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I've got the last two seasons in my shows, having seen the first four on DVD. I just need Netflix to bridge the gap.

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Don't know rumors suggest a full roll out in November but only VM know for now when a full roll out will take place

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Any more info on free trial for Netflix being offered? I heard a rumour new collection customers signing up in the new year will get 3 months free similar to spotify offer..

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Can someone quickly tell me how good this Netflix actually is, i don't really want to be paying anymore than i already do, just seems another rip off to get more cash from you!

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I'm getting the attached message when I try to watch certain recorded shows.
Any ideas?

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Pretty good I would say you could always try the 1 month free trail then if it's not for you cancel it.

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Hi mate, that was some good info.......NOT....:D:D only joking, anyway i'm a bit reluctant to pay even more for my TV service, i pay top whack at the moment, it just seems to be more and more cash required to watch TV nowadays!

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That happened to me the other day,I just reset my box and then they played fine ;)

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There are alot of exclusive films that are not on Sky Movies. e.g. Hunger Games and exclusive series like House of Cards and Arrested Development.

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Yeah my bill is a bit high about 130 at the moment, just paid two at once cost me 270 notes the other day.

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Cut sky movies and add netflix, saving maybe £20 a month, cut sky sports and stick with BT-Sports free on XL saving another £15-£20, then cut the Sky premium HD saving £7, reduce BB speed to saving maybe another £5,

You potentially saved £60 month. Pay TV is not maybe too expensive, you're just buying services you can't afford. Use the options Virginmedia offer to get most of what you want, we can't always have EVERY thing we want.

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Its all about what suits each household and their needs but in our household as there are several of us and each of us decide what we want and then pay towards the bill accordingly but for some on lesser incomes then obviously people have to cut their cloth accordingly l would say.

l would also advice people to look around as there are always deals out there that can save some quite a bit per month.

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Didn't say I couldn't afford it was just saying its probably a lot higher than most people pay because I don't have any retentions deals or anything, only I would consider cutting would be sports maybe, I like my broadband speed for obtaining 'media' from the internet and my kids are always watching movies. There is no chance I'd drop my additional TiVo either. Thanks for pointing out where I could save money though, I'll bear it in mind in case my financial situation changes :)

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In the end, though, it's only £5.99 per month, and when you look at all the content on there, well worth it!

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Yeah I've already signed up been watching red dwarf all day.

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Unfortunately the Video Output options have not been fixed.

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What's the issue with video output, if you don't mind me asking?

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It won't switch between SD and HD. If you select multiple inputs it only uses one of them. Ideally it would leave the user to decide what they want the TiVo to do. The info button has the options as they should be but unfortunately somebody thought it would be a good idea to change them!

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Netflix is very good but the removal of eight minutes from every episode of Hustle is awful. Why cannot they use the full versions? The cuts are appallingly badly done....

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The cuts won't be anything to do with Netflix. They don't always get a choice of which version they can get the rights to. And there are many versions of any given show.

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well that may well be so but it is putting me in mind to quit before the first month is up. Such butchery is inexcusable.

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Anybody not like the Netflix app or update? Any issues or bugs?

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One cannot possibly comment as one has not received it yet.:)

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Hope its not too long for you mate.

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Hopefully it will arrive in the next few weeks Martin.

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I got it this morning - the menu performance is a bit choppy compared to other mediums (PS3 specifically), but otherwise it does what it says on the tin, really.

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The app is very very good in my view....

I've not tried Netfix, but after the update and in the OnDemand section, when you go down a list it no longer displays info on the highlighted show to the right (under tivo logo) you have to select the show to go to the next page to see the info.
The rest is great.

You can select high contrast guide/info bar which turns them black instead of red.

Question: You can now select 1080p pass through only. What does that mean?

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If the source is 1080p, the TiVo can pass this through as 1080p to the HDMI. But it can't upscale lower resolution sources to 1080p.

At the moment Netflix is the only 1080p source available.

Thanks for the info.

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yep, delighted with it

immediately dropped my bb down because i was only really needing the high speed for netflix through the ps3

and now no ps3 fan noise either :D

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What suggested that you needed a high broadband speed to use Netflix on your PS3?

Via your TiVo, you are accessing Netflix via the TiVo's onboard internet connection, which is only 10Mb.

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always had trouble getting a decent speed to my ps3 via whatever method i tried

only way i could be certain netflix would be smooth was to bump up the connection, dont need to do that now

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My Tivos are a lot faster, typing in search and the results are super fast.

Now the Discovery bar is only 4 "squares", I have not seen any ads on it.... yet. I do kind of miss the old Discovery bar as I used to scroll along it and get ideas, although the new one seems to refresh itself which is still good.

I have 2 Cisco and 1 Samsung. The Cisco boxes seem to be connecting to the network more? Up to now they are connecting every 4 hours or so, if this is the case it might help with channel schedule changes.

Hasn't the Tivo got dual core thingys? Has the second one been activated to make it faster?

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I think I saw a post saying that was part of the upgrade; to connect every 4 hours.

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Ive got the update and wow,

The tivo is much faster, the menus flow better. When you delete things it does it when your viewing tv or the tivo is idle.

Youtube app on my phone makes the tivo auto launch youtube to watch videos im watching.

First time using netflix, 1080p is nice.

1080p is great. Been watching Netflix for the last 4hrs and not one buffer or fault. Tivo is on another level with this update!

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Yes, it is what the TIVO was made for! Just annoying that it took so long!

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Starting to think this liberty global take over is a really good thing.

Since them taking over in quick sucsession, smartcall, tivo uodate, tv anywhere for android in testing, iphone for virgin. Premier sport . Whats next? Atlantic?

