eVision (IPTV service from Eircom) [Merged]

Furp

Well after a couple of weeks I have started having issues, audio breakup, black screen and audio. Have rebooted the bo a couple of times.

I wish they would also cache the program guide for a week rather then the slow loading between days on the planner.

Also I went to put doctor who into the planner for Saturday and Saturday is empty for BBC one which is strange.

Del007

They're also doing free movies for 1 month.

I just signed up for 3 months sports channels for the price of one month. Fantastic deal

Del007

I have the free movies for 1 month. If I record some movies can I still view them when my subscription is up?

Sully

Del007 wrote: »

I have the free movies for 1 month. If I record some movies can I still view them when my subscription is up?

You can't with Sky so I doubt you can with eircom.

Del007

I have the free movies for 1 month. If I record some movies can I still view them when my subscription is up?

Mantis Toboggan

I must ring them up on Monday and get my sports and movies for free.

jaggiebunnet

Got this in an email from them this afternoon

Our exciting new On Demand film service will be launching very soon. Enjoy the latest films fresh from the cinema in the comfort of your own home through your eVision box or laptop. Plus you can watch movies when you’re out and about on your tablet or smartphone.

no mention of when so could be next year if you judge eircom by their normal "soon" timeframe!

kooga

jaggiebunnet wrote: »

Got this in an email from them this afternoon



no mention of when so could be next year if you judge eircom by their normal "soon" timeframe!

got that email today.

BTW True Blood on Fox last Monday night didn't record on series link.

redser7

Surely it's good news???

Kensington

Wonder will we see catchup TV or general on-demand at the same time?

redser7

Found this, looks nice ...

http://www.glimmer.ie/eircom-evision/

jaggiebunnet

redser7 wrote: »

Found this, looks nice ...

http://www.glimmer.ie/eircom-evision/

7.99 to rent a movie though :eek:

channelsurfer2

jaggiebunnet wrote: »

7.99 to rent a movie though :eek:

I hope thats just a mock-up model as 7.99 is mad money.

Furp

I would hope it is only a mock up price there are plenty of other services out there that undercut that price, it will be dead in the water if they don't at least match existing market conditions.

channelsurfer2

21,000 evision subscribers. I bet 90% of them are on either 6 months or 12 months free.

kooga

yep i'm on the 6month free offer.

Kensington

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

21,000 evision subscribers. I bet 90% of them are on either 6 months or 12 months free.

Probably more like 100% since that was the introductory offer?

BionicRasher

Furp wrote: »

I would hope it is only a mock up price there are plenty of other services out there that undercut that price, it will be dead in the water if they don't at least match existing market conditions.

Just a question
What other services are out there and what prices do people pay for them at the moment?

(Just ones available in Ireland and no VPN magic stuff)

Furp

I use the iTunes Store €4.99 for a HD rental of new releases, the google play store has similar prices €4.99 for HD and €3.99 for SD. There is also the xbox movie store, I'm sure there are others too that work here without vpns etc. these are the just the ones I have used iTunes being the one I would use most often as I have an Apple TV.

Before I got rid of sky I also used there on demand movie service, so I hoping that we will see more in demand tv shows on iptv.

Kensington

UPC is:
€1.99 (€2.49 HD) for "library" movies
€4.99 (€5.99 HD) for latest release movies

Sky is (IIRC):
€1.49 (€1.99 HD) for "library" movies
€5.99 (€6.49 HD) for latest release movies

Furp

Those are reasonable prices although, IMHO they should at least match physical rentals.

Just had a look on iTunes and library movies are 2.99 SD and 3.99 HD. So that's what eircome

AlanS181824

Eircom launching On Demand will surely be a detriment to their broadband speed?

I wonder will it be proper On Demand type stuff like almost negating the need to record or will it only be "select" things avialble.

Sky seem to have the most content due to the fact they own so many movie companies/studios. :pac:

Good news for the consumer either way.

redser7

Found this ...

http://ondemand.eircom.ie/Help/

You can browse movies. 12 years a slave is only 3.99. I didn't go through the transaction so don't know if this is just a mockup?? Checked on my eVision Menu and there is no On demand tab. Does anyone have it? Looks like it will be here soon though.

prodsc

On Demand is yellow button, tells us its coming soon!

