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I have already signed up for the two of them on that site but they never appeared on the TiVo box!:confused:

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I did as well so they must have just put them there as a mistake:confused: Before they have tested them. Just my opinion?

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My tivo is getting really slow in responding to the remote all iam getting more and more is the red circle its getting annoying.:(

The 1st couple of weeks it was brill but now starting to get really slow and Ive only used 26% of recording space.

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Shame they didn't do that with YouTube app...

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In the review posted earlier it mentions about the 2nd stage of the CPU will be activated at a later date which will make the box faster. Why hasn't this been activated already?

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Our Tivo box has become very slow over the last week or so. We had put it down to having 47% of the drive filled but perhaps it is a common problem. We haven't had an update to the box for a few weeks so perhaps one is in the pipeline which may address this issue.

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Because it's not a simple thing to do. If you try to run software designed for a single CPU on a multiprocessor system unchanged, generally it will either crash, or will only use one processor and won't be any faster.

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Well they are not likely to redesign the software are the so doubt that will happen.

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Well, at least it's there for any future software that is designed for dual CPUs. It gives the TiVo a degree of future proofing. Better to have the facility than not.:)

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I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that 2nd core to be activated. TiVo Premiere owners have now been waiting for over 13 months for that to happen and the software would possibly require a significant rewrite for there to be any significant benefit for the user (Post 11 in the linked TCF thread below is interesting reading):
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=461014

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Thats good news.

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I am on TV XL and waiting to get the 500GB TiVo box. Will I have to pay a £8 or £3 sub for it?

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Presumably it will be £3 on xl tv chunkymonkey as that is what it is with the 1TB box. Your profile says L tv though? I think it is £8 for that.

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It is a £3 monthly TiVo fee for XL TV (£8 non-XL TV)

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Of course, the space figure which TiVo displays is actually the space used by you for the recordings you have made and not yet watched.

The drive is more than likely full because it keeps all deleted and suggested recordings as well.

Perhaps the maintenance required to delete the already deleted or to delete the suggested to allow a new recording is what slows the box down.

If left alone, I presume the TiVo's disk will always be full but I would have expected it's operation to be optimised for this situation.

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Tivo Installed, just waiting on the software updates.

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l have no doubt we will get updates quite soon.

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Hi
Just got my tivo box installed, all good however a few questions:-

Why does it tell me BBC1 HD Channel 108 is an Adult channel and prompts me to enter the code to view ?!
Also when going into the Info, and looking at the tuners, should i see 3 there or just 2 ?
Even though I can login to You Tube application, it doesn't appear to display my registered subscriptions etc , that I would see if logged in via a normal pc browser?

What is the latest software version i should see under sys info ?

Many thanks

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The reason it will be asking for a PIN will be due to the data still be downloaded?
There will be 3 tuners as if you are watching a channel and you push info and it will show the other 2 tuners?
The latest software is AE8.

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Thanks for the help. I am on TV XL just haven't updated my profile on here :)

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Correct.

Irrelevant.

As mentioned elsewhere, deleted programmes are not counted in the "Space Available" calculation.

Of course, Suggestions are included as they are recordings available to watch. They will also be the first things to be deleted if it becomes necessary.

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Also, when is the release date for the 500GB model?

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Sometime this month we think.

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Apparently it will be the 11th May or there abouts.

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My Mums having one for her Birthday. Tivo that is :D :D :D :D

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Your Mums lucky.

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This is a interesting read? Just a quote from the article:

Caraeff's strategy is "figuring out how to work with everybody" – be it "Facebook, YouTube and Lastfm in the US", or "ITV, Sky and Channel 4 in the UK".
He is keen to have a strong presence on connected TV services in the UK, such as Virgin Media's TiVo, as this will drive Vevo's user base.

Full Link: Sorry if it has been posted already?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...companies.html

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I think you have missed my point, Carl. Perhaps I didn't explain where I was coming from.

There are three categories of recordings which use up space on the TiVo disk.

Only the space used up for your own recordings is reported as space being utilised.

However, suggestions and deleted recordings actually take up real space.

The chances are that everyone's disk is actually full of data fairly soon after install and from there on in TiVo will have to maintain this space by deleting suggestions and/or previously deleted recordings to make way for what you want to record.

IMHO This may be the reason for the perceived 'slowing down' of TiVo.

PS Are you sure that suggestions are counted in the reported space utilisation? I'm not so sure.

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Hi
Many thanks for the response!
I had to power off the box and now i can view 108 without the pin prompt....
SW doesn't appear to be up to date yet though so will wait for that...

cheers

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Which software version have you got? As the one I am on about is just the letters an number in the middle of the software code?