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Some PS3 models have very poor WiFi.

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All of those were in progress before Liberty took over.

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Coming soon....

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Maybe so, but I would doubt the Liberty takeover had any major effect on them

Personally I'd say Premier Sports is really one of the first post Liberty things to happen

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Started to use Netflix on my tablet. Not a bad little service to be honest. Can't wait for it to launch on Tivo in my area.

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And Netflix bud,sadly thou they seem as old owners unable to aquire universal hd and they can't blame sky for that

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That was in progress well before Liberty came along.

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I hope the TiVo's Netflix app won't be out of date by the time we eventually get it!

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/02/n...h-in/#comments

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Lets hope the trial is classed as a success and the app can be rolled out to everyone first!:)

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I wouldn't worry about that, the Tivo probably won't support Ultra HD!

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This is just the beginning :)

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Hi has any one had problems with suggestions since update. I don't have any listed since update on Thursday. It worked great before just recording episodes of series that were missing, when the series was repeated.

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Indeed it is my young padawan.:)

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It won't. There still aren't any 4KTV chipsets in mass-production, never mind three years ago when the current TiVo boxes were designed.

From http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s732069

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I personally can't see 4K being massive in the home , the difference between 1080 and 4K is reported to be negligible on sets less than 100 inch and how many homes in the UK will purchase sets anywhere near that size ?

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any chance of profiles appearing on the netflix tivo app ? had got used to not having to scroll through the stuff my kids watch

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Yes 2nd quarter of 2014 :)

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Would somebody with the app mind timing how long it takes to launch?

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Approx 30 seconds for me, although if my box has been in standby for a bit and I haven't used the netfix app for a while it takes a little longer

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Yes. An updated app that supports profiles was deployed last week (it was mentioned in post #36), but there was a problem with it so they have reverted to the previous version for now.

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That's good news profiles is an excellent feature for families , we make use of it on devices in our house.

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New Rumour:

More areas may get the TiVo update this week.

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Ok thanks. The screenshots provided by spiderplant suggest the ui is now similar to the ui on the new TiVo Roamio. With people claiming noticeable improvements in speed following the update I wondered how close it was to the very latest TiVo hardware, but the Netflix startup time on the Roamio is 8 seconds whilst the Premiere is 40 - which is much closer to what you report. So it seems perhaps our TiVo is now working smarter in some respects, but not necessarily faster. Which is still good.

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That would be the best news ever, as long as Scotland is one of the areas.

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My suggestions are now nothing I would ever watch since the update lol. Also is there going to be a more user friendly fast forward and skip to a certain place on a recording? Like on the normal V+ box as it is so much better than the TiVo system.

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So does that mean the new, fancy transitions?

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Yes, but also I understand that things like series links are done in the background whilst your back watching the main screen.

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I haven't seen the annoying red circle since we had the update. No waiting for things to be deleted, you can move on immediately after you have set up any recordings or alterations to your links. I all feels so much more responsive.

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Any idea what the update actually consists of?

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Cannot wait for it to hit here in Hertfordshire.

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Thanks. ;)

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Yes we are still waiting down here.

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Does anyone know the difference in power consumption between normal running & in standby.

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Can't wait for Film Suggestions finally along with recording things I have not watched before unlike what it was doing before which was just recording repeats of things I had already watched usually.

Can actually switch the Suggestions function back on then :)

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It was 20w on, 18w standby because of the amount of work TiVo continues to do when it's in standby. I think there are power saving features in the new update though?

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One thing doing my head in about this latest update is the power saving mode, anyone know if there is a way to turn it off?

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Interesting cos the link to what it entails above clearly states you switch the mode on not need to turn it off.....

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My two boxes have been doing the power saving thing since I got the update last Thursday its doing my head in.

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How odd. Sorry not technical enough to help....

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http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...3/td-p/1982886

However, if you press power on the remote, it still goes into the standby setting

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Yes, it's now about 12W in standby.

You can't stop it going into low-power mode when in standby. If you want it to keep buffering, simply don't put it into standby.

(Or do you mean they are going into standby by themselves?)

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No, I meant when I put it into standby mode myself. I will just have to leave it on. Thank you for the reply.

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Anyone know when Hertfordshire will get the app?

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We just got the update here in Belfast

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Well that's anybodys guess Paddy but hopefully you should get it by the end of November at the very least.

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That's great news but alas we are still awaiting it down here in deepest Devon.

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TiVo update as arrived in Preston ;)

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Nothing in Glasgow area as yet.

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Hopefully your next bud ;)

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Nothing on the Stafford headend yet!

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I might be wrong, by box hadn't connected to VM during the night and now it's taking ages to connect!

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And maybe not...

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Hope so, don't think any Scottish areas have it yet :(

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Had a Tivo update last night in Sussex but no appearance of the Netflix app. Is this correct.

Found it not in apps but on the search and browse menu

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Same here - Reboot sorts it out.

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Update arrived in Mansfield NG18 . . . but I can't remember our Netflix password! Must wait to consult the account holder. Most frustrating.

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Go to Home -> Help & Settings -> Settings -> Network, then do 'Connect to Virgin Media Service'

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What areas were done overnight SP?

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They're playing into Salmond's hands - it's discrimination I tell you. :mad: :(..... ......;) :D

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Thanks Spiderplant and Dav1d. Did that just in case and there it was. Not in apps just in the search and browse main menu.

Am in the BN area if that helps anyone wanting to know what area was updated last night.

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Belfast, Brighton, Grimsby, Nottingham, Preston, Swansea and Wearside.

(It's nothing personal!)

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Is this still part of the trial or the start of the rollout?

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It's the roll-out :)