12-03-2025, 13:40
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New set top box
As per comment from an article that later this year virgin are moving QAM broadcasts to IP and a new set top box coming without hard drive and cloud storage, unless they are referring to virgin stream
"Later this year Virgin will complete the move from QAM broadcast to IP transmission, bringing in small form factor setup boxes, with bookmarking in the cloud replacing hard drives. Bouchier says the big change will come in the install experience. “There is no longer a need to have that cable running around the house if you want more than one set top box. It allows us to be as kind of nimble as the S watts themselves and connect to a TV wherever it is in the home using again a great install experience that we have with Virgin Media where our engineers will ensure that your broadband travels around the home.”
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12-03-2025, 13:42
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Re: New set top box
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17-03-2025, 00:28
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Re: New set top box
I imagine that they'll eventually want everyone on their streaming box by the end of this year, which is why I was surprised that they brought out the 360.
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17-03-2025, 06:33
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Re: New set top box
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I imagine that they'll eventually want everyone on their streaming box by the end of this year, which is why I was surprised that they brought out the 360.
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By the end of THIS YEAR?
It'll be many years before they will stop the recordable boxes
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17-03-2025, 08:14
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Re: New set top box
If they're still giving out 18 month contracts specifying a "V6 Box powered by Tivo", they can't fully shift away from Tivo by the end of this year.
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17-03-2025, 08:36
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Re: New set top box
The phasing out of TiVo and the 360 won't come yet. Another 5 - 10 years yet, I would have thought.
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17-03-2025, 10:37
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Re: New set top box
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The phasing out of TiVo and the 360 won't come yet. Another 5 - 10 years yet, I would have thought.
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I'll resist the temptation, but I think this time you may have a prediction something about right.
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17-03-2025, 15:17
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Re: New set top box
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The phasing out of TiVo and the 360 won't come yet. Another 5 - 10 years yet, I would have thought.
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For once you are correct OB.
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17-03-2025, 16:32
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Re: New set top box
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For once you are correct OB.
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17-03-2025, 20:31
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A lot more than you acknowledge yet, Legendkiller!
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17-03-2025, 20:51
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Re: New set top box
Given there isn’t any public information about this topic no-one is correct.
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17-03-2025, 21:02
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Re: New set top box
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By the end of THIS YEAR?
It'll be many years before they will stop the recordable boxes
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Last week Bouchier said that Virgin TV would be changing from QAM to IP so, unless the V6 & 360 can cope with mainstream TV being delivered over the internet instead of traditional cable, they'll have to convert everybody to their streaming box. There again, Virgin promises & deadlines rarely come to pass...
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17-03-2025, 21:15
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Re: New set top box
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Last week Bouchier said that Virgin TV would be changing from QAM to IP so, unless the V6 & 360 can cope with mainstream TV being delivered over the internet instead of traditional cable, they'll have to convert everybody to their streaming box. There again, Virgin promises & deadlines rarely come to pass...
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VM Broadband uses QAM, so it will still be used. It's not specific to TV. It's a general transmission method.
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19-03-2025, 19:57
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Re: New set top box
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VM Broadband uses QAM, so it will still be used. It's not specific to TV. It's a general transmission method.
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Correct. The two will run side by side initially.
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