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Guess you don't think much of HBO current dramas then as they are still on it and one of HBO series is airing on Sky One aswell (Rooster)

Only 1 of 5 series this month on Sky Atlantic is even on HBO Max this month and next month is series from NBCU (Ponies)

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I said this in a previous post ..

There is little on it that would interest me at all, and what little there is I have already seen anyway.

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They are banking on the fact that people will still think it is the channel that it used to be and trying to use this to get people to move from the V6 to the 360, but V6 customerd can still watch it by casting Virgin TVGo to their TV.

Carriage costs have obviously been reduced to reflect what's happened, so now Virgin are prepared to pay them.

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Sky Atlantic was launched to keep stuff off Sky One which you could always get on cable. It was the hook to get people to buy a satellite dish. The fact that Sky were suddenly willing to let VM have it should have been all the warning anyone needed that Sky themselves no longer see the channel as a premium offering.

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The better stuff of late isn't even from HBO or on HBO Max, the upcoming series - The Miniature Wife, Ponies, Crystal Lake, The Good Daughter, War look more interesting than what HBO has to offer.

Harry Potter really?

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Each to there own , trailers, leave me cold. As Richard say virgin go and mirror, haven't bothered so far:shocked:

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Quality not quantity. Tv was better with 3 channels.

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Absolutely, I very rarely sit down to watch the TV, when I do I spend more time flicking through the 500 (ha) channels than actually watching anything . . if I ever find anything to watch :dozey:

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Not a news channel though is it, they claim to be an "entertainment" channel

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I would not say better - but it is what you had and were used too.

It was much easier to choose from just three available programmes than it is with 400+ where you expectations are much higher.

And don't forget - you had to watch stuff when it was aired so it was an occasion. VCR were expensive and not available until the late 70s.

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How anyone can moan about the quality of content Sky Atlantic and describe it as rubbish is beyond me.

Just some of the 92 series currently available, with their IMDB scores:

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 8.7
House of the Dragon 8.3
The Last of Us 8.5
Heated Rivalry 8.8
The Penguin 8.6
IT: Welcome to Derry 8.0
All Her Fault 7.5
Chernobyl 9.3
Dune: Prophecy 7.3
The White Lotus 8.0

Compare that to the majority of UK TV channels!

Coming soon, new seasons of:

Hacks 8.2
Euphoria 8.2
Sweetpea 7.2

Also, new series like:

The Miniature Wife
The Good Daughter

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Forced to watch It's a knockout, jimll fix it, Rolf Harris & some Dodgy DJs on totp lol yes the good old days.

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Some Others

Gomorrah (8.6)
Deadwood (8.6)
Billions (8.3)
The Gilded Age (8.1]
The Day Of the Jackal (8.1)
Gangs Of London (8.0)
Ponies (7.1) - in May

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Ok firstly I have no idea what any of these shows are , correction I know gangs of London. I can think of shows I really liked for the first series, lost interest with the 2nd series. Ie once upon a time. Peaky blinders.

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3 channels? That's when the rot set in, BBC 2 and it's glitzy presentation and Open University entertainment. Pffft! who needs 3 channels? Bring back the test card, that's what everyone really needs to watch.

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It depends on your perspective. Mine is that I like discrete programmes, not 3 of a series in one go. Sky Atlantic was very different in the past and that was what peops wanted to see.


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When colour TV started, I would spend half an hour outside the Radio Rentals store staring at the colour test card, I couldn't believe my eyes. Then I got a bonus at work and bought a 26" colour TV. It was Wimbledon time and the random colours in the crowd were hypnotic.

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That is arguably a HBO problem then.

Shows like Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire (which was on Virgin for months), Six Feet Under , The Wire, The Sopranos they don't make anymore

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...and them advertising that changing to the 360 is the only way to get Sky Atlantic on Virgin is incorrect. It can be watched without a 360 on a phone, tablet or cast to a television set. But I'm sure they know this...

