Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I'm getting 2 V6s, does that make a W12?....nah that's just stupid lol

Although it seems there are 8 tuners as 2 are being kept back....;)

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I thought it was the age they were targetting with TellyTubbyTablets and their "Hey there! Stuff's getter better" communication style :D

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

The 2 reserved tuners could easily be used for feeding live TV to a non PVR set top box like Tivo in the USA does.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

They was originally planning to use the VHD box as a TiVo box without recording capability, but it never saw the light :(

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if 2 are being held back, even better... a W16!

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

There is no difference in UHD support situation, specifically no HDR difference, between the V6 and Sky Q. The difference quoted was due to a misunderstanding by the reviewer, who said the Sky Q box was only HDMI 1.4 compatible.

Sky Q launched before the UHD service, so the HDMI capability was listed as HDMI 1.4 at the time. When Sky launched their UHD service they upgraded to HDMI 2.0 by firmware, necessary to support 4K/50 8-bit and 10-bit they now output.

There are two versions of HDR the boxes will need to be able to support in the future - HDR10 for most On Demand content and another, that has yet to be standardised, for live broadcast, but likely to be Hybrid Log Gamma, or HLG.

Sky said in the spring that they will do all they can to upgrade the box to support these two standards, once they are agreed, believe it should be possible, but can't say 100% until a broadcast standard is finalised. Virgin have said they will support HDR in the near future, but haven't talked about the two types, don't have any visible plans for broadcast HDR and are in the same position as Sky, chasing a yet-to-be-finalised standard (although, as the article linked above shows, The BBC are launching today test HLG broadcasts via iPlayer).

If Virgin have an advantage, it's because they are talking 7 or 8 months after Sky's last interview on the matter and probably have a clearer picture on broadcast AVR. On the other hand, they were not specific and could just have been talking support for HDR in On Demand content, and specifically for Netflix.

So really, we are still in limbo over "full" HDR support by both boxes and need to "watch this space".

Edit: seems the standards for broadcast HDR, which include HLG, are now "finalised but not yet published": http://www.insideci.co.uk/news/dvb-a...st-hdr-tv.aspx. So hopefully broadcasts using this will be incoming in the next year or so (iPlayer hopefully sooner).

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I was thinking about the football mate, some are showing games in 4K, I think? Might be BT, not sure, so would the V6 be capable of showing these games in 4K?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

If...or when (if you're feeling positive) we get 4K football/movies/on-demand, yeah the V6 will be able to show it.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I wonder whether BT and Sky will delay letting virgin have sports in 4K for a while, it's quite a big thing to be able to hold over their heads given the money in football these days.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I can imagine Sky & BT both holding out for as much as they can from Virgin for their 4K sports. It is big business after all.

Where VM may have some luck with Sky, is 4K movies and possibly on-demand 4K content for things like The Blacklist that is available on Sky Q.

Depends how much they want and how much VM are prepared to pay. Might not be in the next few weeks or months, but I would hazard a guess that VM are already in discussions....I hope lol

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

The sensible business decision IMHO for Sky/BT, would be to hold on to them, as a USP, given that both boxes are equal and the only real distinguishing difference is personal usage requirements.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Did the same thing happen with HD, PB? I can't remember lol

It might take a while, but VM are in the business of providing content. Just how far/how much will they pay, to provide that content is anyone's guess at the moment when it comes to 4K.

I have faith....I think they'll come good :)

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

**** UPDATE 8TH Dec ******

I rang Virgin media to try to order the V6 Box i mentioned that i rang last night and got a install for 5th Jan 2017 the lady last night told me sooo much BS they person i spoke with couldn't believe what the lady said to me i even got the Activation Fee FREE and even got Sky Sports and Movie £20 less a Month for 6 months so i'm a happy Bunny , it looks like you have to have your modem next to your superhub i just hope they got to alter the Traffic Management before too much data is used

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

There were several years delay, and VM (Telewest then?) ended up selling the channels they owned and associated content to Sky in exchange for HD plus restoration of Sky channels that had been withheld by Sky in a financial dispute. It wasn't quite as simple as that but that was the outcome. A few months after that, Sky launched Atlantic and kept it exclusive.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I thought I would share my renegotiation with Virgin in the hope that it could help someone.

