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Rotherham done overnight.
Mrs is well happy. No more fumbling with the Xbox controller to pause Netflix when the phone rings. Great Job VM.

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Yes Luton has been updated, does anybody else suffer with a bit of a delay going between menu screens and on the odd occasion the background of the menu goes black, odd?

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He's been!

I must admit, my first impressions are that it certainly isn't faster. If anything, the opposite is true, and it looks like I now need to press stand by twice to put it in, well, stand by. But I'm off today so I'll have a proper play once mstr. and miss M are at school.

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Yeah, that happens on my Cisco TiVo upstairs. It's well annoying.

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If you press standby once it goes into standby after a couple of seconds.

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Aye finally arrived here in aintree on the Knowsley headend

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Excellent news Vince.:)

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Right, I have a problem. Netflix working fine on downstairs TIVO, however upstairs TIVO will not run any apps. If I go into apps I just get grey squares and a message that apps are temporarily unavailable. I have rebooted the box and also forced connection to VM servers. Any suggestions? I have renamed both boxes this morning so I am not sure if this is relevant. Thanks in advance.

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When changing menus mine does a weird fade thing (a bit like windows 7) i presumed this was intentional?!

Changing channels definitely faster!!! MUCH less delay!

Apart from that don't see much difference.

Thought it might me more exciting lol.

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It used to do it straight away!!! To be honest I like the new look, I'm pleased with the addition of Netflix which I'm scrolling through as we speak, but I think the standby thing is a little bit silly, and there's no way in hell that the box itself is faster. It might appear so because some of the menu transitions are a bit quicker, but the screens still take a while to fully populate. That said I've never really felt it was an especially slow bow either, given everything it has to do. On the plus side when you enter my shows now there is a handy on screen guide explaining the quick keys which pops up. That's a really good idea based solely on the number of people on this forum alone who have thought the my shows menu was difficult to navigate - it isn't, and Virgin/TiVo are finally giving the sort of information it's customers want.

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Try Home>Help & Settings>Parental Controls> (enter PIN) >Lock Apps & Games

If Netflix is shown as blocked then it either needs to be Unlocked or Locked depending on your preference.

Any good?

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BIB - I've spent a few minutes playing around and only just occurred to me to change the channels. Yes, you're right, that definitely DOES feel zippier.

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No I already did that list night. I actually launched the app last night but have only signed up to Netflix this morning so wanted to put in account details but now it doesn't launch. Maybe I'll try a power off rather than a restart...

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Enjoy bud;)

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Unplugging the device and leaving it unplugged for about 1 minute normally sorts it out and is a better option than just doing a restart

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Still not here in Sheffield on any of our 4 boxes.

I thought they would all be done by the 14th?

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Should all be done by tomorrow barring any changes to the plan

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aye i'll sign up to the month free trial tonight and see what all the fuss is about haha :)

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think that's what I going to do get the month free trial not trying for 6 month free trial going to see what official price rises are before even thinking about another contract

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The Netflix picture quality is amazing! Is there anyway to get it to pre-buffer and then start in super hd as opposed to starting in lower quality and then building up to it?

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Agreed! That's my approach anyway. I find it suspicious netflix has come out and it's 6 months free if you sign up to a new contract whilst news of a price hike filter through immediately after ....

Has the TiVo update roll out now ended or is it one more day to go?

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There must be a fault as l cannot get in to any of my apps at all.

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apps working fine here

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I thought the 6 month Netflix offer was a limited offer? Sure I saw that in a post in this or the Coming Soon thread.

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And here also

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No both our boxes cannot use any apps currently so there must be a fault.

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It is

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den interesting you mention this. as i said my area was updated and my box is fine but my friend in work his apps are also not working currently. seems a bit odd its ok for some but not others but you're not alone in this problem!

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No there isn't; that's the way Netflix is designed to work. Blame it on the 'I want it instantly' culture :)

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Thanks Den, maybe an area fault then. Odd that one of my boxes is working though!

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They've got it in Rovrum though! Could move there. Ok maybe not.

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Had the update in west London and the menus do seem speedier for me.

I don't have a Netflix subscription. Can I sign up for the one month freebie through them direct and then the six month freebie through VM?

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Well impressed with the new update the menus load a lot faster now and I like the little graphical fade with more menus in HD. I always found the jump from HD menu to SD menu really jarring and slow.

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Den, this is listed on the service status page at the moment for me, so maybe the issue:

You might not be able to watch certain programmes on Catch Up TV and TV On Demand on your Virgin TV or TiVo® service at the moment.

Fault reference: F002769772

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Thanks for that update.

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Does anyone know when the offers ends? End of November? End of December?

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I've also got that reference here in Newcastle as a fault however I am still able to access my Netflix App, and indeed select something to watch so this fault reference obviously refers to some other issue.

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All updated but only got a quick look before work this morning.

From what I saw it looks good, menu fade a nice touch and was particularly impressed with the look of the planned recordings layout.

Hats off Vm & TiVo

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I'm sure I've seen it's December.

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I've never used Netflix but does the Youtube trick of pressing pause for a bit right at the start of playback not work?

Just a thought

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Yes I've just had the same thought. Unfortunately I'm half way through an episode of Sons of Anarchy but as soon as I can I'll check.

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I've got one box working and one not so hard to say

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Slightly surprised that there isn't a Netflix shortcut in my shows like there is with you tube.

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There is one on the search &browse menu.

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lol just had a virgin engineer knock on my door. Your TV isn't working? Yes I say looking confused as I hadn't reported it to VM. Turns out he was at the wrong address. Couldn't convince him to have a look or take away my old superhub :D

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It's not particularly bad. Netflix adjusts the definition in the first few seconds of play depending on the bandwidth availability, but you can always rewind and play the opening again.
As a test this morning I played the opening minutes of Iron Man 2: when the Universal logo appears it's definitely SD and quite poor, but by the time the Marvel logo appears (after the flickering comic book pages) it was sharp and HD. I don't have a 1080p TV so couldn't see any improvement after that but it was a great picture at 1080i.

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I love this netflix update was watching top gear on tivo downstairs stopped it, and resumed it from the same place on the tivo upstairs. Bloody brilliant.

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It doesn't bother me, I was just explaining to Andy why it did it that way. Most people want to see the film instantly, so Netflix accommodate that by starting at a lower bitrate. It also prevents the film pausing part way through to re-buffer on a bad or congested connection; Netflix just automatically drops the bitrate and the film keeps playing.

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It will resume it rom the same place on any Netflix device, not just your two Tivo boxes.

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Yeah, I know was using the iPad in the kitchen the other day it's brilliant.

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Question, I am sure on the old version of software when you searched for a program and went into episodes it would give you an episode guide from Season 1 episode 1. Did I imagine that? I am now only seeing episodes that are available

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Liking the new update. It seems more responsive and refined. The only slight issue is that it takes longer to wake up whilst it's in standby mode (not sure if it is using less power now).

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Considerably less apparently.

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Guess that's why then. Cheers.

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One power saving impact I belive is that the HD is not running all the time when in standby which was the case before. Saves more power of course, but the box then just needs a little time to get everything up an running again when you take it out of powersave.

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What you are seeing is improved information.

Across the update, information is highlit to show current availability.

In Episodes, you can click on Show ALL episodes and see the full list.

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Aha! I had missed the blue button option above. Agreed, another nice improvement :)

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I've just rung up virgin media again for the 6 months Netflix promo offer. this time i spoke to a nice lady who knew what i was talking about, shes had alot ringing up about it. i will have it 2moz i just gotta use my Virgin Media online account sign in to sign into Netflix, no mention off a code. she did say to me that i quality for it. Not got any loyalty discounts but i did have andthey expired lol .. Well i didnt know i had any :-p

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Just got my 6 months Netflix promo offer too ;)

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What is the Netflix offer, as I was unaware of it?

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I missed the obvious blue button route!

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Here ...

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...er/m-p/2062006

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See offer on this page:

http://store.virginmedia.com/digital...d/netflix.html

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Got new update in East London and as others have said, channel change is fasterr. YAh!!!:)! A cable box that actually changes channels in a half decent time, who'd thought it....

