UPC Horizon Set Top Box trial

belmulletman · 27-04-2013 12:32AM

ted1 wrote: »

Anybody running the horizon box through an amp? What type sound is it outputting?

As with the last HD box, anything that outputs Dolby 5.1 you'll get that, otherwise standard stereo output. It'll be up to the broadcast more than the box!
The on demand stuff has a nice DD5.1 stream!

Marcome21 · 27-04-2013 06:51PM

Will existing customers get this free or will they have to pay extra?

iDann · 27-04-2013 06:53PM

Marcome21 wrote: »

Will existing customers get this free or will they have to pay extra?

Suppose to be €2.50 extra a month for the trial, haven't a clue about official release.

omerin · 27-04-2013 07:07PM

Can someone confirm that this box replaces the router? Just "upgraded" to 50mb broadband from a legacy package with 25mb and getting between 12-20mb only on the new Cisco router. Would this Horizon box give me a better wireless signal? I was told that the Thompson's provided were reconditioned boxes and very rare.

Marcome21 · 27-04-2013 07:30PM

omerin wrote: »

Can someone confirm that this box replaces the router? Just "upgraded" to 50mb broadband from a legacy package with 25mb and getting between 12-20mb only on the new Cisco router. Would this Horizon box give me a better wireless signal? I was told that the Thompson's provided were reconditioned boxes and very rare.

That is interesting, I will wait out to see how this goes before getting broadband.

belmulletman · 27-04-2013 08:07PM

The new box is your modem / router / wireless all in one.
In my case, I have the thompson router and it was all set up and i use an Airport extreme for my wifi so decided to keep it that setup, but in most cases you'll just have the horizon box.
I've been told the wireless is better with better distance and speed.

elmoslattery · 28-04-2013 01:08PM

belmulletman wrote: »

The new box is your modem / router / wireless all in one.
In my case, I have the thompson router and it was all set up and i use an Airport extreme for my wifi so decided to keep it that setup, but in most cases you'll just have the horizon box.
I've been told the wireless is better with better distance and speed.

Are you able to use both (your existing router and the horizon box) for wifi?
My tv and my desktop PC are in different rooms, so I wouldn't be able to connect my PC to my horizon box.

knoxor · 28-04-2013 08:54PM

elmoslattery wrote: »

Are you able to use both (your existing router and the horizon box) for wifi?
My tv and my desktop PC are in different rooms, so I wouldn't be able to connect my PC to my horizon box.

You could always use homeplugs from your Horizon Box to your PC. Look them up, you can use any plug in your home as part of your network.

coylemj · 29-04-2013 12:54AM

belmulletman wrote: »

The new box is your modem / router / wireless all in one.

Does the Horizon box have four or more Ethernet ports? I need ports for my amp, TV and Blu-Ray player, none of them support Wi-Fi connectivity.

belmulletman · 29-04-2013 12:55AM

elmoslattery wrote: »

Are you able to use both (your existing router and the horizon box) for wifi?
My tv and my desktop PC are in different rooms, so I wouldn't be able to connect my PC to my horizon box.

I'm confused, what do you mean? I have my horizon box plugged into my network so it can see content on my home network / get access online.
I believe you can use the Horizon box wireless and pass through to your home network via ethernet alright, but your internet enabled coax is either going into your current modem or the Horizon box, and not both.

knoxor wrote: »

You could always use homeplugs from your Horizon Box to your PC. Look them up, you can use any plug in your home as part of your network.

I used these and they are great. I have 'em in the spare room where my PC and NAS drives are to share out my media to the rest of the place. Where I can i try to hard wire my connections as Wifi doesn't have the bandwidth really.
I spend a bit of cash on the 500megabit versions as I need the extra capacity for streaming full HD content from my servers.

belmulletman · 29-04-2013 01:00AM

coylemj wrote: »

Does the Horizon box have four or more Ethernet ports? I need ports for my amp, TV and Blu-Ray player, none of them support Wi-Fi connectivity.

Yes... it has 4 gigabit ports alright! :-)

iDann · 29-04-2013 01:04AM

Anyone hoping we hear something this week?

Craigels · 29-04-2013 11:57PM

I can't get my xbox to connect with the horizon box it was fine with my router any ideas

coats · 01-05-2013 09:42AM

New emails sent out this morning with number to ring for the box, talking to the guy now, ONLY the first 280 people to ring will trial the box so get ringing folks

crazyderk · 01-05-2013 09:51AM

Been on hold for 10 minutes now :mad:

EDIT: got through after 13 minutes

pelluci · 01-05-2013 09:54AM

Hold music's beginning to do my head in!

phatAlbert · 01-05-2013 09:57AM

well after being accepted on to the trial, and making the call this morning it turns out I'm in an area that does not have Horizon yet. Seems like I could have been told this about 3 weeks ago!

Hoop66 · 01-05-2013 09:57AM

Had no email this morning. I knew this was a set up to make me feel bad.

SteM · 01-05-2013 10:04AM

Got an email on 12th April saying 'You have been successful in registering for our Horizon TV trial and we will be in touch in the coming weeks with full details.'.

Have heard nothing since then, this is looking less and less like a trail and more like a soft rollout to me.

wowzer · 01-05-2013 10:04AM

No email here either :-(

coats · 01-05-2013 10:04AM

woohoo, booked in for install next tuesday morning

Jacob55 · 01-05-2013 10:08AM

Ho much did the new Horizon Bundle cost you?

crazyderk · 01-05-2013 10:08AM

So It is a soft roll out.

I asked how long does this trial last for and there's no end date its just basically allowing people to get the service slowly at the start and work out whatever bugs there are!

Meesared · 01-05-2013 10:11AM

Mines booked for the 11th

wowzer · 01-05-2013 10:16AM

Any chance someone could pm the number? Was accepted for the trial but got no email this morning.

swampy353 · 01-05-2013 10:23AM

wowzer wrote: »

Any chance someone could pm the number? Was accepted for the trial but got no email this morning.

Me too please

MiamiMice · 01-05-2013 10:26AM

And me!

patrickmooney · 01-05-2013 10:27AM

Waiting and waiting. 14mins so far.

Paulw · 01-05-2013 10:32AM

Waiting 22 min, got through, only to be told that they will take my number and have someone call me back later, that their phone system is being hammered, so they are doing it on a callback basis now.

musiknonstop · 01-05-2013 10:42AM

Paulw wrote: »

Waiting 22 min, got through, only to be told that they will take my number and have someone call me back later, that their phone system is being hammered, so they are doing it on a callback basis now.

Got that too. I reckon I don't pay enough right now to be suitable for the trial.

UPC Horizon Set Top Box trial

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