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Old 14-01-2019, 14:56   #3403
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

Some possible improvements coming to the V6 box before much longer.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-TiVo-CES-2019

EXTRACT

Firstly, like Sky Q, TiVo has introduced voice search which allows you to find content and control what you are watching simply by speaking into the remote.

This option not only reveals instant searches for movies and TV shows but you can also find content based on your favourite stars and genres.

Once you're watching a programme a clever skip mode means you'll never have to watch an advert again and every film that's available on the service has a Metacritic rating instantly viewable from the home screen.

Another neat option is TiVo's ability to reveal how exciting live sport is with a constantly updated real-time score out of 100 giving fans an idea of whether it's worth tuning into the game.

Then there's the ability to learn who watches TV at a particular time and offer up unique content depending on which member of the family has just switched on the TV.

And it's not just the software and content that TiVo has improved as there's also some hardware updates that give it an advantage.

TiVo works closely with Virgin but the firm's are revealing what might be coming next.

One issue that Virgin is yet to fix is multi-room viewing with customers currently needing to take delivery of another main V6 box to watch TV in other rooms.

TiVo has solved this problem in the US by having mini boxes which connect to the main device and offer a seamless viewing experience.

The firm has also solved the issue of having multiple streaming devices as the latest TiVo box can control other external systems, such as Roku, without switching HDMI ports.

These are all massively useful additions but will they ever come to the UK?

Virgin Media won't confirm any new features set to arrive on its V6 box with the company only confirming that it works closely with TiVo.

However, with one of Virgin's biggest rivals already offering voice search and multi-room mini boxes it seems likely that some of the features TiVo has already launched across the pond will arrive in UK in the future.


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