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HDMI input on UPC set top boxes

  • 08-12-2011 9:25pm
    #1
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭


    Can someone please let me know if the latest hard drive /record set top boxes from UPC have a HDMI INPUT.


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  • #2
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    Spudzzmurphy wrote: »
    Can someone please let me know if the latest hard drive /record set top boxes from UPC have a HDMI INPUT.

    No they have a HDMI output.;)


  • #3
    bobbytables
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭bobbytables


    Do all boxes come with HDMI output or is that just for Digital+HD customers?


  • #4
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    bobbytables wrote: »
    Do all boxes come with HDMI output or is that just for Digital+HD customers?

    Just the HD boxes.


  • #5
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Spudzzmurphy


    Ranicand wrote: »
    No they have a HDMI output.;)
    Sorry I meant a output,just got my unit replaced today form a black unit with a silver one,and all it has is two scart connections plus an internet connect,and usual audio connections.
    But the reason I asked the question in the first place was that I will be replacing my TV this Christmas with a TV with HDMI connections.


  • #6
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    Spudzzmurphy wrote: »
    Sorry I meant a output,just got my unit replaced today form a black unit with a silver one,and all it has is two scart connections plus an internet connect,and usual audio connections.
    But the reason I asked the question in the first place was that I will be replacing my TV this Christmas with a TV with HDMI connections.

    Get the HD box then.:)


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  • #7
    markest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭markest


    Would love one but in MMDS area.


  • #8
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Get Sky HD or Freesat HD then. MMDS is dead and poor value.


  • #9
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Spudzzmurphy


    JDxtra wrote: »
    Get Sky HD or Freesat HD then. MMDS is dead and poor value.[/QU

    Already have Free-sat HD,with UPC on cable,but this set-up is for my bedroom.
    Thanks anyway.


  • #10
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    bobbytables wrote: »
    Do all boxes come with HDMI output or is that just for Digital+HD customers?
    Ranicand wrote: »
    Just the HD boxes.

    I'm fairly sure I saw a post a couple of months ago saying that UPC are now shipping non-HD boxes which have SCART and HDMI outputs, that presumably is to cater for people with TVs with HDMI only.


  • #11
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Spudzzmurphy


    coylemj wrote: »
    I'm fairly sure I saw a post a couple of months ago saying that UPC are now shipping non-HD boxes which have SCART and HDMI outputs, that presumably is to cater for people with TVs with HDMI only.
    Was just onto UPC C/S and was told that only HD boxes had HDMI outputs:confused:


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  • #12
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Spudzzmurphy wrote: »
    Was just onto UPC C/S and was told that only HD boxes had HDMI outputs:confused:

    I checked back and it appears that there is a UPC HD box which has HDMI and SCART according to these threads.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75821867

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74568135

    However as far as I'm aware there are lots of new TVs coming out that have HDMI and no SCART so I don't know how people with non-HD UPC boxes are supposed to connect up if they upgrade the TV. I've submitted a query to UPC.


  • #13
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Antenna


    coylemj wrote: »
    However as far as I'm aware there are lots of new TVs coming out that have HDMI and no SCART so I don't know how people with non-HD UPC boxes are supposed to connect up if they upgrade the TV.

    Anyone know what TVs these would be? (I haven't seen them)

    Do these TVs have Composite (and/or S-video) inputs ?
    If they do a cheap SCART adaptor would allow connection.


  • #14
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    coylemj wrote: »
    However as far as I'm aware there are lots of new TVs coming out that have HDMI and no SCART so I don't know how people with non-HD UPC boxes are supposed to connect up if they upgrade the TV. I've submitted a query to UPC.

    Put it this way,if a TV manufacturer decided to dump the scart input and not give the buyer some way of connecting their existing equipment,well that's bad form. It's still a standard form of connection that's not dead just yet. I see loads of people with bog standard DVD players even VCR's daily that still use the scart connections.

    UPC have a STB,non recordable that has scart and HDMI outputs.


    Antenna wrote: »
    Anyone know what TVs these would be? (I haven't seen them)

    Do these TVs have Composite (and/or S-video) inputs ?
    If they do a cheap SCART adaptor would allow connection.

    My Samsung smart TV has every connection conceivable except a scart input so Samsung included two HDMI to scart adaptors. Even though I don't need them for any of my equipment,I wasn't left with a connection dilemma. :)


  • #15
    Infoanon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    coylemj wrote: »
    I checked back and it appears that there is a UPC HD box which has HDMI and SCART according to these threads.

    HD box has both BUT the set up instructions stress that you should never use both outputs at the same time.


  • #16
    Infoanon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    The tax man wrote: »
    My Samsung smart TV has every connection conceivable except a scart input so Samsung included two HDMI to scart adaptors. Even though I don't need them for any of my equipment,I wasn't left with a connection dilemma. :)

    Theres HD Ready Philips TV that have every connection except HDMI....

    The average punter hasn't a clue what connections are required and are dependent on a Sales man - some are very helpful, others....


  • #17
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    The tax man wrote: »
    My Samsung smart TV has every connection conceivable except a scart input so Samsung included two HDMI to scart adaptors. Even though I don't need them for any of my equipment,I wasn't left with a connection dilemma. :)
    You mentioned this in a previous post ... are you 100% sure? HDMI and SCART are two fundamentally different standards, one digital and the other analogue, and an 'adapter' would be a complicated (and possibly expensive) thing, especially to give away for free.

    I've seen a TV (not sure if it was a Samsung or not) that abandoned the standard SCART sockets, largely for reasons of space on the now very slim chassis, and replaced them with 'mini SCART' sockets which look a bit like HDMI to the untrained eye. The 'adapter' then is simply a cable, with no active components at all.


  • #18
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Spudzzmurphy wrote: »
    Was just onto UPC C/S and was told that only HD boxes had HDMI outputs:confused:
    Infoanon wrote: »
    HD box has both BUT the set up instructions stress that you should never use both outputs at the same time.

    To clarify the situation, I asked UPC the following question...

    I live in an area with no option for HD TV so I'm currently on a non-HD Digital+ box connected via SCART. I'm thinking of upgrading my TV but a lot of the new TVs have HDMI only and no SCART. Can UPC supply a non-HD digital+ box with HDMI output?

    They responded....

    Please be advised that, Yes there is an HDMI output for the normal boxes also.

    So while my non-HD Digital+ box has SCART only, the newer non-HD boxes have HDMI and SCART outputs though from previous threads it appers that you cannot use both at the same time e.g. watch a program via HDMI and record via SCART.


  • #19
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    @ Alun. You are indeed correct, its not HDMI but rather a slim connection similar to an iPhone jack but 3/4 the size of one. Only glanced at it when I bought the TV,didn't use them so just pulled them out of the bag to have a closer look. They can be used on two EXT sockets on the set.

    Sorry for the confusion.:o


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