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just watching the golf on sky sports HD 3 and the highlights of the Irish Open and the live US Seniors open are all in HD via the red button.

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It is but I gave up waiting for it to load:rolleyes:

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sooner we can red button on tivo the better should load fine on tivo

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Agreed. But I'll be shut of this V+ come thursday:angel:

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you getting another tivo mate

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Yes a 500GB model, got to get ready for TiVo to TiVo streaming;)

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great will get another one here too when i can get money saved for one great deals on the 500GB ones at moment

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off topic Dave but what is your opinion (honest) of Jordan Henderson?

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Thanks. Does the red button take you directly to whatever it is or do you get a menu screen showing everything that's on red button?

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sorry trying not to get of topic as for JH he ok but he never ever tackles mate his big fault back to topic hope we get red button on football first but we see when season starts not long now

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with regards to the golf you press the red button and you get 3 x small live screens and you then just select the one you want to watch,this is really useful when watching multiple champions league matches etc because you can watch all the matches simultainiosly then if there is a goal etc you just select that match.... hope this answers your question.

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Menu screen , with three different feeds on golf , feeds are SD I've just checked although its decent PQ .

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your right muppetman,I initially thought the feeds were HD but closer look they are SD,and as you say good quality.

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I'd love to know if spider plant knows this, but is it possible to provide red button HD feeds as these would be the icing on the cake for the Sky Sports red button.

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I wonder if Sirius watched the Rugby League red button , I know how much he likes the Warriors.

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There's no technical reason why not (on cable at least, and I can't imagine satellite would be any different).

But commercially I'd guess it's not viable. 14 HD streams wouldn't come cheap. They'd still have to carry SD versions for the majority of users who don't have HD-capable boxes.

(I wonder if Sky have redeployed their old SD production kit on the red button feeds? Would make sense)

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Nope because i have Tivo now. Good game tonight.

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Would it be possible to say have a mix , so maybe two red button games on match choice in HD with the remainder in SD , at least people would then be able to see the game on the channel in HD plus two more , just wondering my tech knowledge of these things is limited :D

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Yes they played ok , I watched with the bins on in 3D :D

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The big game will be Warrington V Wigan for the hub cap i think.

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Red Button Tomorrow

Sat 30 July Airtricty XI v Man City (press red button or view online)

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! Seems quite high profile for red button, should be interesting to see how City does though.

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For Virgin Customers?

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On the off chance that it is, its V+ only.

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Well there is only one result there Sirius and its not the one you want.:D

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What about the VHD box.

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ash88uk;35280559]For Virgin Customers?[/QUOTE]

The truth is nobody knows or if they do they are not telling.:shocked:;)

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Considering your performance last night i think you might be wrong there ;)

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Your prayers l afraid will never be answered.;)

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will do haveing sky put in on monday morning for free with sky phone and Multiroom and i well let you know how i get on soon

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Wr've been waiting for the red button for ages now it's getting annoying

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i got match choice on on sky sport 2 but i am at my sister houes and she got sky i bet virgin have not got match choice ?come on monday

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not on virgin what a surprise...lol

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Well there is no match choice on Virgin at the moment on Sky Sports 2.

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I'm watching man city game on red button now...you're not missing much..if that helps

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Agreed on that I'm watching in 3D and it's no better LOL :D

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I had red button come up on Sky sports 1 at the bottom right of the screen saying Rugby, pressed red the box froze and required a reboot, red button has now disappeared. Any one got red button for anything?

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The rugby is on SS3 now. Sounds like they put the prompt on the wrong channel to start with.

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Cheers SP:D
I have pressed Red for the Rugby and it has appeared but the Just a moment box will not go and the box is unresponsive.. I have had to reboot the box again. It used to do this when red button first appeared . Having rebooted the box the Just a moment box will not go and the box has become unresponsive again. Something is not right here.
I have rebooted again to get control , I think I will give the Rugby a miss

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Yes the Rugby is on SS3 now.

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How?

