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Post your TIVO screenshots here , pics of box , EPG , Homescreen etc , let us all who've nor got it have a closer look.

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I'll post lots in 24 hours;)

Regards

John

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Look forward to seeing them :)

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I shall post some this evening when I get in. I have to say, the engineer who came and installed it was brilliant. He was a real credit to VM and deserves recognition in my opinion. He even shook my hand when he left.

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Look forward to seeing them. The VM screenshots aren't as good as seeing it in real terms , Westeev put some shots of mini guide on last night , the HD graphics looked great.

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How have u guys got these tivo boxes I have not got one yet

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Man i'm itching to get my TIVO box...

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Will the photos coming on here make you drool LOL.

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Simple really if you have been following the TiVo thread. They pre registered or were invited by receiving a TiVo remote, those with the remotes are VIP50 customers.

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We're the screenshots ?

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I have 15 hours left:D

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I can't give you any Tivo screen shots as I left VMtv.

But I can give you some ITV2/3/4HD and Disney cinemagicHD and netgeo wild HD and Sky sports 3/4HD and various other HD content channels screen shots if you like?

I jest of course, but do you really want screen shots of a EPG?

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I bet you feel like a 6 year old on XMAS eve eh...

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I sure do! Much better than acting like one.

Regards

John.

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Its a start, still playing.

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Excellent games as well ha ha.

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I'm loving that game :D

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same here love that game to :)

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so far then the peeps who have tivo love the games on it .... well worth £149 then (thats being sarcastic by the way) :D

sadly i get the feeling thats the best you can come up with right now above and beyond what the V+ can do

a fancy new UI (well partial if other review is true) and enhanced search/record functions ... nothing earth shattering over a V+ for the average Joe Public

question is if a customer deems £149 (to be increased for new customers) a worthy cost for that level of advancement .... to me .. nope cant say it is

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I think for the likes of yourself, you might be better having a play with a TiVo at your local Virgin Media Store?

Sounds like you need to see it for yourself. :)

http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/store-locator.html

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I'd second that advice! Had a play at the weekend in the Westfield store.

A more pleasing user experience than the V+, but I get the feeling that is down to the standard of the V+ than the standard of TiVo. Obviously the main functions (season pass, wishlists, suggestions) can't really be thoroughly reviewed in a 2-minute play about though.

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Tivo is really impressive Cozzy. I think the reason there arent any reviews yet is because it is very comprehernsive and takes awhile to see whats going on.

Here are some more screen shots

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That's the problem with TiVo .... for most people (Joe Public) it doesn't look that big a deal on the surface.

Although not economically viable to 'trial' at the moment, I'd say that if one was to live with it for 3-6mths, then take it away, reverting to a standard PVR like V+, I could safely say you'd miss it a lot more than you'd realise.

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but, you get a "feel" and might make your decisions a bit easier?

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Picked a film from the guide and then looked at the options, this bit is fantastic

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That's what I have just done in birmingham, had a quick play with it and.......

Very fast compared to my box and oh so slick! Now if only VM would come round and install one!!! :angel:

P.S. The staff were very helpful, gave me a quick run down and then just let me fiddle.

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This info button is very detailed too, you can see really easily if the show has a dolby digital soundtrack.

File size too big on pic. Anyone know a good free picture resizer for snow leopard?

Regards

John.

edit:think I sorted it

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Oh yes, definitely.

It would make the choice between a V+ and a TiVo at the same or similar pricing dead easy.

The cost of the TiVo just muddies the waters as you can' really see in action what you would be paying for.

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Ah, yes. Found a few good films I'd of missed otherwise, via the search options.

It's so fast at getting the info too.

<<<< oooh 5,000 posts! :)

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If you open the pictures in preview there should be an option to resize the image.

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Thanks Stephen, thats exactly what I did.

Regards

John.

