telewest tv drive is it better than sky plus

[mich32]

hi there i am getting the new telewest tv drive box fitted on the 20 of this month anyone out there got one what are they like

 

[ddavewoods]

Got mine installed today and it is superb, used to have SKY + so can compare, The TV drive is 100% better than sky + not only for the 3 tuners but for once Telewest have got the menus right, seems like the menu system was just waiting for the TV Drive to come along, it is equally as quick now as the SKY EPG and has great functionality for the TVD.
and the HD content on Teleport life looks terrific even on a SD set.
and no more "Satellite signal not being received" messages.

 

[Fusewire]

I have heard that telwest cable boxes are woefully slow when going through the menus or changing channels etc.. is this still the case with the TV Drive or have they fixed this problem now.

Also does the TV Drive box crash much ?

 

[the porter]

I have heard that telwest cable boxes are woefully slow when going through the menus or changing channels etc.. is this still the case with the TV Drive or have they fixed this problem now.

Also does the TV Drive box crash much ?

my dad is having a tv drive fitted today at 1pm so im also very interested to see what this baby can do!!

 

[blakey1]

Some people have suggested that SD via the HDMI connection is a fair bit better than via RGB. It would be interesting to here other peoples opinion on this.

 

[the porter]

Some people have suggested that SD via the HDMI connection is a fair bit better than via RGB. It would be interesting to here other peoples opinion on this.

yeah i agree my dad has a philips lcd but it isnt hd ready so im gonna take my hd ready tv round and then i can see for myself as telewest are gonna leave him an hdmi cable and then i can see for myself!!

 

[Fusewire]

my dad is having a tv drive fitted today at 1pm so im also very interested to see what this baby can do!!

Keep us posted then

Particularly interested in responce times to the remote (no figures) just good or bad will do, does it take long to change channel etc, and how user friendly the menu system is.

 

[Piers]

Menu system looks good, clear and user friendly. Changing channels is far slower than with a Sky + box.

 

[jayjay]

Some people have suggested that SD via the HDMI connection is a fair bit better than via RGB. It would be interesting to here other peoples opinion on this.

I'd be really interested in this too.

I assume you select the output (720p) for the HDMI connection the box upscales the standard image to this?

We have an installation for next Wednesday and plan to use it with an AE700. Most channels at 80" look pretty average at the moment so an improvement would be very welcome!

Jay

 

[neilo]

i do find the tvdrive very slow
channel changing is a mare lol

 

[triplea4uk]

I used it round friends house it lags its annoying even the old sky like grundig boxes dont lag like that also paying monthly fee for it will end up costing even if equipment is free.

Sky+ ends up being better deal you get more for the money

 

[ArtfulOwl]

I used it round friends house it lags its annoying even the old sky like grundig boxes dont lag like that also paying monthly fee for it will end up costing even if equipment is free.

Sky+ ends up being better deal you get more for the money

Sky + is only an option if you can have a dish, which I can't. So am stuck with Telewest, we cannot even have a different phone supplier!

Concenred by the slowness of the menu system, how does it compare to the standard telewest box, my TV drive is being installed next month, the earliest date was over six weeks away!!!!!

 

[ddavewoods]

i do find the tvdrive very slow
channel changing is a mare lol

As my previous post, the menu system on my TVD is great easily as quick as my old pace SKY+ box, maybe there are local issues with bandwidth or similar, if it slows down I'll let you know.

 

[neilo]

As my previous post, the menu system on my TVD is great easily as quick as my old pace SKY+ box, maybe there are local issues with bandwidth or similar, if it slows down I'll let you know.

Has always found telewest slow to be honest compared to sky

I do like the record series yellow button