Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35534065)

Black and white TVs were good.... well, until colour came along :D


Seriosly, there is so much more functionality on Tivo, and with VM having vastly increased the number of HD channels, I don't see how many people can live with the 20 hours HD recording space that V+ limits you to.

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Yep, the cloud is the way to go and has massive advantages for people. But guess who is slowing things down? Content providers! I know, total surprise that one :rolleyes:

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They seem reliable to me.

Originally Posted by Top banana (Post 35534140)

gets over the issue of lost content when a box goes faulty

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35534220)

They could have just designed the boxes with snap out drives which would be easy to swap in those circumstances but... oh well!

Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35534236)

My Viera TV lets you attach an external hard drive and then formats / encrypts the recorded footage so ONLY that set can watch it back. The Technology is there and it aint expensive.

Originally Posted by johnasimmons (Post 35534294)

I think that the new channels we have received and are getting is great but I think it is now time VM had a chat with Sky about obtaining Sky Atlantic, even if it is only in sd.

Originally Posted by johnasimmons (Post 35534294)

I think that the new channels we have received and are getting is great but I think it is now time VM had a chat with Sky about obtaining Sky Atlantic, even if it is only in sd.

Originally Posted by heavyside (Post 35534298)

The new upcoming channels are welcome additions but the ones I really want to see are Sky Atlantic and the missing ITV HD channels. Sports fans would probably add Sky F1 HD, Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD and Eurosport 2 HD to that list. I wonder if any - or all - of these might be coming our way once the Liberty Global dust has settled?

Originally Posted by Top banana (Post 35534140)

Neil Berkett said that VM were looking at a cloud approach at a recent event he spoke at. Said gets over the issue of lost content when a box goes faulty, gets content onto multiple devices simply and brings down CPE costs big time. His view was 2015. However he may of known he was stepping down when he made that comment :-)

Originally Posted by heavyside (Post 35534298)

The new upcoming channels are welcome additions but the ones I really want to see are Sky Atlantic and the missing ITV HD channels. Sports fans would probably add Sky F1 HD, Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD and Eurosport 2 HD to that list. I wonder if any - or all - of these might be coming our way once the Liberty Global dust has settled?

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35533813)

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to add some new Channels - should launch on Tuesday.

I can now reveal that the following channels should launch on Tuesday on Virgin Media:

Channels to launch:
-Quest+1 to launch on Virgin Channel 173 on the M+, L and XL Packages.
-Investigation Discovery to launch on Virgin Channel 224 on the M+, L and XL Packages.
-British Eurosport 2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 526 on the XL Package.[/B]

Originally Posted by eugene (Post 35534082)

Does anyone know when the Virgin deal with Viacom is due to be renewed? :)

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan (Post 35534303)

can I call them LG?

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35534323)

LGI. Avoids confusion with the Korean electronics company.

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan (Post 35534331)

Good point, wouldn't want people thinking that VM are making their own TVs and phones. ;)

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan (Post 35534303)

Liberty Global (can I call them LG?) have no intention of changing VM's current relationship with Sky, who I'm sure would want to keep the HD versions of SS3, SS4 and SSF1 as unique selling points to potential Sky customers.

What might change is LG's ability to bid for content on a European basis - even then, the existing contracts for that content would have to expire, and I imagine that most of the 'good' ones are currently held by Sky.

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Cloud PVRs are the future. One would hope that any long-term content deals that VM are considering/signing would take that into account. We don't want another MRS-style scenario where only a handful of channels can be recorded into the cloud.