I don't see why not, IF you connect it to another cable point. AFAIK it only identifies itself by the card and box, not the connection point (stand to be corrected). So if YOU'RE still subscribed, and you connect it to another active cable connection, I don't see why it wouldn't work.

BUT it's probably a violation of the Terms of Service (again, it might not be, I'm just guessing)

Alun

The normal digital+ box only has SCART which can do RGB or composite, the HD box has both HDMI and SCART AFAIK. Neither have VGA.

R0ot

Any had problems with the UPC box time being an hour behind?

who_me

MyPerfectCousin wrote: »

Is there an audio output?

You can get audio-out through HDMI, or the 3.5mm jack. I think there's an optical audio out too.

dunworth1

ronkmonster wrote: »

Does anyone know if the NTL box can be used away from the cable point.
ie. Can I take to another house and watch recorded tv?

yes you can do this i recorded something for my sister when she was on holidays when she came back i brought the box over to her house and she watched it fine

she does not have UPC in her house

MyPerfectCousin

dunworth1 wrote: »

yes you can do this i recorded something for my sister when she was on holidays when she came back i brought the box over to her house and she watched it fine

she does not have UPC in her house

Well, this is very good to know. Can you say which box and service (HD or standard) you have?

dunworth1

MyPerfectCousin wrote: »

Well, this is very good to know. Can you say which box and service (HD or standard) you have?

i have the Thomson dvr the silver one (standard)

MyPerfectCousin

dunworth1 wrote: »

i have the Thomson dvr the silver one (standard)

Thanks, dunworth. I am putting on a fundraising event where I want to show something on a big screen with a projector. I have permission from the broadcaster and the content owner, but I don't want to have to go to the expense of getting UPC connected to the venue for a one-off. I don't mind getting Digital+ in at home, which would allow me to record the programme and play it back in the venue.

I don't trust my old VCR as it hasn't been used in years and was cheap to begin with!