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Thanks for mentioning some things my slow brain forgot about.:D;):D

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No its mine ,mine ,mine.:drool::naughty::drool:

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There are so many little touches that make it such a pleasure to use.

Enjoyed a suggestion and want to set a series link? You can do that by just selecting the show in the show list and setting a series link.

Like x actor and want to see what else they have been in? Well you can do that from the same screen as well.

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The comparison between the tivo box and anything else is like comparing the premier league which is the tivo against the non league type set top boxes.

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Those wanting a Netflix app will be happy to hear that Netflix are going to start their European invasion early next year http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/15/n...-uk-next-year/

Hopefully they will give Lovefilm some much need competition and at some point get onto Tivo.

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Virgin Media shorts added to app section on tivo.

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This looks awesome, cant wait. Am getting the 500gb, how many hours does that include sd and hd

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Our amazing 1TB box has six times the storage of our V+ HD box, giving you around 500 hours of standard TV or around 100 hours of HD TV.

The 500GB box is pretty special, too, recording around 250 hours of standard TV or around 50 hours of HD TV.

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I take it the free install applies to the 1TB model as well? Would prefer to wait for it to drop further, but £99 isn't bad.

If I went for the 500GB box as a trial run to see how I got on with filling it or not, do you think they'd let me "upgrade" to the 1TB box later if I paid the additional £50?

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It won't drop further for years, its cheaper than Sky's 1TB box and the same price as what the V+ was. And no, you can't trade in a 500GB and £50. All you do is buy the 1TB and return it within 28 days if your not happy.

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True, but you're only renting the Virgin box, not buying it like with Sky, so the two prices aren't comparable.

Still a good price though and I'll probably go for the TB box. :)

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And remember with Sky you have to pay for repairs.:)

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More info here: https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-...newtoTiVo.html

An amusing bit at the bottom of the page:

Think the page might need a small amendment :D

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Yes they seem to have got into a little mix up with this.:D:)

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Yes I agree and very embarrassing for them, sometime I think the company is run my chimps.

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:monkey::monkey::monkey::monkey::monkey:

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This old argument eh,

Well with sky your first box is free, with a 12 month warranty so no issue for 12 months. After that they say you need to pay £60 for a warranty replacement.

I say either threaten to leave, free box! or pay £49.99 for a new "exsisting customer replacemnt box"

So a 1tb tivo is £99, your first sky box is free then assuming it breaks after 12 months get another for £49.99 and if that breaks after 12 months get another £49.99 saving 1p over 3 yearS of having a tivo lol.

The sell it on ebay for £35 saving £35.01p over a tivo lol,

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Is a Sky 1TB box free?:confused:

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According to the Sky site

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Are the apps easy to use and install

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Don't you also have to pay Sky the HD tax for 12 months @ £10.25pm to get any HD box deals? So add £123 per year to that.

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Yes the tivo apps are easy to use and they are downloaded onto your tivo box using a internet connection so you don't have to install anything, all you have to do is have a tivo app username and password in which you log into on the Virgin online site to activate the apps that need activating then you go onto your tivo and log in using the same username and password.

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As Hugh has pointed out existing Sky+HD Customers pay £149 for first 1TB box and £249 for any extra 1TB box. As an existing VM customer I now have two 1TB TiVo boxes for £99 each. Now try doing the maths!:Yes:

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TiVo confirms the SD portions of HDUI will be converted

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=471855

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If you take a multiroom sub with sky your second/third/forth 1.5tb boxes are £49.99(yes they sky box has a 1.5tb drive)This is the new 1.5tb pricing CLICK But remember sky are meant to be reducing 1tb stock as a new 2tb Multiroom DVR is comming.

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If you want skymovies and sports in HD you need to pay VM the HD tax @ £7 a month per box so add atleast £84 per box.

From September skys £10.25 is per account no matter how many boxes you have.

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Can I ask where you've heard about the 2tb box?

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You can ask,

I will say I heard about 3 months ago 1tb stock was to be reduced and replaced with a multiroom 2tb box.

Now it seems the 1tb box is £49.99 for exsisting customers or £149 for new

It was £249 for everyone. so lets wait and see eh. I mean if you wanted to reduced stock slashing the price is a good way to go, especially if you keep a nextgen box quiet till you have shifted the older box. The none recordable SkyHD box turned out ot be a reality, all these things are part of the same rumor

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When sky give another 6 months half price deal,The gentleman i spoke to mentioned there was a 2tb dvdr coming out this year.

