Thread: TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2
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Old 22-09-2011, 00:24   #5005
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
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Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes View Post
To be fair, that one has to be coded from the ground up I'd imagine. It's not simply a case of dumping the source code that handles the red button functions from the older V or V+ HD boxes. As I know it, the TiVo Premiere uses Java (i.e. the "old" looking parts of the UI which were clearly optimised for 4:3 SD sets) with Flash overlay for the HD parts, and the older boxes Virgin used are something entirely different.
Plus if the CNBC red button app is anything to go by, the red button apps are separate from the main code downloads.
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