Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35760285)

Will this cloud-based concept need a stable, quick internet speed?
Not everyone has access to this at the moment. Would this also put internet prices up as everyone will be demanding more bandwidth (more channels)?

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35760285)

Will this cloud-based concept need a stable, quick internet speed?
Not everyone has access to this at the moment. Would this also put internet prices up as everyone will be demanding more bandwidth (more channels)?

Sorry for the questions, but Its a good discussion and I like the way that VM would take it based on what you have said in your post.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35760295)

Oh yes we do in our household where the female is in charge and l have to say yes dear on a regular basis.;):D

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Come on UC he is not going to answer that as that's more then his jobs worth.;):D

Originally Posted by ase001 (Post 35760300)

You need about 1Mbits for SD channels and 2Mbits for HD channels (assuming MP4 or equivalent is used?), the beauty of IPTV is that it is on demand channel streaming. It only streams the channel you request to watch, a bit like VOD.

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35760308)

Netflix actually suggests 5Mbit for it's HD streams https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306 (and 25Mbit for Ultra HD!)

And remember that's per stream per box, whereas linear TV is fixed.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35760318)

On Demand is already delivered from the cloud , this is moving your recorded shows into the cloud making them accessible from anywhere on a multitude of devices , it also enables cloud bookmarking start a show whilst out on the ipad and continue where you left off on the STB.

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35760312)

...I guess this isnt really for Coming soon to VM TV, but it is kinda related :angel:....

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35760308)

Netflix actually suggests 5Mbit for it's HD streams .

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35760308)

(and 25Mbit for Ultra HD!).

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35760227)

Well, it happened with the current VM Tivo, which was based on the Tivo Premier.

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35760254)

So it turned out to be good practice for the Tivo software developers before having to rewrite it for six tuners! :D

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35760350)

Will we change the name to the Michelin tread then? :D

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35760365)

The software was, .

Originally Posted by ase001 (Post 35760276)

You need to move away from the concept of tuners, any new box will have a single modem. The number of streams (channels in the old world) will be dependent on the bandwidth. In most cases recordings will be cloud based, not that it stores a fresh copy of the program! It will just set a record in a database that this registered user has requested on demand access to that program for 90days.

So any new Tivo box or whatever it maybe will resemble the Amazon Fire TV set top box, it maybe even an app on your smart TV!

These simple set top boxes probably cost £20-£30 each to buy in 10s of thousands, where as the Tivo boxes are north of £100 each. The value will be in the functionality of the software, not the features of the hardware.

VM are going to save millions in hardware costs, at £20-£30 each VM would just put one in the post if you current one failed. Fewer customer visits, no repairs equals less staff, reduced costs.