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TiVo also said that when the Premier first launched and now we are over year since that came out. And if they do it soon how long till it filters through to Virgin Media?

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Second core activation on the way? See twitter post below from Tivo Margret Schmidt at https://twitter.com/#!/tivodesign

@Jtalbert @tivodesign yes, what's the status on the second core? The UI is far too slow in a world of iPads.
15 Jul
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@tivodesignTiVo Margret Schmidt
@shanselman @Jtalbert The second core is coming, but I can't comment on timing. Making it faster is a focus for us.
15 Julvia web

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Bugger, that must mean my brand new shiny TiVo box is on its way out then.

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They've been saying that for ages, I've seen reports which suggest that Linux (or at least, the version on TiVo) is not stable with the 2nd core running.

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I have to pay around 49.99 just bit less for my 500gb install / setup fee is that correct

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£49 exactly yep.

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BBC iPlayer content from today is linked to the EPG

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That's not true, and even if they were using some funky kernel they could easily swap it out. It's the C+ code that sits behind the flash UI that is the problem and arrantly needs a re-write. My guess is that they will be updating the SD bits at the same time so not a small job.
That's great news Ben!! :)

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Finally succumbed to getting TiVo, it's being installed tomorrow to replace my main V+ box.

Ben, does that mean from the EPG you can now select iPlayer programs?

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From the backwards EPG yes, the programmes will also appear as the rest of the catch up content does so will be in 'Search and Browse'

I suspect it will only start working from today though, any existing content probably won't link

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That is great news Ben many thanks for confirming.

That is one less thing my Mrs will be able to moan about tomorrow night! I'm just trying to prepare for all the things TiVo won't do that V+ currently does that I'll be moaned at by the Mrs tomorrow night about!!

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That's great news as the mess of catch-up TV on TiVo was one of my main gripes. When VM get the rest of the bugs shaken out it really will be a 'next generation' STB worthy of the name.

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http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=444083

They've been working on that since March last year. :erm:

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I think they're talking about the stability of their software on-top of Linux not Linux it's self. The dual core support will have been disabled at the OS level.

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I wouldn't look into any information about other TiVo hardware in comparison to ours. We have a Cisco STB with TiVo software after all.

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I think technically there incredible similar, i'm not positive that Cisco don't build the premier, it's not TiVo.

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Great news about the BBC being avaliable through normal catch up TV. My iPlayer app rarely works anyway.

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Finally took the plunge & ordered my 1tb Tivo today. Being installed on Thursday between 1 & 6.

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Good luck and hope everything goes well.

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you should have got one of your other boxes replaced and kept the v+ and the tivo for the same price

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Quick question, my VM 12 month contract is up on the 5th August, now i shall be ordering the 500GB TiVo box when i renew the contract for 18 months, but would i get the V+ HD box moved into another room for free? also would they charge the monthly fee of £5 or would it be £11.50 for M+ TV or does this get waved?

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Thanks Denfone. I'm having the Tivo installed downstairs & the v+ moved upstairs.
Can't wait to see the new features it has to offer.

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sorry I should have said vhd box moved upstairs

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Is 18 months a standard contract for TIVO now ? I wouldnt like to be contracted to any TV provider for that long.

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I think its 18 months if you take the 6 months half price offer or 12 months if you pay full price. "I think!"

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Just been having a look at this

It seems the linked content is iPlayer VoD same as it was before rather than connected to the app, so the if you can't find something and it's on the internet version, you'll still be able to get it via the app I think

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I had 2 V+ boxes already mate thanks to the CEO, customer services for some reason still thought I had a standard V box! But thanks for taking the time for the advice.

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I'll tell you one thing your wife isn't going to moan about, the noise from Tivo(or lack of it) this has really impressed me, IT'S AS QUIET AS A MOUSE!!!:)

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Cheers for that Nick, we currently have 2 Samsung V+ boxes and they're pretty quiet anyhow so I'll be impressed if TiVo is even quieter than those!

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My V+ Hd was way noisier than Tivo, I don't think it has a cooling fan from what I understand.

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The TiVo is quieter, it's got a plastic casing that doesn't vibrate and it's psu is outside the casing to help keep it cooler

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Thanks for that guys, well that is one less thing she can moan about! ;)

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Has anyone noticed BBC I-player catchup in the TV guide yet because I don't see anything in there yet?

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I can see it in Catch-up but it's not available from search or in the backwards EPG yet, Ben?

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Same Here - do we need to reboot Ben ??
(That's rebooting the Tivo - not Ben :))

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It seems if you force a network download (Help & Settings > Settings > Network > Connect to the Virgin Media TV Service now) it'll prompt TiVo to connect them to the EPG

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Thanks for the info Ben, will try that now.

