NTL Free Pack

I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax in my
room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack, but
prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

"DavidM" wrote in message
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I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax in my
room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack, but
prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

Why try plugging in a NTL STB when you should find over 20 analogue
channels between 100 and 500 MHz with a hyperband tuner TV

Steve Terry

In message , Steve Terry
writes

"DavidM" wrote in message
...
I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax in my
room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack, but
prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

Why try plugging in a NTL STB when you should find over 20 analogue
channels between 100 and 500 MHz with a hyperband tuner TV

Steve Terry



Not off an NTL:Telewest network, you won't.
At best, you'll get the five analogue off-airs. The remaining analogues
will be scrambled.
Ian.
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Steve Terry
writes


"DavidM" wrote in message
...

I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax in my
room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack, but
prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

Why try plugging in a NTL STB when you should find over 20 analogue
channels between 100 and 500 MHz with a hyperband tuner TV

Steve Terry



Not off an NTL:Telewest network, you won't.
At best, you'll get the five analogue off-airs. The remaining analogues
will be scrambled.
Ian.

My analogue feed has unscrambled BBC and Sky news channels
plus E4 as well as the usual 5.

JW wrote, On 08/09/2006 12:40:
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Steve Terry
writes


"DavidM" wrote in message
...

I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax in my
room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack, but
prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

Why try plugging in a NTL STB when you should find over 20 analogue
channels between 100 and 500 MHz with a hyperband tuner TV

Steve Terry



Not off an NTL:Telewest network, you won't.
At best, you'll get the five analogue off-airs. The remaining
analogues will be scrambled.
Ian.

My analogue feed has unscrambled BBC and Sky news channels plus E4 as
well as the usual 5.

I'm using an NTL digital STB, and I don't have any NTL subscriptions.
Their website says you get the Free Pack when you rent a phone line. I'm
guessing that the STB must be worth a few quid to them.

DavidM wrote:
JW wrote, On 08/09/2006 12:40:

Ian Jackson wrote:

In message , Steve Terry
writes


"DavidM" wrote in message
...

I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax
in my
room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack, but
prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

Why try plugging in a NTL STB when you should find over 20 analogue
channels between 100 and 500 MHz with a hyperband tuner TV

Steve Terry



Not off an NTL:Telewest network, you won't.
At best, you'll get the five analogue off-airs. The remaining
analogues will be scrambled.
Ian.


My analogue feed has unscrambled BBC and Sky news channels plus E4 as
well as the usual 5.


I'm using an NTL digital STB, and I don't have any NTL subscriptions.
Their website says you get the Free Pack when you rent a phone line. I'm
guessing that the STB must be worth a few quid to them.

OK. You might find you get those channels just on analogue
direct to the TV, without the STB.

Steve Terry wrote:
"DavidM" wrote in message
...
I got my hands on an NTL set top box and plugged it into the coax in
my room. The line has not been unused for two years.
It worked, and I got all the BBC channels, ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc....
I don't subscribe to NTL, but it's being delivered free.

My question is, why deliver most of the channels in the Free Pack,
but prevent access to a few like C5 and Sky News. Very odd.
David

Why try plugging in a NTL STB when you should find over 20 analogue
channels between 100 and 500 MHz with a hyperband tuner TV

Steve Terry

What on earth is a hyperband tuner TV??

Alan Pemberton wrote:
Paul D wrote:

What on earth is a hyperband tuner TV??

It tunes from the bottom of Band III (174MHz) to the top of Band V
(854MHz) almost continuously, including the range 216-470MHz, which is
allocated to other services in free air.

I see. What stations would be picked up in that frequency range?

"Paul D" wrote in message
.uk...
Alan Pemberton wrote:
Paul D wrote:

What on earth is a hyperband tuner TV??

It tunes from the bottom of Band III (174MHz) to the top of Band V
(854MHz) almost continuously, including the range 216-470MHz, which is
allocated to other services in free air.

I see. What stations would be picked up in that frequency range?

Like the man said, 'other services'. Telly? Nowt.

Bill

In message , Owain
writes
Bill Wright wrote:
What on earth is a hyperband tuner TV??
It tunes from the bottom of Band III (174MHz) to the top of Band V
(854MHz) almost continuously, including the range 216-470MHz, which is
allocated to other services in free air.
I see. What stations would be picked up in that frequency range?
Like the man said, 'other services'. Telly? Nowt.

Are the extra frequencies not used for the in-room blue movies in hotels?

Owain


In most UK cable systems, TV signals on frequencies between 56 and
around 500MHz are predominantly analogue (and most are scrambled). Those
which are not scrambled may be received directly on any TV set which can
tune to them (and can also handle the large channel loading). Some
digital QAM transport streams may be mixed in with the analogues. Above
500Mhz, they are generally all digital. The number of analogues is
decreasing, and the number of digitals is decreasing. A few networks
have gone over to digital-only.
Ian.
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