Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

They've just spend tens of millions on hardware for the NGTV project that will free up considerable bandwidth by allowing them to switch unwatched channels off on an area-by-area basis, amongst other things. They are likely to want to get the best out of this system before they look at upgrading it. This will probably take a good few years, in the meantime, DVB-C3 will be out.

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

maybe virgin could create a way to transfer recordings from v+ scientifica to samsung or tivo box via the usb port using a usb to usb cable, that way users wouldn't lose their recordings.

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

USB to USB isn't possible as both boxes would be powering the cable, ethernet would work. I collected 2 sa8300s today. Thought they were finished!

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

The Samsung V+HD is a decent box , however the SA V+ looked like a Ferguson videostar all it was missing was a remote on a wire LOL :D it does produce a great SD picture though.

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

yeah the SA looks horrible, i like the look of my samsung box, very attractive imo, shame its not fanless. Roll on Mpeg4 for HD! I hope virgin would keep the AC3 for audio instead of using HE-AAC like freeview hd.

I'd quite like to see new freeview channels and rebranded channels to be launched on dvb-t2 using h264 and HE-AAC, this would force people to get freeview hd boxes and tv's, a bit like how e4 and bbc3 were used for new tv shows to encourage people to go digital. As the uk govt will be looking to switch to dvb-t2 and mpeg4 in several years from now, anyway thats getting off topic.

btw h.265 is due to be ratified in 2013, even more uncertainty for us to worry about :P

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

Even if this was possible, it would take hours to copy on the Samsung V+, and days (weeks?) on the SA. Never going to happen.

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

100mbit would be 11mb/s. 1hr of recording would be 6gb ish, most people don't have that many hours of recordings on.

Re: Virgin to use DVB-C2?
 

Well, the specification of h.264 was ratified in 2003, and it didn't really receive widespread use until around 2007/2008, so at this rate, we won't need to worry about h.265 until around 2018.