Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Its says as I am one of their top customers so how who else got one and what are my chances of getting a free Tivo for a year:cool:

Would be good but im sure there have been hundred of thousands of these issued!

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

A colleague received one of those. He said it has one of those supermarket queue ticket numbers on it and tells him he's first in the queue.

I told him he's joint 1st in the queue with however many others have been sent out, behind the 50,000 speedy boarders who've pre-registered :)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Sorry to spoil your good mood, lol. Every customer with XL TV and also phone and broadband has been sent one ;)

There is mention of it in the TiVo thread.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-page-181.html

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I have not seen one as yet.;)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I haven't seen one either???? Maybe they don't like me :o(

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Me neither!

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I read in 1 of the other threads (but can't find it now) that if you logon to My VirginMedia you can see if you are setup for promotional contact or whatever.

Can someone tell me exactly where please as I can't find it.

Got home to a Virgin envelope and thought yes the raffle thing. However I was wrong and it's my new contract due to upgrading from VIP20 to VIP50 and them putting on a £20 charge even though it was free! :mad:

So no raffle ticket yet and want to check if I would get it depending on my preferences. :erm:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

It's under "My contact details", then set your "Preferred email address"
this will ensure you get VM marketing emails.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

It says if you are one of the thousand, you can have free TIVO for a year. If you don't want to pay after the free year is over, can you revert back to a V+ Box without charge?

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

If you flip the card over, under the terms and conditions it says: (b) If you do not wish to keep your TiVo service, certain functionality on your TiVo box will be disabled.

So it's got to be a win as anything has got to be better than the Scientific-Atlanta V+ box.

PS: Clearly I got one of these be the first flyers as well. Makes a changed from them trying to flog me a mobile phone!

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Got one as well via e-mail.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

That's good then, so sounds like you get to keep the box with it's bigger hard drive even if you don't want to pay the TIVO charge.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

You would have to continue to pay some sort of subscription as otherwise as with the V+ you would lose the recording capability.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Just got an email too. Hoping to get one.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I think he means the extra £3pm TIVO charge

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I expect that would disable all the TiVo side and probably the recording facility.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Just had a pop up on the tv appear saying about the offer. I registered my details on the website given and the thank you message said "Hi Phil"??? My name is not Phil...

I will have to remember that if anyone phones me, asking to speak to Phil, to say yes I am Phil... ;)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

The TiVo may be able to run as a v+

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

So if you don't want to pay the £3 a month after the free TIVO for a year deal ends, you would have to have a V+ Box reinstalled to be able to record?
Hope there won't be a charge to do this.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I would say it would be simpler to keep the TiVo and pay the subscription, now no one can say the £3 is not worth it because they do not have a TiVo which is unlike any other PVR out there and you would probably think it is a bargain after 12 months if you were one of the lucky 1000.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

from whats been posted previously ... once you have a tivo box you cant then have it replaced with an older V+ box .. so after a year (if your a raffle winner) and you wish to keep recording then you need to keep subscribed ...

of course that could all change over the 12 months ... problem is no one is sure yet exactly what is going to happen

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

exactly the same here - I'm not Phil either, maybe you have to be to get a Tivo ;)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

No they haven't

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

ive not recieved one either.but then i dont want it.i have v+ and it works for me

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Check your emails as in did not get a letter but got it in a e-mail:confused:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

No letter, no email here.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

i just got it in email so they are sending them out

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Ok thanks. I was on about postal mail as that is how the lottery tickets for Tivo were being delivered it seems. I guess there is no way of opting out of Virgin contacting you by post then?
The email address is correct and still not got one via email either :(

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Emails will be sent in batches

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Got mine in the post today. Went straight on and registered.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Received the letter yesterday by ordinary post. Everybody has a large 001 on the 'lottery ticket'. It is the small number underneath you have to register.

Like Chris, I am happy with V+ but am not turning down this offer so registered online straight away. You have to fill in your home and mobile telephone number as well as your email address and your Unique Reference Number. You must register by 24 February.

Within minutes received this email (with my name correct):

Hi Oliver.

Thank you for your interest.

We will be in contact by 20th March 2011 if you are one of the lucky ones to receive a TiVo box on us for a year.

Best wishes,

The Virgin Media Team

---------- Post added at 09:03 ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 ----------

Forgot to mention that it clearly states the 1000 lucky winners will be in a new 12 month contract.

The place you have to register and find out more is www.virginmedia.com/oneofthefirst

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Still no letter here. Asked a neighbour and they have had no communication apart from the email the other day either. They had registered as well.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Just got mine in the post. All registered.
Now just got to cross fingers, lucky rabbits foot, 4 leave clover etc... :D

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

not had a call or flyer yet ,had the email ,from the date think i will be to late for the draw. Has any off the wolverhampton headend in the area served by the bromsgrove section?

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

flyer came yesterday

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Same here. No call; No flyer, but it looks like you don't need that anyway:
http://virgintivo.blogspot.com/2011/...uld-start.html

Wondering if anyone in the Coventry area has been contacted or had TiVo installed yet.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Just to clarify:

When I received the leaflet through the post yesterday with the presumably unique number, it came out of the blue. I had not pre-registered or anything like that for Tivo.

I have XL TV, V+, L broadband, M phone with 200 minutes any calls, and Virgin mobile £10.21 a month SIM card deal.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I have everything you have apart from 200 minutes any calls and the Virgin mobile. I registered back in December and so far I've received squat in the post. :confused:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

the offer is for ppl who have tv, phone, bb it very clear as the only ppl who have recieved it are ppl with all 3 services

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

VIP 50, no flyer through the post, no email, just the "thanks for registering" one.
Not at all impressed.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I have all 3. Plenty of people have, and plenty of those people haven't received a flyer, that's very clear.

And no, I haven't asked VM to not send me promotional material.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

They usually send things like this in batches, so still hope yet :)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Apparently - I'm a Phil as well - must be catching:)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I've already registered via the form which went live last night, so its not that a big deal (to me anyway), but it just looks odd, ya know? Especially when loads of other TV XL-ers are saying 'yep, got mine mately!'

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pray to the Dark Spirits of the Underworld to help me become one of the 1,000 'Chosen' Ones. ;)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Mine said my name Hi Marcus, but it seems a lot of people are getting Hi Phil.

I think it will be too late for me though. They collect my 3 tv boxes on the 15th of March and I'm not cancelling my cancelation in the hope I get Tivo free. Although free Tivo would keep me as a VM tripleplay customer.

I'm not interested at all in Tivo if I have to pay.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Do you honestly think it should be free when no one else can offer such a service as that.:erm:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Do you feel the same about the Sky +HD 1Tb box?

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I have an opinion on wether it should be free or not. I'm not going to pay for it an thats why I'M OUT. lol..

I will probably get it in a year or so as I've just signed a new 12 month contract for skyHD with multiroom. By then it will probably be really refined work perfectly. Something fo rme to look forward to perhaps.(probably be free aswell)

---------- Post added at 16:04 ---------- Previous post was at 16:03 ----------

I have a 1tb sky box I just opened my existing sky box which was free and put a 1tb drive in it. Look its all about perceived value, if the user thinks it is worth £XXXX they will pay.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Quite unlikely as only recently the V+ went down to £49 for the first box and £99 for the second so if you think TiVo will ever be free after that example then I expect you will have a very long wait.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Ahhh bugger, looks like I lost out on that then, or got very lucky VM put there prices up YOU DECIDE LOL.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Does no other company put their prices up then.? My Friend who is with another provider gets an increase every year from the believe in better company.:shocked:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

EDIT..

You know what....You're right,lets just leave it there.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

No need to shout.....

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

You obviously were not happy then,however VM do offer a 28 day money back guarantee if you were not happy surely you would have cancelled before.? you do seem to have a gripe but now you have cancelled that is the end of the matter without the need to be so bitter.:)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

This is the thing I'm not actually bitter and sing VM's praises for there BB. I was peeved with VM over a period of a week or 2 but thats history now.

They give me a great BB service and if I want there TV I only have to cancel my "cancellation" and I'm more than happy paying £37 for phone and 50mb BB.

