Tivo advice please
 

I have got Tivo booked for next wednesday but i am so confused by the whole thing:)

I know the EPG is better but what other things can it do?

I have looked at Virgins website but it does not really tell me much.

Also what things can i connect to it as i have my sound going into my home cinema kit via optical input so does it have that input on it?

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Surely you should find this out before ordering?

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Well yes i did find out a bit about it but not about the inputs.

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There's an optical out that will feed into your AV amp and give 5.1 audio.

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Brill many thanks for that.

Just got to wait a week now till it arrives.

Could be a long week.:)

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This review should give you an idea of the functionality

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/aud...-938954/review

And this as to future plans for tivo functionality re connected content..

http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419...-tv-explosion/#

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I don't know where I got them off the top of my head, but I pulled two different pdf files from the internet (may have been mediaboys blog) with the full TiVo manuals - one the manual and one a quick start. they have a TON of info in them. If you do a google search you should find them, or perhaps someone here may know the links.

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You can get the tivo manual from

http://www.virginmedia.com/tivo/tivo_complete_guide.pdf

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Better review here:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-c...red-By-TiVo/p1

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Where is the online forum that she refers to in this section about third party apps?

In the States, TiVo Premiere also offers third-party entertainment services from Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Pandora, Rhapsody, MusicChoice, Live365 and more. So could Virgin’s Brit TiVo offer equivalents like Lovefilm and Spotify?

“We’re talking to everybody - all those that you named and more,� says Rose. “We’re very open to all of them. It’s just a question of doing the right deal, making sure our customers actually want it - power to the people; we’re a Virgin company. We’ve got an online forum we’re moderating to ask what they want.�

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There is a private TiVo forum on the VM community forums, you need to have a TiVo to get in.

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How do they know if you've got a TiVo? Is there some secret password handed over by the installer along with the url of this forum?

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No I think you apply with your account number once you are installed and then your given access, not positive as I haven't got one yet.

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That forum should be open to all now. It was only private during the pre-release stage.

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Yep your right:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/TiVo/bd-p/Tivo

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Cheers Guys!! :tu:

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ok i got a question

i'm on vip 50 and got a v+ in main room and silver standard samsung box in my bedroom

my intention is to get tivo installed in main room and v+ moved into bedroom to replace silver standard samsung box

so my question is will both boxes have HD and premium HD channels?

not a big issue if not cause it's a standard tv in bedroom
(just want v+ in bedroom for recording function)

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You will get the free HD channels on the second box, but not the Premium HD channels (you would have to pay another £7 to get these channels in HD on the second box). I think this is something imposed by SKY, as the £10 SKY HD fee is per box and not per account.

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so basically my v+ card has to go in tivo to keep premium HD on that?

will the card in my silver standard samsung work in the v+?

or does tivo require a new card anyway?


so if i'm confusing, i'm not really tech saavy lol

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The cards won't physically change. Your Tivo will come with a new card. They will just transfer the services from one card to another. Remember, cards are "tied up" to a particular box and can't be used in any other box.

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ahhh cool ;) thanks for helping mate :cool:

so it's a case of phoning up and telling them to put HD premium on tivo and not v+

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I think they will do the transfer automatically, since they will see your Tivo box as the primary box. But I am guessing here, you can give them a call to confirm.