I got a big info pack in the post this morning saying 'prepare for the new EPG'...
I'm not sure I want to risk manually forcing it to update. The box is tempremental at the best of times

 

A manual d/l will not work. Trust me it won't miss you

 

wouldnt get excited about itv hd

on my box it never seems to be broadcasting anything!

always says 'this service is unavailable'

 

yeh tbh itv feed is **** about 6 programmes a week thats if the Champions League is on.

 

Thats what I want it for tho as ITV SD on sky is utter rubbish for footy games.

Simon

 

You have to tune it in:

YouTube - ITV HD on Sky HD Box

 

Thanks very much for that.

Les

 

Thanks, already done, wasn't worth the effort

 

Got it this morning. Seems quite slick. I just hope the new software will make the box a little (lot) more reliable!

 

well mines got worse, everytime ive had something on pause and then watch it after ten mins or so it just ***** up and switches off, extremely annoying



what do i have to do buy another sky+ box from sky? sounds expensive

 

got mine this morning. its crap. can i downgrade again

 

Got it - Kinda like it so far.

 

Got it Tuesday but not really had much of a chance to play with it. Seems ok so far and not that slow.

Did try adding ITV HD a couple of times but never shows up in my other channels list. Will have to take another look tonight.

Simon

 

Whice manufacturer of box do you all have?

 

I'm on my 2nd Thomson box.

 

You don't happen to have anything on top of your Sky HD box do you?

With my Amstrad box some of the controls are on the top of the box. I used to have my surround sound centre speaker on top of the box but pushed towards the back. But the weight of the speaker would sometimes, usually after ten mins or so would trigger the "Back Up" button on top of the Sky box. So you would be watching a recording and suddenly it would keep stopping.

Took speaker off top of Sky box and everything is now normal.

 

If the new software is as bad as some say, is it possible to remain with the original system?

Les

 

Leslie, no everyone will have to have it. But some people don't like change that's why majority of them don't like it.

Tbh it's a vast improvement.I don't like the mini tv so I turned that off. The search channel is instant also week ahead planner is now cached so it's instant no waiting.

The menus are not hard to get around I have to learn my way around it as it's my job and I had no problems.

 

I think it's certainly a step sideways, not an improvement.

I don't mind change, but change should be better, some of the things are worse.

Still, it's what we're stuck with, so make the best of it.

Geezer

 

What would say is worse?

 

It's much slower to respond.

You have to press select twice to select a channel.

Although you can disable mini-TV, you cannot disable the sound - I found out who got fired from the apprentice last week before I had watched it due to this......

When you press TV guide, it's much slower to scroll through to movies, or kids, for example. OK, you can still press the relevant number if you can remember them, but if you can't, it's a pain.

When scrolling through any list of progs, or your planner, when you get to the bottom you used to go back to the top if you pressed down (or go to the botton if you pressed up at the top), now you cannot.

Some of the new features already mentioned in this thread are really good, but I just feel that overall it's not a step up in everyday useability.

Geezer

 

I completely agree about disabling the mini-tv should disable the sound of what's on tv. Can't we have the elevator music back from the old EPG.
I like the mini tv but the idea goes to pot when you're recording two things and want to watch something you recorded cause you see and hear one of the things you're recording.