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denphone 18-05-2011 07:13

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Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35238984)
Indeed. It's not really any wonder that updates aren't particularly quick in coming :)

its all very long winded the way Virgin take to do anything and it takes a eternity for us to finally get these things.:(:(

Stephen 18-05-2011 09:36

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35239001)
They may have sent or got a team over here? Do not forget that TiVo were over here before and still are till the S1's get shut down:confused: This may be wrong but it is IMHO:erm:

The impression I get is there is a VM team working on certain things over here and the TiVo team themselves are in the states.

The next phase of TiVo will probably be underway and testing soon so it would make more sense to add in the pq fix to that software rather than try to get it done first and release it, as that could have an effect on what they might already be working on.

devilincarnate 18-05-2011 10:18

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35239053)
The impression I get is there is a VM team working on certain things over here and the TiVo team themselves are in the states.

The next phase of TiVo will probably be underway and testing soon so it would make more sense to add in the pq fix to that software rather than try to get it done first and release it, as that could have an effect on what they might already be working on.

Cheers for that:)

carlwaring 18-05-2011 10:35

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35239001)
They may have sent or got a team over here? Do not forget that TiVo were over here before and still are till the S1's get shut down:confused: This may be wrong but it is IMHO:erm:

Actually, IIRC Tivo haven't had any significant presense over here in years :) I'm not even sure they have any offices at all now.

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35239053)
The impression I get is there is a VM team working on certain things over here and the TiVo team themselves are in the states.

Possibly but as far as I know, all coding is done by Tivo and that's over in the US.

spiderplant 18-05-2011 11:52

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Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35239088)
Possibly but as far as I know, all coding is done by Tivo and that's over in the US.

TiVo do have a small UK team, but most of the coding is done in the US. Cisco also provide a significant amount of software.

However, it's the testing that takes most of the time, not the coding.

Lew 18-05-2011 12:24

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35239026)
its all very long winded the way Virgin take to do anything and it takes a eternity for us to finally get these things.:(:(

You say that like it's something unusual. Any software development and testing takes a long time. To do otherwise would be foolish.

royaltiger 18-05-2011 12:47

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As this product is new to virgin there is bound to be major bugs and issues with customers, which will be worked on straight away, come a years time most issues will probably have been sorted and only minor issues will be the problem, in most cases its better the public raise the issues as they are the ones that create the real time scenarios.

muppetman11 18-05-2011 12:54

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Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35239139)
You say that like it's something unusual. Any software development and testing takes a long time. To do otherwise would be foolish.

Yes I agree with that , just look at Sky's software since Anytime+ its took time to develop and get right , and there are still some with problems yet.

Lew 18-05-2011 13:32

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Plus, no matter how rigorously tested a piece of software is, you can guarantee that as soon as it's released into the wild someone will find a way to break it that hadn't been foreseen.

chunkymonkey 18-05-2011 14:34

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Got the installers here now as I speak, 2 of them turned up to do it. Just on the initial screens so hopefully all will be up and running soon.

scotmac 18-05-2011 14:38

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Originally Posted by chunkymonkey (Post 35239227)
Got the installers here now as I speak, 2 of them turned up to do it. Just on the initial screens so hopefully all will be up and running soon.

Enjoy your TiVo

pk1 18-05-2011 14:39

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Originally Posted by chunkymonkey (Post 35239227)
Got the installers here now as I speak, 2 of them turned up to do it. Just on the initial screens so hopefully all will be up and running soon.

You will be up and running in about 40 mins.

It's great enjoy Tivo.

ozsat 18-05-2011 16:03

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Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35239178)
Plus, no matter how rigorously tested a piece of software is, you can guarantee that as soon as it's released into the wild someone will find a way to break it that hadn't been foreseen.

The Sky+ box is a good example of that.

Still waiting for a bug free update.

denphone 18-05-2011 16:13

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Originally Posted by ozsat (Post 35239321)
The Sky+ box is a good example of that.

Still waiting for a bug free update.

Yes there always will be bugs.:erm:

chunkymonkey 18-05-2011 16:52

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Been up and running for about an hour and from what I can tell, all guide data has been downloaded and it's all working well. Loving it so far. The best feature for me is the Search all TV - much better than going through the guide to set series links. And the adding time to the start and end is not as long winded as people have made out.


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