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Old 27-02-2011, 14:23   #3121
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Re: TiVo

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Virgin tell me, every-time I call, that they are not installing anyone who is not either an employee, an S1 owner or a lottery/raffle ticket winner. seeing as no one to discuss this in my previous thread I have to assume Virgin are telling the truth, in which case you are wrong with this statement.
The CEO office called me some weeks back saying there were no more installs going to take place after the staff and initial 1000 boxes went out. The next day I got a call.

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A question for you (Or anyone else in the know). Am I correct in assuming that the second tuner buffers the previously viewed channel in the background? Or is it any random channel?
The tuners just sit on whatever ever channel they were last used on, this might not be the last channel you were watching, it could be from a recording a few hours previous. There's a couple of times I've had all tuners on the same channel which is weird, but if you record back to back shows on the same channel with padding you're going to need more than one tuner to cope with the overlaps padding causes.
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Old 27-02-2011, 14:25   #3122
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Re: TiVo

Whilst generally very happy with my TiVo, there are two things that either it won't do or I can't figure out how to make it do.
Firstly, when playing back a recorded programme on the V+, there was the option to start it from a particular time, I think the option was called "user defined", I can't seem to find that option on the TiVo.
Secondly, when you had the mini guide on with the V+, pressing the "info" button opened the info page, with the TiVo it seems to have no effect at all. In order to get the info page open I actually have to go to the channel in question or open the full guide and do it from there.
Just wondered if it was me being dense, or have other people found the same! If it isn't me being dense, are these things likely to be changed in the future?
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Old 27-02-2011, 14:27   #3123
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Re: TiVo

My question is this when are Virgin going to start contacting people about TIVO , as they cant possibly contact everyone at the end of March.
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Old 27-02-2011, 14:30   #3124
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Re: TiVo

Why not - email numbers don't have a limit (well, it can do, according to what your ISP sets it's "spamming" limits at, but I wouldn't think that would be an issue for VM).
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Old 27-02-2011, 14:31   #3125
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Why not - email numbers don't have a limit (well, it can do, according to what your ISP sets it's "spamming" limits at, but I wouldn't think that would be an issue for VM).
Can email arrange your booking and install as well.
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Old 27-02-2011, 14:35   #3126
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Picture quality is much worse than my Samsung V+ box - SD is very much worse, taking it to levels I last saw on Sky.
High def material looks great, but the SD picture is A LOT softer than on my V+.

I'm a fussy git when it comes to PQ, sitting spending hours tweaking my TV to get everything spot on (I have Panasonics current flagship model, the 42" TX-42V20B).

The first thing I noticed was the SD upscaling was poor and this is my only disappointment with the TiVo right now. The SD upscaling on the SA V+ was excellent, high quality broadcasts on the BBC almost looked like they were in HD. Sadly though SD on the TiVo is very soft and not sharp at all. I have tried forcing the TiVo to output at 720p which does make things a little better, but there's not much in it. I would even say the GUI is pin sharp at 720p, but a tiny bit less so on 1080i.

Unfortunately I doubt anything can be done as the upscaling is usually a hardware thing. My PS3 and old SA V+ do put it to shame though

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Old 27-02-2011, 15:09   #3127
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Can email arrange your booking and install as well.
Not the question you asked.......

Surely they will use email to contact the VM base to ascertain interest, which can then be collected by web page, email, phone, etc, with the thing you mentioned above then happening.
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Old 27-02-2011, 15:27   #3128
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Not the question you asked.......

Surely they will use email to contact the VM base to ascertain interest, which can then be collected by web page, email, phone, etc, with the thing you mentioned above then happening.

But they say they already have 50,000 who have registered interest.

They also said these would be contacted first so why email again until its available for new subscribers etc and email those who don't have it yet.

Even allowing for the first 1000 free and the second 1000 free thats still 48,000 left to contact.

That works out at approx 1500 a day 7 days a week for completion by end of March.

If as is thought it will be End of March for calls to pick up again and say June 1st launch for everyone thats still approx 800 calls a day 7 days a week.
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Old 27-02-2011, 15:34   #3129
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Not the question you asked.......
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It may not "technically" be the question he asked, but I knew what he meant, and I suspect everyone else did too (well, except you ).
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High def material looks great, but the SD picture is A LOT softer than on my V+.

I'm a fussy git when it comes to PQ, sitting spending hours tweaking my TV to get everything spot on (I have Panasonics current flagship model, the 42" TX-42V20B).

The first thing I noticed was the SD upscaling was poor and this is my only disappointment with the TiVo right now. The SD upscaling on the SA V+ was excellent, high quality broadcasts on the BBC almost looked like they were in HD. Sadly though SD on the TiVo is very soft and not sharp at all. I have tried forcing the TiVo to output at 720p which does make things a little better, but there's not much in it. I would even say the GUI is pin sharp at 720p, but a tiny bit less so on 1080i.

Unfortunately I doubt anything can be done as the upscaling is usually a hardware thing. My PS3 and old SA V+ do put it to shame though

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Your post is one of several posts I have read on various forums that have noted the SD PQ is much softer/poorer on Tivo than V+.

I guess you can't have it all.
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It may not "technically" be the question he asked, but I knew what he meant, and I suspect everyone else did too (well, except you ).
I try not to make assumptions (especially sweeping ones involving the words "everyone" and/or "all" ).
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My question is this when are Virgin going to start contacting people about TIVO , as they cant possibly contact everyone at the end of March.
VM are currently contacting people about TiVo and will have contacted everyone who has registered interest by the end of March.
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VM are currently contacting people about TiVo and will have contacted everyone who has registered interest by the end of March.

Strange that no-one on here has posted that they have been contacted in the past week unless I missed it..

Also the opposite of what CEO office says as reported here as they say no more till end March..........



So they are calling 1500 people a day 7 days a week are they ?

Somehow I doubt it........
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I try not to make assumptions (especially sweeping ones involving the words "everyone" and/or "all" ).
It's 'the' phone call we're refering to. The one where VM ask us if we want TIVO, and we bite their hand off saying, YES!
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It's 'the' phone call we're refering to. The one where VM ask us if we want TIVO, and we bite their hand off saying, YES!
I was all geared up for that phone call In readiness with a yes. But the whole thing about the PQ being weaker on SD channels has begun to seriously put me off. I have one of the Samsung led back lit tv's that highlight any weaknesses in picture quality. So I'm in two minds now. Not good...
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