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Old 19-07-2014, 16:55   #5
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Re: Trial a TiVo?

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Originally Posted by steveh View Post

Except for Netflix, other on-demand content comes from Virgin's on-demand servers and is exactly the same as the V-HD or V+ boxes.
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Ah ok - so the BBC iPlayer uses the "app" but everything else (ITV, Sky, C4 & C5?) uses the same as existing V/V+? Didn't realise that, interesting.

I get that the TiVo EPG is a +/- 7 day jobbie, but presumably for shows that are series/older than 7days etc, there's still a menu-type listing? Sorry if this is really basic stuff...

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Originally Posted by steveh View Post
That's correct. TiVo uses the standard BBC iPlayer infrastructure that works the same across devices. They're also soon increasing the time for shows on iPlayer to 30 days.
Good stuff - so the percentage of shows that are available online in HD, will be the same with TiVo, that's one up on V+ already then.

We've only got one TV in the house, so having multiroom isn't an option - I was tempted to ask about parallel running for a short while, but decided to just "go for it". Just means clearing through 40-odd hours of recorded stuff to DVD etc. A PITA but then so is VM chopping BBC-HD on V+ with no warning. Seriously unimpressed with that.

Thanks for the other replies so far - really helpful. I'm now really intrigued about the bitrates and resolutions on various media now :-)
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