TiVo V6 compared to SkyQ
 

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So I've had both, and for a few weeks I had both systems at the same time. Let me tell you there is nothing in it, nothing at all. Where one wins in one area another wins in another area.

Box speed is the same, responsiveness is the same, Sky has a bit more content (sky Atlantic) But Virgin has a bit more speed (300Mb/s)

If you can still get the Limited edition Full house with movies from VM that comes with 200mb/s fibre and a V6 plus phone then go for it. Add a second V6 for under a tenner a month, Sky cant match it!

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Yes, I gather there's not a lot in it, but I've not had any personal experience of Sky Q to date.

I am certainly extremely satisfied with the V6, which works very well for me.

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SkyQ will only let you have 1 recording box (this means if that box crashes all recordings fail until rebooted. (V6 wins)

SkyQ cannot record 12 programmes at once as V6 does,including 2nd box (V6 wins)

SkyQ has 2 Tb disk (SkyQ wins)

SkyQ has UHD channels (SkyQ wins)

SkyQ has Sky Atlantic (SkyQ wins)

Neither box has scart output - major disappointment!

So it depends on what is most important to you personally as to which suits you best.

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If you have a second V6, then you have 2Tb of disk as you can play recordings from both boxes on either TV.

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Agreed, that would then be a draw - however with V6 you would have to pay an extra monthly fee so possibly a SkyQ win?

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As a revered venerable forum member would say they both are very good with their good points and their bad points.:)

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Overall I'm thinking the TiVo V6 wins. When Virgin do start doing UHD all V6's in your house will be able to show UHD. On SkyQ only the SkyQ 2tb is capable of showing UHD content. If you have SkyQ 1tb you cannot get UHD content, the SkyQ minis do not show UHD content.

The SkyQ minis rely 100% on a wifi or Ethernet connect. If your house is not wired in every room for Ethernet then you're relying on wifi to send the picture, sound to your SkyQ mini, and when you have 2 minis running on a Dolby enabled HD channel the things can get pretty choppy.

The V6 is what everyone thought the TiVo would be, as long as VM keep it running fast and keep it updated then it's going to be a huge win for them. UHD won't lose them any customers, football and formula 1 in UHD is not that different from HD. If the leap from HD to UHD matched the leap from SD to HD then yeah UHD would be a strong selling point, but it just isn't.

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SkyQ now has a multi room fee of £12 a month if you want a mini, the price for a second V6 is around £7. But that's easily negotiated downwards with some polite and friendly chat to customer services.

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An just to add, I'm currently enjoying Arsenal V ManCity in HD iNthe FA Cup at no extra charge.

Don't get me wrong though, the original TiVo was a useless piece of crap in my opinion. It performed like a 10 year old PC does running today's software, the only thing the V6 TiVo has in common with the original TiVo is the name.

It's biggest issue may well be that a lot of people's experience of TiVo in the UK is Virginmedias original TiVo. Hence most people seem to think TiVo as a brand or as software is old, slow, clunky. I'm not sure some understand it's was the hardware that was crap!

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I think a much more interesting comparison will come in 2018 when Sky offer their Q service over broadband.

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Why will it be more interesting?

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People won't need a dish.

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Oh, ermmmm ok.:confused: that will be very interesting...

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Given that your points about UHD and Sky Atlantic are content related issues and nothing to do with the capability of the V6, and given that two V6s together give you 2 TB, then in your assessment, the V6 wins hands down.

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Ah, so Sky are running behind Virgin for a change!

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They also have built in powerline networking. I tried disabling WiFi and Ethernet so they had to fall back to powerline and it continued to work fine, even on HD.

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I honestly have no idea about the V6 as I've never owned or even used one so can't comment , for our house the Sky Q is an excellent set top box and I look forward to its future innovations.

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Each to their own choices as they say.:)

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That wasn't me knocking the VM system Den it's just I've always found Sky's retention department accommodating hence me still using the Sky hardware.

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Yes its about getting the right deal especially when there is so much competition out there as one would be foolish if they did not barter for a good deal for their household.

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Not sure how you work that out.

Doesn't matter how the to service arrives it is what it gives you at what cost that counts.

Currently, v6 has no UHD sports programs so this counts against it, other things balance this to some extent - hence my verdict that they are about equal at present.

However, when virgin sorts out UHD sports from sky & BT it will be ahead.

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I have both Sky Q and V6, i prefer Sky's interface much more fluid than V6, also like people have said Sky has ultra HD in Movies and Sport, to be honest i have had Sky Q a month after it came out and i will be getting rid of it when my contact runs out in December,i watched a game on BT Sport on V6 last week so only HD to be honest when i turned my TV into HDR+ mode it looked as good to me as quality of Sky's Ultra HD, also you can still copy recordings with V6 if you have older tivo cant do that with Sky.

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I can watch a recording on box b through box a with my 2 V6 boxes.

If I had a TiVo 500gb would I be able to watch any v6 recording on the TiVo 500?

Has TiVo 500 got rgb scart output or only composite?

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Yes, as long as the Tivo 500 is connected by Ethernet to your Hub, and the recordings aren't from the channels that don't allow MRS (At The Races, RTE1 and RTE2).

It's RGB

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Spider plant, thanks for the prompt replies.

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You have both Sky and Virgin...:shocked: I don't know your personal circumstances, as in, you may be housebound or unwell, and unable to get out of the house, otherwise i'd think that was a bit of overkill!

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I got Sky Q, because my Tivo was ruining so slow, plus i love Sky Atlantic something Virgin will never get i think, but like i said Sky will be going in December when contract ends.

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You misunderstand me, Raider. You were comparing the Sky Q box with the V6. I was merely pointing out that the lack of certain content was not down to the box. That is down to the service provided by Virgin.

The box is quite capable of receiving UHD content, and does so already through Netflix.

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You can already get Netflix in UHD without the V6..

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You must have missed the comments in the other thread, we're putting Vince up for the job of content acquisition at VM.

Vince: We want Sky Atlantic and Fox News

Sky: That'll be £1m a week

Vince: We'll pay it

Jobs a good 'un

:)

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I know, Max, but that wasn't my point, which was that the V6 is demonstrably able to give you UHD.