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Originally Posted by Horizon
I kind of agree with that and that is exactly what the old cableco did. But...
There is a pool of people out there (ie, here) who are willingly to test things. The problem is, if you want to keep something secret, how do you do that with customers? If it's employees, you can make them sign a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) but you can't do that with customers, or if you did, how would it be enforced?
What has been very clear to me this time round is the lack of leaks surrounding this new box. I've gotten titbits of info here and there over the months, but its been as tight as I have ever known it and that is clearly what VM wanted.
I understand that the testing by the employees finished about a month ago, so the box has at least been "out there" and tested by some. The only thing is, employees will never want to rock the boat too much, so I wonder how reliable employee testing of equipment/software really is.
PS: Richard, glad its all worked out for you
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Many thanks Horizon.
The technical manager called me back to check all was well (which it is).
I asked him if it would allow me to stream like the Sky Q box. He said that, as the box is so new, this hasn't been activated yet.
However, it will be in the future and that there "were lots more features in the pipeline" and that "it will be amazing what the box will be able to do once it's fully utilised".
A NDA was never mentioned to myself, but he did say that thus far only 2,000 have gone to customers.
I assume that the other 8,000 have gone to VM employees and the gadget websites/journalists etc.
Unless the claim that the 10,000 earmarked to be distributed this year have already been given out was incorrect and there will be ~ 8,000 available until the end of the year.
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
I'm sure Richard and any other lucky V6 customer who frequents this forum will be more than happy to answer questions.
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Yep, no problem at all, I'll be happy to help where I can.
I was a bit afraid that this would be seen to be hijacking the thread after what Any Permitted Route said earlier, but with hindsight I can't see how sharing my experiences of the new box with others could be viewed as hijacking or off topic
