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Has anyone noticed that some of the NTL cable TV channels have worse reception than others, mainly the lower number ones?
ClubMan said:On analogue cable we have always had problems which are definitely not caused by our local setup:
I must look further into getting a basic free to view/air satellite setup and ditching ntl: altogether even if it means the loss of a few channels and the need to use an antenna for local stations.
- Certain channels not coming in clearly - often C4, E4, Discovery etc
- Volume on different channels varying significany (fine on one station and next you switch and nearly get blasted away!)
- Lately the sound on SKY News has become completely distorted and sounds like it's coming from the bottom of a barrel (a bit like their news content!)
- About once a month the cable signal disappears completely
MonsieurBond said:You should consider upgrading to [broken link removed] - €25 a month to sign up (at the moment) and a tenner a month rental.
MonsieurBond said:You should consider upgrading to [broken link removed] - €25 a month to sign up (at the moment) and a tenner a month rental.
A tenner a month? I live in Tipp and the cheapest chorus is 27.99. Anyone know can u get ntl in a chorus area?
Most likely your video/DVD recorder has an analogue tuner built in so can pick any analogue channel to record from itself. However for digital the tuner is in the digital decoder box so only it can change channel and the recorder can't make it do this. So to record digital the recorder can only record from the digital channel already selected (unless some digital tuner/decoder boxes have the ability to change channel on a timed basis which I doubt). This is why combined digital decoders and recorders (DVR/PVR boxes) are becoming popular as they can select any digital channel and record (possibly even while watching another - at least on cable?).Am I right in saying that I can only set the recorder for one digital channel at at a time.
Not unless you get the SKY decoder/recorder option (SKY+?).If I switch to Sky, would it be any better?
On analogue cable we have always had problems which are definitely not caused by our local setup:
I must look further into getting a basic free to view/air satellite setup and ditching ntl: altogether even if it means the loss of a few channels and the need to use an antenna for local stations.
- Certain channels not coming in clearly - often C4, E4, Discovery etc
- Volume on different channels varying significany (fine on one station and next you switch and nearly get blasted away!)
- Lately the sound on SKY News has become completely distorted and sounds like it's coming from the bottom of a barrel (a bit like their news content!)
- About once a month the cable signal disappears completely