DVB-C in the UK (1 Viewer)

[tups]

Hi All,

Has anybody had any success/failure at using a DVB-C device for cable in the UK?

I am a subscriber so would like to have access to the FTA and subscribed channels.

Any feedback would be greatfully received before I start buying kit that won't work

 

[tups]

Anyone?

 

[chenks]

might help if you told us which cable provider it was !

 

[funkstar]

Guessing it's going to be NTL or Telewest. Are there any others in the UK?

Even they are the same company now (although their systems are not yet integrated. I believe Telewest is the domenant partner).

 

[tups]

Yep, as funkstar guessed I subscribe to NTL in an ex c&w area. But I would be interested to hear from Telewest people as well.

 

[donaldkennedy]

tups

Can't be certain, but I'm pretty sure that the UK implementations of DVB-C differ in some extremely important and fundamental respect from the international "standard" approaches used elsewhere in Europe and the USA. As a result, I don't think there are any DVB-C cards for PCs which will work with the signals provided over UK DVB-C.

Happy to be corrected if anyone knows definitely to the contrary though!

Donald

 

[funkstar]

a couple of minutes Googling produced this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&tid=26f82bd6-43e4-40d3-ac9a-ce4114115f57&p=1
(yes i know it is an MS forum post, sorry)

Seems it *might* be possible

 

[tups]

The link kind of sums up where my research has got to so far. I have found a number of forum threads talking about how it should be possible but sadly none confirming that they have actually managed it and what hardware/software they used.

 

[JonMMM]

Sorry to drag up old posts, but when your a Newbie you should always use the search button so I did.

Anyway I'm in the same position as the OP, ex c&w ntl, I have a twinhan 2031 card, which is working with MyTheater, I have edited the dvbc sybolrate 6952 file with my frequencies e.g. 715000,64QAM,695200 and I'm still not picking up any channels any ideas