We have 200mb BB, XL TV and Talk Weekends (paying now the deals ended £51.49 + the line rental with a 1TB Tivo and an additional basic box upstairs.

Currently come to the end of our deal with Virgin and had cancelled on the 30th November, when I spoke to an adviser and raised a complaint about his attitude, I didn't hear anything back and then spoke to someone from the complaints team yesterday who offer who could offer me £48 per month if I kept my existing Tivo box something that I didn't want to do but they could offer me it at £51.49 + £150 for a V6 box in installation something that I decided not to take, however the credited the account with £50 to close the complaint.

I phoned back today and spoke to retentions, who said they would ask the outbound retentions team to call me as I was now in cancellations. A lovely chap phoned me back and in the end did my full package for £41.50 per month (200mb/TV XL/Talk Weekends a V6 and the extra box upstairs) although I had to pay £50 for the box and £50 for the install the £50 credit covered some off and now they've changed the package It recalculated our bill crediting the account with a further £30 leaving us effectively with £20 to pay.

Only downside is they can't install till 8th Feb although he advised me to call back after Christmas to see if there were any new slots - gives us some time to watch the recorded shows!

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

My 2 V6's have just been installed and they are on wifi and working fantastic

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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Actually it was Virgin Media not Telewest back then.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Sweet, nice one mate :)

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Hi could you upload a wee video to show them working

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

This is not the place for wee videos :D:D

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I meant a link to a youtube video

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

do they only run on 2.4ghz?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Well I found a slot available and that is for Wednesday 14th December instead of January 6th. If people want me to do a video I'll be more than happy to do so, and a full review including streaming and any bugs I find

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

No, they are also 5Ghz compatible

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I agree, I hate all this dumbed down street kid way of communicating from organisations that purport to be professional.

Mine isn't, its two floors up! I use WiFi with no problems.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

As we're comparing charges this is what I got:

Activation Fee £14.99
Activation Exception £14.99CR
Manned Installation Credit £40.00CR
Manned Installation Charge £40.00
V6 Box Activation Credit £50.00CR
V6 Box Activation Fee £99.95

One-off charges & credits total £49.95

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Cheers Ben, good to know

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I found this in my email after order

http://virginmediapresents.com/#all/...zedraw_issue50

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Hi everyone first post here. I got the new V6 box installed today and the speed is great compared to the old tivo box.

Just one problem, in the old Tivo box I used HDMI port to main tv and Scart (21 pin?) cable to Kitchen tv. In the V6 box there is no 21 pin scart and not sure what the scart output (9 pin) thing is. Since there is only 1 hdmi port , anyone have a idea to what I can do, use a scart coverter or something?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Did it allow you to reschedule online or did you have to phone up? I had a look and there was a slot showing as available but as soon as I chose it, it said I couldn't reschedule online.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

You would have thought they would have updated the terms and conditions.

"TiVo features: Record three shows and watch a fourth"

Here come the targeted adverts we have been hearing about:

"Information about your TiVo use: By having the and/or using the TiVo service you give us your consent to use your viewing information to personalise your TiVo experience (in addition to the other purposes set out in our privacy policy). We may share this information with third parties..."

P.S. No ideas what "By having the and/or using" means.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Hi mate yeah you need to phone up option

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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Thanks - I'll give it a try. I got 1st February as install date.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I think the idea is that you pay them another £300 to get a tablet to use as a small tv without a remote control. I mentioned a page or two back (as have several others) that that totally does not appeal to me and is one of several reasons I won't be upgrading. The only other option is to "buy" a second V6 and connect it with coax and ethernet and have it sitting there doing nothing 99% of the time.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Keep checking my Virgin media

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The second v6 will connect totally with wifi

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Can anybody explain what scary out 9 pin does

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Although I get your point, they're the current standard TV terms and I would expect the terms will be updated once it goes on general sale to new customers as well.

Those terms have been in since TiVo first launched on VM. TiVo's suggestions and Thumbs wouldn't work without the consent.

It's a shorter version of 'By having the TiVo service and/or using the TiVo service'

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Nothing. It's not enabled in the UK.

To get a SCART output from the V6, you'd need an HDMI splitter an HDMI to SCART converter.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Google it. There's plenty of 9 pin circular to standard SCART adapter cables out there.

BTW its an S-Video port.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Pointless if its not enabled though

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

If it's not then the box is a very backward step. Many people run the SCART into a modulator and /or DVD/HDD recorder as I do to run the TV signal round the house.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Interesting to know that it is not done locally on the box as it was originally, before VM messed around with them. Thanks. They always used to be clever and useful the way Tivo designed it but after it stopped working altogether when VM "made it better" it was never the same again and I like many others then switched them off for good. Shame! I guess there could be financial advantages in being able to control which programs get suggested!!?

Still think it won't be long before targeted adverts start appearing on the menu and pause screens though. Never mind, I'm sure some people will enjoy them. :shocked: The US still have the option to opt out I understand.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

can you explain if I get hdmi to scart converter how does that work, as the hdmi is already taken up on v6 to the tv

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I'm sure someone said they are getting audio out of it but video is disabled in software and even the audio is "not supported" and could be disabled too at any time.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

What a useless bit of kit then. Forcing people to add yet another box to get TV circulated around the home. -10000 points.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Even if you could, it is possible that Tivo would not work properly if it cannot "talk" with the tv. Not saying it won't but unless someone has it working, I would not bet on it.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Don't be melodramatic, scart is very old tech and has no place in today's world. It has to be phased out sometime.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Hence the need for the HDMI splitter, which splits(ie duplicates) the HDMI signal into 2( or more depending on the splitter) separate HDMI signals. Eg You could have 2 TVs showing the same picture from a single HDMI output.

The HDMI to RCA converters seem to cost less than £10.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

All well and good taking away features that people love and use if VM had provided a sensible replacement, like Sky have done with Sky mini.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Oh, do give it a rest! If you don't like it, why are you still here? After all, Sky is so wonderful :rolleyes:

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

It is a discussion forum, is it not?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Exactly, SCART maybe old technology but many like me distribute TV around the house on a modulator for older low res TVs or would like to use 576i recorders. All previous boxes have supported this. Seems to me the only positive thing is more tuners for those with square eyes. Otherwise it's many steps backward. POS personified.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Yes, I know, Mister Q, but why so negative?

There are advantages and disadvantages of being with Sky or Virgin Media. Most on this forum are with Virgin by choice and it does seem that Virgin can do nothing right in your eyes. Hence, why I asked the question - why are you still with Virgin?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

OK so does that mean copying recordings is now not allowed

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I am still with Virgin because they kept calling me back after I left and gave me factually incorrect information that eventually persuaded me to give them one last chance, so I still have a few months left to go on a contract. Hopefully there will be a price rise in February so I can leave earlier, as I have said previously. I have participated in discussions here to determine if V6 has anything to offer me. If I had something positive to say I would say it. I have responded to people asking questions by providing helpful answers. I do not ridicule other peoples opinions or make jokes about mental health as other people have done and later admitted to finding "funny". Sorry you keep wanting to take sensible discussions offtrack. I hope I have answered your question?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

If when my old VHD box goes belly up that the only TV offering is the V6 then it's bye bye Virgin.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I have a fondness for VHS too.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

[QUOTE=mackemsrule;35874153]I'll get back onto them tomorrow, thanksJst

Just been back on the phone and the lady said that the price given was correct for being on the lower bb speed, and it was £50 less if you are on the larger 200mb speed package. The fella who placed my order bumped my speed up and gave me a £50cr to cover this, I told her people were saying it was still wrong and she went and checked and said she couldn't change the order so she has given me another £50 credit off my bill due this month, so only paying £30+ for this month, so thanks everyone

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

You've took that too far mister..........:D

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Doesn't Macrovison copy protection prevent that anyway?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Good old PDC starting and stopping recordings at the correct times!

