UPC Horizon

The Count wrote: horsebox wrote: Pretty much yeah. The infra-red between the remote and the horizon box doesn't and never will work properly. The ability to record multiple programs and use the pause and rewind function is great. So is the remote record utility. So its good horsey except the remote doesnt work? do the old UPC remotes work with it as have a few of them?

No, the old remote don't work on it.

The menu's are beyond unusable too. On the old STP you could browse what's on now without interrupting which was great but they changed that now.

Also the new horizon box is noisy as f**k as it contains hard drives and fans.

Stay away from it son, it's muck 

horsebox wrote: The Count wrote: never used the menu in fairness, does the channel up and down buttons and the numbers work on the new remote as that is s*te on my own older UPC remote? All the channels are from 101 to 999. So when you press the remote for say 408 SSN - it times out after you press the second or third button and then defaults back to the UPC channel. It could take about 3 minutes to get to this channel. I have to say it really does suck the devils trumpet.

yeah thats the same with the older non horizon box/remote I have for last few years, pain in the ar*e.  thats why i just use up and down button, doesnt work most of the time either and 7 times out of 10 im back to UPC home channel but better results than pressing numbers.

does this yoke take about 10 mins to warm up in the morning aswell when ye turn it on?

I have Horizon about 2 months now. I despised it at first but coming round to liking it a bit more.

Negatives: The reminder function is horrendous. Doesnt autotune like he old box so if you happen not to see the tiny reminder you will miss your programme.
The remote response time isnt the best. You also have to wait for preview windows to load before allow you to change channel. This can take up to 2 seconds per channel. The date, time and time remaining of a programme is too small and not adequate. The menu is poorly designed. The menu doesnt tell you whats on now and next without having to press additional buttons which is a pain. Sometimes recorded programmes are recorded without sound. Pain in the hole.

Positives: The box looks nicer than the sky one and the menu looks much better and more modern but its not nearly as functional. The preview windows are good for hav8ng a glimpse whats on other channels without having to switch over. I particularly like the Favourites mose which allows you to arrange all your favourite channels in the order you want and renumber them. I have 40 channels numbered 1-40. This saves having to press random numbers like 134 to find UK Gold for example. I habe it on channel 20. This saves having to flick through all the dross channels like God TV or Shopping Channels etc.. My channels are all the ones I want and no sh*te ones. UPC released this without fixing many issues. It was not ready for use imo. However if they sorted out the issues I mentioned it would be better than sky. I have all the channels including sky sports in HD and imo it looks better than Sky HD. Only downside is the lack of red button feature.

Bill crept up to 139 per month. Included Horizon, BT, Sky, home phone etc. etc. but ridiculous nonetheless.

Edited by McG - 19 Jun 2015 at 1:36pm

Yeah i was out of contract so ball was in my court.

Jesus that's serious cash. I was paying 34 euro for 12 months for phone broadband and TV. Could not justify the spend on sky sports etc.   

After 12 months of 34 euro and then to 80 I gave them the I am leaving stuff and they reduced it back down from 80 euro to 40.

Holy f**k €139 is crazy money to be paying.UPC broadband is class but their TV service is crap.What speeds are ye getting on their BB?

SuperDave84 wrote: Just did a speed test: 95 Mbps. It's more than fast enough to stream 1080p stuff without difficulty. I'll probably cancel the sports when the contract is up, tbh. It costs too much, especially during the summer when it isn't used.