Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

Indeed for some they won't need speeds more then 20mbs in my opinion.

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I first spotted 996 working on the Friday night with the usual "this channel is not broadcasting right now. Please check the programme guide for details of when its on" splash screen. The channel had gone from the EPG by Monday morning.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

Agreed i'm on 38mbs i'm a keen gamer ps4 online, i stream live hd tv, stream videos, music etc and 38mbs is suiting my needs perfectly with plenty left over for other stuff.

I agree I was perfectly happy with 20/30 before upgrade to 150mb

is there any examples where this a need for that speed other than faster download? it sounds like streaming is perfectly happy with the lower amount

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I agree the slower speed is adequate for most.
For me, having a possibility (though not in reality) of 4 people all streaming at the same time means we have plenty of bandwidth available for my two webcams as well.

Agree that my 200mb is probably overkill, but then thats the snob in me !

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But in our household there are 5 of us with about 30 devices and we have just begun 4K streaming so it's a case of 'Horses for Courses'.

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Crikey 30 devices.:shocked:

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Not at the moment possibly when UHD becomes more widely available and people start to stream UHD content on multiple devices the extra speed will be needed, as things stand me personally i'm quite happy with just HD content, bt do contact me every now and again asking if i want 78mbs i politely decline lol.

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I live on my own and have about 7 different streaming devices lol, then again i'm terrible for buying new streaming devices the new mad catz device is next on my list lol.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

Netflix say you need a 25mb connection however it actually uses around 15Mb in my experience. I suppose the 25mb is to allow for a smooth streaming experience.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

Well I spoke with Virgin about slow sluggish Apps like YouTube, Netflix and BBC Iplayer , boxes running very slow, issues with menus. I have been told first of all they don't deal with app issues as they are third party, the tech guys said they aware of all TiVo issues and say there is nothing they can do at this time to resolve issue. I raised it as a complaint as been told to accept this type of service is not right

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Yes they are encrypted, CH5 HD is Only available on pay tv remember.
The only channels that are not encrypted are sd channels 1 - 5, a couple of sd kids channels and challenge (for some bizarre reason).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

RoI Vote 2016 was launch on Virgin UK Channel 996 on Saturday night just after midnight for 24 hours.

We use an V+HD Box at Media Boy HQ.

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We are still trying to get an date on when Virgin Media UK will close Sky Movies HD and Sky Sports HD on Scientific-Atlanta V+ model.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

Racing UK available free all this weekend to cable customers.

http://virginmediapresents.com/#all/...hannel_issue10

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Thanks, Channel 5 HD looks to be making technical changes to go FTA on satellite.

It looks like it will also be joining Freeview, taking the former BBC3 capacity.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
 

Motors TV returned to the Sky EPG today. I'm assuming that it continued uninterrupted on VM?