Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

Channels start to be axe from the V+.

I know that Sky Sports HD Channels has been removed.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

There's a simple solution, get a V6!

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

Or a Tivo if they don't have broadband.

Service withdrawals on certain boxes is all about nudging customers into getting their equipment changed.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

I have not use an working V+ box since last year. Someone I know moving into TiVo last April.

But I know that V Boxes was still working for 11months (Was set to close on March 2018) until January 2019.

I see on DBR that Sky Box Office do not work with V+ Boxes.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

To be frank, the TiVo boxes are no longer fit for purpose. Sad, but true.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

Yeah, I agree, but it's the only box still issued for customers that don't take internet from VM. The alternatives are they introduce a new box model or stop selling TV services without internet bundled.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

There's a possibility that VM might be making plans to convert one of the tuners into a cable modem for customers without VM broadband:

https://www.forumbox.co.uk/forum/thr...7623#post87623

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

I didn't know that was possible. :)

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

That’d require a hardware change. Not a software one.

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It’s not.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

That was my immediate thought. But people use graphics cards for non-graphics purposes these days, so I keep an open mind these days. Though I still have my doubts.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

It isn't. You could theoretically tune one of the tuners to a DOCSIS downstream (the V6 has two spare tuners anyway), but you'd still have no upstream.

TiVo is also required for customers who don't have an HDMI TV.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

Could we ever get access to eight tuners in the future?

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

Thanks for the clarification.
I forgot about Scart re: TiVo. I still use Scart on a number of devices, but not the Cable TV.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

I also use the SCART output on our V HD box to feed the modulator and the DVD/HDD recorder. VM want us to have a TIVO but we have no need for the recording capability as there's so little that we watch anyway.

Thinking of dumping the TV offering anyway.

Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
 

It's unlikely on the TiVo software, but who knows after that.