Why didn't they make all the screens HD though? Surely it wouldn't take that much effort.

The My Shows area is improved, but this still needs a proper redesign. Do we really need a blue button for groups so prominently? There's space on the bottom right of the screen and more info should be put there.

VM need to get away from the American way of doing tivo and code it to how we want it. In terms of features, VM's tivo is the best box in the UK. But in terms of useability, day-to-day use, Sky's is still so much easier and quicker.

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Question - my friend has already had a Netflix trial last year. Can he now get a free month now it's on virgin media or not?

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I signed up to Netflix when it first launched and then cancelled after the free month trial mainly because at the time it didn't have much content. I've signed up today with exactly the same email and card details and have entered another free month trial, even though they still had my account set up.

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Anyone had any codes via e-mail yet?

I know they will take 5 days to arrive, but I would be surprised if they have not started sending them out yet.

Saying that, I suppose they could be waiting for the roll-out to finish completely before sending the e-mails out.

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Cheers friend :)

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Had a play with the new Tivo features and Tivo this evening, as mentioned earlier by me some of the menus change superfast but I did encounter some today where the screen goes blank and then the menu loads.

Also what is the 1080 pass through for, does this allow services like Netflix to display content in 1080P?

Also noticed that that the audio is in 5.1 Dolby Plus, it has been so long since I saw I looked at sound codecs is the only difference between Plus and regular DD the bitrate for the codec? Nice to see the HD audio light and D+ logo.

Quite impressed with the Netflix app and its streaming quality and they have a lot of stuff (even TV shows) in Super HD. A real worthwhile addition and VM should be congratulated for once they announced a product and it was here within a few months of the news breaking.

Edit:

Also love the fact that I can control the Netflix app with my phone, browse the catalogue while watching something and even use the on screen scrubber to go forward or back on the video I am watching.

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Not sure how they did it but they seem to have put a turbo boost in with this update the My Shows menu is so incredibly responsive now I was able to delete shows with ease instead of deleting a few and they it locking up or the cursor jumping back to the top of the screen.

I even managed to clear down the bedroom Tivo from the living room with the same speed and nice to see that they have made the remote Tivo screen HD as well.

And best of all you can now manage the series link within MyShows, I am pretty sure that wasn't there before as I have always had to come out of the My Show menu and go into Manage series links. Superb.

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Yes 1080p pass through allows Netflix to be shown at full quality; Netflix is the only content on Tivo that is 1080p. Although maybe some Youtube videos are 1080p?

DD+ was designed for digital streaming. It gives better quality for the same bitrate. Though I believe Netflix have used it's advantages the other way; reduce the bitrate to give the same (or better?) quality as regular DD. The only disadvantage with DD+ is that some older AV amps, that can decode DD, can't decode DD+, and feeding it to them gives stereo output rather than 5.1

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VM (and other cable providers) can suggest and / or pay for features, but the core code is TiVo's

Remember however, that when VM first got TiVo, quite a few features that they wanted e.g. mini guide, HD EPG etc, made it back into the core code, so I'm sure there is a lot of discussion about what should be changed in each update.

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Thanks Craig and Edin. ;)

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How do you manage to control the Netflix app with your mobile phone. I can't seem to do it. I start Netflix on my phone then I switch on Netflix on the Tv, but it doesn't seem to pair with the phone. Am I doing something wrong, can someone please help me.

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If you've got your TiVo correctly hooked up to your home network, then it should just appear in the app - you don't need to launch Netflix on TiVo

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Anybody having problems with the last channel button on the TiVo remote, when I press it I get a blank screen with just the mini guide:(

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The new UI on the PS3 Netflix app is excellent , only had a brief play around but the reference to Super HD seems to have been dropped unless I've just not noticed it.

http://youtu.be/HdzV5bkFTaM

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This has probably been said before. But we didn't we all get a notice from Virgin when they last updated the box overnight that anything we set to record wouldn't be recorded? I hope nobody recorded anything overnight these past few weeks...

Anyway, I still haven't got it so I guess I'll get it tomorrow. Ho hum.

