tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post8246022531921900403..comments2023-11-01T10:45:23.708+00:00Comments on Virgin Media TV: Reaction to the "game changing" Virgin TV announcementNiallihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917083363610144290noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-57953450345340717702016-12-11T21:50:10.364+00:002016-12-11T21:50:10.364+00:00Well when asked virgin don't know when virgin ...Well when asked virgin don't know when virgin will get sky content on the anywhere or downloads from v6 with skyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314813364276023985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-35068335319419879892016-12-11T21:48:37.067+00:002016-12-11T21:48:37.067+00:00I think the biggest problem about watching recordi...I think the biggest problem about watching recordings away from home is the channels virgin will allowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314813364276023985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-36825611075131739782016-12-08T09:20:29.251+00:002016-12-08T09:20:29.251+00:00How are people getting free of charge installation...How are people getting free of charge installations? I've called virgin to enquire about the V6. The first person i spoke to offered a discount of 50 on the box, but with a 54.99 installation and activation charge. The second person quoted a 64.99 installation and activation charge, but no cost for the box. In both cases the cost of my existing tariff (what was the Big Kahuna i believe) increases a couple pounds with a token half price discount on sky sports and movies for 6 months assuming a new 12 month commitment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934462320507135949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-72540120696636188852016-12-08T09:19:21.093+00:002016-12-08T09:19:21.093+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934462320507135949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-19010558681837126852016-12-06T07:50:53.008+00:002016-12-06T07:50:53.008+00:00Cloud based Tivo could still come https://www.enga...Cloud based Tivo could still come https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/05/tivo-appears-to-be-testing-cloud-dvr-recording/ :)<br />It would go some way to explain why only a 1Tb HDD and not 2Tb that everyone hoped for.<br />Cloud based would also get around the issue of upload speeds when it comes to watching recordings away from the house.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142819557953638940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-55707674552452534612016-12-05T17:36:27.959+00:002016-12-05T17:36:27.959+00:00Virgin phoned. Installation on Thursday,free of ch...Virgin phoned. Installation on Thursday,free of charge. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10683987228066998172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-69512793254404724532016-12-05T16:46:43.397+00:002016-12-05T16:46:43.397+00:00Phoned today. No idea when but at the end of the m...Phoned today. No idea when but at the end of the month. Also no idea if sports channels will have additional charges. It sounds as if it will be a good product but staff have little information which to me is odd as it's a big deal for Virgin. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722416703600490215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-16347088700055842602016-12-04T09:11:20.277+00:002016-12-04T09:11:20.277+00:00Just wish they'd come up with a simple way to ...Just wish they'd come up with a simple way to transfer your recordings and season passes to a new box. Not looking forward to yet again having to ditch 40% of a HDD worth of recordings. Bring on Cloud-Tivo!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667569519839516492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-67439692580854307902016-12-04T08:35:11.014+00:002016-12-04T08:35:11.014+00:00I'm a virgin phone,broadband,customer and am v...I'm a virgin phone,broadband,customer and am very interested in the V6 box,i did have tivo but as you have said above their are drawbacks namely sky atlantic and the brilliant Westworld,Game of thrones ETC,i used to have to have a Now tv entertainment subscription to cover this but since Sept have moved to a brilliant deal with Sky HD,okay only tiny drive and 2 tuners but their upgraded channel guide is brilliant and the ability to download anything from the last 7 days and box sets to your recordings is great,i would love to do a package deal with Virgin in the new year but until they come to a arrangement with Sky i don't think i will be going anywhere,also i have heard Sky are planning on doing away with Sky HD box and just having Sky Q as basic,and Sky Q silver for 4K. rowland2008https://www.blogger.com/profile/12039783496394595470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-51519959087842595042016-12-03T15:14:33.840+00:002016-12-03T15:14:33.840+00:00Hello Virgin fanboys (and Virgin, I am sure you re...Hello Virgin fanboys (and Virgin, I am sure you read here..)<br /><br />Here's what Virgin should do as soon as possible:<br /><br />- 500mbit/500mbit at 30GBP/month 1gbit/1gbit at 40GBP/month symmetric Internet speed using DOCSIS3.1 over the exact same coaxial cables, completely destroy BT/Sky or force them try to speed theirs up too.