Tivo V6 : Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'd say that really is area dependant , when I was last with VM my then 30mb connection was usually around 1-2mb during peak I also have family who live near that left for the exact same reason. In all my years of being on ADSL/VDSL I can count on one hand the amount of days it was down sadly the same can't be said for my shorter time with VM.

When it's working and you are in an area that has little or no oversubscription I agree it can't be beat.

Mines been down most of the day. Love to tell you the speeds I get, but;

This site can’t be reached ..... took too long to respond.

[RichardCoulter]

Taken from the 'Coming Soon' thread:

Originally Posted by Frazz

Was talking to someone from the CEO's office today and they were saying there is a new superhub coming out soon, also the new tivo has had all the testing done and should be getting rolled out soon, 6 tuners and able to watch a 7th programme

[MacmillaN]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Taken from the 'Coming Soon' thread:

My only guess would be it is another US version being modded for the UK market.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by MacmillaN

My only guess would be it is another US version being modded for the UK market.

Hopefully, six tuners without the interruption of the seventh for recordings sounds good.

It means less clashes & time shifting- let's hope it actually works properly this time

When TiVo first came in, they let people put their old V+ elsewhere in the home for no extra cost.

I'm wondering if they'll be doing the same thing when the new TiVo comes out ie putting the old slow one in, say, a bedroom?

People might be able to put up with it for the odd time, or, as you can get TiVos to talk to each other, would a slow TiVo accessing the recordings of a new TiVo actually become faster??

[lonespeaker]

coming in October I've been told by 2 different people in virgin, been in a pilot phase with staff for past month and that is being extended shortly....

... large pinch of salt?

[muppetman11]

I struggle most nights to fill 3 of my 4 recordable tuners , in fact I probably watch more from On Demand these days.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I struggle most nights to fill 3 of my 4 recordable tuners , in fact I probably watch more from On Demand these days.

Which Set Top Box have you got MM?

I think that six tuners would be more than enough on most occasions.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I struggle most nights to fill 3 of my 4 recordable tuners , in fact I probably watch more from On Demand these days.

Well we certainly could do with the extra tuners in our household though.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Which Set Top Box have you got MM?

I think that six tuners would be more than enough on most occasions.

Sky Q Silver (5 tuners) , 4 recordable and 1 for Live TV.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well we certainly could do with the extra tuners in our household though.

We rarely find a single collision for the stuff we like to watch. Then there's freeview vs VM and our DVD with HDD recorder to avoid it.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well we certainly could do with the extra tuners in our household though.

You need to get out more!

[denphone]

Well that was the plan this summer old boy to get away and visit our families but too many different things came along and curbed the plans we had provisionally made sadly so it looks like mid autumn now.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky Q Silver (5 tuners) , 4 recordable and 1 for Live TV.

Thanks for getting back to me.

If it is indeed correct that the new box will have 6 tuners, it looks like VM may have waited to see what the new Sky box was like before trying to trump it.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Thanks for getting back to me.

If it is indeed correct that the new box will have 6 tuners, it looks like VM may have waited to see what the new Sky box was like before trying to trump it.

Absolutely I'm sure those who record tons will welcome the higher number of tuners , I wonder how multi room will work ?

Will it be the same as now with every box needing a separate coaxial connection or will it use the homes network like Sky Q ?

Would just mean twice as many duplicates for me and no chance of going away for 2 weeks without it deleting everything I want to watch to make space for things I don't.