General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) - Page 109

telegramsam · 27-04-2016, 12:48

It wouldn't make business sense for virgin or any other company to reveal all its plans so who knows what sort of box virgin have planned for us next. I for one are prepared to wait and are thankful of any snippets of news mediaboy or spiderplant bring us.

Ultimate.Conj · 27-04-2016, 14:05

http://www.cnet.com/news/tivo-roamio...tag=CAD590a51e

"As with its other DVRs, the new model will have access to over-the-top (OTT) services as well including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Instant Video and YouTube. It will also have the company's newest viewing options such as SkipMode that allows you to skip commercial breaks with a single button press."

I know this is for the U.S.

1andrew1 · 27-04-2016, 14:22

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

http://www.cnet.com/news/tivo-roamio...tag=CAD590a51e

"As with its other DVRs, the new model will have access to over-the-top (OTT) services as well including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Instant Video and YouTube. It will also have the company's newest viewing options such as SkipMode that allows you to skip commercial breaks with a single button press."

I know this is for US

Us as in U.S.

We certainly won't be getting advert skip.
I did read elsewhere that Turner are developing a classic film on-demand service. I can envisage this coming to the UK and VM in particular.

steveh · 27-04-2016, 14:39

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

We certainly won't be getting advert skip.

It also relies on humans to manually flag where the ads are so is only for some of the bigger channels.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I did read elsewhere that Turner are developing a classic film on-demand service. I can envisage this coming to the UK and VM in particular.

http://filmstruck.com/ - a joint offering with the Criterion Collection. Given the latter just launched in the UK maybe it won't be so far behind.

27-04-2016, 14:54

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

http://www.cnet.com/news/tivo-roamio...tag=CAD590a51e

"As with its other DVRs, the new model will have access to over-the-top (OTT) services as well including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Instant Video and YouTube. It will also have the company's newest viewing options such as SkipMode that allows you to skip commercial breaks with a single button press."

I know this is for the U.S.

The skip mode currently is for selected channels

denphone · 27-04-2016, 15:05

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I don't think there is much doubt that VM will stick with Tivo for the time being. The existing box will be upgraded and a new box will come out in 7-9 months' time.

After that, I think the likelihood is that the next box for VM will be an enhanced Horizon box. Expect that to be well advanced in Virgin's plans about three years from now, with a planned rollout in 2021, if not a little before.

Nice to see you making your wonderful spot on predictions again OB.

OLD BOY · 27-04-2016, 15:16

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Nice to see you making your wonderful spot on predictions again OB.

I haven't made any wild predictions here, Den, it's all based on what Virgin have already said.

RichardCoulter · 27-04-2016, 16:50

Hasn't it been said that the contract with TiVo ends in 2018 though??

Does anyone know if it will be technically possible to drop the Horizon software onto the existing boxes that currently run on TiVo?

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Originally Posted by steveh

http://filmstruck.com/ - a joint offering with the Criterion Collection. Given the latter just launched in the UK maybe it won't be so far behind.

Some background info here:

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201604274...#axzz46sALDxUP

nialli · 27-04-2016, 17:08

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Hasn't it been said that the contract with TiVo ends in 2018 though??

Contracts get renewed. Just because the current deal expired April 2018 doesn't mean the end for the Virgin Media TiVo.

denphone · 27-04-2016, 17:29

The TiVo will be around in my humble opinion for the next 5 years at least...

OLD BOY · 27-04-2016, 17:33

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Originally Posted by denphone

The TiVo will be around in my humble opinion for the next 5 years at least...

I agree. Having worked on a brand new Tivo box to replace the current one, I can't see them ditching it two years later. Five years after rollout seems a reasonable expectation for the new Horizon boxes to be provided to VM customers.

As for the existing Tivo contract, my guess is that it will simply be renewed for the desired period so that existing boxes can continue to be supported.

27-04-2016, 18:03

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I agree. Having worked on a brand new Tivo box to replace the current one, I can't see them ditching it two years later. Five years after rollout seems a reasonable expectation for the new Horizon boxes to be provided to VM customers.

As for the existing Tivo contract, my guess is that it will simply be renewed for the desired period so that existing boxes can continue to be supported.

As you been working on box can you tell us if increased storage will be available

RichardCoulter · 27-04-2016, 18:57

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As you been working on box can you tell us if increased storage will be available

I think OB meant that VM have been working on a new box as opposed to himself!

Another forum member has stated that he has been told by a VM rep that "the V+ will be redundant by the end of the year".

Will we then get TiVo software dropped onto the V boxes as mooted a few years back?

A mop up of any customers still using old SD boxes could mean everyone on TiVo software in preparation for the introduction of Horizon.

muppetman11 · 27-04-2016, 19:14

I'd imagine if the Tivo software is slow on the current boxes it would be even slower if run at all on the older V boxes.

Horizon · 27-04-2016, 20:27

.... you raise a interesting point. What happens to the liberate software on the v boxes? I wonder how long the Liberate contract still has to run? Will the v boxes be phased out and the current "premium" tivo boxes become the bog standard ones instead.

I have a v box and it runs faster than the tivo, mainly because its 2 week guide was striped out of it some time ago. I seem to recall VM saying a few years ago that they would download tivo software onto the standard boxes minus the recording features. I can't say I'd be thrilled about that if that's still the plan.

It's ironic that ALL Freeview boxes of today run faster than anything that VM offer. And as for Amazon Fire sticks, or Chrome, or any other USB stick, they are far, far, better than our "premium" boxes for which we pay a premium for.