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So are you saying you get better choice on demand with a V+ box than a TiVO?

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Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35365662)

So are you saying you get better choice on demand with a V+ box than a TiVO?

We're talking about the difference between the content via the TiVo and at www.virginmedia.com/player as far as I'm aware

TiVo and V+ should be the same other than iPlayer

Hi- am new to cable forums and to virgin media
Recently split with wife and temp back at dads in a tower block with 1 tv feed which ive decided to use for my sky+ in bedroom to record when am out and have joined virgin tivo
for the living room- Anyway, enough of me rabbiting on and back to topic,
Ive took the L pack on virgin and so looks like i wont be able to see sky anytime??
My sky hd box has been selected as 1 lnb feed so i lose anytime on that.
Will Virgin L tv pack be able to access sky anytime programmes via box or online, or is it only for xl customers?

From the press release http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/S...line-21da.aspx

From early 2012 selected programmes from these channels will also be made available to M+ TV customers and above through Sky Anytime on Virgin Media

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Originally Posted by ottoni (Post 35365594)

Hi everyone, was just wondering if the sky movies on demand available on virgin player are the same on the tivo box, looking through there does seem to be some discrepancies, anyone have any info?

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35365667)

We're talking about the difference between the content via the TiVo and at www.virginmedia.com/player as far as I'm aware

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Originally Posted by essjay (Post 35365866)

TiVo and V+ should be the same other than iPlayer

I must admit, I (mis-)interpreted the OP's question as being about a difference between the VM On Demand service on a V, V HD or V+ box and a TiVo box but, if he did mean the VM Player on the web, then I can understand why there might be differences based on rights issues.

However, essjay has now raised the question of why the BBC iPlayer is different on a TiVo from a standard box. Is the content different or just the presentation?

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35366285)

The contents different. An updated I player app on Tivo means more content than on the v+ box.

TiVo pulls its Iplayer content from the web version while the other STB boxes get fed by whatever gets uploaded to VM servers.

Any news on when HD movies and HD shows from Sky 1 , Sky Living and Sky Arts are coming ?

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35366318)

The contents different. An updated I player app on Tivo means more content than on the v+ box.

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Originally Posted by zantarous (Post 35366460)

TiVo pulls its Iplayer content from the web version while the other STB boxes get fed by whatever gets uploaded to VM servers.

So do the web and TiVo versions always offer more? The original impression that I got was that the VM Player content on the web had tighter rights restrictions over those of the TV based On Demand content. Now it sounds more like the flawed upload process for On Demand content is what makes the difference, not rights issues. This would match my experience to date with the Sky Anytime On Demand content and may also now explain occasional missing content in BBC iPlayer.

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35366710)

So do the web and TiVo versions always offer more?

roughly 950 hours of BBC programmes compared with roughly 350 hours of BBC programmes on Virgin Media legacy boxes.

As far as I understand it the main reason in the difference for the iPlayer is mostly down to space and what the BBC convert for Virgin to put on On Demand rather than rights

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 35366710)

People will know the reasons much better than me, but my experience with iPlayer on V+, whilst still very good, was that there was nowhere near the content that was available on the BBC's own iPlayer website. My experience with iPlayer on TiVo is that its much more comparable, and normally includes 4 or 5 pretty reasonable films as well as all the normal catch up stuff and other content. This app alone has really opened my eyes to some of the seriously good quality programming the BBC produces, particularly on BBC4.

In my opinion it is a real shame that iPlayer on TiVo has a bit of a PR problem because of some teething troubles but then as a still relatively new customer to Virgin, I'm beginning to learn that this is just their way. Like TiVo, like broadband through superhub, iPlayer on TiVo is an excellent product that wasn't right to begin with and now suffers from a bad press it no longer deserves, but for which it only has itself to blame.

More on topic, iPlayer on TiVo really demonstrates what the box is capable of and, if anything, further underlines how disappointing it is that more hasn't been made of this capability.

Is there a specific list online of the new movies that are being added every Friday to Sky Movies on Demand? I've found the list of all films available but for someone like me who doesn't really keep up with new films it's not easy to identify the premieres.

It would be nice if there was a "new" section in the Sky Movies on Demand menu when searching through my TV.