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More likely the former ;)

Yes.

Suggestions, yes; deleted recordings... well, yes, technically. But as the space they take up is not counted towards the "used space" total then deleted recordings don't matter one bit.

Oh, okay.

Not 100% sure, no. But as they are still recordings, albeit not specifically asked for, I don't see why not.

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ah..ok.. i see ae8 is the same as i have ... all up to date then... thanks

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Surely that would depend on what filesystem TiVo uses, whether the deleted recordings are deleted at the filesystem level or just marked as deleted in TiVo's own database, and how well the filesystem handles fragmentation?

If deleted recordings aren't actually deleted from the filesystem until TiVo needs to use the space then they're taking up disk space.

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My partner went in to recently deleted folder about 1 month after we got the TiVo and deleted all the programmes and it did change the disk space?

I have been doing it since the last software update and it has not changed it now?

So who knows it might have counted firstly but not now?

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It's based on Linux, if that helps :) Don't know much about that OS myself.

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Maybe the Tivo likes to defrag when it thinks you aint watching, then all of a sudden you tune in and it gets caught with its pants round its ankles.

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It could still be using one of several filesystems, each of which will handle fragmentation differently. Also, my other point about whether deleted recordings are deleted or just marked as such in TiVo's database (which I imagine is probably the case as it would make it easier for TiVo to control when they're overwritten and also for the ability to un-delete them by simply changing the database entry) still stands. Even though the used space gauge only reflects your own recordings, suggestions and deleted recordings are still taking up space on the disk which means new recordings risk fragmentation.

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A quick search suggests that they have their own filesystem.

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US TiVo News:
Looks like TiVo is expanding further in to the US cable market.

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Yes it looks like they are expanding and could also be learning from their partnership from VM:erm:

The one from NASDAQ:

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-n...SPR____0753154

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Does anyone have the freephone number to order TiVo. They told me to call it when I rung CS today but I've lost it!

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Just dial 150 and say you want to be put through to TIVO sales team and they should transfer you?

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I currently have Vip50 which has a TiVo and V+, this costs me £100.55.

If I replace the V+ with a 500Gb Tivo will my monthly bill stay the same and I'll have one off costs of £49.95 + £40?

Also if I decide to keep the V+ and have a 500GB TiVo as an extra box will the monthly cost be £107.05 and the same one off costs?

Regards

John.

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Nobody knows at the moment, I would love to know as well. Anbody have any inside info:D:D:D:D

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Hi,

I had my TIVO installed last sat am, V+ box moved upstairs + installed for free with no extra cost for keeping the second box with all extras except chargeable HD package.

My monthly bill is still under £100 / month

Struggling to find anything to moan about.

Hey Ho

billc

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Give it time ;):p::)

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Honeymoons are wonderfully full of blind infatuation but very short in duration!:bsmack:

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Just wait, I had mine installed last week, V+ was deactivated in error and looking at my new bill today it is about £30 to high. I'm on VIP50 with Tivo so should be £100.55. Plus I'm still waiting for the credit for the reactivation of my V+ box!

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Me Too
Still more than happy with TIVo, and a second one for the bedroom (replacing the V+) would be great.

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My bill was £72 over :shocked:

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Yes l think l will get a baby tivo as a second box soon.

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Where do you find this? I've been into System Info and it says my Software Version is 15.1-01-3-C00 :confused:

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It has been updated to the one that you have said. This took place last night/this morning.

The new one is been discussed here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...pdate-but.html

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Thanks. I'd found it and was reading it while you posted your reply! I tend to only read the Coming Soon thread and the TiVo thread as I have those bookmarked. I really should look around more!:)

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Sure this has been covered before, but can't seem to find it at the mo...

What's the deal with the screen blanking out for a few seconds when recordings start, or possibly even end? Is this if it starts recording on the tuner you are currently watching? I've not noticed it before today, but it has done it twice tonight, and is there a way to stop it doing it?

Cheers

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Seems like they have got the 500gb models on the vans after reading this?

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ke/td-p/489225

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Yes the 500GB version launched today for existing customers

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Thats great but they do not seem to launch things with a fanfare and need to so that people can realise what a great box it is.

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It's for existing customers only at the moment and there will be plenty of marketing material sent to let them all know about it.

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l hope so as tivo is a great product that needs to be advertised to the widest audience.

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Will I be able to order the 500GB box today if I call up CS? As an operator told me it was avaliable 18th May last week!

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Yes, although Customer Services would transfer you to Sales to complete the order

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Ok thanks, is there an installation fee?

