Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Not 100% on that. Might be one for BenMcr to check for you. I wouldn't want to give the wrong info. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

so this will be available in march? If so why is it being announced so far ahead of time? If it is in march don't change to XL packages until then guys, no point wasting your money until then.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

£58.80

The first is the non-discounted prices, you get a discount from taking multiple services.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Where did you get March from?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Roll out starts end of the year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Maybe a combination of what you and muppetman says.

I hope it delivers and that it's a success but it's not for me as i'll never be a Triple XL customer. £189 to loan a PVR and an ongoing sub is out of the question but I'm actually quite happy with V+ for now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

That £58.80 is only valid until the 30th Nov in the small print. So waiting until VM announce their pricing might price you out of the difference of £4.94pm. I think? I was gonna upgrade tommorow but DF said wait. Don't know what to do.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Il say its up2 you but if you cant wait upgrade tommorow :dmonk:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

region by region?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Here's hoping... still got my 10 year old tivo on freeview and would never get rid of it. I'm guessing the VM tivo code wont be running on linux tho? ;)

Just thought, I wish i'd bought a lifetime tivo sub, £10/month they've been getting for 10 years!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

On the Build your Own Bundle page it tells me that my package - XL TV, XXL BB and M Phone is £60.74. So how come I'm paying £62.99?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Can i ask with the new box can you still get HD channels? and is it just better EPG?

whats better about it to the V+ box?

im asking as dont really know anything about it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Its better and more new stuff 2do on it, and better EPG :tu::tu:

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Do you have any of this added if you do thats why its £2.99 more

£2.05 per month
Voicemail Plus

Access your messages from anywhere, record your own greeting and more.
£2.05 per month
Call Divert

Divert your calls to another number.
£2.05 per month**
Ring Back When Free

Set your phone to ring when an engaged number becomes free.
£2.05 per month
Caller Display

Lets you see who's calling before you answer.
£2.05 per month
Call Waiting

Know when someone is trying to get through when you're on the phone.
£2.05 per month
3 Way Calling

Lets three people chat at the same time.
£2.05 per month
Quick Dial

No need to remember numbers you use often.
£2.05 per month
Call Barring

Bar different types of outgoing calls.
£2.05 per month
Reminder Call

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Can I just say Well Done Virgin -

You've hit the nail on the head if this pricing is correct, for the first time in a long time this makes perfect business sense.

Both Virgin and Tivo need this to be a runaway success, this will be their flagship TV service and they need as many people as possible to upgrade to this.
Most current Virgin subscribers have already forked out between £50 and £200 to have their current boxes and if were asked to fork out another £200+, a great number of people would just stick with their current set-up. Especially in the current economic climate.

I fully agree that new customers should pay the same as we have in the past for their boxes.
Also on the back of this, the increase in revenue from most subscribers upgrading to the top tier packages to get this price gives another great boost to their numbers and revenue.

I am so excited by both the specs and pricing of Tivo I finally feel honoured to be an existing customer that will be looked after!

Thank You Virgin for listening!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Well, if those prices are right I think I will be upgrading my phone to XL for £8 a month so I have XL XXL XL.

That way my 12 month expenditure for TiVo would be (£8 x 12) £96 on top of my normal bill rather than (£149 + £40 + (£3 x 12)) £225 for the year. Then at the end of the year downgrade my phone back to M (I never use my landline) an just pay the £3 a month, costing me £36 a year for TiVo.

Not a bad deal really, and I guess at some point that £3pm will disappear too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Finally :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

So you think you could drop back ;) After two(three?) years with a V+ box I know there is no way I could go back to to a non PVR STB.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

If you cant see any advantage to tivo and dont want a better box then the pricing is pretty irrelevant. To many people the box being on loan is irrelevent also. With VM's main competitor just getting a better box without tivo was initially twice that amount if VM allow a self install. The only advantage that box has is a larger hard drive which is pretty useless if you dont stay subscribed to their service. I think if people do want a better box with the tivo software they will be willing to pay that amount. Anyway it gives them another choice they can either stick with what they have got like you or pay for better.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I#ve just spoken to virgin and the cost to me as a VIP customer is a one-off fee of £60 per box. Its £75 for new customers. He said the price applies to XL TV and VIP customers, So nothing at all like the rumour on here. This is information that they have received this morning in Customer Services. Sorry!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Still not bad , so that's 60 quid for Xltv subscribers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

This prompted me to ring customer services because i was going to ring them anyway to make a change to my services. i got though to a very helpful Scottish lady who went through various screens of info she had on tivo but she found no pricing. Pity because I would probably pay the higher price but of course I would be a lot happier with the price you were given. I wonder if it were £60 fee would it be a higher monthly charge than the £3 per month that Media Boy was told.

