Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

I honestly can't believe you thought it would have a full EPG and recording capability.

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

No competition? What about BT? What about Talk Talk? You will find they are cheaper, but with less choice. (Ahem: that's why they are cheaper).

The reason why the price of channels is so high? You can blame Sky for that one.

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

My post was in response to Arthur's which said this about the new Now TV box "And from what l hear, it's all good." I pointed out that it's not all good and highlighted the three weaknesses which reviewers have picked up on - no 1080 HD or 4K, no recording facility and no full EPG.
However, in terms of what I expected:
- Recording facility? No didn't expect this.
- 7-day EPG? I did expect this so that users would use the Now TV box to access Freeview channels and no longer need to use the SOURCE button on their TVs to swap between sources.

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

How else do you think the overpaid Premier League Prima-Donna's get their money?

Forget football, just take the bb and stream the rest. I'm sure your local will have Sky sport anyway. Your wallet will worship you.:D

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

It's not something I'd ever go out and buy but I'll gladly take a free one.:D

At the moment 1080 streaming and PVR capability would be to likely to make current satellite customers take note and possibly move something Sky definitely doesn't want.

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

Not that easy to get Rugby League & F1 though......

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

Details of the new box now revealed:

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...edia-tv-offer/

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

No pictures of the beautiful, great, super Tivo UI ?

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...tion-FINAL.pdf

Page 14 could be it.

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

....let me try that for you:

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...tion-FINAL.pdf

---------- Post added at 15:36 ---------- Previous post was at 15:34 ----------

Nope, but he's what Tom Mockbridge, VM boss, said on the subject:

".... the relaunch under the brand Virgin TV in the United Kingdom with the new EOS box and new interface will in addition give us a very, very significant step up in our ability to do on demand programming across its multiple forms and give our customers access to a large range of over-the-top applications which you, those of you who are our customers will have seen already, will definitely be adding to that...."

Mike Fries also said in the same webcast that the new box was small and sleek, which is not what the picture shows.

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Perhaps....

Everyone seems to view Now TV as a defensive play for Sky which either mops up some customers who have cancelled satellite tv or encouraging a few Freeview folks to upgrade a bit. I'm not so sure its a defensive play by Sky and the evidence for that is the recent launch of broadband and phone bundles along with Now TV.

Perhaps Now TV will be the Sky of the future and this is the beginning of Sky turning from a satellite tv company into a cable/streaming one instead.

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

Hmm interesting! I dont have a 4K tv and i'm quite happy with HD...(im only 30 years old i should be more hip and eager for all this new technology but to be brutally honest i like watching tv shows and sport i couldnt care less about how clear the footballers arse looks like- but each to their own)

I'm guessing the 4k box will have the higher cost. Will the non 4k one cost more than the tivo 5 pound charge currently?? If not will it be a case of "oh IYA virgin media my box has broke..."

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

Here's a clue: if your V+ breaks, what box do you get as a replacement?

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

So basically they are releasing a new cheap box that will initially have the "sleeker menus and pictures" (their words not mine) version of Tivo that has just been released to the old Tivo (with 4K bolted on) as an interim measure until they finish working on Horizon in "a few years" and Tivo gets dumped?

http://informitv.com/2016/05/10/virg...ivo-successor/

Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box
 

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Did this guy miss the point that he wrote in his own article, that VM are launching a 4k box in a few months, which in electronics terms, is not that far behind 4k Sky Q.

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So Eos will be used around Europe and will run TiVo or Horizonn.

A one size fits all stb. A bit like the new Suphub.