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

Anybody know if it plans to have the ability to watch your recordings through the app?

IMO VM missed a trick not getting Slingbox on board to provide Slingbox functionality to its boxes, that feature alone would have been a major win for VM and a major blow to Sky.

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

I don't think it will trump Q. The mini boxes don't need their own feed. They all connect by WiFi to the main box where the recordings are stored. You can also stream to two tablet in the house at the same time. Plus if you have sky BB then all boxes act as WiFi extenders.

You can transfer recordings to tablets as well.

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

You may be right, you may be wrong. But how can you even make a prediction with so few details released?

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

Easily. Because this is VM we are talking about.

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

Pics from a poster on AVForums post numbers 151 & 152


https://www.avforums.com/threads/vir...#post-24049802

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

Looks alright to be but alas the grumpers of this lovely forum might not feel the same way.:)

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

That'll be me then;) I still have a Realistic power amp kit from Tandys in the 1980's, that looks just like that.

What are the chances there won't be an adapter for that "Scart out" socket or that it will be disabled anyway??

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

Looks really cheap

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

erm, forgive me if I haven't taken my meds but isn't that a tv aerial coax input socket??? :confused:

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

Weird, yes, doesn't seem to have a cable connector and has a very odd set of outputs. Haven't seen a DIN socket like that in a long while. Looks like it is some hobbiest project rather than a polished consumer STB.

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

Well MM you do seem to have a penchant for the posh gear.;):D

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

I don't know why I feel so sorry for Virgin, I always resented the way they killed off Tivo series 1 but it is still sad that in a months time I'll be without a Tivo for the first time in over 15 years. We all tried to point them in the right direction but enough is enough for me, I'm out. :cry:

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

Yep, after 28 years of cable TV I'm having Sky Q installed next week. Just broadband from Virgin then. TiVo was head and shoulders above the competition when Virgin introduced it but the promise was squandered and they have sat on their hands for years.

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

Is the DIN socket meant to plug into a lead with a SCART socket on the other end? If this is to be LGI's standard box then I would imagine that getting hold of cables would not be a problem and someone on Amazon would supply them even if VM didn't.

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

Only works if the port is enabled. Virgin (and tbh probably others) have a track record of shipping boxes with disabled ports.

Frankly I'd be surprised if a new UHD capable box had components to drive an old fashioned scart socket (Sky Q doesn't) and, if it did, it's probably a sign it's designed by a team with more of a foot in the past than a view of the future!