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Random question: Did the update leave anyone's TiVO on after it was updated?

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Yeah, left both of mine on.

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Thought that was the case. That doesn't always happen does it?

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Happpened to me too.. I was out working and came home at 6am to it blaring away lol

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It's probably a concious choice to do so - because the 'standby' is different, they wouldn't want to disrupt too much what people were used to, so leaving it on allows it to mostly act in the same way as before (barring the A/V output)

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It's ringing a slight bell that the last major update (15.2?) left it on as well. Presumably the box wakes up to actually do the update.

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Looks like it is the norm the majority of the time then. Will have to look out for it when the next update rolls around.

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Of course, with the new standby setttings, if you've got it to automatically go off, it will do, even if it doe wake up for an update ;)

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Hmm anyone have this happen. If youre watching a show from my shows then press pause on the show. Then go looking through the on screen tv guide then go to press the info button to read up on another show. When you press clear to take the info screen off the screen. That automatically starts the my shows show youve paused playing again. Bit annoying to say the least then having to re pause it again is this suppose to happen ?

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Was going to say the tivo is pretty much perfect too. Since the update till this happened lol Plus the issue once something is set to record the info about that show can no longer be read. The tivo is awesome now imo bar these two problems.

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How do you hook up the TiVo box to your home network, is it straightforward to do! :confused:

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Arrived in Hemel area, at last - and last! I noticed that that the default Tivo scaling option has changed it's behavior slightly. I have the video output set to 1080i only and I now see a difference in image size between, for example, BBC 1 HD and BBC 1 SD where the SD image is slightly smaller in width. With the previous version both HD and SD where displayed exactly the same size. Went through the video options, switched all resolutions back on including 1080p accepted them which then had BC 1 HD and SD images the same size. Went through the video options switched back to just 1080i and BBC 1 HD and BBC 1 SD images the same size. Curious.

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Just had to reboot for the third time. Box now slow ,really poor over all . Will swap with V+ if this keeps up much longer:erm:

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Really impressed with the update I have to say. The box is so much more responsive it's like having a new bit of kit to be honest. Great to have Netflix and the Youtube DIAL support, better power saving and the extra HD menus too. The fact it only uses one tuner when there are back to back recordings on the same channel is also a major improvement. Very pleased.

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Some boxes have crashed after the update so I wonder if you are in that situation, support call required? Most people's updates have gone fine and the update makes Tivo much better.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like the update. I'm not fooled by the neat menu transitions into thinking that it's faster, although the channel changes definitely are, but it just looks and feels so much more slick. Mrs M, on the other hand, hates it.

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mine did it aswell but all fine now tivo women senting an engineer for no reason could have just sent a boost. gonna see how mine is over tonight then cancel it tomoz

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That's a bug. Noted :)

It doesn't happen if you use the full guide instead, by the way.

Hasn't that always been the case? Here's an old post about it
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35438482-post34.html

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Finally I have recieved it. The whole update is very good and Netflix has really surprised me. I am very impressed with some of their foreign film selection, I see many hours of movie watching ahead, after I have finished The Muppets Christmas Carol, that is. :-)
I, personally, can see an improvement in the menu speeds, and an impressed with the new menus and guides. Much more clarity.
Top notch update in my eyes, well done to all involved!

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Hmmmm. My TiVo has just rebooted itself right in the middle of watching a show on the Netflix app. I've rebooted it maybe once or twice since I've had it (about two years) but i think this is the only time I've known it just crash and reboot without intervention.

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Ok thanks any idea if there working on a fix now or waiting till the next update. Yes the info when record thing is set has been there all along , was just mentioning imo fix these 2 things and the TiVo box is about perfect.

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enjoying Netflix very much signed for month trial

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Very nice Dave but alas quite a few of us are still waiting for the voucher code.

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hope you get it soon Den I got a loyalty discount so knew could not get the 6 month free deal

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You can still use the free 1 month trial, then apply the code during that.

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That's great news as l did not actually know you could do that Paul.

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It can't be fixed without an update. It will be considered for fixing in the next release. No promises, though.