Foxtel menu system

[zeta]

Since foxtel appears to have updated it's menu system so that you can now hear shows even when you're flicking through the channel menu, and access show info and shows faster, it would seem that moving through the channel listing has become 10x slower. Does anyone else notice this when scrolling through the channel list? the menu bar just lags through the list like nothing else, it's pathetic, much worse than it ever was. Also I asked foxtel today if they'll be broadcasting free to air with their new digital setup and was told that they would be doing that from March 2004, though it was a pretty uncertain sounding answer from the help desk chick. I smuggly asked how much foxtel would be charging for free to air TV.

[PreDOMiNanT]

If anything, I have seen an overall increase in speed.
I must say, the addition of being able to hear shows while browsing the
TVGuide has made searching the guide rather irritating.


"zeta" <zeta.xrky6@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Since foxtel appears to have updated it's menu system so that you can
> now hear shows even when you're flicking through the channel menu, and
> access show info and shows faster, it would seem that moving through
> the channel listing has become 10x slower. Does anyone else notice this
> when scrolling through the channel list? the menu bar just lags through
> the list like nothing else, it's pathetic, much worse than it ever was.
> Also I asked foxtel today if they'll be broadcasting free to air with
> their new digital setup and was told that they would be doing that from
> March 2004, though it was a pretty uncertain sounding answer from the
> help desk chick. I smuggly asked how much foxtel would be charging for
> free to air TV.
>
>
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[Me]

Yes, it is giving me the shits, moving through the channel listing. Very
unresponsive.


"zeta" <zeta.xrky6@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Since foxtel appears to have updated it's menu system so that you can
> now hear shows even when you're flicking through the channel menu, and
> access show info and shows faster, it would seem that moving through
> the channel listing has become 10x slower. Does anyone else notice this
> when scrolling through the channel list? the menu bar just lags through
> the list like nothing else, it's pathetic, much worse than it ever was.
> Also I asked foxtel today if they'll be broadcasting free to air with
> their new digital setup and was told that they would be doing that from
> March 2004, though it was a pretty uncertain sounding answer from the
> help desk chick. I smuggly asked how much foxtel would be charging for
> free to air TV.
>
>
> --
> zeta
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[The Guru]

The sat recievers are the least responsive...they're crap !

[Ext User(bassett)]

"The Guru" <The.Guru.2eouhi@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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> The sat recievers are the least responsive...they're crap !
>
> The Guru

Wrong again,, They do the job there designed to do, nothing more , nothing
less, and they suit the "bean counters" for price.
And after all, YOU don't own the thing, you mearly hire it, Don't like
it, Don't subscribe. Or are you locked into a contract.. Sounds about
right.
bassett

[The Guru]

"Wrong again,, They do the job there designed to do, nothing more , nothing
less, and they suit the "bean counters" for price.
And after all, YOU don't own the thing, you mearly hire it, Don't like
it, Don't subscribe. Or are you locked into a contract.. Sounds about
right."
bassett


You are clearly on some self-rightous rampage...I can tell you now that you are barking up the wrong tree.

Your arguement is completely irrelivent to the conversation I'm having about the sat recievers being slow. I AM right because I have tested the things, they don't respond as quickly than the other boxes do to the given remotes.
Wether they suit the "bean counters" or not has nothing to do with what I am saying nor does ownership of the unit. They do the job, sure and they are slow.... there is not one point in your argument that relates or even addresses any point in mine.

do us a favour and go play in traffic.

[Ext User(Jock)]

Fark, you BOTH need to start using a spell-checker.


"The Guru" <The.Guru.2esogg@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Wrong again,, They do the job there designed to do, nothing more ,
> nothing
> less, and they suit the "bean counters" for price.
> And after all, YOU don't own the thing, you mearly hire it, Don't like
> it, Don't subscribe. Or are you locked into a contract.. Sounds about
> right."
> bassett
>
>
> You are clearly on some self-rightous rampage...I can tell you now that
> you are barking up the wrong tree.
>
> Your arguement is completely irrelivent to the conversation I'm having
> about the sat recievers being slow. I AM right because I have tested
> the things, they don't respond as quickly than the other boxes do to
> the given remotes.
> Wether they suit the "bean counters" or not has nothing to do with what
> I am saying nor does ownership of the unit. They do the job, sure and
> they are slow.... there is not one point in your argument that relates
> or even addresses any point in mine.
>
> do us a favour and go play in traffic.
>
>
> --
> The Guru

[Ext User(bassett)]

"Jock" <jock@westnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Fark, you BOTH need to start using a spell-checker.
>
Typical response from a bloody haggis bashing Scotsman.

Du thy ken no understand, laddie.

bassett

[Ext User(bassett)]

"The Guru" <The.Guru.2esogg@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Wrong again,, They do the job there designed to do, nothing more ,
> nothing
> less, and they suit the "bean counters" for price.
> And after all, YOU don't own the thing, you mearly hire it, Don't like
> it, Don't subscribe. Or are you locked into a contract.. Sounds about
> right."
> bassett
>
>
> You are clearly on some self-rightous rampage...I can tell you now that
> you are barking up the wrong tree.
>
> Your arguement is completely irrelivent to the conversation I'm having
> about the sat recievers being slow. I AM right because I have tested
> the things, they don't respond as quickly than the other boxes do to
> the given remotes.
> Wether they suit the "bean counters" or not has nothing to do with what
> I am saying nor does ownership of the unit. They do the job, sure and
> they are slow.... there is not one point in your argument that relates
> or even addresses any point in mine.
>
> do us a favour and go play in traffic.
>
> The Guru

Sunshine,, I've forgotten more about satellite receivers, then you will ever
know.
bassett

[The Guru]

you must have forgotten how shit those foxtel sat recievers were then. go grab one and bone up again. And no, I could give a crap about who bought them and who made them....irrelivent. They are slow to respond - that is all.

[timeshift]

you must have forgotten how shit those foxtel sat recievers were then. go grab one and bone up again. And no, I could give a crap about who bought them and who made them....irrelivent. They are slow to respond - that is all.

I suspect it's more the box you're using more than anything. I originally had the standard UEC DSN-720 box (used to be analogue boxes but tampered with by Foxtel to work on digital) which was very slow (despite having specifically requested the 5.1 dolby capable box and would be told I would get it at no cost due to order stuffups on Foxtel's behalf, suprise suprise), then when I got the Pace DS-420NF box with 5.1 dolby after much stuffing around with Foxtel, it was much much faster, excellent response times, can't see any lag anywhere except for when I use something like Sky News Active. Now that i've upgraded to iQ (Pace DS-460NF) and put the DS-420NF on the second outlet to get rid of the other UEC box, I find the iQ box to be just ever so slightly slower, but still much much faster than the UEC box.

[The Guru]

yeah, it was just the sat box...the others seemed fine