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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Hmmm

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Maybe you could split the thread from first post on the pricing leak for us?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

This is bonkers. Price rumours are on topic for the Tivo boxes surely.
Maybe it's time to allow a Tivo thread and all discussion/rumours and leave MB's thread separate.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

You'll be lucky if half of VM customer services know the price of current products let alone future.ones.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

The reason I ask is that a TiVo thread (or two) have been closed because we are discussing it in here (as it's in MB's first post) yet we keep getting asked to stop talking about it here. Just need a litte consistency. :tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Is there a link anywhere that shows exactly what the Tivo does? I know it has a larger HD but what other advantages are there over the V+ box?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

You have got to be joking? This thread has no topic??? It's a total free for all.
A few people have asked for a Tivo thread and some have even created some threads and the mods have closed them down.

One of the biggest things ever to hit Virgin and we have 1 thread 90 pages big with allsorts of crap mixed in.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

The thread is about channels and services coming soon to VM and while discussion of TiVo is ok as the service is coming soon. However Wildly guessing about pricing is a waste of time until VM actually announce the pricing themselves.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

http://shop.virginmedia.com/tv/tivo.html

Some plus points over V+HD

Remote recording
Apps
Bigger Hard drive
HD EPG
Better search feature
Internet connected with its own 10mb modem.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Absolute to launch Absolute 00s station

Absolute radio has confirmed plans to launch a new station playing music from nougties acts such as Coldplay, Eminem and Muse, joining its existing networks for the '80s and '90s.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...s-station.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

But Absolute '00 is not coming to Digital TV.

Only DAB Radio in London.

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Movies 24 has become Christmas 24.

NBC has rebranded Movies 24 and Movies 24+ has Christmas 24 and Christmas 24+ on Virgin Channels 419 and 420.

But note that Virgin have still to update their EPG Banner.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

thanks for that - the one thing it doesn't mention is the number of tuners. I'm hoping there will still be a minimum of 3.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Yes it does have 3 :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Does it have a component output or just HDMI?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I'm guessing just HDMI - same as the Samsung V+ HD box and the V HD box

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

what about the ability to stream recordings to TiVo boxes in other rooms - any news on that being included?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Do we know for sure how many programmes can be recorded at the same time? When the Tivo box was first announced I saw an article that suggested it could record three at the same time - though I cannot find said article now! More recently I have seen two programmes mentioned, the same as the current boxes which seems more likely.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

It has HDMI and Scart I think.

Also it will have three tuners just like the V+ HD.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

thanks

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I believe so, not sure it will at launch though.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Do you have any idea how the back-up to a PC will work?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Is it true most people wont see a TIVO box until March/April ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Which of the regions, judging on past launches, do you think will get TIVO first?

(since the mods love "Wildly guessing")

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I don't see why it will be regional launch. Virgin now have a single TV headend so there is nothing to stop it being available everywhere at the same time (When the V+ HD launched there were three headends, so three slightly different boxes)

It's more likely that any restricted availablity (if that is what happens) will be down to services rather than geography

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Ben do you think there will be enough boxes to match demand as I rememeber when Sky HD launched they had to delay peoples installs due to supply problems. Looking forward to getting one. Do you think there will be lucky people who get them installed before Christmas ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Honestly, I haven't a clue to that.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Can we please start a tivo discussion board its obviously needed now so why not.:confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

There's a TiVo thread on page 2 of the V+ board.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Going on past introductions, don't know who will be first but Wolverhampton will be one of the last:dunce:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Cinemoi tests appeared on Virgin Media.

I have just been told by an ''Virgin Tester'' that Cinemoi has been testing on Virgin Media for the past 3/4 days ahead of it launch on Virgin Media on Wednesday.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

As Stephen has said we need to get back onto topic, it would be a good idea to move all TiVo discussion on to the TiVo thread located here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...0455-tivo.html


Unless someone has news on a launch date for the regions or something VERY important, it's best to move all talk about the upcoming service in the thread linked above

:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Dont look like no1 is rit on there seens the 27th of the 10 month :D:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Eh? :confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I think he means it was last updated 27th October ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Translation: It would appear no one has written any posts since the 27th of October. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Yep i should of put the month name :LOL:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I'm hoping if you hit record half way through a show it will save the start from the buffer also? If my 10yr old tivo can do it...

The 30 second skip back when hitting play after a max speed fast forward was handy too...


A.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

That will be good i no sky+ do when i use to have it ;) good about haveing the internet on it woop woop

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

As I said in another thread, I gather that particular feature (which I happen to think is the best feature of tivo) won't be ready until next summer.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I would run through the technical reasons why Sky does it but the V+ doesn't but that's not for this thread ;)

But suffice to say, if TiVo can record up to three channels at once, then I bet it can do it. If it's configure the same as the V+ HD box (record 2 and always watch a live channel) then I don't think it will

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I have no extras on the phone.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Cool :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

As posted on my list:

I can now give out the name of this channel.

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: FX HD to broadcast new hours in January 2011.

