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clinteastman 18-10-2011 14:55

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35317525)
I know.

Ken said there was a update in october and he was right he also said there would be update in November. http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post3108.html
I think there are the same update. I think November is when the Tivo update will be fully rolled out.

Yeah no offence to Ken but I thinks he's just guessing. ;)

HD Boy 18-10-2011 15:00

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
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Originally Posted by clinteastman (Post 35317532)
Yeah no offence to Ken but I thinks he's just guessing. ;)

He said Sky Anytime would launch now and he was also right.

clinteastman 18-10-2011 15:37

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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35317534)
He said Sky Anytime would launch now and he was also right.

Same again. ;)

Also you might find this interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

JHM 18-10-2011 18:25

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35316561)
Virgin Media have said in the event if a recording clash with the new default, it is the padding which will be clipped.

Having got the new software I can confirm that this is now the case. It happened to me the other day when I was setting three programmes to record at the same time, and the padding of a previous programme had got in the way. It popped up a window stating the details of the programme which would be clipped.

--John

HD Boy 18-10-2011 18:34

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Is this true ?
Quote:

If I go to YouTube via My Shows the app is the new useless one but if I visit it via Apps & Games it's the previous version.
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/.../786215/page/2

clinteastman 18-10-2011 19:33

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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35317667)

No reason why not.

JMcB 18-10-2011 20:17

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
Dose anyone know if the TiVo apps will be getting a web search like Google, Yahoo or live?

HDFootyMan 18-10-2011 20:53

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Originally Posted by JMcB (Post 35317743)
Dose anyone know if the TiVo apps will be getting a web search like Google, Yahoo or live?

Why would they? Its a PVR, not a web browser.

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Originally Posted by JHM (Post 35317659)
Having got the new software I can confirm that this is now the case. It happened to me the other day when I was setting three programmes to record at the same time, and the padding of a previous programme had got in the way. It popped up a window stating the details of the programme which would be clipped.

--John

So, does it now use 1 tuner to record back-to-back programmes on the same channel?

JMcB 18-10-2011 21:20

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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan (Post 35317764)
Why would they? Its a PVR, not a web browser.[COLOR="Silver"]

IMOP and i think possibly virgin media and some other major technology companies are trying to gray the line between the old school PC and the home TV.

So yes a web browser with the ability to search would aid this and give Virgin Media a boots over rials like Sky

clinteastman 18-10-2011 21:26

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan (Post 35317764)
Why would they? Its a PVR, not a web browser.

---------- Post added at 19:53 ---------- Previous post was at 19:43 ----------



So, does it now use 1 tuner to record back-to-back programmes on the same channel?

Once the padding has been trimmed it's up to the TiVo to decide. If it needs to it will.

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Originally Posted by JMcB (Post 35317794)
IMOP and i think possibly virgin media and some other major technology companies are trying to gray the line between the old school PC and the home TV.

So yes a web browser with the ability to search would aid this and give Virgin Media a boots over rials like Sky

It's no small job providing TiVo with modern HTML interpreter and renderer. Of course they could use something like webkit but it quite a job AKAIK.

HDFootyMan 18-10-2011 21:42

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JMcB (Post 35317794)
IMOP and i think possibly virgin media and some other major technology companies are trying to gray the line between the old school PC and the home TV.

So yes a web browser with the ability to search would aid this and give Virgin Media a boots over rials like Sky

They said that about Google TV. Look what's happened there.

---------- Post added at 20:42 ---------- Previous post was at 20:41 ----------

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Originally Posted by clinteastman (Post 35317796)
Once the padding has been trimmed it's up to the TiVo to decide. If it needs to it will.

I'll take that as a 'maybe' ;)

clinteastman 18-10-2011 21:44

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan (Post 35317819)
I'll take that as a 'maybe' ;)

No comment. :D

HD Boy 18-10-2011 21:45

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How will they do this could they Scrap the £3 per month for Tivo ?
Quote:

All of the company's cable TV customers will have been upgraded to the TiVo service within the next four to five years, Mr Berkett added.
http://www.cable.co.uk/news/virgin-m...ood-800760492/

clinteastman 18-10-2011 21:53

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 
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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35317831)
How will they do this could they Scrap the £3 per month for Tivo ?

http://www.cable.co.uk/news/virgin-m...ood-800760492/

It will get built into the package price by then I guess.

HD Boy 18-10-2011 21:54

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Originally Posted by clinteastman (Post 35317836)
It will get built into the package price by then I guess.

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By the end of July, around 50,000 of Virgin Media's 4.8 million cable customers had moved onto TiVo—which brings together video-on-demand, catch-up content, Internet-based applications and games—with the number continuing to climb, Mr. Berkett says. He declined to give specific figures ahead of the company's third-quarter results on Oct. 27.

"It's doing very well," he says. "The response has been better than good; I'm very, very pleased. The level of advocacy for the product is something that I haven't experienced before, virtually in any role I've ever had. People who have it absolutely love it; it's a new way to watch television," Mr. Berkett adds, noting that more than a quarter of the viewing TiVo customers is done through searching and browsing TiVo's menu, rather than by scrolling through channels in the traditional way.

Mr. Berkett expects all of Virgin Media's cable customers to be on TiVo over the next four or five years, but he declines to give any short-term guidance. And over time, TiVo will be available to Virgin Media customers on their on PCs, iPhones, iPads and Android devices, he adds.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...987479026.html


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