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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, I know that because I have Horizon on the V6. However, I know that some people have had problems with that transition, and I don’t know whether the TiVo technology is causing the problem with some of the latest apps.
I am not discounting that this might be the result of a purely commercial consideration. Whatever the reason, I am talking about the impact on the consumer.
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The Tivo technology isn't causing the problems, the absence of the will to design apps to work in the Tivo environment probably is. With many apps written in HTML5 these days, there is very little work needed to adapt them to different environments. If I have an URL for a simple HTML5 app, I can pretty easily add it to my smart tv, even if it is designed for another environment.
That said, any firmware upgrade runs the risk of bricking the device.
Just Watch etc have similar features. Relying on Virgin to provide aggregated watchlists isn't a particularly sensible thing to do. You are surrendering control of your entertainment to them. It's only a matter of time before other streamers refuse permission for this sort of aggregation, as we have already seen with Netflix.