Missing MUTV & other Channels NTL Ireland

What makes you think they won't change over fully in the next few weeks for N*L they have had no problems so far i really can't see whats holding them back

 

I don't know enough to say why they haven't gone directly to Nagra3. All I know is what I read in these forums and it appears as if the changeover to Nagra3 won't happen until the end of the year. As I understand it the encryption in Nagra3 is a lot more sophisticated and would require N*Hell to do another box/card chip update. This of course will cost them money. What if they get enough Sports & Movies subscriptions back from the Nagra2 upgrade! maybe they won't do the Nagra3 at all! There was always a risk buying a Eurov*x box. The same risk applies to the Kryptview bow. Its a punt!! Is it worth taking? I don't know for sure! Anyone how knows better, please comment.

 

I would advise a period of calm myself until a little more news & certainty is known.
Eurovox's have been good to us, we'll have our days in the sunshine again.
For the moment let's hope for a sunny summer!!!

 

Seoirse, any chance you could link to where you read that or who posted it ?

Depending on who the info came from it may be worth listening to, but then again if it came from someone who knows less than most, it may not be worth listening to!!

Thanks

 

I hear what you are saying, however one dilemna still remains. Why are the Kryptview boxes still working? N*Hell could not have gone to Nagra3 because as you say no current box can decyher Nagra3. Therefore one has to assume N*Hell have not deployed Nagra3. My local club received its new N*Hell card for insertion into the old small silver type set top box. Would these boxes not need to be changed to cope with Nagra3? A friend of mine just got a new apartment in Bray and got N*Hell in. The box they gave him has recording facilities, therefore a Hard Drive. I'd guess that it could cope with Nagra3 (not sure though). Wouldn't you say most N*Hell subscribers have the older hardware? From what I've read about Nagra3, it appears as though there are two elements to it, one being a card with a chip on it (like the existing N*Hell card) and secondly the chip interacts with software/signal of some sort broadcast by the cable co. Its this second element which makes it nigh on impossible to break. The bottom line is, no one seems to know what's going on exactly. I could buy a Krptview box tomorrow and it could last me a week or a year. Its a risk same as the Eurov*x was when it had all the channels. The "end is nigh" messages have been appearing on these forums for ages.

 

I agree with what you are saying, but I was just wondering where you got the info regarding them not changing to N3 until the end of the year.

The only reason I spent the money on one was because I was afraid that in 2 or 3 months time they would be still working and I would have been saying 'I should have bought one back in April!!'

 

these boxes are not new to the market they are around a long time just people did not know about themm thats all

if you had got\one last year yu would have been on the pigs back now ah well we learn by our mistakes

 

Aside from the software update for this box what else is different about its makeup?

If nothing? why aren't the other box supplier releasing a similar update for theirs?

In other words, why can't a further firmware update sort all the existing boxes in the short term?

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I had a Eurovox last year and it was working fine so I did not need a Kryptview!! lol

There is nothing different in the makeup of the box, the difference is the support provided by the box manufacturers, Eurovox and Starview have not come up with a fix but Kryptview have.

 

That was pretty much my point SG8, They were very quick to sell them yet there's no hurry to support.

I am a Replay lite user & they were always the very last to receive an update.

My understanding from Kryptview owners is that they have always had an updated firmware with in 24 hours of a major change. If that's what Kryptview suppliers think of their customers, I know what my next box will be....

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Gman

repalay will not have any more fixes and i would be doubtful if euro or Sv have either so what are you left with really not a lot of choice really

 

Yea, I understand that fergusrb, A lot of other users are still under the illusion that their existing boxes might get an update though.

My argument was that if the powers that be really wanted to, they could provide an update for the existing boxes like Kryptview (Arnet) have done prior to the final N3 phase in, It's just that they have chosen not to.

Is it that the suppliers want a short term boost in these recessionary times whereby sales are boosted by a flash panic buying of Kryptviews because no other alternative is available or being made available?

As was stated earlier, Kryptviw is not a new addition, it has been around for some time, it just hasn't been as popular as all the others. Funny how it's the only one working now isn't it? Must be a lot of unsold units lol!
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Hi gman,

The Krypt coder was the only one interested in dumping the only Irish N2 card available at the time , ( ROM 110 A05), hence why they are the only ones with the N2 keysets. So TBH if they done the work when others were not interested well they are there to take the benefits.

I like your train of thought here:

But there are others trying to solve this I wont say for which box types but arriving late at a party never guarantees you a seat. Support is as you can see pre-hit as well as post hit

 

as scouser has said there he is quite right the other companys its not that they are not fixing it they have just left it to late that's all they where caught on the hop that is why there is no other fixes at this time and prob not likely either well prob not for the cable ones anyway

as they say in this game first up best dressed

and that is exactly what happened here sorry to say and the stable door is now closed

 

SG8. I got that info from an N*Hell engineer I play tennis with, he works the south side of Dublin. He was the one who told me about the Kryptview box not this forum (although it is mentioned here too). He also told me that the majority of the N*Hell hardware can't cope with N3 and would have to be changed out. This could be hearsay and I'm not standing over this info 100%. I've said before, its a risk to buy a Kryptview box, it will work but nobody seems to know including me for how long. Afterall we are talking about pirating subscription TV. I'd also like to point out that my current Eurov*x boxes are still saving me money. As we stand the only channels that have dropped off are the sports, movies, porn if thats your bag, MUTV, ESPN, Setanta 1,2 etc. Disney is still there and all the other channels that NT*Hell called their "Go Digital" pack. The reason I posted was to offer the opinion that at a cost of €115 approx delivered to Ireland the Kryptview box break even point is maximum 2 months, based upon a N*Hell sports & movies sub of €60 a month which is what I remember paying two or more years ago.

 

Ah, a reliable source so!! Thanks for replying.

 

If they want to sell any more Eurovox or Dreambox etc then they'll have to update the software to handle Nagra2, even if it can never handle Nagra3 (which I don't think we even know yet). If the sellers can update then there's no reason we can't too.

 

you cant update what is not made there is no fixes for any other box as yet apart from the KryptView

 

I didn't say that.
What I said was that if the other box makers want to sell more boxes they'll have to update what they have to Nagra 2. And if they can, we can update the boxes we have.