AlanS181824

Eircoms OnDemand service looks very very good and more services are always a good thing for the consumer!

Sully

There using the Film Flex service, which is a UK Firm afaik. They had been in talks, I believe, with Netflix but I guess nothing came of it.

Furp

Interesting just signed up on the site good selection and prices but it's not active on my box yet.

Kensington

No indication of whether we get HD options too, or is it SD only?

Also Netflix would have been nice, tie/buy your Netflix sub via eVision.
Virgin Media offer this option with the TiVO package.

And I hope they have catch-up soon too...

kooga

any chance we can keep this on topic eircom evision!

series recording of the walking dead didn't pick up the repeats last week. so that episode missed.

Furp

ondemand is or will soon be part of evision. My box also stopped recording the new series of mythbusters and missed the new episodes, then when i reset it it recorded lots of old ones.

redser7

kooga wrote: »

any chance we can keep this on topic eircom evision!

series recording of the walking dead didn't pick up the repeats last week. so that episode missed.

The new on demand functionality is a part of eVision.

Kensington

Getting an annoying error message on both eVision boxes back home today:
"It is not possible to connect to eVision.
Your set top box must be connected to the broadband connection for which it is registered."

Yet the TV plays away in the background as normal?

Best they can do is an engineers appointment in a weeks time, what in the feck use is that!

Hope it doesn't mess up all the recordings I had set - abroad with work this week so can't even check!

kooga

just got my bill from eircom and after decoding it...........why so complicated?

the so called free sky sports for a month on evision....turned out not to be free and i had to ring up and argue my case. Luckily i had the date, time and the name of the rep i spoke to when i took up the FREE offer! Got the €30 credited to my account

redser7

kooga wrote: »

just got my bill from eircom and after decoding it...........why so complicated?

the so called free sky sports for a month on evision....turned out not to be free and i had to ring up and argue my case. Luckily i had the date, time and the name of the rep i spoke to when i took up the FREE offer! Got the €30 credited to my account

Unreal. I kept my text message from them. I did get a letter thanking me for changing bundles. Hope that was an automated thing and there are no arguments about returning it. I never intended keeping it on. Have until next week to cancel according to what I was told.

Del007

kooga wrote: »

just got my bill from eircom and after decoding it...........why so complicated?

the so called free sky sports for a month on evision....turned out not to be free and i had to ring up and argue my case. Luckily i had the date, time and the name of the rep i spoke to when i took up the FREE offer! Got the €30 credited to my account

Cheers for the heads up, will def have to keep an eye out for it. They're some chancers when it comes to billing

jca

redser7 wrote: »

Unreal. I kept my text message from them. I did get a letter thanking me for changing bundles. Hope that was an automated thing and there are no arguments about returning it. I never intended keeping it on. Have until next week to cancel according to what I was told.

I went to Eircom last December with the usual 18 months contract. I got a free trial of eVision in June which I later cancelled in July as it wasn't being used. I noticed on the "my Eircom" last night that they entered me into a new contract from June:mad:

kooga

jca wrote: »

I went to Eircom last December with the usual 18 months contract. I got a free trial of eVision in June which I later cancelled in July as it wasn't being used. I noticed on the "my Eircom" last night that they entered me into a new contract from June:mad:

nice one.......i signed up in July for efibre and phone 18 month contract, was given the evision free for six months, no intention of keeping it after january......so from what you are saying a new 18 month contract could kick in january!

jca

kooga wrote: »

nice one.......i signed up in July for efibre and phone 18 month contract, was given the evision free for six months, no intention of keeping it after january......so from what you are saying a new 18 month contract could kick in january!

that's what happened to me even though I specifically asked the rep was this entering me into a new contract, of course I was told it wasn't, a blatant lie as usual. I'll contact them via their web chat later and see what can be done.

redser7

jca wrote: »

that's what happened to me even though I specifically asked the rep was this entering me into a new contract, of course I was told it wasn't, a blatant lie as usual. I'll contact them via their web chat later and see what can be done.