Your just going to have to accept I will post good and bad comments about VM the same way I tell the world Sky's SD picture quality is disgustingly awful.Well under par lol

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

That sounds fair enough to me.:) :Peaceman:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I never got one. XL TV, XL Phone, 50mb BB. Random criteria maybe.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I got a message on my v+ box with a website to win a TiVo never got a letter went on entered my details and submitted, the page then said thanks Phil which would be ok if my name was Phil LOL :-)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

thats just another example of VM's poor roll out .. they just have not looked professional at all IMHO

not sure who the target is for the pop-ups but i havent had it yet ... just two emails - 1 in December after registering and a second last week saying enjoy the wait till end of March ... didnt say anything about any lucky draws or possibly being contacted before then just tough cheese enjoy the wait

not that im gonna pay for tivo anyway but as a VIP50 customer who registered on day 1 i expected to at least have had more than 1 email by now

have already been asked to seriously consider returning to sky by the family and although im resisting its getting tougher fight the family off

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I connected my Sky+HD box back up the other day, its just on freesat now , the family want me to go back may do yet but keep my XL sub as well.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Sky virgin what's the difference? Both show crappy repeats, one has slightly more hd crappy repeats, the other has more on demand repeats

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

You may have a point there LOL :-) So I take it TIVO will just help you find more crappy repeats easier LOL.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

thats my understanding of it :D

same content just found quicker and from more sources ... not exactly ground breaking unless they get several competing media suppliers ( Lovefilm , Blockbuster ) or have a true archive going back years rather than days and covering thousands instead on hundreds of episodes

the fact you can get additional info on celebrities or movies/tv programs isnt ground breaking either as that is easily done now with an internet connection

VM and tivo are trying to reinvent the wheel but in one box instead of a PVR & PC as far as i can see

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

But Tivo invented the wheel in the first place.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Well they have done so, very successfully as well.;)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

well i know i will get hung drawn and quartered for saying it by its supporters ... BUT

the more i hear and learn about tivo the less impressed i am ... its being hyped out of all proportion and isnt the best thing since sliced bread as some would have us believe ... its just a PVR/DVR .. nothing more and nothing less ... just a fancy PVR/DVR and i have yet to see anything that proves its more than that ...

i know some are gonna say but it has better VoD and search ... but search for what .. you can only search for what is there and tivo does not bring additional content just handles the existing content better

OK thats my 2p worth and all my own conclusion and opinion drawn from the info ive seen so far

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Suggestions seem easy to work out ie You watch Casualty why not try Holy City or you watch CSI why not try CSI Miami not that groundbreaking and there seems to be a lot of people unhappy with wishlist.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

S1 owners are used to blocking channels, as TiVo was a stand alone box, but because VM's TiVo is an intergrated box, it won't let you do that.

We've fed back to VM that we could improve WishLists by allowing customers to only search favourites.

For someone who hasn't used WishLists before, it works fine.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

no e mail no letter,except for price increases!!!

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Well after the years worth of problems I have had with VM I think I deserve to be one of the 1000, I have registered and now just going to wait and see, im that popular with customer service these days they call me by my first name, if I dont get picked im leaving VM, already striked up a decent deal with BT Infinity if all else fails for my BB

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I have registred as well. I really want one it looks fantastic dont agree with the charge for install and paying for the box as well.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Why?? because you have had some problems should VM give you TiVo before any other customer?

So you would throw a hissy fit and leave VM if they don't pick you first?

Bye then :D:angel:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

The date is easy VM said they would contact people by the end of March if that doesn't happen then I can understand people being annoyed.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Spoke to the Chief Exec's office today and they say they were sent out to a random selection. That would explain why I and many others on here haven't received one.

Andy

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I think they should be given to VIP Customers paying FULL PRICE to thank them for their FULL PRICE PAYING LOYALTY, folk on retentions shouldn't be first picked :D

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Maybe they were sent to the customers with the most recent complaints to keep us sweet. :dozey: That would be me then. I'm not going to bother, the usual V+ service has enough problems, I'm not going to willingly open that can of worms.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I think differently. VIP doesn't stand for Very Important Person.


You pay the most and you get the most. That's your choice.

You deserve it no more than me, maybe less in fact depending on how long you have been a customer.

No one should get preferential treatment for any reason.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Why because I expect as a customer to get a service that I pay for and having had 12 engineers in the last year that cant sort my problem and disconnections every couple of weeks I deserve to rewarded dont you think, problem with that ??

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

do not think so as i have a few complaints very recently and not reccived one yet,

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Yup I have had 12 engineers this year and ongoing problems so I think thats why maybe I have got one

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I have a problem with that, you wanna fight about it?

Why are they sending so many techs, would be easier just asking you to leave vm

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Well I have received a letter through the post to enter for one of the free 1000 Tivos, but I rarely ring up (too much effort), only occasionally complain (because I don't have much to complain about). I have been a customer 10+ years.

