General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5. - Page 17

theone2k10 · 06-10-2013, 21:52

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Originally Posted by ocav

I doubt the CF team would ban you to be fair. DSpy has a bit of auto-moderation going on I believe which means you can get banned for the stupidest of things, atleast here people actually look at what's being said!(hence why CF is the best)

I have to agree mate i've felt very welcomed here and as you said people read what you post and they don't hit report just because you disagree with them lol.
All this forum needs is a more active gaming section and for me it'll be the perfect forum.
I'm thinking about starting a smart dns/vpn service/channels thread in the internet section if the mods allow it.

hardtarget · 07-10-2013, 01:20

any news on star plus hd?

freakgirl · 07-10-2013, 01:27

6 months free of netflix would be nice, I am already a subscriber, hope I don't have to set up a new account to get 6 months free, if that actually happens

RichardCoulter · 07-10-2013, 03:15

EPG amendments: BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC One HD, BBC Two HD and Nick Jnr +1 renamed.

I wonder if this is connected to the rollout of the regions in HD and/or the extra BBC HD channels that are on their way?

I can also reveal that the BBC are testing out the implementation of an HD swap on satellite and that they are keen to implement this on VM too. About three months ago it was announced that freeview are looking into this too.

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Originally Posted by hardtarget

any news on star plus hd?

Nothing, i'm summising that this will be a Sky exclusive, at least for a further amount of time.

IIRC, Sky signed a carriage deal in November last year. This contract included an extension of carriage terms, an expansion of Star TV channels in HD (I am assuming that Sky are helping with the costs and will have insisted on an exclusivity clause) and permission for Sky to stream Star channels on Sky Go.

I have also not been able to verify that Baby TV will cease to be a standalone channel and become part of XL.

dodo1 · 07-10-2013, 09:36

any news on disney channel hd, fox+,disney xd hd,pop girl and horse and country?

denphone · 07-10-2013, 10:23

Hopefully MB will update us all later on.

nicko · 07-10-2013, 10:39

What do you mean by an "HD swap" ?

multiskilled · 07-10-2013, 11:28

Swap the epg numbers of the hd channel with the sd channel. so if you had an hd capable box ie tivo when you selected bbc1 on 101 you would get bbc1 hd.

DJ-SWITCH · 07-10-2013, 11:55

pick tv is now called pick on 180

BBC ONE has not chanced but other bbc channels have or did they miss that one

says bbc one east east on the Vbox but not TiVo

toady · 07-10-2013, 13:00

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Originally Posted by multiskilled

Swap the epg numbers of the hd channel with the sd channel. so if you had an hd capable box ie tivo when you selected bbc1 on 101 you would get bbc1 hd.

BBC1 isn't a good example, I'd get stuck watching ice skating penguins going round in circles instead of the local news bulletins if that happened

OLD BOY · 07-10-2013, 13:06

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Originally Posted by toady

BBC1 isn't a good example, I'd get stuck watching ice skating penguins going round in circles instead of the local news bulletins if that happened

I agree, Toady, and what's more I don't want all my recordings to be in HD! Even with a 1TB box, I am careful which programmes I record in HD to avoid running out of space.

Gavin-D · 07-10-2013, 13:11

Waste of time swapping BBC 1 HD IMO for now until they get BBC 1 HD regional's I'm not too fond of watching a red screen with a count down clock for a period of up-to 30 minutes

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Choice FM has been re-branded as Capital Xtra on channel 969

nicko · 07-10-2013, 13:37

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Originally Posted by multiskilled

Swap the epg numbers of the hd channel with the sd channel. so if you had an hd capable box ie tivo when you selected bbc1 on 101 you would get bbc1 hd.

i see, thanks for clarifying.

ocav · 07-10-2013, 14:27

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

EPG amendments: BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC One HD, BBC Two HD and Nick Jnr +1 renamed.

I wonder if this is connected to the rollout of the regions in HD and/or the extra BBC HD channels that are on their way?

I can also reveal that the BBC are testing out the implementation of an HD swap on satellite and that they are keen to implement this on VM too. About three months ago it was announced that freeview are looking into this too.

Sorry what's happened?

Have they moved?

Also the HD Swap technology in Sky is run by the Sky boxes, I assume on Sky it just means setting the switch to right place.

nodrogd · 07-10-2013, 14:38

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Originally Posted by multiskilled

Swap the epg numbers of the hd channel with the sd channel. so if you had an hd capable box ie tivo when you selected bbc1 on 101 you would get bbc1 hd.

All that's needed on the TV handset is a shortcut key. Buttons like the * are not used at present. If only this could be utilised to switch between SD & HD varients it would make life easier.