<br /><br />- +5GBP/month for Play, +10GBP/month for Fun and +20GBP/month Full House TV.<br /><br />- Allow people connect up any 4TB/5TB external hard drive to the Tivo box's USB port, and that is a very simple way to expand storage capacity of the Tivo box recordings, do the recordings need to be DRM encrypted? if so then fine, let the recordings be DRM and only playable when connected to a Tivo box, that's fine.<br /><br />- Start to provide Cloud DVR service, record every channel all day all night, and let your customers watch and "save to their Tivo" any recording from any channel going back unlimited amount of time if possible. If time must be limited for Cloud DVR, then limit it but leave enough time for customers to "save from Cloud DVR to local Tivo DVR".<br /><br />- Virgin Media must force all 4K content providers to provide on Virgin Media. Now. We need to get access to over a thousand movies in 4K on-demand streaming now. This is no issue whatsoever, all Movies are either stored as 35mm which is "easily" transferable to 4K video files, or if they were shot digitally, then even since 10 years ago, those are probably also mostly easy to store and distribute in 4K. We must have a way to access all 4K content on-demand for a flat 10GBP/month fee, even include much 4K content and 4K on-demand in the Full House TV package.<br /><br />- Provide a cheap 4K video-conferencing camera that snaps on top of any 4K TV, and connect to USB port of your box. Done deal, then all your customers can upgrade from phone calls to 4K TV video-conferencing. Unlimited 4K video conferencing included, it's simply just an Android app.<br /><br />- Tivo must re-design their UI to make it fully based on the Google TV Android TV platform. For sure Android 7.1 TV is compatible with the Broadcom ARM CPU in the newest V6 box. You can "easily" simply demand from Tivo they use Android TV as the platform. That would 10000x the number of apps and games to be compatible with your box. And that would must improve your UI. You simply need to connect with Google Android TV search API for all the voice searching, all the easy searching for content. Don't be afraid of Android TV, embrace it, it will bring you 100x more money and make your customers 10x more happy.<br /><br />Charbax, video-blogger at ARMdevices.net (38M views!)Charbaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473949989857148265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-44608815080840489552016-12-02T09:33:17.093+00:002016-12-02T09:33:17.093+00:00I had the origional tivo series one back in 2000 b...I had the origional tivo series one back in 2000 before virgin got their hands on it. They had 1 analogue tuner and 1 aux channel which was fed from the tivo box.<br />To record programs which conflicted it just managed the schedule and recorded programs on the repeat cycle. It was a great feature which I actually miss... but the V6 box will be a huge improvement in performance which is a good thing. <br />I use a receiver and have an amazon tv (4k) connected so I flip between tivo, amazon and other devices so I am not actually worried about the app too much. All the tellys are smart devices and have the app installed anyway.<br />Re sky Q, I did consider but it works out more expensive when you do like for like and I need a dish installed etc. which had to be factored into the cost.<br />I think tivo v6 is going to be ok, but my biggest concern is what happens when Liberty drop the VM brand and then migrate to the Liberty platform. <br /><br />re superhubs... who cares! I switch the hub to modem mode and use Ubiquiti products... edgerouter sits by the modem and is tiny (I have edgerouterX) and then have a Unifi wifi ACLR in the loft and I have superb performance and no black spots.<br />Seriously... for the extra money the performance is great. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714227687075206247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-59744431846696380652016-12-01T22:40:08.652+00:002016-12-01T22:40:08.652+00:00Remember that ditching TiVo also saves you the TiV...Remember that ditching TiVo also saves you the TiVo subscription fee of a fiver a month I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303914344218040946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-9610137019121416612016-12-01T22:05:01.505+00:002016-12-01T22:05:01.505+00:00Good write up I must say I agree with you. I might...Good write up I must say I agree with you. I might ring up tomorrow and see if I can get one. I got a cracking deal from virgin to stay with them, totally unimpressed with the sky Q offering and their pricingJezlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603865342933459695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644371100807363751.post-71316435835444339092016-12-01T20:39:58.122+00:002016-12-01T20:39:58.122+00:00No Sky Atlantic - the reason I left VM, still not ...No Sky Atlantic - the reason I left VM, still not resolved. I know it's probably sky's fault, but come on! NoFunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032263427254345250noreply@blogger.com