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I've noticed some things on TV on demand that are not on the Tivo Box like my V+HD box.. is this normal or should they both be the same?

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At the moment there are probably some differences as iPlayer VoD has just returned this week. However normally they should be identical

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Hey guys, i'm a bit overwhelmed by all the TIVO information but was hoping someone may be able to help me here. I currently have 1 V+HD box downstairs and 1 VHD box upstairs, I was wondering what the cost would be to upgrade the V+HD box to the 500GB TIVO box whilst moving my current V+HD box in place of my VHD box. I'm on the VIP service.

Many Thanks for any help.

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£49.95 and possible £3 a month if you aren't on VIP 50

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Woohoo having my second box installed today for the bedroom not sure now if I should have gone for a 1TB in there too instead of the 500GB.

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Yes l ordered a 500GB for the bedroom as well and l think that is more then enough for a second room.

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Same here, August 4 install, lead times must be long again.

Regards

John.

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Well that was a lot quicker then the first one, he left it doing the last download couldn't have been more then 35-40 minutes.

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Quick question just setting up the remote to control the TV as well, while it can control the volume it doesn't seem to put it into standby. should I be able to do this?

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Yup, holding down the power button should turn off the TV. If it's not working it may be a different remote code you need

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Ah you have to hold it down to power of rather then just press? Will give that a try.

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If that does not work it means that you are using the wrong code. There are some codes that will just enable volume control but no standby control. Just keep searching and you will find a code that does both. It took me a while to discover this.:)

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yeah and seeing as I only had a VHD in there before this will be a step up and won't matter once the get Multi Room View enabled.

Thanks holding down the button seems to work.

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Just curious does anybody know when the VHD boxes will be updated to TiVo?

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Not soon!

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Could this be a sign of the future ?

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-n...SPR____0783270

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Sign of TiVo's future. They know the DVR has started its decent (albeit a very slow one) into oblivion so they're branching out with deals like this in a hope that the brand will survive for years to come.

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Here are well http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-elec...tivo-interface

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It won't happen in the UK as VM have exclusive agreement with TIVO , unless VM go into selling TV's.

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It could just be a deal to have the UI on the set top boxes and who knows the details of the agreement that they have? I think that TiVo would have some sort of leeway in the agreement and also the length of the agreement between them as well would come in to play as well?

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There is less of a need to do so in the UK (and Europe). Remember in the US TiVo is an add on to cable, so they are competing against the CableCo's own DVRs

In the UK TiVo is the DVR for Virgin, so they aren't competing

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You are correct. VM are the exclusive UK partner for TiVo.

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OK I have now been shot down in flames?

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Here is the latest review from CNET http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/tv-recorde...1852/?s_cid=40

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Would help if they didn't get a few things wrong in the review though ;)

For instance

and

and then have a screen shot where it's got the 'sort (date') option clearly displayed

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They gave both the standard Sky+ and the 1TB version's 5 stars. Obviously on Murdoch's payroll.

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Or maybe just maybe the box is pretty stable with the software being around a lot longer , something I expect the TIVO will achieve over the coming year.

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They've listed 3D as a positive for Sky.
TiVo does it. (Not listed)

They've listed the large HDD as a positive for Sky.
TiVo has it. (Not listed)

They've listed Sky on demand as a positive for Sky and Virgin on demand as a negative for TiVo.
Not a credible review.

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The TIVO has got a plus point of large HDD and it's listed in the review.

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TiVo 500GB box free From tomorrow?

It has been reported on digital spy from from tomorrow the TiVo 500GB box will be free.

Any truth in this?

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...4&postcount=64

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Not by a longshot, first no DVR makes this pretty pointless. Secondly it will only give you the Tivo experience for OTA broadcasts so if you have cable or a dish you will never get the benefit as this does not get EPG data for that.

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Not seen anything that says it will be

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I'll take 10 please :D

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Doubtful, VM have just dished out refunds to those who ordered the 1TB version.

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What was the cost of the 500GB when the 1TB was £149?

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I'm sure its always been £49.95.

VM have set the standared on TiVo refunds now so if this rumour was true, surely customers who have paid for their 500Gbs will be expecting their money back.

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It could easily happen but I think the current V HD/500/1000 = £0/£50/£100 model makes much more sense otherwise once the TiVo's bugs are fixed they're going to be left with a boatload of V HD boxes to go with their V+HD boxes.

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It better not be free after having to pay for it