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UPC Horizon Set Top Box trial

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  • #392
    pauleoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭pauleoin


    Dutch & Swiss IOS App

    There seems to be an app for IPad2/3 & iphone4/5 according to this article available to the Dutch and Swiss markets (noted elsewhere that this app will not work on Jailbroken devices) don't know if this would work for Irish devices though, probably not for TV but maybe for home network videos etc.

    Link to article about it here http://www.appannie.com/app/ios/horizon-tv-remote/

    p.s. does anyone know what the capacity of the hard drive is in the Horizon box?


  • #393
    iDann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 539 ✭✭✭iDann


    Just downloaded the apps, they seem good and fluid but can't do much without having the box :p


  • #394
    thefishone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭thefishone


    belmulletman wrote: »
    As noted before, I can't find any way to remotely access recorded content / live tv from the box on any device I have at home. that was the main selling feature to me to be honest. Me being able to play xbox and have the other half watch TV on the laptop / iPad. Hope they get this out soon.
    The installer mentioned something about this, can't remember what he called it (mytv, something like that) but to connect it you had to log on to My UPC, but can't find it there.....
    It was one of many questions I forgot to ask before the installer left :o


  • #395
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    It is exactly this: they want people talking about it, but all amongst themselves.
    People talking up the excitement to try the box is exactly what they want to see.


  • #396
    lapua20grain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭lapua20grain


    i got accepted for the trial wondering are they going to charge more and if has anybody found out how much looking forward to it


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  • #397
    thefishone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭thefishone


    lapua20grain wrote: »
    i got accepted for the trial wondering are they going to charge more and if has anybody found out how much looking forward to it

    €2.50pm,but the reward should more than make up for it;)


  • #398
    Evilbart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭Evilbart


    grindle wrote: »
    Me too - better be good or my GF will slit my throat.

    Haha same here just got the email and was thinking the same thing it better be good or the GF won't be happy


  • #399
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,259 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    belmulletman wrote: »
    See my last post. There are no Apps yet, and android isn't until later in the yaer. I was reading a forum from one of the other countries where people were saying the exact same thing. Android is now the most popular OS and because of this, from the translation, the agent admited it's been bumped up the development list. But these apps take time, 2 / 3 months to develops, so 2h 2013 is probably right.

    As for DLNA, the box can see content (though it can't play all content) from other DLNA servers, but it is not a server so you can't see it's content on other DLNA devices.
    I have Plex running and it's DLNA server is amazing, but Plex can't play anything off it. just FYI.
    Android may be the most used mobile OS but because of all the different hardware configurations and screen resolutions its a nightmare to develop a decent app that is more than just a web page. You have to test it in different pieces of kit and then support it. Total pain in the ass


  • #400
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,259 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    thefishone wrote: »
    Again, as I said earlier, I told them I would be discussing it on boards, the didn't say I couldn't and I know they are aware of this thread.
    The only mention of it being a secret was the original email and didn't say NEVER mention the box to anyone.
    If you filled up the form online then you ticked the terms and conditions saying that you would not talk about it.


  • #401
    JoeyJJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭JoeyJJ


    I'll be in the Trial too


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  • #402
    thefishone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭thefishone


    ted1 wrote: »
    If you filled up the form online then you ticked the terms and conditions saying that you would not talk about it.

    All done over the phone.


  • #403
    Rafloution
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 665 ✭✭✭Rafloution


    linky https://www.horizon.tv/en_ie/ wonder if any existing users can log in yet


  • #404
    lapua20grain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭lapua20grain


    thefishone wrote: »
    €2.50pm,but the reward should more than make up for it;)

    thanks for that following this thread for a while so was a happy bunny when i got the mail this morning:)


  • #405
    belmulletman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭belmulletman


    iDann wrote: »
    Just downloaded the apps, they seem good and fluid but can't do much without having the box :p

    Where'd you get 'em???


  • #406
    ruamar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭ruamar


    Rafloution wrote: »
    linky https://www.horizon.tv/en_ie/ wonder if any existing users can log in yet

    Have tried, just got the message that login is currently not possible

    Just a few other questions, will you continue to receive the same package channels as you are currently subscribed to or will trialists get the full package?


  • #407
    iDann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 539 ✭✭✭iDann


    belmulletman wrote: »
    Where'd you get 'em???

    Netherlands app store :)


  • #408
    rev2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭rev2.0


    Got accepted here too!


  • #409
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    Am I the only person who got rejected? :(


  • #410
    iDann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 539 ✭✭✭iDann


    devnull wrote: »
    Am I the only person who got rejected? :(

    How do you know if you got rejected? :(


  • #411
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    That's what the email said anyway.
    Thanks for the enthusiastic response folks, everybody got accepted... Except for devnull and iDann.
    Yours sadistically,
    UPC


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  • #412
    iDann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 539 ✭✭✭iDann


    grindle wrote: »
    That's what the email said anyway.


    Hehe, I got accepted, but my uncle never got a response so I'm wondering if he got rejected like him!


  • #413
    WoodenShoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭WoodenShoe


    SteM wrote: »
    Originally Posted by Mikey23 viewpost.gif
    Ditto. Now, what to do with all the unwatched recordings on the current box...
    Good point, never thought of that. .
    Your old (D4A) box will keep on running until the end of the trial period and you decide to switch over to Horizon or return to your old subscription.

    Should be mentioned in the policies...


  • #414
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    iDann wrote: »
    How do you know if you got rejected? :(

    Got an email saying they got a lot of people applying and will not be accepting me at this stage in the trial.


  • #415
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    devnull wrote: »
    Got an email saying they got a lot of people applying and will not be accepting me at this stage in the trial.

    Aww, shite. Sorry. It'll probably be crap anyway. :(


  • #416
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,591 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    Not Telling My Name wrote: »
    It's the way we got it, anyone I know has it either works for UPC or knows someone who does in a management capacity.

    I don't work for UPC and the someone I know told me that was the condition I would get it on.

    I dont...applied via Facebook

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #417
    johnner09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭johnner09


    my mate applied two weeks ago and he was accepted on Friday, he said he got an email or something off them. he has his cable split inside the house to two boxes upstairs. I told him he'd want to get it sorted before the techies come around but he just shrugged his shoulders and said he'll just tell them it was like that already????


  • #418
    iDann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 539 ✭✭✭iDann


    Anyone have a idea what the reward is yet?


  • #419
    lapua20grain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭lapua20grain


    Deep Thought wrote: »
    I dont...applied via Facebook
    same here


  • #420
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    johnner09 wrote: »
    my mate applied two weeks ago and he was accepted on Friday, he said he got an email or something off them. he has his cable split inside the house to two boxes upstairs. I told him he'd want to get it sorted before the techies come around but he just shrugged his shoulders and said he'll just tell them it was like that already????
    If they are 2 UPC boxes, then he is paying for them. Eitherway, the installers wont care. They will just connect up their kit to the main incoming cable.


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  • #421
    elmoslattery
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 116 ✭✭elmoslattery


    johnner09 wrote: »
    my mate applied two weeks ago and he was accepted on Friday, he said he got an email or something off them. he has his cable split inside the house to two boxes upstairs. I told him he'd want to get it sorted before the techies come around but he just shrugged his shoulders and said he'll just tell them it was like that already????

    Did he do that himself or did UPC do it? The boxes don't work unless the subscription card is in it anyway, so I assume he is paying for it...


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