General : Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Right, firstly a thread about the differences between Sky and Virgin results is reasoned debate and now we have a sensible analysis of what Virgin have achieved during the year. Is this definitely Cableforum?

Of course it is Andy because as you know we are a reasoned peaceful lot generally.

[Gavin-D]

Sky have moved BBC2 HD to channel 102 in some areas of the UK I wonder If VM will follow

[blue666666]

Sky have moved BBC2 HD to channel 102 in some areas of the UK I wonder If VM will follow

Hope they will soon, HD channel numbers are so messed up its beyond a joke

Originally Posted by blue666666

hope they will soon channel are so messed up its belong a jock

Is this a competition? Are we supposed to re-arrange the words or something?

[ocav]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

Sky have moved BBC2 HD to channel 102 in some areas of the UK I wonder If VM will follow

The BBC* have moved the following;

BBC One - 101 (In NI, Wales,, & Scotland ONLY)
BBC Two - 102 (In England ONLY)

and then that only for HD Subscribers/Entertainment Extra+ Subscribers

However Virgin do really need to implement a HD swap!

[bennyhill]

Originally Posted by blue666666

Sky have moved BBC2 HD to channel 102 in some areas of the UK I wonder If VM will follow

Hope they will soon, HD channel numbers are so messed up its beyond a joke

Why don't they drop all the HD channels into the unused 001 to 099 range of channel numbers.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

Sky have moved BBC2 HD to channel 102 in some areas of the UK I wonder If VM will follow

Yup sky have done it in the midlands. VM will not follow suite until they start the HD switchover if they're going to do it that is.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by ocav

The BBC* have moved the following;

BBC One - 101 (In NI, Wales,, & Scotland ONLY)
BBC Two - 102 (In England ONLY)

and then that only for HD Subscribers/Entertainment Extra+ Subscribers

However Virgin do really need to implement a HD swap!

Sorry, I am not fully understanding your post. Then again, I am struggling to understand blue666666's most recent post too.

I must be more drunk than I think I currently am.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Sorry, I am not fully understanding your post. Then again, I am struggling to understand blue666666's most recent post too.

I must be more drunk than I think I currently am.

I think it's what's happened on the Sky platform bb1hd and bbc2hd have swapped places with standard bbc1 and bbc2 channels in some regions.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by mhatter67

Really, even the Camera's

I assume so, I was talking to an MP a bit back and he said that the channel does not use BBC equipment (it uses ITV's Millibank studios in Westminster) and that "all the equipment is still standard definition stuff".

We got onto the subject when I said that all the TV's in the various MP's offices* that I'd seen looked pretty old, to which he replied "you should see the ancient broadcast infrastructure"!

* Each MP's office has a monitor showing what's happening in the chamber. I'm not sure if this is a clean feed or BBC Parliament itself. Anybody??

If I remember I'll ask next time, or look out for any DOG/Filler programmes that BBC Parliament shows.

I guess neither ITV nor the BBC want to pay for the cost of an upgrade. It wouldn't surprise me if the infrastructure was the actual original equipment from when it was The Parliamentary Channel and run by United Artists (jointly funded by the nations cable companies)!

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I assume so, I was talking to an MP a bit back and he said that the channel does not use BBC equipment (it uses ITV's Millibank studios in Westminster) and that "all the equipment is still standard definition stuff".

We got onto the subject when I said that all the TV's in the various MP's offices* that I'd seen looked pretty old, to which he replied "you should see the ancient broadcast infrastructure"!

* Each MP's office has a monitor showing what's happening in the chamber. I'm not sure if this is a clean feed or BBC Parliament itself. Anybody??

If I remember I'll ask next time, or look out for any DOG/Filler programmes that BBC Parliament shows.

I guess neither ITV nor the BBC want to pay for the cost of an upgrade. It wouldn't surprise me if the infrastructure was the actual original equipment from when it was The Parliamentary Channel and run by United Artists (jointly funded by the nations cable companies)!

I thought there was a bias somewhere!

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by bennyhill

Why don't they drop all the HD channels into the unused 001 to 099 range of channel numbers.

These aren't unused. They contain all the "hidden" interactive services & red button streams. Don't know if the forth digit on the boxes can be utilised (1000 upward).

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Yup sky have done it in the midlands. VM will not follow suite until they start the HD switchover if they're going to do it that is.

Why can't they just bring back that awesome bit of software in the V+ box that allowed us to place the channels in the order we wanted them in?

That was brilliant.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by Mobes

Why can't they just bring back that awesome bit of software in the V+ box that allowed us to place the channels in the order we wanted them in?

That was brilliant.

What an excellent idea.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Mobes

Why can't they just bring back that awesome bit of software in the V+ box that allowed us to place the channels in the order we wanted them in?

That was brilliant.

I'm still wishing for a reminder function that doesn't record the programme lol. I'll be wishing for a eternity i think.
I do agree with you it would be great to place the channels in the order we want.