Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35576983)

I really don't get why MTV moved next to Comedy Central and that Comedy Central HD has been moved all the way to 181.

Bizarre.

Originally Posted by steveh (Post 35576964)

Always thought they should just add an extra digit for the alternate channel versions, so 103 would be ITV SD, 1030 ITV HD, 1031 ITV+1 etc. But typing 4 numbers is probably harder and the set top boxes back when they had variable length channel numbers were a bit iffy.

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35577020)

The box would have to wait for a possible 4th digit before changing channels which would make changing channels more sluggish.

Originally Posted by coulsontom (Post 35576976)

Those who say you don't need padding are talking crap because if you don't you often miss the start or end of programmes.

Originally Posted by ocav (Post 35577022)

What if you started the 4 digit number with a 0. So BBC One being 0101, Sky 1 HD being 0121

Then the box has identified that its going to be a 4 digit number

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35577025)

All my recordings are set with a default padding of Zero and I only occasionally add padding; usually if I do, it's for a BBC show.


I don't get the problems you refer to.

Originally Posted by coulsontom (Post 35577034)

If you think that all channels start and end on time, you're mistaken. Clearly you don't though as you mention BBC. (who have a funny start time for the One show at like 3 minutes to the hour - not that I record that!)

Coronation Street has a very random start time. The 8.30 editions sometimes start at nearly 8.28 but the 7.30 slot is more normal.

You cannot set a series link that has different padding for 2 separate editions

It is a lot of messing around to set padding for each show individually. It's far better to have a default setting.

Sky boxes drop the padding when you have clashes, and the V+HD box also does the same thing.

The TiVo box if it tries to drop the padding it goes too far and cuts off the last 2 mins of the first programme or the first 2 mins of the 2nd programme.

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35577043)

All I can tell you is my experience; I rarely use padding and don't have problems.

The V+ handled padding way better than Tivo; a point I made several times before VM released Tivo when someone posted how Tivo did handle padding. But it was clear that Tivo would not be adopting the V+ method.

That is why when I got Tivo, I decided to try zero padding as the default and just add padding to the odd show and that method has worked for me.

Originally Posted by johnasimmons (Post 35577065)

On VM forum this afternoon:

Today we've made some changes to the packages some channels are available on, so those on the lower tiers can now start to enjoy the great content from:

[I]Animal Planet (216)
Previously: L pack
Now: M+ pack

MTV (134)
Previously: L pack
Now: M+ pack

Nick Jnr (715)
Previously: XL pack
Now: L pack

Comedy Central +1 (133)
Previously: XL pack
Now: L pack[/I]

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35577067)

Thanks that confirmed that Virgin Media has signed an new broadcasting deal with Viacom so look out for more channels from them to be added on Virgin soon.

Originally Posted by ocav (Post 35577083)

I'm sure they would be very stupid to not get the remaining channels from Viacom from this deal, especially MTV HD, the picture quality on the SD channel is shocking

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35577067)

Thanks that confirmed that Virgin Media has signed an new broadcasting deal with Viacom so look out for more channels from them to be added on Virgin soon.