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EPG Discussion (UPC-branded STBs)

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  • #32
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,548 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Bodan wrote: »
    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.
    Not new really .. you could always press the green button on the info screen on the old EPG and get the same information (if applicable).


  • #33
    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    Alun wrote: »
    Not new really .. you could always press the green button on the info screen on the old EPG and get the same information (if applicable).

    Really? I never knew that. Thanks.


  • #34
    Supercell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,643 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Now on my Cisco HD box here in Dublin. Still slow but I do find it much more intuitive to use than the older version.
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  • #35
    angel01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,030 ✭✭✭angel01


    I really like it so far!


  • #36
    Wavey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Wavey


    @Supercell.

    I the Cisco box what UPC are issuing at the moment to HD subscribers?

    I just upgraded today to HD but if the guide is as sluggish as the new guide on the PVR box then I will be heading back to Sky.

    Thx

    Wavey.


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  • #37
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Wavey wrote: »
    I the Cisco box what UPC are issuing at the moment to HD subscribers?

    There's just the one HD box so far AFAIK. The guide and menus are more or less identical, but it doesn't have the remote control brokenness that the Thomson STBs suffer from.


  • #38
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,312 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    First reaction...the new guide is slow. With a capital S.

    The problem is that every time you move the cursor for channel to channel, the whole guide is updated. This seems to require a good bit of processing power to redraw the screen every time you move the cursor. This is different to Sky where the cursor just moves and the screen isn't redrawn until you reach the last channel on the list whereby you move onto a new page of listings.

    I'm also remained to be convinced of the benefit of keeping the channel live in the background. In fact what seems to happen is that the EPG loads and then the video reloads. The guide isn't overlayed on the picture like the mini-guide is, in fact it seems to happen in reverse. All this has to happen before you can use the EPG. Since you can see so little of the picture anyway, if getting rid of the video would improve the performance of the EPG I think it is the first change UPC should make.

    In summary, it's too sluggish, although I do most of my browsing in the Now and Next mode (what used to be called Browse on NTL) so its not such an issue for me. I imagine it is a far bigger annoyance to PVR users who need the EPG to schedule recordings.


  • #39
    nocal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭nocal


    Thumbs down from me
    - Slow,
    - the video overlay feature might as well not be there (but at least it is good to be able to hear the program in the background) but the biggest annoyance is having to re-load the video when you exit the guide. This is not good for trying to make a quick exit if there is something you are trying to catch on the programme that you are watching.
    - could do with more sections in the search option
    - and could really doing with keeping the last setting on the search function when you re-enter.


  • #40
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Got the upgrade in Dublin - 8. So far unimpressed. Kind of slow.


  • #41
    xTanyax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭xTanyax


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

    Yep it's the same as posted above. Im not totally impressed tbh because i had no problems with the other epg. I suppose it will just take some getting used to for some people. im going to have to show my mum-n-law how to do it because she's all mixed up!:) anyway seems to be a tad faster!


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  • #42
    patrickmooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭patrickmooney


    My tip. Use page up and down to bypass that scrolling when scanning the channels.


  • #43
    snowfinch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83 ✭✭snowfinch


    Bit frustrated with this as the new EPG came in on the main box (with dvr) in living room. However, when went to bed, the TV in that room with just a regular STB will not bring up any guide at all now. It tries to bring up the new EPG, goes blank (blue) and then back to the channel I was on before. No guide at all. Annoying. In D1 and both boxes are new this year.


  • #44
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    xTanyax wrote: »
    Yep it's the same as posted above. Im not totally impressed tbh because i had no problems with the other epg. I suppose it will just take some getting used to for some people. im going to have to show my mum-n-law how to do it because she's all mixed up!:) anyway seems to be a tad faster!

    Its not. Try pressing channel down a couple of times and see how long it takes it to catch up with itself.

    I never thought Id hear myself say this but Id prefer the old EPG back...


  • #45
    vinsuala
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭vinsuala


    Ah! Hate the new guide! The most annoying thing (besides no entertainment section) is that it takes so long to scroll through the menu, not to mention the confusion of the screen moving rather than the cursor. This is a step backwards in my view.


  • #46
    The Cannibal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭The Cannibal


    Back to Sky I go. Was happier with them anyway, but this has pushed me back.


  • #47
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    The Cannibal wrote: »
    Back to Sky I go. Was happier with them anyway, but this has pushed me back.

    I found the Sky+ epg (non hd) an absoloute pain to use. The lag was unbelievable, sometimes it would lag so badly, if I could remember how to get the channel I wanted I'd go ahead & press the combinations. Then the box would just wake up, all my inputs were processed (after inputting them) and it would go through the menus and select the channel sometimes 4/5 full seconds later.


  • #48
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    EnterNow wrote: »
    I found the Sky+ epg (non hd) an absoloute pain to use. The lag was unbelievable, sometimes it would lag so badly, if I could remember how to get the channel I wanted I'd go ahead & press the combinations. Then the box would just wake up, all my inputs were processed (after inputting them) and it would go through the menus and select the channel sometimes 4/5 full seconds later.

    and not to mention the waiting time for info about a program some time i could have went a made a cup of tea and come back and still be waiting


  • #49
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    For its faults (of which there arent many tbf) the Sky EPG is still lightyears ahead of either EPG Ive had with UPC so far.


  • #50
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Got the new EPG today... it's a bit sh*t isn't it?


  • #51
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    MOD EDIT: Post Deleted.


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  • #52
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    TheRedDevil10 wrote: »
    pmsl

    at?


  • #53
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Zapp Brannigan wrote: »
    Got the new EPG today... it's a bit sh*t isn't it?


    yeah, it's hardly worth getting excited about.

    Is there anyway you can permanently change the view on the guide? I like the one channel view but have to change to that format each time I enter the guide. Bit of a pain.


  • #54
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,312 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Thread split. Talk about remote control issues here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055983279

    This thread's for the new EPG.

    TheRedDevil I have no idea what your post was in aid of, it certainly added nothing to the thread. No speaking in code or its a 48 hour ban for you.


  • #55
    crimebags
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭crimebags


    PLEEEEEEEEASE tell me the City Channel is gone. Please. For the love of God, please!!!!!!!!!!!

    Does my bloody head in.


  • #56
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    crimebags wrote: »
    PLEEEEEEEEASE tell me the City Channel is gone. Please. For the love of God, please!!!!!!!!!!!

    Does my bloody head in.

    no its not gone and there is no need to shout


  • #57
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,004 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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  • #58
    Stevo105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭Stevo105


    I'm really p1ssed off with this new EPG. I was scrolling down looking for something but when you let go of the scroll down button it keeps scrolling for about 20 channels. At least with the old one i could select just my "favorite channels".

    It's unusable to me. If you have to scroll down my advice would be to press a channel number close to the one you want, then the EPG jumps to that channels page.


  • #59
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,272 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    use the page down button. Instead of the arrow down.


  • #60
    Shzm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 947 ✭✭✭Shzm


    Dislike.


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  • #61
    crimebags
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭crimebags


    Dunworth you sap, I was trying to show emotion via text, not shout. Chill out. And someone previously said that that there was no video screen on the Menu feature anymore. So I'm assuming it is gone from the new EPG... which is what everyone is discussing here.


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