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Yes i know that, but you quoted someone saying that they were watching the Man City game? That comes on at 4pm on SKY 3D ?:D:D:D:D

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The Man City game is on 3D live now , Inter v Celtic is on at 4pm.

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Better get this sorted for F1 next year.

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whoops my bad:(

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The cup games are also on the red button on SKY now, is it on VM

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Not that I can see.:(

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No.

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Do what i have done dump sky sports i am currently watching the England test match but not on sky sports! i will not be taking sky sports on vm again until the red button issue is sorted,i have voted with my wallet if enough people did that then perhaps just perhaps they would sort it out,£22.50 a month to have to stream some content i miight as well stream the lot.;)

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I dumped the Movies and sports but that was for another reason?

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Well here we are and still yet not a word from Virgin on the so called launch of the red button phase 2 and if phase 1 is anything to go by l suspect it won't amount to much.

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I have just plcaced a comment on ther Coming soon page, about VM, the football season started in my view yesterday when the pre-season games were shown on Sky on THE RED BUTTON. and l watched both games on the same screen.

Its about time VM and Niel Berkett stopped treating its customers like a bunch of idiots, they make these promises, and fail to keep them.

The Red button is going to be the down fall of VM in my opoin and will lose customers,
IF VM are only going to have periodoric RED BUTTON scenes, then you might as well forget it.

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I think we should not get the red button.

maybe we should start a campaign...no red Button for Virgin!

Come onnnn...let's be having you....(said in a delia accent, drunk delia accent :D)

are you with meeeeeeee

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Naughty naughty.LOL:D:D

I am afraid i cannot drink enough wine to sound like delia,but here you are the real thing.;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8JLkwzpd0

Just apply it to the red button.

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No Arthur, the season doesn't start with the pre-season games. The clue is in the name.

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Mind you Lew the red button has gone missing in the cricket season and we are well past the pre-season games with that.;)

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VM are the idiots not the customers

We should get it

lamo pmsl

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Had enough, time to jump into bed with Sky maybe!

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My Cisco V HD box is still having problems with Sky Sports Red Button.When I press Red the just a moment box refuses to go and I have to reboot to get control of the box. I posted on the help and support forum yesterday all they can tell me so far is it could be a box specific problem.

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yes, I have been tempted too

edit rob - link removed - not really appropriate for this site's "family friendly" policy and it's off topic too

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:Yikes: Only 228 days to get everything in place for missing the start of F1 on Sky in HD with Red Button on all the VM boxes (SA/Cisco/Tivo). They'll easily manage; so no need to Marketing Team to break into a "sweat" until well after Christmas 2013.

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Strange..i grant you it is slightly off topic...but a girl in a dress has never seemed inappropriate...i'm sure the kids see girls in dresses in the real world...when they are allowed out of course..unless it is the tattoos...not something I would do..and kids...don't do this please :D

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No updates yet?! where are all the people with inside info?

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Nope. I've tweeted them so ask when we might know what's going on... nothing back yet!

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....and still waiting....

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I have asked a similar question on VM TV help and support this morning ,but no answer has been forth coming.:(

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What the biggest irritation is in my mind is the total lack of communication.

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That is nothing new unfortunately, the lack of communications with their customers is a long standing issue that has been brought up over and over again in these pages and on the community site to little avail.:(

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http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/t...ugust-2011.php

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Fair enough Ben thanks for the link to Tennis on SSP Red button, but what about the Premier League football there is no mention in that link. To quote http://www.virginmediapeople.com/pricingguide/#top
"We’re giving you more control with Sky Sports red button.
Soon it will be even easier to catch your team on telly, thanks to the Sky Sports red button.
If they’re not showing on the main channel, all you need to do is press the red button on your remote control, and Bob’s your uncle, you can scroll through all the games and select your side. It’ll work for all 2011-2012 Barclays Premier League matches, plus any UEFA Champions League match, ATP tennis, US Open, Heineken Cup and more. Plus, your clever red button unlocks loads of news and stats, too. And an extra bonus, from late spring you can use it to track down smaller sports events, games or highlights, too. Just keep an eye out for the red button appearing on your Sky Sports premium channels. Nice one! "

This is the information we are all looking for as the season is just 9 days away.

