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Has anyone had any V6 glitches when casting youtube videos?

Recently I've had:

Multiple V6 options on my phone when choosing which device to cast to, 4 is my record all named V6 Living Room.
When choosing one to cast the V6 reboots before even opening the app obviously messing up any recordings going on at the time.

Anyone else experiencing problems?

Thanks

Well reported on the Community forum.

Joedm45

10-12-2018 23:49

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

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Originally Posted by RobboEdin (Post 35974511)

Well reported on the Community forum.

Thanks RobboEdin, always forget to look there. Cable Forum is always more helpful :)

lightmyfire

11-12-2018 12:04

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

Ok my first post.

A bit of background before I rant on. Yes I am a self confessed geek and got Sky a few weeks after it was launched all those years ago. And it was bloody cold on the roof directing my dish manually. Had Sky in many guises until finally at £130+ a month I said enough is enough and moved to BT. Also have dabbled with Openvix, Kodi etc.

So anyway the lure of 350mb broadband was too much so I bought out of my latest BT contract (Virgin had tempted me with £150 credit).

And what a shock!!! The interface for the V6 is appalling. 'Traditional' Sky (not exprienced Q), BT and even my customised Kodi and Openvix devices knock spots off it. i cannot believe how poor an interface is.

Given the competition i.e. Sky Q, surely a new front end must be on the cards.

Oh and I had heard that HD quality isn't the best. Well after switching from BT to Virgin I can certainly concur with that. A definate slight blurring.

I mean loads of stuff on catchup arent there from the night before and often series are missing episodes

You know what - I've got 11 months left. Can't wait to switch back to BT despite only getting 38mb braodband.

Sorry, don't mean to offend here. And hoepfully i can provide constructive feedback/answers as well.

Rant over

OLD BOY

11-12-2018 14:13

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

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Originally Posted by lightmyfire (Post 35974751)

Ha! Agree with you about the UI, and I have raised this myself on here, although many seem to believe that is not important. Clearly, it is, because it makes the service look old fashioned and puts people off if they are used to Sky Q and BT. However, the interface will be changing as the new Horizon UI is rolled out across Europe. Not sure how long it will take to get here though.

I don't have the issues with PQ that you have mentioned. I presume you have tried out the various settings on your V6 and the TV.

I tend not to watch much of Virgin's on demand apart from the Virgin Exclusives because I record the things I want to see, so I cannot comment with great authority on series missing episodes. However, as far as catch up is concerned, did you know you could go back to programmes already shown on the EPG and view them from there? That may solve that problem for you.

Personally, I am quite pleased with the service. It would be better if the V6s could record more. I have two - one in the lounge and one in the bedroom, and I can record on each as well as watch the bedroom recordings in the lounge and vice versa. Better than the Sky mini-box idea, because you cannot record on them.

Recording in HD, the 1MB capacity on the hard drive is not good enough really and I have to use my DVD recorder to give me a further 500 hours worth of HD recordings.

I love the fact that I can bookmark my Netflix shows so that they appear with all my recordings (without taking up recording space) and I prefer Virgin's on demand system in that you can just watch the programmes as soon as you select them, without having to download them first.

In the end, lightmyfire, I guess you just have to choose the best system that suits you.

lightmyfire

11-12-2018 14:31

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

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35974775)

Didn't know about the 'going back' on the EPG. Cheers for that

To be honest I rarely watch more than the sport channels and Wheeler Dealers (sad I know) and I have one of those Harmony remotes which takes me straight to them.

But it's the ear ache I get from the wife who, after around 4 years, had just mastered the BT box lol

OLD BOY

11-12-2018 14:33

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

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Originally Posted by lightmyfire (Post 35974779)

She'll get used to it! I know what you mean though! :D

Raider999

11-12-2018 21:11

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

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35974775)

Have to agree, re the miserly disk size on the V6, however if you have skyQ you can have a 2Tb box which is the equivalent of 2 V6 boxes.

You can also start watching downloaded programs on sky boxes after a small %age has been downloaded - I believe the exact amount depends on your download speed.

Please enlighten me how you record HD recordings on your DVD recorder?

OLD BOY

12-12-2018 08:36

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

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Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35974857)

I use my DVD recorder to watch the terrestrial HD channels received through my aerial. The recorder upscales to near UHD quality.

Stuart

12-12-2018 11:34

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

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35974906)

I use my DVD recorder to watch the terrestrial HD channels received through my aerial. The recorder upscales to near UHD quality.

So that is upscaled SD. Upscaled SD can look very good, but it won't compare to good UHD (or HD).

That said, Quality is subjective, and resolution can be misleading. One of my jobs at work is to lend students equipment. Predominantly Laptops, Cameras and Microphones. The cameras we had varied from low-end camcorders up to a couple of RED Ones (the camera body alone is over £20,000, so you can easily pay over £30,000 for a full kit including lenses, mounts, batteries, tripods and a viewfinder). The low end cameras were Sony Mini DV camcorders, and were getting old, so my boss went out and bought a load of low end Sanyo Full HD Digital Video camcorders. The picture on the videos recorded on these cameras was awful. Far worse than the SD picture recorded by the Sony Mini DVs.

Yet, the specs of the cameras were considerably better than the Sonys they replaced.

OLD BOY

12-12-2018 15:59

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

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Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35974954)

No. I have a 4K Panasonic recorder. As I said, the HD programmes received are upscaled to near UHD quality.

cheekyangus

12-12-2018 16:22

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

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35975011)

No. I have a 4K Panasonic recorder. As I said, the HD programmes received are upscaled to near UHD quality.

Nice. Most recorders are HDD only these days, glad there are still some with disk media.

OLD BOY

12-12-2018 17:44

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

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 35975014)

Nice. Most recorders are HDD only these days, glad there are still some with disk media.

Yes, I paid extra for this recorder, which has a hard drive, and it has been worth it. The PQ looks even better than the V6, and that looks good in itself!

OLD BOY

14-01-2019 14:56

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

Some possible improvements coming to the V6 box before much longer.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-TiVo-CES-2019

EXTRACT

Firstly, like Sky Q, TiVo has introduced voice search which allows you to find content and control what you are watching simply by speaking into the remote.

This option not only reveals instant searches for movies and TV shows but you can also find content based on your favourite stars and genres.

Once you're watching a programme a clever skip mode means you'll never have to watch an advert again and every film that's available on the service has a Metacritic rating instantly viewable from the home screen.

Another neat option is TiVo's ability to reveal how exciting live sport is with a constantly updated real-time score out of 100 giving fans an idea of whether it's worth tuning into the game.

Then there's the ability to learn who watches TV at a particular time and offer up unique content depending on which member of the family has just switched on the TV.

And it's not just the software and content that TiVo has improved as there's also some hardware updates that give it an advantage.

TiVo works closely with Virgin but the firm's are revealing what might be coming next.

One issue that Virgin is yet to fix is multi-room viewing with customers currently needing to take delivery of another main V6 box to watch TV in other rooms.

TiVo has solved this problem in the US by having mini boxes which connect to the main device and offer a seamless viewing experience.

The firm has also solved the issue of having multiple streaming devices as the latest TiVo box can control other external systems, such as Roku, without switching HDMI ports.

These are all massively useful additions but will they ever come to the UK?

Virgin Media won't confirm any new features set to arrive on its V6 box with the company only confirming that it works closely with TiVo.

However, with one of Virgin's biggest rivals already offering voice search and multi-room mini boxes it seems likely that some of the features TiVo has already launched across the pond will arrive in UK in the future.