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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
There are still many people who just have a conventional TV, a proportion of whom also have a set top box.
Although the V6 is 4k, it is likely that it will replace the existing Tivo altogether at some point, and so there will still be a lot of people who would appreciate having Netflix and Amazon on their set top boxes.
However, I agree that if you have a 4K TV, you will also have these apps on there. There will still be the advantage that you can search just the once to see if the programme you are looking for is available from your recordings, broadcast linear TV, Netflix, etc.
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Yep, I mentioned the search benefit. Think that's quite minor though, personally.
My main point is what is the point of the only two 4K services available at launch being things that almost every 4K TV owner already has on his TV. I can see no reason why I would use the TiVo for Netflix, especially as my TV's Netflix app supports Dolby Vision HDR. I imagine the Virgin V6 will only support HDR10 (since Dolby Vision requires a Dolby licensed chipset in the receiver and I am sure Virgin would have mentioned if they had one).