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Nice one Ben. Not being picky but what happens when its on 1 or 3 or 4. Do we not get the functionality?

Also a bit worried we've still had no info regarding Match Choice.... It holds no interest for me but it does my Dad and Brother in Law...

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l think one thing sums this Sky red button up on Virgin and that it is a absolute fiasco by Virgin yet again with them stating things and not delivering on it when they said they would so its just another example of Virgin's vague and false promises.:td::td:

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Hang on...we have no idea if they will deliver or not so you can't really say that Denphone...but that's the main poinbt isn't it... we don't know! And this close to the new season we should know one way or the other. If the deal.tech is in place, it will be in place by now... there' s no way it's going down to the wire, so why not let us know?!?!?!?!?

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And one of Virgin's biggest weaknesses is their woeful lack of communication.

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"It’ll work for all 2011-2012 Barclays Premier League matches, plus any UEFA Champions League match, ATP tennis, US Open, Heineken Cup and more"

Which bit isn't clear?

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Better then nothing but I want it for football!

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look at this page
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1512277

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Well lets hope Spider and the proof will be in the pudding at the start of the Premier league season.

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Score!

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New info on Sky Sports RB.

Letters being sent out by Virgin about Sky Sports Red Button. The letter says ''football first'' will be available on Virgin Media from this season.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...9#post51805419

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Well we shall see soon enough MB as the season is not far away.

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I wish we knew what the letter said.. anyone else received it apart from OP?

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already posted by me

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Sorry, I was posting my post when you post it.

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Great news :D It would have be nice if some one who has this letter could put it up on the forum.

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Well done Virgin

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be great if can record match choice too :):):) well can hope so

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None of it, Spider it's not as we were also told on a Sky internet page that compared the two platforms that it would be "LIMITED" on Virgin so we had no idea exactly what we would get... I hope that's clear!

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Great news, hope i get the letter soon!

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I for one do not want the letter as it is a waste of trees :erm:

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Come on CF members someone must of had this letter!! tell all!

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This is all I could obtain from the original OP on DS Foum http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...74&postcount=4

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Thanks

:D hopefully not too long for Tivo!

I might ring retentions in the morning and complain that I don't have SS red button yet as I'm on Tivo.. maybe they will give me a free V+ box!

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Has anybody had this leaflet /letter from Virgin media confirming sky sports red button for the start of the Premier League season ?

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No l have not received anything.

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Someone said on the VM forum they had a leaflet saying that red button will be available on Tivo Box's at the start of the football season.. this intrigues me so I will ring up retention in a minute! better then them Indian call center clowns.

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If true that would be great but l must state if it is true.

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I can't see the red button service coming to the TiVo box untill VM release the next update in October? Considering they haven't got the BBC red button working yet, there would be alot of annoyed users if they put the SS red button on before the BBC's red button service.

Hopefully they'll get the red button for the rest of their boxes out by next Saturday (13th) in time for the start of the PL season.

Let us know what they tell you, I'd love to be told other wise as to what I've typed above.

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i was going sky put in on monday i but when i phone virgin thay told you got have virgin till june so i what to say too cc about the sky sports she go on too say we have not got the
sky sports red button but i went on too say we have so she put me on hold for few mims come back sorry yes we have got the red button from sky but you will not get it from otc that from the red button team at working on it and know date for tivo yet so what going on i was going to sky on monday but i am not paying for virgin and sky my virgin run out in june

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Not their fault they are employed by VM! You try explaining TV billing or problems with your red button in Hindi or Urdu and see how you get on.

They try their best but when English isn't your first language I doubt it's easy!

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And thats the crux of the problem as even though they speak English it is broken English and not proper clear consise English.

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Then speak to VM and ask them not to outsource their call centres to foreign countries, not call those people "clowns".

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l have told them countless times but they do not listen and l have never called anybody a clown as l do not go into insults on people.