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

[Mad Max]

My SH is in a spare bedroom right next to my PC, and it ain't moving, so how would i know if the V6 would get a good enough WiFi signal for it to work properly? I get a pretty good signal anyway in most areas of the house, but my main TV is at least 10/13 metres away from my SH, so if I carry out a check on my phone using the Ookla speed test app, would that determine roughly the speed that the V6 would achieve?

[jb66]

I've installed a v6 with 70meg twice

[passingbat]

I had my V6 installed this afternoon, and my SH1 replaced by a SH3.


SH is in modem mode linked to a Dlink Router. With SH1, I got 95 mb/s constantly. Now with SH3, it's 72 mb/s.


Could the drop be due to the V6 downloading information, or could there be a problem with the SH3, which I've had to reboot since the install?


Thanks

[albertsteptoe]

Can anyone tell me if V6 has to be connected to SH3 as that is in my bedroom, i want to move my Tivo from living room to bedroom & new V6 to living room.

[toady]

Originally Posted by passingbat

I had my V6 installed this afternoon, and my SH1 replaced by a SH3.


SH is in modem mode linked to a Dlink Router. With SH1, I got 95 mb/s constantly. Now with SH3, it's 72 mb/s.


Could the drop be due to the V6 downloading information, or could there be a problem with the SH3, which I've had to reboot since the install?


Thanks

Easy way to tell, unplug the V6 from the network and see what speed you get

[jb66]

Originally Posted by albertsteptoe

Can anyone tell me if V6 has to be connected to SH3 as that is in my bedroom, i want to move my Tivo from living room to bedroom & new V6 to living room.

It can use wifi or homeplugs

[albertsteptoe]

Originally Posted by jb66

It can use wifi or homeplugs

I want to send recordings from V6 to Tivo so would it need Ethernet.

[jb66]

Originally Posted by albertsteptoe

I want to send recordings from V6 to Tivo so would it need Ethernet.

Your tivo would have to be connected to your hub either by ethernet or homeplugs, the v6 has wifi

[albertsteptoe]

Originally Posted by jb66

Your tivo would have to be connected to your hub either by ethernet or homeplugs, the v6 has wifi

Thanks a lot for that jbrr ill leave it until the new year to order one.

[Joedm45]

Does anyone know the approximate range of the RF remote?

[jb66]

Originally Posted by albertsteptoe

Thanks a lot for that jbrr ill leave it until the new year to order one.

Id order now if i were you, 8 week wait time

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Joedm45

Does anyone know the approximate range of the RF remote?

It's the same as 2.4GHz WiFi

[Joedm45]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

It's the same as 2.4GHz WiFi

Thanks Spiderplant, good to know. Looks like I can ditch my IR senders when I take the V6 plunge

[albertsteptoe]

Originally Posted by jb66

Id order now if i were you, 8 week wait time

I'm not in that much of a rush i still have Sky Q, want to get xmas & new year out of the way, ill leave it until around March time, i had the to wait 3 months before i could get Sky Q, but thanks for update on waiting time.

Originally Posted by spiderplant

It doesn't need the full 100Mbps itself. But bear in mind it is sharing bandwidth with all your other devices (possibly including up to two other V6's). If you had a lower broadband speed it could be easy to max out your connection.

So finally you agree with me, these new boxes are going to kill the bandwidth for everyone else.

I seem to recall me being slapped down earlier as being ridiculous because the V6 takes all of it's data feed from the coax and the ip connection was purely for command and control.

Oh dear...2 million V6's x 100 mbps = 2x10^14 bits per second. Yes, I know they aren't all on my segment but they are all going back to the core at some point.