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Can you hear yourself?! The 'real evil'. What the hell are you on about.

What 'regurgitation and nonsense' is there on Sky Atlantic?!

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sounds an exciting life that! dont get your blood pressure too high off it as they try to wind you all up every 5 mins :D

im loving sky atlantic. great set of boxsets

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Watched broadwalk empire , mainly because may grandfather, used to talk about Atlantic city. Sat though sopranos could not make up my mind if was meant to be a comedy, really wondering why I bothered. If that was classic H B O , I will definitely pass.:td:

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Well that list is way less than 92, plus as I noted, most of them are "old" now.

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Would you like me to list all 92 so you can tell us whether you personally enjoy each one, as if that actually matters! :rolleyes:

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Since you obviously want to be a dick about it, yes, list them all, or is other peoples opinions of shows also "beyond" your ability to comprehend.

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Not sure what point you are trying to make with "already seen" in Virgin Media section.

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Not sure what point your're trying to make either ?
Unless you seriously believe no one with Virgin Media has ever seen any of these shows.

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Yeah, no thanks, I'll save my time...

I'm fairly sure no one could care less, as it adds nothing to the discussion.

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Really there are some shows on it that some will love, someone must be happy with them or they wouldnt ever been screened Why virgin think it will be a reason to move to 360 I am not to sure, but assume that some will. Would need a much better offer for me to jump ship

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You say that because you prefer all the old stuff. While there were some good programmes in previous times that stand out to me, even in the 1960s - Danger Man, Dr Who (before it deteriorated into farce), Thank Your Lucky Stars, Duchess of Duke Street, etc, I also remember night after night when there was nothing on worth watching. When BBC2 launched, there was nothing much on that channel that we would want to watch - it was quite stuffy when it first came out, and all those occasions when sport could be on all three channels at the same time continue to annoy me to this day!

There was a period into digital TV when there really was a good choice. So many good dramas I struggled to keep pace. There were some very watchable programmes on Sky 1, 2 and 3, and even channels like 5 USA, Fox, etc carried some worthwhile dramas.

These days, we have even more choice of content, but this is now available mainly on the streaming services. Some good originals get put out on BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 - and I note that Channel 5 is getting into this now as well. As for Sky, I’m sorry, but their heavy reliance on US content has put them on the back foot with the studios tending now to have their best content sent online. We have a few Sky Originals, but they will have to do much better in terms of quantity and quality to retain viewers. I haven’t watched anything on Sky lately apart from ‘The Last of Us’, so I will consider very seriously at the end of my existing contract whether to continue my subscription to their content. I have already ditched Sky Cinema.

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I find channel hopping to be the most frustrating way to find content.

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You are correct, but most of them have aired over the last decade. There is very little that is both new and worth watching.

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I agree. Except I would say that the first season of Gangs of London was very good. Season 2, with some different characters, was a disappointment.

Chernobyl was also good.

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Interested to know why would subscribe to HBO Max then....

There is less new and exclusive worth watching and upcoming series on that than there is on Sky.

Arguably there is some older series Sky should acquire in particularly from NBC Universal or Sony, Sky Deutschland acquiring seasons 1 to 3 For All Mankind from Sony Pictures Television and airing and available On Demand on Sky Atlantic

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As the Community Forum is a pile of tumbleweed I was trying to post somewhere if anyone else has the same issue as me on 2 V6s every day the annoying message that despite selecting delete will not delete saying upgrade to 360 to get Sky Atlantic.
It is real spam at it's best

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Yep, same here. Same cycle each week. Boxes reboot at 1pm on Monday & as soon as you turn on the TV you get the update message. Delete it from there & in Messages & it reloads the next day, so have to do the same. It used to then clear for a week, but the boxes now reboot on a Thursday afternoon as well & I have to delete the Message on a Thursday & Friday.

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Yes . I've had to give my family a course on how to ignore and delete the daily messages.