My insider has told me that FX are giving their HD Channel new broadcasting from January 5th 2011.

FX HD will broadcast from 8am to 2am every day on Virgin Channel 158.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

From Today (29/11/2010)
NBC Universal has joined TV Choice On Demand

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

The press release for Cinemoi

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...007&highlight=

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Just spoke to Retentions department and had some worrying news. They don't have much info really, nothing about pricing structures or release dates but apparently they have been told there will be 2 versions of the TiVo box:

320Gb = £249 (with a possible £40 install fee)
1Tb = £299 (with a possible £40 install fee)

Guy on the phone said it was "in line with Sky's pricing for its HD boxes". He sounded like he actually knew what he was talking about which was good, if a little worrying.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

As no pricing for TiVo hasn't been announced at all, I have no idea where they got those from

Retentions are no different to any other frontline team - they get to find out at the same time as everyone else

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I've always thought that the TiVo was going to be part of a subscription as apposed to being available separate?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

they really should have 1.5TB drives as they cost very little more, they'd have a nice marketing advantage over the Sky+HD box too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

why not 3tb a little bit more price but hay deifntely sometihng they can market with ;) maybe 3tb as option for more space but bit more price wiise

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Why does it say US Boxsets instead on NBC Universal on demand? Some of the shows arent working by the way eg: 30 Rock 1st show plays for a few seconds then goes back to the menu.

I guess HD shows will be added later, any plans for Catch Up TV shows from any of the NBC Universal channels in there?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

What makes this info. especially suspicious is VM have never mentioned two sizes of hard drives. Only a 1Tb has ever been mentioned. Tivo do two sizes but I don't think it would be worth VM offering a choice of sizes. It would be an unnecessary complication of their pvr range.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Not sure, that's just what they have decided to call it. Yeah I can replicate the 30 rock issue on my box too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

They could market having the eSATA port enabled which would allow you to expand the disc storage as required - they could even sell (sorry rent) the additional hard discs and could keep the external hard disc content encrypted and paired to just one box to prevent digital copies proliferating. Or that could just disable the eSATA port and miss a great opportunity.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Well Sky do at least 2 different sizes, bear in mind that not all users will want 1Tb drives, many survive on 160Gb at the moment.

The guy told me to keep an eye on here and Digital Spy as well.

Cinemoi to launch on December 1st on Virgin TV.
 

Cinemoi to launch on December 1st on Virgin TV.
My insider has told me that Cinemoi will launch on December 1st.

UPDATE: The broadcaster has confrim that Cinemoi will launch on Virgin Channel 445.What this than???

Re: Cinemoi to launch on December 1st on Virgin TV.
 

french movies !!! why

Re: Cinemoi to launch on December 1st on Virgin TV.
 

That info was posted by me on my blog.

http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com...er-1st-on.html

We are also talking about it in the Coming Soon thread...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Skys 320gb HD box can be had for free if you take HD Pack so this sounds a pile of poop.

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Good news for future new builds

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...uild-firm.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Yep itis good news virgin should take over BT couse BT are poor :dunce:

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There working all on my box, any1 asle mite get it working all good 2morrow

Re: Cinemoi to launch on December 1st on Virgin TV.
 

Drat.... another channel my missus will demand and make me pay for :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

If its a TiVo feature then I guess TiVo on VM will have those features ;-)

If you are going to keep posting about rumors and guessing of prices for TiVo could you please move over to the TiVo thread please.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...0455-tivo.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

i see house this in hd on us boxset on demand

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

you and ds are a bit slow on this
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...l#post35130177

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

The DS article was posted hours before that thread was created!

DS is sometimes quite slow though, or lacking in accuracy.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

New Tivo press release online.

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...859&highlight=

Highlights

http://shop.virginmedia.com/tv/tivo.html hasn't yet been updated but it's only a matter of time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

£199 for tivo box from offical press release

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...1859&highlight

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

TiVo announcement!

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...859&highlight=

The TiVo website is currently down though :(

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http://tivo.virginmedia.com Works!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I have registered my Interest :D! Only a matter of time really.

Hoping it is cheap for people on the VIP package :erm:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Now is that a software update to support it, or a hardware refresh with 3 tuners?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

http://tivo.virginmedia.com/public/how

Is that a CableCard slot and two eSATA ports on the back? Certainly looks like it!

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Damn, they're just USB and a smart card slot...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Registered my interest, is that price quote for new or current customers, If so I am a xxxl customer and I am wondering what will happen with my V+Box when I get the Tivo Box? I already have another V+box and I dont need 3 PVR's.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Software. The box has 3 tuners.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Techradar have an in depth look at the box and software, link posted in the TiVo thread:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35130478-post106.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

Just signed up.Very surprised there is no tivo branding on the box.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I love the preview vid too :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

They really sell it in that video, looks great.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
 

I hope £199 is for new customers and existing customers get a discount on that.

£199 for a box you will never own is abit ****