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Yes. It's £49.95 + £40 install, and then the monthly TiVo fee

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l thought we paid 1 tivo monthly fee no matter how many tivo,s you have.

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That is correct.

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Thanks.

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Are these 500gb TiVO fees upfront, or next bill like it always used to be?

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With your next bill me thinks.

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Correct :)

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Thanks DF.

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Here is the website for the 500gb box (only mentions the £40 install fee in the small print?)

http://shop.virginmedia.com/existing...d_TiVo_Upgrade

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Which is the same as everything else on the site.

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True:D

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Crafty buggers.

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No I don think they are as most companies put things in the small print. That is why I always read the small print firstly:D I maybe sad and need to get out more, But just want to make sure:erm:

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I called up earlier, kept getting India so gave up. Might give it a try a bit later on . . .

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Troube is most people do not seem to bother to read the smalll print and should do.

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Yes l hate it when a Indian accent appears on the other end of the phone because l cannot understand what they are saying and also they do not seem well versed in understanding customers needs and concerns.

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I always read the small print:D:D

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l will have to get my giant magnifying glass out in future.

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:LOL:

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Trust you:D:D:D:D:D

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:notme:
honest

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l can see this one,s a troublemaker.

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How can you say that. :shocked:

Remember -I was the second one in your fan club !!

Anyway I'm glad you support a good team - I like Everton as well
:D:D:D

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My sincere apologies to you but by the way who is Everton as l have never heard of them at this present time, perhaps they can be a feeder club for their great rivals the one and only Liverpool.

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TiVo 500GB is through Sales which is UK and Manilla (who sound American)

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Sorry about the banter Mods - back on topic

The £3 TIVo fee is waived on VIP50, so does anybody know if a second TIVo is ordered would you then have to pay the £3, or not?

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As the TiVo fee is applied once per account, what do you think? ;)

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Why do you need to use a magnifying glass on giants? Is your eyesight really that bad? :D

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Is that a no then ?

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Yes my eyes have become worse by reading your threads.

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I've been watching this thread for some time as a guest but thought I would join so that I could post some questions.*
I have had my TiVo since the 16th April and had a S1 from about 2002.*
I logged a call last week a out an issue with on demand. When I go to the TV on demand and view all shows it displays a left pane with ABC, DEF etc. If you select ABC then right arrow on to the selection of programs then press page down it thinks for a out half a minute then displays a message that there are no programs to display (not sure of the exact wording). VM couldn't fix the issue over the phone and so an engineer came round on Saturday. He put in a new box to test and this had the same issue, luckily he had not initialised the old box and swapped it back. This was later found to occur on a test box that his boss tried later back at their office. This issue also seems to fail looking at the list of HD on demand, anyone else had this issue.*
Also I rang VM up today to enquire about the 500GB TiVo and they said that I would have to pay the £3 per month extra even though I already pay it for the existing box. Also I was told that the box would cost £99 activation as I already have one (plus the £40 install which I expected). Can anyone give any more info on the cost of the smaller TiVo when this is a second box.*

Thanks for your help.*

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Can anyone confirm how many customers now have Tivo? Any of you guys who work for Virgin have a ballpark figure?

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Please see and respond to this thread on the official forum:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...es/td-p/457613

This is an issue in some regions that we've had ever since TiVo released and still no word on a fix. It happens on many of TV Choice menus, though for some menus it always happens on the 2nd or 3rd page rather than the 1st.

To be honest I have little hope of seeing a fix any time soon. My region has had TV Choice problems for more than 3 months now on all boxes and Virgin have proven completely incompetent in dealing with it so far (it's probably had at least 6 fault tickets raised).

There's a possibility the problems are related and just much worse on the TiVo box. There's something wrong with the regional on demand headend that causes the folders to get messed up and programmes to go missing from them (or show up in the wrong folders, or have a bunch of duplicates etc) and my suspicion is that this is causing the TiVo menus to time out.

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That is anybody,s guess but l would say as a estimate 50.000 maybe.

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Sorry I forgot to mention that I already have an old digi box (Pace - non hd) that I would want to replace with the smaller TiVo. I pay £6.50 a month for this, I don't think it is relevant to the price they quoted but thought I would mention it.

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That's a known fault in TV Choice, you shouldn't have had a tech call-out for that. Ref is 1596460.

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As I do not have a TiVo could I please ask one of the members who do, whether you can Edit recordings made on the TiVo? Sorry if this has been discussed before.

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No. Not at all. Not sure why you'd want or need to either :confused: Watch then delete. That's what it's all about :)