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cheekyangus 26-09-2019 16:18

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
JJ20X on Forumbox is reporting Sky Crime is showing up on Tsid:33.

I looked at DigitalBitRate just now and can confirm this.
http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.ph...&sec=0&lang=en

Horizon 26-09-2019 18:31

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Blimey. Didn't even see that myself. I must pay more attention...;)

Raider999 26-09-2019 19:09

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36011632)
You press Info (i) button when the screen shows nothing but the channel. On the left side of the info box that appears there are 5 option icons. Each time you press down arrow it changes the selected option and the contents in the main part of the box. The bottom option is the tuners, the icon looks like 3 stacked dishes.

Press down arrow button until you highlight the bottom option for the tuners. It will then display the channels and current programme name for the the 5 tuners you aren't watching. Press right arrow to highlight top tuner, press down from there to select the other 4 tuners. Once you have decided when tuner you want to change press OK button. The screen will now show that channel.

Change channel as per normal by typing channel number. Then repeat this process for every tuner you want to set. You then go on watching whatever one of the 6 tuners you feel like, knowing that you can go to any of the 6 channels and rewind them if you want to.

Unless a recording kicks in. If the recording isn't from one of channels the tuner is on the box will select one of the 5 you aren't watching to use for the recording, and you can be sure which one. And if you put the box into standby it loses the buffer, though it will awake in the same channels unless the box has been rebooted for any reason, in which case it shows VM previews on them. So this isn't foolproof, but it can be handy.


Thanks for the detailed explanation - could be very useful in the future.

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 36011677)
I've recorded the whole season of The Rook in UHD and it didn't seem to take up too much space. I'm hovering around the 40-50% mark with that included.

UHD broadcasts of football on BT take between 4 and 5 times the disk space compared to the equivalent HD version.

Maybe sport in UHD takes more space or maybe BT UHD is a better quality.

Aguero9320 26-09-2019 20:08

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
YourTV (channel 218) to cease broadcasting from tomorrow.

https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/09/your...adcasting.html

nomadking 27-09-2019 02:37

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So where exactly is Sky Crime going to be? What about the other channel changes?
Link

Quote:

Then, on Tuesday 1 October, there’s the launch of a brand new channel, Sky Crime (CH 135 (HD)/136). You can read more about the home of the very best US true crime stories here.
On the same date, Mix and Fun customers will find five new music channels on their service: MTV Hits (CH 312), MTV Base (CH 313), Club MTV (CH 314), MTV Rocks (CH 315) and VH1 (CH 316).

Plus, some of your favourite channels will then be moving to make them easier to find. There are new homes for the likes of Universal TV, Sky Arts, SYFY, Food Network, Discovery HD, Animal Planet HD and many more. Consult your Channel Guide below for the full list!
The channel guide included in the link is going to be out of date in a few days time.

cheekyangus 27-09-2019 09:17

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Thanks for that nomadking.

Virgin Media must have come to a new agreement with Viacom if they are moving so many of their channels.

Mix and Fun are slowly turning into XL/oldFullHouse (and I mean XL, not Maxit, because of they have Pay kids channels).

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I've noticed that Fun already had 3 of those 5 MTV channels mentioned, so VM worded that poorly.

Ultimate.Conj 27-09-2019 09:30

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36011864)
Thanks for the detailed explanation - could be very useful in the future.

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UHD broadcasts of football on BT take between 4 and 5 times the disk space compared to the equivalent HD version.

Maybe sport in UHD takes more space or maybe BT UHD is a better quality.

I don't tend to record the football as I always manage to stumble across the score lol, but I do record the F1. Be interesting to see if Sky UHD takes up more/less space than BT UHD.

The picture quality on BT UHD is very good though, lovely and clear.

OLD BOY 27-09-2019 14:50

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36011833)
JJ20X on Forumbox is reporting Sky Crime is showing up on Tsid:33.

I looked at DigitalBitRate just now and can confirm this.
http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.ph...&sec=0&lang=en

It will not appear on the EPG until 1 October.

Aguero9320 27-09-2019 16:50

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Following YourTV’s disappearance and Disney’s acquisition of Fox, does anyone think a new carriage deal with Disney could be on the cards?

cheekyangus 27-09-2019 17:21

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36011972)
It will not appear on the EPG until 1 October.

I wasn't expecting the name to, given the circumstances. The schedule is available though, just scroll through the Real Lives one.

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320 (Post 36011987)
Following YourTV’s disappearance and Disney’s acquisition of Fox, does anyone think a new carriage deal with Disney could be on the cards?

Not unless either the old Disney or old Fox deal was due to expire soon. The closure was one all platforms, it won't come into it.

OLD BOY 27-09-2019 17:35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36011988)
I wasn't expecting the name to, given the circumstances.

The schedule is available though, just scroll through the Real Lives one.

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Not unless either the old Disney or old Fox deal was due to expire soon. The closure was one all platforms, it won't come into it.

Ah, well spotted!

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320 (Post 36011987)
Following YourTV’s disappearance and Disney’s acquisition of Fox, does anyone think a new carriage deal with Disney could be on the cards?

It will be interesting to see how Disney + impacts on carriage deals as they expire.

Frazz 27-09-2019 19:03

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Aguero9320 (Post 36011987)
Following YourTV’s disappearance and Disney’s acquisition of Fox, does anyone think a new carriage deal with Disney could be on the cards?

My TV hasn't disappeared it's still in the living room😂

gba93 27-09-2019 20:11

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Frazz (Post 36012008)
My TV hasn't disappeared it's still in the living room😂

It's all fake news - ask Donald :D

nomadking 27-09-2019 23:16

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Just come up on the V6 section at the top of the menus.
As of Oct 1st

Universal moves channel 122
Sky Arts moves to 123
SYFY moves to 138
E! moves to 140
Discovery HD moves to 250(already there)
with more changes to be announced on the day
Eg What's happening to Pick on 123, Sky Witness+1 on 140, SYFY+1 on 136?

cheekyangus 27-09-2019 23:31

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36012020)
Just come up on the V6 section at the top of the menus.
As of Oct 1st

Universal moves channel 122
Sky Arts moves to 123
SYFY moves to 128
E! moves to 140
Discovery HD moves to 250(already there)

with more changes to be announced on the day
Eg What's happening to Pick on 123, Really on 128, Sky Witness+1 on 140, SYFY+1 on 136?

Media Boy found the answers in TV Listings magazines and posted it earlier in this thread. The post is here https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=1893

The Sky1/Sky Witness numbers will remain the same though.


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