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Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes
EPG bugs. If you see a special © style icon beside certain shows, it means it is available as a “catchup” show from BBC iPlayer, itv Player, 4oD or Virgin’s proprietary streaming service. Sadly, there’s no “press GREEN to watch this on catchup immediately” (or similar) option… you have to manually go to the Catchup menu and find that show all over again, which combined with the lack of SMS-style text entry and the overall sluggishness is irritating
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If it has a 'C' next to it you should be able to watch it directly from the backwards EPG without having to search for it again by pressing 'OK' on the programme and 'Watch from Catchup on Demand'
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PiP fail. I don’t know what’s going on, but some channels won’t display in the top-right when you’re in menus etc. Other menus, VM put up an annoying TiVo promo. Hey VM, I already have the TiVo; I don’t need to be told about it over again. Also, when moving quickly between parts of the OSD, sometimes there are stutters (i.e. sound/picture pause for a second) for no good reason, even on SD channels. I often think “you can make a device that records three shows at once, but it can’t display one thumbnail sized window consistently between menus even when nothing is recording?!” Maybe it’s a case of giving the PiP window a higher priority and not using it for promos on certain menus.
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The only live channnels that don't display in the PiP screen are the Sky ones. This is due to a previous commercial agreement. Good news is that Sky have now agreed to let Virgin show their channels in the mini screen. I think it will change as part of the next update
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No true 1080p mode usable at all timesNow I can forgive my ten year old games consoles - the Xbox 1 and PS2 – for not managing better than 1080i. It’s amazing they can run at that resolution at all. A newish device like this not giving 1080p at all times though? Very disappointing. Additionally the auto-detect thought my TV wasn’t capable of 720x576i. No of course, my British bought Samsung LCD TV made in 2010 can’t display a PAL format that’s been a broadcast standard for more than fifty years and is still used on the integrated Freeview DVB tuner. That must be it.
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The 1080p option is hangover from the US TiVo and is designed to 'pass through' 1080p content from an external source. It's not an upscaling option. Virgin don't broadcast any 1080P content anyway, so 1080i is the highest quality option