Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

EPG Discussion (UPC-branded STBs)

  • 19-07-2010 03:23PM
    #1
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭


    upc have launched their new epg today.

    you might have to plug out the box for 30 seconds and plug it back in again to get it

    Edit only in upc branded boxes


«134

Comments

  • #2
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Is it any faster or more responsive than the current one? Does it do away with that ridiculous mini screen which seems to grind the whole thing to a halt?


  • #3
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    the mini screen is gone.

    seems slightly faster loading.

    stutters when moving trough channel list

    not much oof an improvement if you ask me.
    tough it does look tidier


  • #4
    rebeve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭rebeve


    An improvement me thinks


  • #5
    DepecheHead101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭DepecheHead101


    It's the drizzling ****s. I'm amazed at how it's made it from conceptual stages all the way to my living room, without a single employ of the ludicrous company not piping up to say 'you know, this may be a bad idea'.

    It improves nothing save for a slightly faster load time, which is easily offset by the absoloutely frightening time it takes to actually scroll the thing, which you will be doing a lot, because the 'Entertainment' category no longer seems to exists.

    It's just 'Movies', 'Sports', 'Kids' and 'Everything else lolz'.

    But the scroll speed. Good lord. It gives me the creeps.

    Can't wait to switch back to Sky.


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


    Is there anyway to force a software update?


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    An Tarbh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭An Tarbh


    yeah nothing new here and both boxes are UPC branded ones, rebooted both, plugged it out and everything but nothing.


  • #8
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Tried switching off UPC box and switching on again after few minutes but havent got any updates yet.

    I am in Dublin 8, Digital+ box.


  • #9
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    Ex-Chorus network is getting the update first with ex-ntl to follow soon after.


  • #10
    patrickmooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭patrickmooney


    Nope, UPC Media Box here, but it's some 3 years old. No update.


  • #11
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    DingDong wrote: »
    Ex-Chorus network is getting the update first with ex-ntl to follow soon after.

    What do you think of the new guide?


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    Haven't seen it in action yet Ranicand only screen shots. It should be pretty much like the attached jpg


  • #13
    angel01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,030 ✭✭✭angel01


    DingDong wrote: »
    Ex-Chorus network is getting the update first with ex-ntl to follow soon after.

    When will ex-ntl people get it?


  • #14
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    angel01 wrote: »
    When will ex-ntl people get it?
    It depends if any problems arise in the chorus areas. At a guess a week.


  • #15
    MartMax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭MartMax


    strange. unplugged two UPC branded STB (a PVR and another HD-PVR), put them back on and still with the old EPG. dublin city centre here.


  • #16
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    MartMax wrote: »
    strange. unplugged two UPC branded STB (a PVR and another HD-PVR), put them back on and still with the old EPG. dublin city centre here.

    Did you not read the thread new guide in Ex Chrous areas first.

    Dublin is Ex NTL.

    They realese the guide in two stages so if there are problems only half the network is calling in crying.

    Next week for us I think.


  • #17
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    No need to be snappy Ranicand; Im sure a lot of newer UPC customers (myself included) have no idea if they are ex NTL or ex Chorus.


  • #18
    angel01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,030 ✭✭✭angel01


    DingDong wrote: »
    It depends if any problems arise in the chorus areas. At a guess a week.

    Excellent, thank you :)


  • #19
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    djimi wrote: »
    No need to be snappy Ranicand; Im sure a lot of newer UPC customers (myself included) have no idea if they are ex NTL or ex Chorus.

    Ok.:)


  • #20
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Very underwhelmed by the new EPG. The layout is a little better than the old one but man is it unresponsive. At best its as bad as the old one, and at times it seems to be worse, especially when using the page up/down buttons.

    Any why not Entertainment category? Quite annoying to have to load all channels to find the ones which I use the most (I know I can use favorites but you know what I mean).


  • #21
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    As others have said, it's pretty unresponsive. Since it takes up the majority the picture the overlay feature isn't really of much benefit (there's three levels of transparency you can choose IIRC). At least the old issue of it throwing you out of the guide menu unless you wait an unknown length of time doesn't happen any more.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I have two Pace boxes, and am ex-NTL, so I presume I'll be waiting until Hell freezes over to get an update? :)


  • #23
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Is it only the PVR boxes that will get this? Or will the little mini old (ntl type) boxes get it too?


  • #24
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,312 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Is it only the PVR boxes that will get this? Or will the little mini old (ntl type) boxes get it too?

    To the best of my knowledge, it will be rolled out to all UPC branded boxes (not just PVRs). However, NTL and Chorus branded boxes use completely different software and I wouldn't expect UPC to be upgrading the software on these - the plan was to replace them all with UPC boxes at one stage but I'm not sure if this is still the case.


  • #25
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    icdg wrote: »
    To the best of my knowledge, it will be rolled out to all UPC branded boxes (not just PVRs). However, NTL and Chorus branded boxes use completely different software and I wouldn't expect UPC to be upgrading the software on these - the plan was to replace them all with UPC boxes at one stage but I'm not sure if this is still the case.

    Well I only got a UPC install last week, one pvr & one standard box. The standard box was the little novel size box, which had a UPC sticker covering the old NTL logo. So this will remain on it's old epg (purple/pink screen)?


  • #26
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Yeah that's an older STB. They seem to be still supplying new customers with the old Chorus Sagem boxes in Limerick too.

    The UPC-branded ones have menus in the same colour scheme as the new guide (blue and purple). Besides the guide, all the other menus seem the same.


  • #27
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    Now on the Dublin boxes ex NTL areas.


  • #28
    sdevine89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭sdevine89


    As others have said unresponsive, a step backwards!


  • #29
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,004 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


    This post has been deleted.


  • #30
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Still nothing new in Dublin - 8, ex NTL.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    Bodan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭Bodan


    I can confirm we have it here in Waterford on PVR boxes. It is a nice change visually, but it is still just as slow as the previous menu. They badly need to add an entertainment section in the search menu, along with news and documentaries. Having just movies, music,kids and sports channels is not enough.

    I like the other showings new feature, at the top of the info bar. It is quite handy if you want to see when they are going to repeat the show again.


Advertisement