Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

That tivo interface looks ugly and naff. Fingers crossed virgin don't addopt that crap

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

It's the functionality of TIVO we all want. VM will adapt it to their requirements. There's hardly going to be an option to order a 10 dollar film from netflix, as an example.

What excites me about this is not so much what it'll be able to do today, but what it'll be able to do in the future. I've no interest in searching for and watching youtube vids on the telly. But having an interface that may be able to search for my favourite tv series, or film on the web, is of interest to me. Especially if I can then download it to the cable box to watch it on the telly when it suits or transfer it to the mobile.

The tivo UI will be VM's interface for all their services, not just tv.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

If the Logitech forum is anythig to go by lots of Americans were unhappy that the coloured buttons were left of the Harmony One as most cable/sat and even bluray players have the colour coded buttons.

Looks nice, can't see us getting anything like that as it looks far too good. Would make the Sky EPG seem quite dated. I doubt the SA can push a Flash front end and I am not convinced that there will be new boxes as Tivo is going on all boxes according to Berkett and the cable cos have never been fond of splashing out on new hardware.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I have to agree, but just the fact of applying Virgin Media branding to that would help a lot, anything but blue and gold!

Also it might look great in motion. Fingers crossed...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I know most people want the tivo features I just hope Virgin actually have a decent ui for once and make all this wait worthwhile.

Is all the searching on the internet via your tv really needed especially when most people have computers?? It just seems that those sort of features would just be added because they could. What happened to just watching tv? :dozey:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

You got a source for that? At the end of the q&a on the Q4 results he said that they will be replacing a "significant number" of stbs.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I wouldn't mind being able to search and watch youtube stuff on the box especially if it gave access to the full range of 4oD stuff.

The one thing that I would love for TV series is that it could record across multiple channels and put the epsiodes in the correct order.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

It can.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Indeed. Did used to be easier when there was just a few channels to watch, but it helped that the quality of programmes used to be far higher than now.

This is all about monetising VM's VOD content and possible future video download service. VM can insert ads into their VOD content and this interface will tell them and advertisers what ads we're looking at. Very valuable info to some.

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Leaving aside youtube, but that's exactly the point of it.

It'll be one interface to search CH4's limited stuff on VM's VOD service, but the same page will also show the full 4oD web stuff too. So, to you and me, we won't know or care whether we're searching and watching VM's own internal VOD servers or getting the stuff via the web.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...=irol-overview

In this interview he has all boxes, you can take that to mean many things, but it seems unlikely that he SA, Sammy V+ and new v HD would be repalced so quickly.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I understand that they have to do whatever the can to stay relevant and make money but they seem to be forgetting that some people just want to watch tv and are not interested in the on -demand content. Wont they have to try and convince those people (like myself) that this is actually the future for tv?

Guess i'm humped anyway since they can't delivery vod to me now how can they do it in the future when they are struggling with new technology.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

The post on DS with regards to more HD has been updated by the OP, read post 69, although it is mostly what we already knew and some of what we already suspected http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...1#post38816497

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Everyone should be getting VOD now, have you phoned and asked them what the issue is?

As for convincing you, they'll still be normal tv, so don't worry. But the golden nugget to come is being able to watch whatever we want when we want. Although those of us with good broadband connections and access to "proper" usenet, can do it already.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Oh yeah a million and one times and they still can't figure it out and at this moment seem to have given in.

You have a point I download what I want to watch when I want to watch it so I doing it already but it's good to see that traditional tv will survive for those people who need it and want it....like myself

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/03/65.png

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...eat=directlink

See it wouldn't look that bad, better than what we have.