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Would be well cuffed if Mikey1981 prediction came true would love those channels.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35050012)

Would be well cuffed if Mikey1981 prediction came true would love those channels.

That list should come true, cause we know were getting Sky Sports 1 and 2 HD. Also the Sky movie channels in HD. The rumours are that were getting ESPNA HD aswell.

:)

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Originally Posted by gadge (Post 35049980)

To be honest i wouldn't read much into what wiki says it can be tampered by anybody even sky fanboys.:D

What Sky have fanboys ?

Or does Murdoch have rentboys ? ;)

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35048656)

There are only two EPGs. One for the V+HD boxes with an eight day guide and one for the others with a 24 hour guide

You sure dude? Don't V+ boxes have the eight day guide for the PVR? I take it that you're also saying that V HD (totally nonplussed) boxes don't have it either.

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35048660)

From switching off analogue tv. A lot of the capacity is going to broadband though, which is why VM's bosses are confident when they are talking about 100mb launching at the end of the year and 400mb+ for the future.

Aylesbury switched of analogue over a year ago and we got some extra streams and channels soon after.

I guess they wuz holdin' out on us! Waitin' for the switch off to happen everywhere and completion of the NGTV roll-out.

Well, it's all good. Extra broadband bandwidth and extra TV channels.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35048810)

There are still regional variations, plus the various boxes count in different ways.

Too many regional variations, too many boxes, too many firmware/software versions counting channels too many ways and two (one too many) EPGs.

I'm sure that economies of scale will dictate, maybe by next year, that two boxes (one PVR, one non-PVR) both HD capable will be all that's offered in future. Indeed one box supplied with/without a hard drive and remotely configured (to prevent the adventurous from fitting their own hard drive) could do the lot.

Well, until the TiVo/VM hybrid box is released, that is.

Legacy boxes will be phased out or fizzle out if they overheat. :(

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Originally Posted by jtaylor06 (Post 35049620)

I'm guessing the staff is not informed about testing then? :)

I'm guessing the staff is not informed about ways to view cable TV other than a VM supplied set-top-box. ;)

It was clear that the screen shot was from viewing software on a PC. It was probably only able to see Five HD because it's a free-to-air channel. :tu:

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35050047)

It was clear that the screen shot was from viewing software on a PC. It was probably only able to see Five HD because it's a free-to-air channel. :tu:

If you look at the bottom it does say 'Five HD (Nagra)' though

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Originally Posted by winkle (Post 35050033)

What Sky have fanboys ?

Or does Murdoch have rentboys ? ;)

Possibly both.:D

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35049867)

Virgin Media close NME Radio?

I know that NME Radio is to close soon on Digital TV and DAB Radio so I have been keeping an eye on Channel 975. And since about 1pm today I have seen that NME Radio is not broadcasting on Virgin.

All other networks is still broadcasting NME Radio.

I guess the NME's target audience is internet and mobile based rather than traditional cable, satellite and terrestrial (DAB) listeners.

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35050047)

You sure dude? Don't V+ boxes have the eight day guide for the PVR? I take it that you're also saying that V HD (totally nonplussed) boxes don't have it either.

The V HD box has a 24 hour guide, same as non-recordable SD boxes

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Originally Posted by Ben B (Post 35050067)

If you look at the bottom it does say 'Five HD (Nagra)' though

Oh yeah, I had seen that alright and the check boxes in the right-hand panel were for TV, FTA and Scrambled. I knew I should have said free-to-view and not free-to-air. In fact I was going to add 'but they must be using a viewing card' to the post but submitted it prematurely as I had too many windows open and didn't want to lose any partially composed posts by accident.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35050074)

The V HD box has a 24 hour guide, same as non-recordable SD boxes

Okay, educate me!

V Box - various manufacturers and models, no HD, no PVR, one day EPG.
V+ Box - fewer manufacturers and models, no HD, PVR, eight day EPG.
V HD - fewer manufacturers and models, HD, no PVR, one day EPG.
V+ HD - fewer manufacturers and models, HD, PVR, eight day EPG.
Microwave Oven - various manufacturers and models, various power levels, various features*, hot food On Demand! ;)

Is that an accurate summary of the situation?

*mine has aroma sensor, auto defrost and more - had it twenty years still haven't used half the features

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35050080)

V Box - various manufacturers and models, no HD, no PVR, one day EPG.
V+ Box - fewer manufacturers and models, no HD, PVR, eight day EPG.
V HD - fewer manufacturers and models, HD, no PVR, one day EPG.
V+ HD - fewer manufacturers and models, HD, PVR, eight day EPG.
Microwave Oven - various manufacturers and models, various power levels, various features*, hot food On Demand! ;)

Is that an accurate summary of the situation?

*mine has aroma sensor, auto defrost and more - had it twenty years still haven't used half the features

There's no SD V+ box, all V+ boxes are HD capable. V+ and V+ HD are one and the same. There's only one manufacturer of V-HD at present, which is Cisco.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35049978)

That link on wiki states Virgin will launch the Sky basic Hd Channels sometime.before 2011 , I thought they were set to launch around the time of Sky Sports Hd.

Which is sometime before 2011, erm :erm:, what's your question?

A couple of years ago we had a big debate on here about what 'in the autumn' meant and which months constituted autumn. When the first leaf turned brown in their garden some people expected new channels to appear. More recently we've had criticism of posts saying 'by the end of the year' or the 'by mid-June' etc. Basically, it's coming soon ...

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Originally Posted by kgollop (Post 35050091)

There's no SD V+ box, all V+ boxes are HD capable. V+ and V+ HD are one and the same.

Good, that's one less combination to worry about. They're not one and the same though, are they? There are the older V+ boxes and the new V+ HD box that they were giving away until the end of June.

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Originally Posted by kgollop (Post 35050091)

There's only one manufacturer of V-HD at present, which is Cisco.

Yes but there are a shed load of multi-denominational legacy V Boxes out there.

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35050092)

Good, that's one less combination to worry about. They're not one and the same though, are they? There are the older V+ boxes and the new V+ HD box that they were giving away until the end of June.

V+ and V+ HD are the same thing. There are two models as you rightly say, the older Scietific Atlanta box, and the newer Samsung box - both of which do HD. They are only different in a way that an old Pace V box is different from an old Samsung V Box. They do the same thing, just one is slower!

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35050092)

There are the older V+ boxes and the new V+ HD box that they were giving away until the end of June.
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The V+HD is either a Samsung or SA. Both are still being installed and just the same with the older SD boxes there is no guarantee which one you get

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[QUOTE=Felim_Doyle;35050092]Which is sometime before 2011, erm :erm:, what's your question?

A couple of years ago we had a big debate on here about what 'in the autumn' meant and which months constituted autumn. When the first leaf turned brown in their garden some people expected new channels to appear.

God you've gotta love a know it all.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35050102)

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35050092)

God you've gotta love a know it all.

When you were editing it (Last edited by muppetman11; Today at 15:38.) why didn't you get it right? :p: You misquoted me! :mad: