Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

How much would you be willing to pay to keep it ?

Do you really have to ask this question every time?

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Do you really have to ask this question every time?

going by your other posts it looks like you are made of money. So that means you would actually pay to keep Current TV ?

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

going by your other posts that means you would actually pay to keep Current TV ?

I would rather get rid of QVC rather than Current TV

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

I would rather get rid of QVC rather than Current TV

Not going to happen

it's important to remember that shopping channels pay VM to be on the platform. This brings in revenue for other pay channels to be added

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post5132.html

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Originally Posted by HD Boy

As we are Taking about the Virgin EPG.

A advertisement on CBS Action said the horror channel was on Virgin channel 170.

Are they moving horror channel to channel 170 so CBS Action can move to channel 149 ?
If this turns out to be true this means Alibi + 1 could get moved to channel 192 when Alibi HD launches on channel 131 by September 2012.

Media Boy do you know anything about this ?

[toady]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

I would rather get rid of QVC rather than Current TV

You'd have a fight on your hands with my missus if that's the option

[zekeisaszekedoes]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

As we are Taking about the Virgin EPG.

Nah mate, the Comcast one.

Originally Posted by zantarous

On a separate note i see Comedy Central has gone widescreen but the +1 and Extra channel seems to be in 4:3 but the actual picture appears to be a squashed widescreen image where everything looks tall and thin. It looks very odd, I did notice that CC was like this for a few weeks before the switch to 16x9 was made.

Might be something to do with the way the TiVo (well I'm assuming that's what you're using) handles pillarboxing. Some channels broadcast the black bars either side of the 4:3 image so the TiVo stays in widescreen mode, other times the TiVo adds them in assuming you have it set to Panel mode. Sometimes one or the other is incorrect and you end up with a windowboxed image... very annoying.

Originally Posted by toady

You'd have a fight on your hands with my missus if that's the option

Yep, women lap up that consumerist sh.. don't they? Well, some of them.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

Is Sky's STB hardware DVB-S2 compatible? If not...

It must be as the BBC switched to it , and we get those channels
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcintern...annels_on.html

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

You've got the cable version of that, DVB-C2, but I'm not sure if the TiVos (or even VM's network as it stands) could support that.

No not sure myself , Spider would probably know.

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

I would rather get rid of QVC rather than Current TV

I agree current TV has some interesting programmes to watch on it at the moment they are showing "the crimes that shocked britain" i have watched some good documentary style programmes on current TV.

What does QVC stand for "Quite Valueless C---"

Apart from HD variant channels, SKY Alantic and Premier Sports is there any great channels that we are missing on VM platform or have we got the main ones?

Originally Posted by mlayzell

Apart from HD variant channels, SKY Alantic and Premier Sports is there any great channels that we are missing on VM platform or have we got the main ones?

I think all the main channels that are worth watching are on VM now apart from the obvious one you mentioned and HD variants,i cannot think of any that are missing that are that good.

Unless you count the scuzz/flaunt range of channels that VM no longer carry.

[HD Boy]

Well i really want Universal HD , ITV4 HD

I hope they come in the first half of next year.

Originally Posted by HD Boy

Well i really want Universal HD and ITV4 HD

They will probably arrive in time ITV4 HD carries some good sport so that would be well worth having.

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

Virgin Media announced in Dec 2010 that they want to have 80 HD channels in 2 or 3 years.

Virgin Media's Peter Chapman of Associate Director, Content Acquisition told me in a email that they are currently on track to deliver that.

So i believe 2012 will be the best year yet.

I am still not sure what "watch this space" in the electric magazine means. Did it mean this month ? or in the future ?

I think New HD channels will be announced early next year.

Originally Posted by richard1960

I think all the main channels that are worth watching are on VM now apart from the obvious one you mentioned and HD variants,i cannot think of any that are missing that are that good.

Unless you count the scuzz/flaunt range of channels that VM no longer carry.

Media boy is Sumo TV coming soon

[Lew]

Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes

Might be something to do with the way the TiVo (well I'm assuming that's what you're using) handles pillarboxing. Some channels broadcast the black bars either side of the 4:3 image so the TiVo stays in widescreen mode, other times the TiVo adds them in assuming you have it set to Panel mode. Sometimes one or the other is incorrect and you end up with a windowboxed image... very annoying.

It's not just the TiVo, it's the same on the V+ as well.