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That's right; I'd forgotten that --- it initially Tivo only 2 recordable tuners and an update enabled the third one..

I'm pretty sure that when I got mine, which was within a couple of weeks of the official launch to current customers, all three tuners were recordable.

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After further reading of old threads, different sub-forum, on DS you're right about the official release being April 2011.

Good memory :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
 

If there is to be a new software update then maybe we will get the long awaited Opera app store which was supposed to launch after the last update a couple of years ago?

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Then again i never said which November. :D

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If i remember it wasn't that long ago, it was the 'plum HTML5' update last year.

I googled but didn't see anything official from VM?

EDIT

Official announcement

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...n/td-p/2390279

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It also had only one of the CPUS core being used until just before the April release.

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Good riddance. For all I know, I'm sure Virgin and Sky won't want rubbish like that given the content of channel. And a +1 makes it even worse! Right now, I'm feeling sorry for Freeview customers who will be suffering when these two channels launch.

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The one thing i love about Youview is you can hide the channels so they never show in the EPG or can't be watched until you unhide them.
My Samsung tv goes one better as it allows you to organise the channels in the order you want (it's a EU model not UK) also you can delete the channels too if you wish.
However given that both FOX and Nat geo are involved in yourview i think over time the content will greatly improve with possibly nature docs etc being on it and possibly some FOX shows if there.
QUEST was a pile of rubbish when it first launched look at it now it's a decent channel.
Keep in mind VM and SKY both have endless shopping channels and the awful ITVBE so anything could happen.

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Having just read this thread, I have a feeling that Talking Pictures TV might be coming to Virgin Media around the 15th of this month.

They originally stated that they were coming to Freeview, then this was withdrawn and replaced with a statement that said that they were coming to a new TV platform, but that they were unable to say which one.

They go on to say that it's "good news for those without Sky", so i'm speculating that if it isn't Freeview, they may have meant Virgin Media. In addition, the 15th is a Tuesday- VM usually add channels on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. They say "around" the 15th- launch dates are pretty fixed with Sky- but with VM start dates are often more vague.

Of course, it may simply mean that they have had their nuckles rapped by Freeview for announcing the news prematurely!

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2099240

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Or maybe it's going on FREESAT?

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It must be possible to manually tune it in already?

I must admit i was surprised when someone said a couple of weeks ago that it was coming to Freeview, the startup costs for that are very high, i didn't think it would happen.

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Yes maybe but you would need the transponder number (I think that's what it's called) to be able to do it,and then it may be encrypted.

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Just googled it's not encrypted

Talking Pictures TV is free to air so can be viewed by Freesat viewers if you switch to non-freesat mode, co-ordinates as follows:
Final Parameters (available from 06:00 on 25/06/15):
Frequency: 11671
Polarisation: Horizontal
Modulation: DVB-S QPSK
Symbol Rate: 22.0 MS/s
FEC: 5/6
Service ID: 50440

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Is anyone really that interested in this channel ?

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Could be so, many people use the terms for the two platforms interchangeably and often get them confused- even channel operators.

[QUOTE=johnathome;35796684I must admit i was surprised when someone said a couple of weeks ago that it was coming to Freeview, the startup costs for that are very high, i didn't think it would happen.[/QUOTE]

Well, I would imagine that both Freesat and Freeview would have cheaper carriage costs than VM.

Freeview is much cheaper for those going down the IPTV route with a Freeview EPG listing and the unused capacity on the HD mux must be going for a reasonable price.