Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Never mind the HD ,buy a decent japanese plasma and you wont be fussed.Still no red button!!!!!At the time of the agreement people on here were saying august,then the start of the champions league,then the new year now april.Doubt this is going to happen at all,we're missing content here not just marginally improved picture quality.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

In fairness to VM it wasn't them that said red button would launch in August 2010, it was the same people who said SSN HD and Sky1 HD were launching in August 2010. Just rumours.

It has been confimed by staff that a lot of technical work has been carried out both by VM and Sky to provide the red button (if anyone has seen the service on Sky they will realise it is a very sophisticated application, far more so than anything we have now) so hopefully it will be here soon.

Sky themselves have also said it will launch in 2011.

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Sky News HD fully launched on the day of the election, 6 May 2010. The deal to sell VMtv was announced 4 Jun 2010 but I assume all the work would have been done well before that date.

I don't think anyone knows whether the deal only covered the existing channels or if there was an option for future channels, only top level staff seem to know and of course they are not telling, more's the pity!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Why are we waiting, why are we waiting.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Patience, patience!

I am the first to have a go at any big company but if we think about what we have got in the last 12 months it must be around 20 HD channels, 100mb broadband is rolling out and of course increased upload speeds too. Some 3D content is now available with a bit included for XL customers and very soon the Tivo box which although it dosen't appeal to me personally is very exciting for a lot of people. Also red button is on it's way too so there's quite a lot going. And the NGTV upgrades must have been a massive undertaking, huge in fact. And they have changed to a totally new encryption system to stop the tea leaves so they have been pretty busy and they need to with such strong competition from you know who and other existing and upcoming alternatives.

On the downside there dosen't appear much going on regarding new HD channels at the moment but we get them (non premium) at no extra cost so they can't just add them willy nilly like a certain provider. However it's now high time Sky Arts HD made an appearance purely because VM have said it is launching, around 6 months ago. A delay for a brand new application like red button is totally understandable but why this channel is taking so long is anyone's guess.

However I have read that Sky are creating Sky LivingIt HD which to me just seems like creating a HD channel for creation's sake.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

No you must have XL tv in order to get TiVo and you will pay £3 per month for the service.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

It isn't too bad cost wise in my opinion but having to have XL together with the £3 charge and of course the install/activation charge in addition to a no doubt new contract is why I don't think there will be a stampede for it from the average subscriber (and probably many of the 75% of customers who don't yet have V+), but those higher tier customers who are happy to pay a premium will hopefully go for it, in fact I am sure a fair few will.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

New technology is the draw and the will probably be a large take up at launch.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I agree, but only from a certain group of customers.

Probably not Average Joe who currently possibly dosen't even require XL or V+ but I really hope it's a great success for competition's sake because my word we need it. If VM and YouView can really get their acts together I think between them they can hit Sky because a lot of people will really see the benefit of a catch up service that Sky don't seem interested in offering. Let's remember that between them the networks still have a massive share of any available audience, a huge share in fact. The Freesat boxes with catch up are selling really well too so it's a feature VM should really promote to hook in new customers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I certainly wont be taking it up untill the 3rd tuner is active, i may be prepared to leave it till i can access its recorded content on the cisco box upstairs, this will probably be the only attaction for me.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Thats called choice I will take from the start , mainly for the UI and the larger recording capacity , plus I had remote record with Sky so would like that feature. I hope the remote record is released on all phones not just Apple ( mainly because I'm an Android user LOL :-) )

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

One has to ask why, in these difficult financial times, Five are spending money on re-branding to their original name simply because they are 'under new management'. Personally, I see it as a retrograde step anyway.

Presumably, MB, something similar will be happening to Fiver, Five USA and Demand Five etc.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I second that. Having remote record on Android would help me alot.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I hear that Demand Five will be rebranded later next month.

Fiver and Five USA will be rebranded in March.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

It does answer the question in some way and VM answer questions far more than many firms.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Will this be £3 per STB like those premium HD Sky channels or will it be £3 for the service to be active on all STB's.

We have 2 V+HD and 1 regular V SD STB all subscribed to the XL tier, just wondering what the deal is gonna be and will this be for existing subscribers or is it only available for new customers?