Unfortunately my 18 year old son now has the remote and is finding all films by Mr speilberg;) . More photos could be delayed awhile:erm:

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thanks for posting mate.. I'm sure other members will also find these screenshots helpful :tu:

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This is going to be very valuable too. If only I could sign in on the ipad or the mobile version on the iphone worked:(

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thanks for the screen shots ...

hasnt changed my opinion though ... a newer bit of kit with a larger HDD and enhanced HD GUI is not worth £149 to me over a V+ box that has the same functions

the £3 a month extension of the functions such as more detailed info , searches and the such i can currently do myself for nothing using what most homes have ... a computer with BB

the tivo does not add new content , it only finds current content repeated which i can manually do myself now

the tivo does series links ... but so does the V+ for what i have used it for

sorry to disappoint you but you have still not shown me or told me of a single feature the tivo has that cant currently be achieved other than the bigger HDD ... i must be getting old but i watch tv when i watch tv not plan a week ahead because a movie is on .. take it one day at a time and if i miss something there is DVD/Bluray rental or even purchasing a boxset which will probably be cheaper in the long run

i dont own a smart phone or ipad and i dont throw a hissy fit if i happen to miss something i wanted to watch or record when out so that feature is irrelevant

i know i sound like a lost cause but no one has yet to show what a tivo can do for me or others like me that a V+ isnt already doing

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Have you ever thought of getting a gramophone? :D

I can give you one feature V+ (or anything else) hasn't got, recommendations. Imagine Last.fm for TV, it has the same content yes but it guides you to that content better. "You like this? Well we guess you will like this (thing you have never heard of) too!", and if that doesn't float your boat then I can tell you now TiVo isn't for you.

Oh and it's all very well making assumptions about VM TiVo but if you haven't used one you can't really tell if it's better than V+ or not.

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I have shown you what it can do that a v+ cant. You can only compete with tivo on search and finding interesting programs and links by using a v+ and a computer. However it will never add content(apart from searches span videos on the internet too and are visible straight on tv) I hope you dont say now "But thats nothing I cant do now with a V+ and a pc oh and a media streamer i.e. ps3 or xbox360"

You havnt disappointed me though, as I'm not a salesman for VM and I'm not trying to convince you of anything. Just enjoying the Tivo experience and sharing the stuff that isnt on a v+ with people who are interested.

Regards

John.

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please find and quote where i said the V+ box was better than a tivo .. or that a tivo wasnt better than a V+ box ... i never said either of those :D

what i did say and will continue to say is tivo offers me nothing other than newer hardware and a larger hdd over and above a V+ box ... amd i may be presuming too much but i think im fairly average Joe Public in saying it doesnt offer £149 worth over a V+ box or at least no one has shown me £149 worth of improvements

as for the search functions ... again im not disputing its superior on tivo but the average Joe Public is not interested in searching for a movie 3 weeks in advance they want to know whats on then or later that day ...

as for offering recommendations ... there are enough adverts on the tv already i dont need the STB telling what i may or may not like .. i do have a mind of my own and can make my own choices

sorry folks you have still not shown me anything that is worth £149 and a monthly sub that i can not already do with a V+ box even if its a bit slower

tivo = the next generation of VM STB i dont dispute and as such the hardware should be better as it is but nothing ground breaking or earth shattering that says its a must have ... until it offers 3rd party content it will remain just a fancy new bit of kit doing what i can already do but at the moment its free in the future its pay to use

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How will you manage the remote record in post number 32?

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OK Cozzy - how's about this. The recording engine in TiVO is intelligent. So you have a Sunday night conflict due to too many 'Season Passes'. Rather than just say 'no, I'm not recording that' like V+ does, TiVO will intelligently scan for other showings of that program, even checking for the SD version (if you allow it to) and reschedule accordingly. This would remove 100% of the recording conflicts at Maison TD and is one of the major reasons I'll be getting one as soon as they let me.

That, and the 1TB which I can fill with lovely inefficient MPEG2 HD ;)

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errrrrrr simple ... i dont use such a feature now and dont see a need for it for my personal use ... therefore its irrelevant :D

for those that wish that feature .. great ... for average Joe Public .. its not worth £149 and £3 to have a remote record

a lot of average Joe Publics like myself simply wont see tivo as a worthy upgrade for the cost as it offers niche tech savvy things for the niche tech savvy market

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well to put it simply .... there is never enough things on that i wish to see let alone record that requires more than 2 tuners at a time ...

i may have simple tastes but i have never had a conflict yet to be in that situation ... and even if i did ... every program apart from live sport is repeated at least once and usually within 7 days so not hard to wait for the rerun if i had too ... i dont need tivo to find out when a rerun is on as there are such things as tv listings both in print format and online ... not exactly a hardship to use your own brain once in a while

another tivo exclusive that is irrelevant to me personally

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So you don't want any of the features that TiVO provides. So you get to keep your V+ and potentially save some money. Great stuff!

