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Horizon 31-08-2016 22:17

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35857045)
Wait for it as l can see the doomsayers of this forum coming out later tonight to have their say.;)

I think the time to judge VM's "new" tv service would be several months/a few years after the launch of the new tivo. If it still works then and it is fast, then great. But, all we can go by is history and the history of cable tv is lousy.

1andrew1 31-08-2016 22:22

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35857046)
1. Can you watch recordings through the app? 2. Or do you know of that is a function that's in the pipeline or not

Good question but I suspect the NDA will inhbit a reply. I think the answer would be 1 no and 2 yes.

veeemmm 31-08-2016 22:30

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35857045)
Wait for it as l can see the doomsayers of this forum coming out later tonight to have their say.;)

We could put a call out on the community forum :D More than half the threads on the homepage are complaints about speed.

But joking aside, even the current Tivo can manage when first installed or wiped clean, it's after a few days of use and in areas where the network is over utilized that anything useful can be determined.

I imagine VM will now dismiss any complaints about the current box being slow, even more than before, as attempts to get a free upgrade. :rolleyes: I see the mods over there have now categorically stated no firmware changes will be rolled back.

Horizon 31-08-2016 22:45

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
.... bit lost there, how would overutilisation matter for the tivo? Surely that is only relevant for broadband??

veeemmm 31-08-2016 23:10

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35857066)
.... bit lost there, how would overutilisation matter for the tivo? Surely that is only relevant for broadband??

oh ok. Just what I have always been told, what with on demand never working, very slow performance, spinning circles all the time, C501 and other errors, 2 minutes for youtube to load etc. Anyway, time to more on, hope it works out for you all.

passingbat 01-09-2016 00:18

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Jong1 (Post 35856983)
True for many of us here tracking this because we have or are upgrading to UHD. UHD is only worthwhile >50"!


If you do the research, I think you will find that is at least 60"


However HDR worth it at any size, but does seem to be limited to 4k sets.


http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/is-now-t...o-buy-a-4k-tv/

Jong1 01-09-2016 01:42

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35857096)
If you do the research, I think you will find that is at least 60"


However HDR worth it at any size, but does seem to be limited to 4k sets.


http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/is-now-t...o-buy-a-4k-tv/

It's subjective, not cast in stone. I tend to agree with you, but many will argue 55" at least is worth it. Hence all the 55" 4K sets. Eventually probably all sets will move to 4K, just because. But right now, as you say, since HDR is linked to quality 4K sets, which generally means 55"+, UHD is not cheap (the point of the original comment).

That Guy 01-09-2016 21:24

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 (Post 35857046)
Can you watch recordings through the app? Or do you know of that is a function thats in the pipeline or not



Yes

---------- Post added at 19:24 ---------- Previous post was at 19:17 ----------

Granted it may look terrible, but from a TiVo hater I can say it is terrific, fast QUIET (silent) and you can always keep it out of sight. (as without saying anything I can't give away) the remote doesn't need pointing at the box.

put it this way if anyone had an sa v+ box they'll know how bad it was, then the Samsung v+ came out. massive improvement. this is like that only100x better.

Ddonald2016 04-09-2016 17:13

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
Well been a while since the original announcement, virgin have went quiet not even a teaser of the new os

denphone 04-09-2016 17:33

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
A little patience is required l find sometimes...

OLD BOY 04-09-2016 17:51

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
Indeed, we will hear soon enough. No point in giving Sky an advantage by revealing such information too much in advance.

jb66 04-09-2016 19:34

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016 (Post 35857750)
Well been a while since the original announcement, virgin have went quiet not even a teaser of the new os

Who says there is a new os?

telegramsam 04-09-2016 20:14

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35857759)
Who says there is a new os?

Sorry for being thick but what is 'os'?

mike_gain 04-09-2016 20:21

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35857762)
Sorry for being thick but what is 'os'?

Operating System....e.g. Windows 10.

telegramsam 04-09-2016 20:41

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by mike_gain (Post 35857763)
Operating System....e.g. Windows 10.

Oh right thanks for that. I'm so thick at times!


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