Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) - Page 97

Andrewcrawford23 · 19-06-2009, 11:04

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Originally Posted by royaltiger

The scientific atlanta was fairly future proof, and probably the king of all cable set top boxes anyway, its just that virgin haven't quite caught up yet, even the most simplest of extras like the usb port will never get enabled otherwise it would make the transfer of media too easy for anyone,and we wouldn't want to encourage simplicity, people should realise that when you cant even get teletext let alone HD this is always going to be a 2nd best service and virgin have always reiterated that their main priority is broadband and not tv and this has been proven over the last five years if not in fact longer.

Mmm no it was not future proofed, it was just HD proof for when they decided to take it mroe seriously, if it was future proofe dit would have been mpeg4 from the begining so they could have launched bbc and itv hd in mpeg4 not mpeg2

royaltiger · 19-06-2009, 12:03

Virgin had the choice to go with mpeg4 but opted to use mpeg2 instead, that was the first sign of a lack of inteligence and investment in technology from virgin, what they should be doing now is replacing the old V+ and passing that onto customers with just the standard samsung set top, and introducing a V+ with the latest technology built in, including a blu-ray player and a hard drive capacity of at least the size of a terrabyte, then people might start to take them seriously but we all know its not going to happen, when you cannot negotiate to get ITV HD or channel4 when its launched you know your on a loser. Unfortunately the latest technology offering from Virgin is +1 channels which they seem to think is the icing on the cake in their tv department, I think I have now come up with a better technical offering, and it will alse free up this so called precious bandwith,why dont we scrap the normal channels and just keep the +1 channels but treat them as normal channels , I am sure it will work ,until some bright spark of course reintroduces the +1 system again.

kesterwww · 19-06-2009, 12:11

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Originally Posted by Jabbs

The V+ box isn't really pushed as a HD box though its pushed as said above a PVR with the added bonus of HD on it.

When I called up to ask for one to be installed, the (Indian) lady couldn't stress enough that it was hd, and I would be watching my TV in "amazing high definition". Probably a scripted response to all inquireries about the V+. I got the feeling she didn't have a great insight into hd when I asked if they would be supplying an hdmi cable and she had no idea what I was talking about.
I don't however feel ripped off by it, it does have hd programming.

Finally, I find it amazing, even hard to beleive that Japan are predicting what technology they will be using in 2080! For those not good at maths, that's 71 years away. Did anyone back in 1938 know what we'd be using to watch tv in the here and now?

Andrewcrawford23 · 19-06-2009, 12:22

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Originally Posted by royaltiger

Virgin had the choice to go with mpeg4 but opted to use mpeg2 instead, that was the first sign of a lack of inteligence and investment in technology from virgin, what they should be doing now is replacing the old V+ and passing that onto customers with just the standard samsung set top, and introducing a V+ with the latest technology built in, including a blu-ray player and a hard drive capacity of at least the size of a terrabyte, then people might start to take them seriously but we all know its not going to happen, when you cannot negotiate to get ITV HD or channel4 when its launched you know your on a loser. Unfortunately the latest technology offering from Virgin is +1 channels which they seem to think is the icing on the cake in their tv department, I think I have now come up with a better technical offering, and it will alse free up this so called precious bandwith,why dont we scrap the normal channels and just keep the +1 channels but treat them as normal channels , I am sure it will work ,until some bright spark of course reintroduces the +1 system again.

dnt talk mince, they do not need to provide a bluray player and 1tb hard disk space, sky do not have itv hd and jsut because oyu can manually tune it is not the same thing. virgin was not about when there hd box launched that was telewest, they do not need to scrap +1 channels there plent yof bandwidht to launch quite a few hd channels oin mpeg2

you clearly have no clue on how the system works

MrGiles2 · 19-06-2009, 12:56

Hello Mentalis

Now funny you should say that, it often happens when three buses turn up at the same time when you have been waiting more than half an hour.

Anyway, virgin subscribers have been promised more HD Channels before the end of this autumn, and have also been told that in order to receive them, the current V+ Decoder might have to be replaced to cope with the extra brandwidth.

What do other people think about this?

19-06-2009, 13:35

So are you telling me the V+ HD boxes can't recieve many HD channels.. LOL Priceless...

akki007 · 19-06-2009, 14:41

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Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

I must have an exceptional 40" Sony set then. I am blessed.

I can see a HUGE difference on a 32" plasma.

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Originally Posted by Mobes

So are you telling me the V+ HD boxes can't recieve many HD channels.. LOL Priceless...

Hold the phone, I can only get one HD channel on Virgin?

Nook29 · 19-06-2009, 14:52

They'll easily be able to support more than one channel. The current PVR's will be fine for the next few years, it won't be until the majority of channels are broadcasting in HD that the equipment will need to be replaced.

royaltiger · 19-06-2009, 17:11

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Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

you clearly have no clue on how the system works

and of coarse your the expert

virginruinedntl · 19-06-2009, 17:30

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Originally Posted by royaltiger

and of coarse your the expert

i think you mean "course" and "you're" :P

royaltiger · 19-06-2009, 17:43

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

i think you mean "course" and "you're" :P

I never stated i was perfect but andrewcrawford implied I knew nothing about V+ and the workings of it, he has no idea what I know, If he read all of the statements he should have known there was snippets of sarcasm to the running of virgin and its slowness in keeping up with the future of technology

Andrewcrawford23 · 19-06-2009, 17:54

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Originally Posted by royaltiger

I never stated i was perfect but andrewcrawford implied I knew nothing about V+ and the workings of it, he has no idea what I know, If he read all of the statements he should have known there was snippets of sarcasm to the running of virgin and its slowness in keeping up with the future of technology

Well with your statement above it implys you know nothing, if you read my signature it clear states i am dsylexic so understanding scarism is really hard ot notice for me

19-06-2009, 19:08

[quote=akki007;34817445]I can see a HUGE difference on a 32" plasma.

I can see a MASSIVE difference between SD and HD on a 19" LCD from ARGOS xD

LiamTG · 19-06-2009, 21:19

OK,

I see this as possibly the best thread on here and I have spoken a little out of turn about members/staff etc and when needed appologised.

I wish we could simply drop the pops at each other and in fact lets lave HD out of this thread all together - it's clearly a hung decision!

Peace

Liam

frogstamper · 20-06-2009, 01:08

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Originally Posted by LiamTG

OK,

I see this as possibly the best thread on here and I have spoken a little out of turn about members/staff etc and when needed appologised.

I wish we could simply drop the pops at each other and in fact lets lave HD out of this thread all together - it's clearly a hung decision!

Peace

Liam

Blessed are the peace-makers.