NUTV Upgrade Gives Students Improved Service and Channels
May 2007
Better signal - bigger picture - more channels. These improvements recently greeted NUTV viewers returning from spring break and are the result of an upgrade implemented by NUIT and the Division of Student Affairs, in partnership with DIRECTV.
The upgrade responds to student requests to improve viewing quality and add additional channels. The change adds 50 percent more channels than were previously available as well as selected programming chosen from student survey results. With these improvements, NUTV now meets more than 90 percent of residents' programming requests, up from 66 percent.
The improvements come at no additional cost to the University, and the digital signal provided by DIRECTV greatly improves the viewing experience.
Basic NUTV, with four channels, is available to all on-campus NU Network users. You can launch the service from the NUTV Web site. Expanded NUTV is available to paid subscribers and undergraduate students living in residence halls.
To use NUTV, your computer must have a working network adapter card (NIC) and be connected to a multicast-enabled switched Ethernet connection on the NU Network. To view Expanded NUTV, you must be in residence hall with NUTV activated. In addition, your computer must meet certain minimum requirements:
Windows XP/2000:
- Pentium III or Celeron CPU (or equivalent), 750Mhz
- Java Virtual Machine
- Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or Netscape Communicator
Mac OS X 10.2.x:
- PowerPC G4, 533MHz or faster
- OpenGL-capable video card (ATI Rage 128 or Radeon, any nVidia card)
- Safari, Firefox, and Mozilla are the preferred browsers
RedHat (Intel) Linux 7.3:
- Intel PIII 850MHz processor
- 24-bit graphics enabled
- Properly configured and enabled audio card/module
- Mozilla v0.9.9/v1.2a with Java Plug-in (i.e., v1.3) enabled.
For more information on how to connect to NUTV, contact the NUIT Support Center at 847-491-HELP (4357) or consultant@northwestern.edu.