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Thanks for them mate looks great :D

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So out of interest what feature(s) would make you cough up £149? :)

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Remote record now works on my iPhone and iPad:cool: It must have just taken time for my TiVo to progress through VM's systems.

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I second that. :angel:

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Mmmm nice, so how long before it shows up on your box, I know it says to leave half an hour.

Just the TiVo app to go then, bet you can't wait!

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Hasn't changed my mind , I'm defo having one LOL.

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Every time you set a remote recording you get a message on the Tivo to let you know it has been set. Once my son gives up the remote I'll check the message receipt times against the times I set the recordings and let you know. As long as the messages are time stamped;) If they arent I'll setup another recording later and time it.

Regards

John.

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Biggest things for me are the recording suggestions and recording conflict resolution. Not sure how the recording suggestions work but any screen shots would be appreciated.

JJ

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The suggestions work by using a rating system. As you watch TV you give shows a thumb rating, each show can have up to three thumbs up or down. Depending on these ratings the TiVo learns what shows and genres you like and dislike, so the more shows you rate the better the suggestions will be. Anyway when you're not recording anything the box will use a tuner to record any shows it thinks you may like, so if there's nothing to watch you look in the suggestions folder and hopefully there will be something in there that suits your viewing likes.


A.

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I've been rating like MAD since I had my installation this morning. Sifting through the guide and everywhere I can stick a thumb rating. I want my suggestions to start filling up nicely so went a bit thumb crazy.

No fault of VM's but I'm disappointed with Sky for not allowing their channels in the mini-tv guide. Getting used to it now but found it rather annoying at first with the sudden silence.

I was looking for the 'Pick of the Week' as shown in the promo video but can't seem to find it anywhere...unless it's not enabled as yet.

Very impressed though and great to hear the badoops again :) My husband hates the sound...I can see him muting the tv when he moves around the guide in future.

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Check "Browse TV" :)

You can also turn the vol of the TiVo sounds down in the Settings Menu :)

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Very impressed though and great to hear the badoops again :) My husband hates the sound...I can see him muting the tv when he moves around the guide in future.[/QUOTE]

You can turn the "badoops", as you call them, off if you want to. I did, I hated them!:mad:

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Thanks DF and Topgun you are both stars. Can't believe I hadn't entered this area yet. So much to explore lol

I LOVE the 'badoops' so they are staying....he will have to deal with it ;) Cheers both for the heads up :tu:

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Angel... It can take a day or two before it starts recording suggestions and remember it will only do it if there is a tuner free.

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I an on vip50 I did not a tivo TiVo remote and tivo box

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he badly phrased that - only the lucky 1000 VIP50 users received a personalized remote - it was a lottery - not all got one.

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I know, only 1000 VIP50 customers were selected.

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Tivo looks beautiful.

However it looks like the preview box, when using the EPG on Sky channels is still disabled.
I think it's more of a bad thing for Sky in the end; people won't see the channel nor the ads (making advertisers unhappy)

Will the Tivo be in the Telford Virgin store?

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Check the link provided earlier, Jordan. It should give you a contact number for the store, give 'em a call and they will tell you. :)

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Cheers :)

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The only thing I would criticise you for is your Discovery Bar I mean come on man Gilmore Girls and American idol LOL :D

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Thanks Pythagoras for photos and info. Tivo looks the business me.

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still not convinced i need to spend £149, to watch content i can already see in HD, with my V+ box.i watch tv but as i have a job i do not watch as much as i would want to.

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That's a fair comment mate , thats the great thing about choice.

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Good job I posted early then. In a few weeks it will be full of Glee, jeremy Kyle, Big fat gypsy wedding and tool academy:D

Regards

John.

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lol :-)

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ha ha ha :D

the main thing is it's YOUR choice ;)

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Are the content on channels 470 through to 500 exempt from the discovery bar? ;) :p:

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I think so :blush:

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LOL :angel:

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Wife and three kids, so dont blame me, well apart from Jeremy Kyle;)

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Heh, is this the new 'rep' on these forums? :D

What's in your Discovery bar then?!?!?