I hope they have picked customers like me to contact rather than those on the phone every 5 minutes about what to the rest of us is just trivial.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I had one not complained or in fact made any contact in the last year or so.

Went in bin !!!:erm:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Why bin it? You should have registered it!

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

So you threw away the chance of winning a years free subscription for a TiVo.:erm:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Lucky you, as this now seems like this is another random draw I have not received anything and probably won't now. VIP50. Properly annoyed with VM now.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I introduced a friend to VM 3 months ago and he told me yesterday he got a flyer with code etc etc....
Typical as i have been with Vm for many years and knowing my luck he will get it.LOL

Must be a random thing

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

The on demand is only a crappy repeat if you have already seen it before, if you havn't then it's damn useful :)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

Sorry, I haven't been following the Tivo release saga for a while. What's happened with VM sending out free remotes?

Can I just expect a remote to turn up with the post?

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

See no use for it. Sorry. Plus I didnt like the look of the small print. If I had it I would want to go back to what was in fact a V+ at the end of the term (18months I stand corrected if wrong) So I would pay extra £3 a month for 6 months for something I dont want & as I understand it would then become a standard box ( not a V+) How much would that cost to sort out.!

Nothing is for nothing there is aways a cost! :confused:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

It is free for 12 months and yes after that you could go back to the V+ if you wanted,

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I stand corrected then.
1) I was advised that it was 18 not 12 months (wrong)
2) I was told that you go back to a standard box not V+ ( wrong again)

Have said that the main use I have for The V+ is record 2 & watch third channel. Ok its promised soon - but come on we all have seen Virgins coming soon mantra.

Over all I can not see what I would use it for over and above what the v+ delivers at the moment. Having said that my mobile only send & receives call & texts. I cant take photos, send E mails etc. & I have no wish too.

Kids signed me upto Facebook - to me its so sad- At least there sites are!
Its good to get pics from them but thats it. :D


Guys be happy I have given someone who wants it a better chance.:angel:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

So long as your needs are met, then that's all that matters :)

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

when i asked this in the past DF was adamant that if after your contract on tivo you decide to not continue then they disable the tivo functions on the box and that includes the multiple tuners and recording/playback feature meaning your tivo is downgraded to a standard VHD box

so much information that is conflicting and so very much information that is completely missing as shown in other threads ... far more questions than answers which is tough on the customer being asked to pay up for something that they dont know what features will be there / added or just maybe possible

and we are getting some not quite so happy chappy rosey picture all bells and whistles opinions of tivo now it does lead to indecision among customers which im sure VM didnt want :erm:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

I think if you stop paying the £3 it closes off functionality (recording, pausing and so on) but you could then get them to install a V+ in it's place. But like you I'm a little confused!

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

You can go back to V+HD is what Stephen said, he wasn't talking about the TiVo being a V+ box.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

so are we absolutely clear on this ... if you have tivo now but dont wish it in a year after your contract finished you can keep the multi tuners and recording function or are VM actually going to physically change the tivo for a V+ box ?

cant really see VM swapping shiny new tivo boxes back to older V+ boxes after 12 months or is that only applicable to lucky lotto raffle ticket winners

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

If after 12 months you don't want TiVo, then yes you can go back to V+HD, if you really want to downgrade.

Unless VM decide they are no longer offering V+HD boxes and TiVo is the norm.

Not sure why you are bothered as you don't want one anyway? :confused:

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

If after 12 months you decided that you either did not want to pay the £3 subscription or no longer wanted TiVo then without a subscription the box would just be a Vbox without recording and playback ability similar to a V+ without its subscription and probably just one active tuner. it would be rather silly not to pay the £3 and lose all that.

Re: Just received a Tivo Oneofthefirst flyers?
 

two previous posts prove my point ... two conflicting answers :D

and just because i dont see the need for tivo and will not get one doesnt mean i cant help clarify matters especially as i had already asked this exact same question which you yourself gave a different answer too at the time

sorry if i missed the post where you corrected yourself about the downgrade/ box swap but i just wanted to be sure i understood the situation

dont wish to be rude here but even if a person does not have or is not getting a certain product they are still free to ask questions and post comments for other users so i stand by my post and its intentions and you comment regarding myself not intending to get the product was uneeded though the rest was helpful as usual :D