Eir TV Multiroom - recordings in all rooms?

PAKNET

Anyone with Eir TV, do you know if it is possible to access your recordings on the main TV box from your multiroom box?

I know you couldn't before.

Enquiring about it recently though and I've had two different people from Eir tell me that I could actually do this - but would rather hear it from someone who has Eir TV themselves and can verify it is indeed true!

galtee boy

PAKNET wrote: »

Anyone with Eir TV, do you know if it is possible to access your recordings on the main TV box from your multiroom box?

I know you couldn't before.

Enquiring about it recently though and I've had two different people from Eir tell me that I could actually do this - but would rather hear it from someone who has Eir TV themselves and can verify it is indeed true!

I don't have eir tv, but according to their website, you can only watch recordings on the main box, which if true, is ridiculous in this day and age. You also can't live pause etc on multiroom box !

coylemj

galtee boy wrote: »

You also can't live pause etc on multiroom box !

You can't on the basic (non-recording) Virgin Media multiroom box either. Live pause requires a hard disk drive to buffer the segment of the program broadcast after you press pause. Believe me, you do not want such a box in the bedroom.

VM gave me a replacement multiroom box when I upgraded to HD, it had a hard drive. The problem was that the box used to wake up every morning at 4 a.m. to check for s/w updates and the noise from the disk spinning up used to wake me.

galtee boy

coylemj wrote: »

You can't on the basic (non-recording) Virgin Media multiroom box either. Live pause requires a hard disk drive to buffer the segment of the program broadcast after you press pause. Believe me, you do not want such a box in the bedroom.

VM gave me a replacement multiroom box when I upgraded to HD, it had a hard drive. The problem was that the box used to wake up every morning at 4 a.m. to check for s/w updates and the noise from the disk spinning up used to wake me.

I know hard disk drives can be noisy, but do you need a hdd in a box to watch recordings from another box ?

ED E

galtee boy wrote: »

I know hard disk drives can be noisy, but do you need a hdd in a box to watch recordings from another box ?

The netgem kit isn't nearly well specced enough to act as server and perform its own duties.

The whole hardware platform Eir went with for IPTV is junk tbh. Literally the cheapest you can get.

galtee boy

ED E wrote: »

The netgem kit isn't nearly well specced enough to act as server and perform its own duties.

The whole hardware platform Eir went with for IPTV is junk tbh. Literally the cheapest you can get.

Surprising,because Vodafone multiroom box does exactly what the main box does and I have to say, either box isn't noisy. Sounds like eir have the better channel line up and more HD, but Vodafone have the better hardware.

coylemj

galtee boy wrote: »

I know hard disk drives can be noisy, but do you need a hdd in a box to watch recordings from another box ?

Technically no, just some RAM to act as a buffer for seamless playback. The main box could act as a media server and deliver the recorded program to be played on another box in the same house via a wi-fi link.

There was talk a while back of virgin media delivering this type of solution for muiltiroom playback but it hasn't made an appearance. The story was that the next generation of multiroom wouldn't need a co-ax port in the room, it would be fed from the main box which would make huge commercial sense for the cable company because it would open up massive new opportunities for extra boxes in uncabled bedrooms, conservatories, kitchens, playrooms etc.

PAKNET

ED E wrote: »

The netgem kit isn't nearly well specced enough to act as server and perform its own duties.

The whole hardware platform Eir went with for IPTV is junk tbh. Literally the cheapest you can get.

The N8200 was a load of junk. Cheap no-name chipset.
The N8500 is leaps ahead in terms of spec. Broadcom chipset.

Eir seemed to have moved off the N8200 fairly early on.

One of the selling points of the N8500 is the whole-home multiroom but I know Eir hadn't enabled it at launch.

Trying to establish if they have genuinely enabled it now or are their support team just feeding me a load of rubbish. The website says no but then it wouldn't be the first time their website is outdated/inaccurate either.

Starting to remember why I left them in the first place...

EndKore

Do eir and vodafone just supply the sub cause i have a box or do they come in a bundle?

Johnboy1951

PAKNET wrote: »

The N8200 was a load of junk. Cheap no-name chipset.
The N8500 is leaps ahead in terms of spec. Broadcom chipset.

Eir seemed to have moved off the N8200 fairly early on.

One of the selling points of the N8500 is the whole-home multiroom but I know Eir hadn't enabled it at launch.

Trying to establish if they have genuinely enabled it now or are their support team just feeding me a load of rubbish. The website says no but then it wouldn't be the first time their website is outdated/inaccurate either.

Starting to remember why I left them in the first place...

Seems you got a fairly definite answer from the 'talk to eir' rep.

PAKNET

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Seems you got a fairly definite answer from the 'talk to eir' rep.

Yup! That's that so!