Its worthy of a complaint but I can't be bothered. This is part of why the community forum has been closed down, feedback or complaints are not welcomed by VM. They particularly dont want 'the muggles', to post and share experiences of how crap VM are. Bad for business.

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It will be interesting to see Sky's approach to any new in-house dramas - whether there's any sharing/simulcast with Sky One or if they're just on Atlantic.

A few dynamics around Atlantic have clearly changed, with some gaining access and some losing.

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Some VM customers have gained it but who's lost access to Atlantic?

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In-house dramas previously carried on Atlantic & Showcase, now that Showcase has gone/been rebranded.

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I had to wait for my V6 to reboot this morning. Took ages and when it came on I was given the option to activate with the tempting offer of getting Sky Atlantic. Hope this isn't going to happen every day. I'm not feeling hopeful.

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Unverified reports saying that Virgin have been calling customers to say that TiVo is to shortly be decommissioned (presume they mean the first slow TiVo boxes) and that the V6 only has one year left as the TiVo licence expires then.

Amusingly, some put the phone down assuming it was a scammer :D. This is what happens when you use staff with the same accent as those that a lot of scammers use.

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Where are these reports? Are they in the room with you now?

It's well known the the old TiVo boxes are bricks and no longer in use.

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"reports" = seen on various social media platforms ;)

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I've got my 18 monthly haggle coming up soon and would rather keep the V6 TiVo software... Lets see if they give a deadline when I speak to them

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To be fair, O2 does label these calls as Suspected Spam. Maybe the Virgin Media side of VMO2 should tell O2 that the calls are genuine. :D

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Funnily enough, most scam callers I get are identifiably British from their regional accents.

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Received at text message from VM about SA and "upgrading" to TV 360. It ends "Text NO to xxxxx to opt out". Is that for opting out of the endless messages about SA, or is it opting out of a forced "upgrade"?

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Normally that would be to opt out of the messages.

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But the message is only about "you'll just need to upgrade ...".
Not the normal type of unsolicited message trying to sell you something. Already had disabled notifications and marketing consent from VM

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Never mind casting it , just set it up via my smart tv

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Selecting recordings menu on my V6, getting option to upgrade to 360 to receive SA.

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It's every were , I ve got e mails , a phone call and messages nearly every time I use my box What's their problem, they can in force a change over if they want to, seems strange way to go about it.

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Their problem is they need punters to 'opt in', as the 'upgrade' deletes recordings. That way the riff raff can have no comeback. I suspect the number of conversions aren't where they need them to be....

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Before Sky Atlantic, figures released by Sky & Virgin suggest that about 2/3 of people hadn't converted to the 360.

I suspect that they would rather persuade (read harrass) people into voluntarily converting as they can they say that the customer chose it.

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I wonder too whether new deals will become dependent on changing to the 360. A dangerous manipulative game to play as some customers will decide to cancel instead. By the time they've done, they will have been better off paying the TiVo fees. It might have even been more cost effective to buy out TiVo as they have stopped doing PVR's and moved into TV's

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How?

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These messages are false advertising too. All Virgin customers with internet access are able to receive Sky Atlantic via TVGo to watch on a device or cast to their TV- there is no need to change to 360 to do so.

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This is the answer to your own question you seem to have missed the method. Go to internet on smart TV, search for virgin TV go and set it up . At least it works on my LG . Bit of faff to do but it works ;)

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I'm presuming that the TiVo UI loaded first, and it was a pop-up prompt?

And that if you ignored the prompt, the UI still remained active?

I'm trying to rule out here, that if the box reboots unattended (mains power loss or whatever), that subsequent recordings won't fail because of some required user-input.

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Thanks for the tip.

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Your welcome, just gone in again it works well if a pain lots of steps. Have or anyone else know how to pause it , don't want to mess it up:td:
Ok got it by accident!

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Also useful for when Virgin TV goes down on the set top boxes.

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Hadn't thought of that:D