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Would a HDMI splitter work?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I believe it's the entertainment industry that has, for several years, been putting pressure on the equipment manufacturers to phase scart out. They want all connectors to be a copy protected type, and therefore, HDMI.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

To do what? It wouldn't do both tasks of duplicating and converting. One output could go to a TV and the other could go to distribution setup of whatever sort.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

To go to 2 TVs , would both be able to view same thing.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Yes.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I'm still amazed that people can find that many programs worth watching!!

meanwhile I'm spinning Jack The Lad on the turntable ... lovely ..

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

A household can have a lot of varied tastes and at certain times extra tuners are definitely needed as there are clashes sadly.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Not sure what you mean, Virgin Media haven't changed the way the TiVo system collects data. TiVo US do exactly the same thing. Aggregated data on Thumbs and viewing is what drives the Suggestions engine and other personlisation options for TiVo

http://tivo.pactsafe.io/legal.html#privacy-policy



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I seem to recall similar comments when the RF out connection was removed on both Virgin and Sky STBs. Yet I doubt anyone would expect a box released in 2016 to have RF on it.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

So how can we archieve material on v6

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

We're not allowed to say.

A Freeview recorder should be able to archive material in SD quality.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I think people need to get out more!

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Especially when you slap a supercharger on and force feed it 1.5 gallons of Nitro per second :D

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If you go and have a look through some of the info pages you will see a line which says

Opted in = True

This means everything you do on the box is reported back to them.

On the real Tivo (old original silver box) you could set this to FALSE.

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You might want to send it back as you are out of luck my son, the scart is disabled.

Progress is always forwards you know :dozey:

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Unless they've completely rewritten the underlying code base from the original that simply isn't true, on the old real Tivo suggestions worked perfectly with Opted in switched off.

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You speak for yourself.

I have a VHS player with a built in DVD burner, that's SCART.

How do you plan to archive shows off your latest shiny-shiny..oh yes, you CAN'T

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The law specifically allows it (for personal use only blah blah) but VM (and Sky also?) have seen fit to block your legal rights.

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Can't stop you putting it onto VHS, take it out of the machine and hand it so someone else :D

Or even transfer to a DVD recorder...see, some of us have abandoned old fashioned tape...

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Which they did:

https://support.tivo.com/articles/Fe...ls-and-Privacy

The VM term covers the collection of the logs for the TiVo features, and sharing of that data in aggregated form. As the term does then say:

It's just that there isn't a specific opt out of the aggregated data when you have V6 or TiVo with Virgin Media - but again that's been true from the start.

The law specifically allows a copy for time-shifting purposes NOT for archiving.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright

By having a Virgin Media PVR (or any other PVR) you're already time-shifting. There is no legal right to make a further copy.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Yeah but with v6 there is no scart

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Archiving is just extended time-shifting :D

I agree you can't give a copy to someone else.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Freeview recorders don't always record from external sources anyway. They do allow you to record/archive the Freeview channels.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Hi no Mine does record from TiVo or did

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Just like the Sky Q...

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

No on sky q mini you can still do it

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

So I had to buy a separate box to do the job.:rolleyes:

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Can you explain

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

This forum went mental overnight, what has happened??

Reading all the comments about SCARTS, VHS, archiving, it's like being taken back to the dark ages lol

I've had my say on SCART and old tech...I'm looking forward to 4K UHD programming and you guys still using SCART to get TV around the house lol...couldn't make it up in 2016.

Ditch the old kit, and get with the times :-)
There is no possible argument that will convince me that people still need SCART cables and to archive programmes they will never watch again...jeez, waste of time :-)

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

One of these Mixes it's output with the Freeview signal for co-ax distribution around the house.

