UPC - If i upgrade to digital will i loose my analog connection

laurpat

Can any one tell me if I upgrade my current NTL / UPC connection to digital will i loose signal in the rooms that have analog cable running straight into the tv.

I also need to get a new point added ( just analog ) , what is the best way to go about it?

If anyone on here is interested in doing as a nixer please deop me a pm.

Thanks a mil

coylemj

laurpat wrote: »

Can any one tell me if I upgrade my current NTL / UPC connection to digital will i loose signal in the rooms that have analog cable running straight into the tv.

No you won't, both the analog and digital signals are already coming into your house, you just don't have a digital box to decode the signal and the wall box will need to be changed where you get digital but even if you have digital you can continue to run the co-ax straight to the TV anywhere in the house you don't have digital.

Note however that a non-recording digital box for the bedroom only costs 5 euros per month, I found that the picture quality on the analog channels was slowly going downhill so I jacked in the analog and went digital everywhere.

watty

Though UPC are offering MORE on Digital than Analogue, because they will eventually turn analogue off.

Wasteful of space
Inflexible
Poor quality on Cable
Encryption problematic

BowWow

laurpat, you'd get a better response in the Cable Forum

Sam Russell

Rather than going digital UPC why not go FREE with Freesat and Saorview. excellent digital picture quality, and incredibly low monthly charge - it's FREE.

A no-brainer.

watty

UPC is good for Broadband, which you can get without the TV service.