My Life With IT

My old Starhub box failed to work just a few days before. So, I had a replacement box that freezes at odd intervals as if the channels are playing pirated DVD. Each and every channel is affected. Thus, it was brought back to Vivocity to get another box.

However, the freezing game continues. What is the problem? I don’t know. I called up Starhub and the guy was very patient; he explained to me that it could be the switch or the cable wires that is causing the problem. I followed the instructions to a T. The first method was to connect directly to the TV channel. It worked beautifully.

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The next was to switch the cables for the box and MaxOnline and see if it works. That failed miserably. In fact, I have absolutely no idea what is the problem. Changing the box is not an option now as the box is working fine. The cables in the walls are working find. Perhaps it’s the switch? I don’t know.

I have lost 4 days of non-TV because of the box supposedly being compatible with every TV despite it being a digital box. However, it seems to fail miserably when connected with MaxOnline. Why am I paying for both if both lines are not compatible?

Don’t tell me I have to upgrade my modem set too. 3 trips to Starhub? Oh my goodness. Someone please explain to me why a new digital box is not compatible with the old modem that was given. Analog or not, the cable wire is the same. The screws are tight.

I don’t like watching any TV channels that freeze every 5 seconds. That’s not I’m paying for more than 10 channels.

Record TV is a new site introduced to me just recently. I decided to try it out and attempted my recording for Shrek The Halls shown on Channel 5. I can watch it within 15 days. It’s only available to Singapore users. However, you can’t watch the show you have recorded if you are accessing the site from overseas as it restricts the site to streaming only to Singapore.

Having recorded the show, I have proceeded to load it. Unfortunately, despite my latest version of Windows Media Player, I have been facing the black screen embedded for more than an hour. Pressing the Play button numerous times have done nothing to load the movie. How disappointing. Using IE7 does nothing to help. So, what gives?

Another issue is that there is no way to contact the webmaster. The only channels that are recordable are Channel 5, Channel 8 and Channel News Asia. Not that bad since it seems to be a new way of watching the TV shows you may miss. The commercials are recorded too from what I read in the FAQ.

The user interface is not complicated but I do dislike the fact that I can’t edit my profile after I’ve logged in. Perhaps it’s just for me to login to record the shows? I’m not sure if this is a good way to catch up with TV programmes that you may miss being aired, but I sure hope the recorded shows are playable instead of facing a black screen and wondering why it still won’t load despite having the latest technology.