Retransmits my DVD/HDD recorder output too. Mind you that's good Sony kit and outputs 576i SCART for the modulator and 576p component to the TV simultaneously and also feeds through the SCART from the VHD box on standby.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

This post makes me sad! lol

You pay VM for XL TV package which has all of the HD channels and you also have a VHD which also is capable of HD, yet you using kit that produces 576p and 576i...Please tell me you have a HD tv :D

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Really?
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2016/12/7.jpg

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Naturally I have an HD TV (Sony Bravia 42" smart) in the front room on HDMI from the VHD box but I see no need to invest in a blu-ray player when I can download perfectly good 1080p films so I only need to play some DVDs. I also have a number of small TVs round the house.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

It doesn't appear so, according to Sky...

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/se...-a-non-hdmi-tv

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Lol. so true! :D

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I have a setup that enables me, if I so wish, to record a full HD HDMI copy protected signal(HDCP) to my PC. No big deal. Off the shelf Game capture device and another device that also happens to remove the HDCP. Even works on streaming devices, such as the Roku, Amazon firestick etc. The info is out there.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

4K has a newer HDCP standard the HD did

https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/hdcp-2-...-need-to-know/

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Can someone explain the pricing (excluding activation / box charges) fully.

Currently we pay £137.73 which has a £18.25 loyality discount so in fact its 155.58

which is basically Big Kahuna Sports and Movies Bundle HD, 3 500g tivo boxes and 200mb broadband and talk unlimited and multi talk 1000.

If I understand correctly we can have the new stuff on VIP package.

So I could in theory have:

2 V6 Boxes
1 tivo box I have

for £120 + extra box charge without loyality discounts? Or have I messed up the pricing?

Also with the V6 boxes can you connect them with your own router so the hub 3 is in modem mode (either wired or wireless) ?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Did the engineer complain about not being able to plug it into the Hub?
My v6 will be fine, but my mum and dad's (being fitted the day after) the hub is in a totally different room.
Wireless should be fine and they are possibly going to get Powerline plugs, but wondered if we don't have the Powerlines in place would the engineer refuse to install?

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

As long as the V6 can talk the home network (and the internet) then the install should be completed as far as I'm aware.

If the chosen network connection method doesn't work, and the customer refuses the alternate option to get it working, then the install wouldn't complete as the V6 won't work without a valid network connection.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

The engineer was more than happy to use the wifi. & BBC Iplayer and on demand are so fast not one problem. I do plan to move them on to the 5GHz band will do this when installing ASUS RT-AC5300 sometime next week

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

I know U C; what can you do with us oldies; stuck in the past with our Scarts, S-video and composite video via phono leads. Next thing you know, we'll be digging out valve amps and hooking up turntables and playing vinyl LPs with there associated 'clicks and pops'. Can't imagine anyone doing that today ;):D

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Wow I am back in the 90s, I remember the good old days with Scart :-)

Quick question for everyone here. Just got my new contract through to sign. One item on it is Leapfrog Additional Tbr* ... Any idea what that is?!

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Can't see much point in archiving programmes these days as they are nearly always repeated again....and again....and again.

Didn't think they bothered to send out hard copies of contracts to sign these days.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

It is a DocuSign one - very high tech, just signed it using my finger :-) All looks in order, but not sure what the leapfrog thing is.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Oh right! Never heard of VM using that before.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

It's just nice to have a choice

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Sorry if it's already been posted, but for you guys with the latest AV amps, it supports Dolby Atmos. Does Netflix support that? As someone with a 5.1 setup, I don't pay much attention to Dolby Atmos and DTS:X news.

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 

Oh you old git lol ;):D

Let me help you come into the 21st century with our 4K tvs and dolby digital HD, ULTRA HD surround sound (whatever they call it), that will blow your hearing aid off hehehe :D

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Why do you want to archive things? What do you archive?
Without sounding patronising, after reading some posts today, I would like to know.