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dvkwong

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#179082 25-Aug-2015 18:30

I have just switched from Sky box to Vodafone TV box. Sound is dropping and image quality sucks.

Tell me I am having a first day glitch and things will be sorted out. This is not acceptable.

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#1374083 25-Aug-2015 18:30

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#1374098 25-Aug-2015 18:35

I have VF TV, sound and picture quality is very good. I suggest you contact VF and log a fault.

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#1374101 25-Aug-2015 18:44

Basic fault checking thread is over on VodafoneNZ community under TV section

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#1374288 25-Aug-2015 23:39

but get used t the laggy and responsive and unintuitive software. I miss MySky soooo much and my wife, will she has nearly broken a window with the Vodafone TV remote.

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#1374500 26-Aug-2015 10:26

Are you on UFB or HFC cable and connection to TV is how?

dvkwong

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#1374858 26-Aug-2015 19:19

I have a fibre connection and hdmi connection to tv.

The sound seems to have fixed itself, I did try turning box off and on but it was still happening but less frequently.

Still getting use to the image quality, the colours are different and the image does not look as sharp.

Also the remote no longer works luckily I have the Logitech Harmony.

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#1374974 27-Aug-2015 00:25

dvkwong: I have a fibre connection and hdmi connection to tv.

The sound seems to have fixed itself, I did try turning box off and on but it was still happening but less frequently.

Still getting use to the image quality, the colours are different and the image does not look as sharp.

Also the remote no longer works luckily I have the Logitech Harmony.

We have gone through 2 remotes, one only lasted a few days.

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#1375114 27-Aug-2015 11:18

dvkwong: ... Still getting use to the image quality, the colours are different and the image does not look as sharp. ...

Might be good to please try a different network cable between the Vodafone TV and your modem.

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#1375138 27-Aug-2015 12:01

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dvkwong: ... Still getting use to the image quality, the colours are different and the image does not look as sharp. ...

Might be good to please try a different network cable between the Vodafone TV and your modem.

Seriously?

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#1375144 27-Aug-2015 12:26

dvkwong: I have just switched from Sky box to Vodafone TV box. Sound is dropping and image quality sucks.

Tell me I am having a first day glitch and things will be sorted out. This is not acceptable.

The picture quality on our T-box is okay but the sound drops out all the time and the remote is SOOOOOOO slow when it works.

We have had ours for a couple of years now with a couple of tech visits to be told thats normal for the remote and more noticable after coming from Sky.

Its also finishes recording before the end of the program so if it is something really important we normally record the next program to make sure we have the end of the previous program.