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Old 27-11-2010, 15:08   #1190
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV

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Originally Posted by mersey70 View Post
It is so much more pleasing on the eye than what we currently have (not difficult!) and looks a bit like the BT Vision on demand UI. The red theme is a bit garish though but that was probably a given with VM's branding.

The service is probably not for me but it looks very nice all the same.
Agree the current EPG software (middleware) is dire and needs to die a painful death. Yes, I like the BT service too. Even the EPGs on cheap Freeview boxes are superior to VM's.

Whether this new VM middleware is better than the old is yet to be proven. It looks nice, yes, despite the red colouring, but how does it work outside of the lab? Can you change a channel quickly or, go and make a cup of tea while waiting for the channel to change, like the current software? The fact this uses flash gives me concerns. I've yet to find anything with flash that I would call quick, but just hope that is not the case this time round.
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