Everyone will be saying "oh erm....Arnie films, Top Gear, Football, you know", and no one will dare say "Erm......X-Factor and Big Brother...and oh yeah, that afternoon cooking show on BBC 2" :D

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Nice screenshots, thank you. :)

I've put a link to this thread from my blog:
http://virgintivo.blogspot.com/2011/...alore-for.html

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we believe you :angel: :D

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I am working on doing a full review and breakdown of the service, with pictures, which I hope to have written up by the weekend and shall post here. One question though for pythagoras and DF - I am experiencing very slow menus. From pressing the Home button to the menu loading takes a good 3 to 4 seconds. General menu navigation so far has been a lot slower than my Samsung V+. Is this something that will speed up with time or do I need to get an engineer back?

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Power the box down (Reboot) and see how it goes.

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Thanks for the quick reply DF!

I tried that last night but it didn't make any difference unfortunately. Am I right in thinking that the menu speed and responses to remote control press should be lightning quick?

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Remote to box should be, yeah.

Do you mean you press "home" and it does nothing and then 3-4 seconds later it goes to the Home screen?

Or it goes to the Home screen, but takes a few seconds for the Discovery Bar to load etc?

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I press the Home button and it loads the red background with the black screen in the top right but takes about 3 - 4 seconds for the menu options and the discovery bar to appear. Almost like it is taking that long to draw the rest of the screen if that makes sense?

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i'll just test here....

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my box takes 2 seconds to fully load the Home screen. How long have you been installed?

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What about other remote presses. For example, if you do home and then navigate to the TV Guide and scroll down? On my box the response feels delayed.

During the install the engineer said that it may feel slow to start with but the Tivo box in their office makes the V+ look like an asmatic elephant. I don't have that feeling about it currently. But I have to say the features of Tivo are light years ahead of V+ and I am loving it to bits, just wish it was a bit quicker.

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Mine is fine for things like that... page down in TV Guide is instant. See if it settles down and if you are still having issues, then post back and we'll see what can be done :)

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It will probably settle down after a few days.

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Were is the TIVO series link , EPG data updated from the US or VM in the UK ?

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Mine performs at this speed too.

Regards

John.

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Noooooooooo. This box is spooky what did I say about Tool Academy!!!! And no one has watched it on the TiVo yet:shocked:

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ha ha ha :D

Your Tivo does really "get you" ;)

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That discovery bar is getting more and more useful as time goes on. It really does start picking stuff we like to watch.

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Have you looked in "Browse TV" > "Pick Of The Week" yet?

I found a few programmes that sound really good.. the latest one is "Monsters Inside me" about parasites we humans pick up! :shocked: :)

It's like a tv magazine on your TiVo :D

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I have seen the trailers for that, but the wife wont let me watch it whilst shes here. As we are both on holiday this week, I'll have to record it.

On another note I cant access catchuo tv or ondemand get error code 6085. Waiting for second level support to ring me back.

regards

john.

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I was installed on Tuesday morning. I shall give it a week or so and see how it goes. Other than the speed it is very good! Just got to let it learn what we like watching now.

I love the search and browse, especially with the movies. And the detail it gives you on the films is amazing!

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Anybody know ?

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Theres no way to tell from the box.

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US TiVo centre. :)

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Have you got a stable or flashing "heart" logo on the box?

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Its stable, however just checked catch-up on the v+ upstairs and its not working on that either.

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What error do you get on V+HD?

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1067/oss20005 The o after the forward slash could be a 0

Regards

John.

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Sounds like an IT fault on your account. Anything with OSS in it points to our LDAP servers.

Basically your boxes aren't being recognised on our servers for some reason. Could also be a wider issues, but usually a SUI (single user issue).

I'll check later tonight when in work for you, and see if we have a local issue to you.

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had a prob with my catch up tv and choice on demand services on my sa v+ box rang up on tuesday and they came on wednesday they changed box to a new samsung one so very happy all working again :)

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Thanks for that:cool:

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The complaint about not all TIVO screens being HD is also echoed statewide so they may rectify it.

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But its been there since TiVo Premiere was released and still hasn't been fixed yet. That was almost a year ago.

TiVo don't strike me as the quick to fix company. Have they even enabled the second processor core on the Premiere yet? Again a year-old fault (causing performance issues, no less)