On that one though, I was under the impression that I definitely WAS engtering an 18 month contract, with the first 6 months free. Which was ok by me. I didn;t see it as a trial. So I think you need to ring them.

The skysports thing was definitely a trial scenario. As it happens I just got my bill. They've charged me for skysports Need to get on the phone.

zg3409

jca wrote: »

that's what happened to me even though I specifically asked the rep was this entering me into a new contract, of course I was told it wasn't, a blatant lie as usual. I'll contact them via their web chat later and see what can be done.

From: https://www.eircom.net/tv/ small print at the very bottom
eVision is only available to eircom's residential customers who have signed up to eFibre and is subject to a minimum contract of 18 months . eFibre / eVision are subject to availability. Bundle prices for eFibre, eVision and eTalk start from €24 per month for the first 6 months, €63 thereafter for new customers. *Existing customers can add eVision to their eFibre bundle from €15 per month for eVision Essential with a €15 discount for 12 months (total €180 discount) on their bundle price. Existing customers who add eVision to their bundle will pay an additional €3 per month plus the cost of eVision Essential on their current bundle price. For example, an existing customer with eFibre Advanced Unlimited and eTalk Off Peak currently pays €50 per month for this bundle. When eVision Essential is added to the bundle, this customer will pay €53 a month for the first 12 months and then €68 a month thereafter

So from my reading of that the TV service is an 18 month contract, but free for first 6 months for some people, but hey I can't find the old first 6 months free TV wording anyway. Buyer beware.

channelsurfer2

so evision is actually 18euro per month for existing eircom customers for mostly fta channels?

redser7

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

so evision is actually 18euro per month for existing eircom customers for mostly fta channels?

Depends when you signed on. It's gone up since I signed on.

On the skysports thing, I rang. They apologised, they made a balls of it. It is rectified now and my next bill will be credited.

zg3409

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

so evision is actually 18euro per month for existing eircom customers for mostly fta channels?

The TV service is €15 per month, but you need eFibre to get it. There are also extras like HD, multiroom etc, and discounts at the start etc.

kooga

my bill says the folllowing

6 months free Tv promotion @€;10 per month inc. vat

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However since the 1st of August the Tv basic package has gone up to €15 a month. which is not worth it for essentially non hd FTA channels.

really had no interested in the TV but wa offerred it free for 6 months and i did clarify with the rep that after the six months i could get rid of. Need to place a call.

kooga

Rang eircom at lunchtime

If you are on the 6months evision trial after the six months you can either keep evision or cancel. So long as the cancellation is before the trial finishes.

If you opt to remove, a new 18month contract does not kick in.

kooga

Found the list of eircom promotions

http://www.eircom.ie/bveircom/pdf/internet_special_offer.pdf

promotion 18 on page 15 shows that the free Setanta sports pack has been extended to the end of December was to the end of this month.

will get it when the european ruggy kicks off on oct, thats should cover the first four rounds.

jca

kooga wrote: »

Rang eircom at lunchtime

If you are on the 6months evision trial after the six months you can either keep evision or cancel. So long as the cancellation is before the trial finishes.

If you opt to remove, a new 18month contract does not kick in.

That's what I was told but obviously it's just bs.

savic04

is there a way to watch eVision box in a diff room to my modem?

alredy have sky to modem and eVsiosn was free with bundle

jca

savic04 wrote: »

is there a way to watch eVision box in a diff room to my modem?

alredy have sky to modem and eVsiosn was free with bundle

The installer will use home plugs if he can't connect directly to the modem.

meep

Your efibre modem and Evision box are two seperate devices. They don't need to be in the same room but do need to be connected to the same wired network.

For example, my modem is I'm my attic, my Evision box in my living room. Both are connected through a switch using cat5.

If I wanted to move the Evision box to another room, I could, as long as there was a network point there.

Or eircom do a cost effective multroom Box, if that's what you need.