Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I keep laughing at the “no extra charge” tag line. Previously you watched la liga on premier sports at a cost per month. Now they’re moving the matches to a different channel ... you’re still paying a tenner mind

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I would put money on it launching at the start of the new 2020/21 Premier League season in August

Looking forward to watching Forest in 4K/UHD next season ;-)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

Hope you go get promoted i'm fed up of some of the games in the EPL this year. Most sundays i just look at the fixture list and think "no....."

Any good suggestions on 4K tvs. Had my same HD tv for ten years now

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

Depends how much you want to spend ? Trusted reviews are a good source for information.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

no idea what the going rate is these days! a couple of hundred...?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

What size screen you looking for?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

Not sure to be honest. think my current one is 28 inches and its a samsung. had it for ten years. very reliable. i get a very good HD picture. I just want to be next generation ready for 4k to be honest around the same size and a reliable company.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I don't think UHD TVs come in less than 40" screens - however if your old one is that old it is likely to have a large border compared to modern ones, so the overall size won't be much bigger just the viewable part of the screen.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

Last night we found that Universal Channel EPG on TiVo has been update to say at 6am (Universal Channel +1 to close at 7am) on January 27th that Universal Channel is "No Longer Available".

With no listings being shown for the Sky Comedy channels.

So keep an eye on JJ20X over on Forum Box for news on tests appearing for

Sky Comedy
Sky Comedy HD
Sky Comedy +1

Base on other tests they will appear sometime by Thursday we say early next week (Monday or Tuesday).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I would think that although the listings state ‘no longer available’ on the day it would just be a simple name change/rebrand and the schedule going forward being updated on the day as well as all config will be the same as well as the source feed.

I would doubt that they would do any testing in advance

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

Since the start of 2020 Virgin Media UK has started to test channels in the new way.

MTV Classic was testing when VH1 was broadcasting with VH1 listing saying "no longer available" after January 7th. But we now know that MTV Classic appeared on the same channel number on that date.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I'd imagine many thought it would work like the 5Spike/Paramount change , in that 5Spike shows/schedule started showing in the schedule for Paramount if you scrolled to (and past) the change date.

Given it's not showing, the next guess would be it wasn't using the same space on the network, hence the test bit.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

Good point, I stand corrected, although MTV Classic was an existing channel beforehand whereas Sky Comedy doesn't exist as the moment and it will be taking over everything from Universal Channel on any network that it is on.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I wasn't trying to "correct" anything, just guessing the reasoning/thought process. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2020)
 

I hadn't seen your post cheekyangus sorry, I was replying to MB

I am sure we will see how it unravels soon enough