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No, all new TV customers get TV 360 and MultiRoom boxes are the minibox.

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Does anyone know the result of the wifi mini box trial?

Also when they are likely to be available?

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If it's the trial/pilot I'm thinking of it was only for "Broadband-only" customers. Whether that's who it's for if it fully launches remains to be seen.

I was also under impression it wasn't a product that would be mixed with the conventional TV product as it it was aimed at a customer with different needs. So they wouldn't be mixing this streaming-only service in a way that it would link with TV360 boxes, even though they are seemingly both using Horizon. Maybe that had changed (or never was, it was an impression I got from what was said at the time).

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Why would a wifi TV box be supplied to 'Broadband-only' customers??

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Assuming it's the same trial/pilot, and it probably is, it was suggested at the time that it was designed to be aimed at (a gap in the market of) people who are only a little interested in TV and would never go for a full proper package, as they are mainly interested in On-Demand Apps. People who only have Broadband from VM are typically the sort that fall into this category. They gave the impression it wasn't a full service and was mostly Apps.

And it wouldn't take much of a change to allow all customers to use it eventually, so they can scale the service up at a comfortable rate rather than have too much demand and it impact service quality. It could well launch to all customers, and it could also be expanded to a full service. I'd discount nothing, companies change their minds between pilots and launches.

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Are there plans to replace all the V6 boxes?

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V6 boxes will likely eventually all become 360 boxes.

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They need to give plenty warning if they go that route, unless they've managed a way to keep recordings intact.

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Yes there would be notice but remember that all V+ HD boxes got swapped to TiVo or V6 without keeping any settings or recordings.

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To my recollection, most people were off that platform by then and got plenty notice in that instance. And customers think of it differently when they are getting new hardware, a software update comes with different expectations, even when you get a new remote control.

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Never mind V6s , what about Tivo's? Tempted to accidentally break mine. Maybe that's why I haven't been given a price rise this year ;)

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Currently you'll get another TiVo.

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Bet if I cancelled I'd be offered whatever box I wanted ;)

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Do you have any idea of when this is likely to happen?

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That's a different situation than if it breaks.

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Nope.