General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by data0002

I think virgin will try and get out of the tivo contract now lg has taken over, because most of lg use the Horizon box same as virgin Ireland, which can record 4 programs and watch a 5th one live

A new TIVO is currently in the works from VM with 2tb storage and 4k, no further info at the moment.

[data0002]

ok, but i thought lg would what all tv boxes the same like they are trying to do with the modems

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Crikey £125p/m for the top pack that's quite a lot of money.

That's half the price of my mortgage

[denphone]

Crikey your mansion must be nice Sir.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by data0002

I think virgin will try and get out of the tivo contract now lg has taken over, because most of lg use the Horizon box same as virgin Ireland, which can record 4 programs and watch a 5th one live

The Horizon box has a very small hard drive, though!

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

A new TIVO is currently in the works from VM with 2tb storage and 4k, no further info at the moment.

That is very good news, particularly if this one overcomes the speed issues.

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Originally Posted by data0002

ok, but i thought lg would what all tv boxes the same like they are trying to do with the modems

I have not picked up any news from LG that they intend to ditch the Tivo boxes used by Virgin Media.

[denphone]

As far as the eye can see the TiVo is here to stay..

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by data0002

ok, but i thought lg would what all tv boxes the same like they are trying to do with the modems

LGI only use Horizon in 5 of the 14 countries that they operate in.
http://www.libertyglobal.com/horizon.html

And it isn't very widely used in some of those. For example, in Germany "only 6% of our total video base subscribed to our Horizon TV platform"
http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...ease-FINAL.pdf

TiVo is here to stay. The VM/TiVo contract was extended earlier this year
http://pr.tivo.com/press-releases/vi...q-tivo-1185551

Originally Posted by spiderplant

TiVo is here to stay. The VM/TiVo contract was extended earlier this year
http://pr.tivo.com/press-releases/vi...q-tivo-1185551

"The TiVo solution provides an all-in-one approach for navigating the 'content chaos' by seamlessly combining live, recorded, on-demand and over-the-top television into one intuitive user interface."

LOL... I'd love to know what TIVO box they are talking about. You could never describe the TIVO boxes we have now as 'seamless'.

Clunky, Yes!
Slow, Yes!
Laborious, Yes
Seamless?....noooooooooooo!!!

[Ultimate.Conj]

It definitely seems to be getting slower, not sure where the next update is due to be coming.

[telegramsam]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

BREAKING NEWS!

2016 will see VM once again raise prices above inflation, this isn't a rumour but a fact.

As others have said Virgin will cut their own throats if they continue to keep on increasing prices the way they are doing. Also they seem quite obsessed with broadband speed when the majority of customers just don`t care less.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

As others have said Virgin will cut their own throats if they continue to keep on increasing prices the way they are doing. Also they seem quite obsessed with broadband speed when the majority of customers just don`t care less.

Have you ever tried Sky's broadband? as where my parents live its the stuff of nightmares with speeds of less of 1MB.

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

It definitely seems to be getting slower, not sure where the next update is due to be coming.

Apart from the occasional blip it still beats the vast majority of the opposition hands down in my humble unbiased opinion.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by denphone

Have you ever tried Sky's broadband? as where my parents live its the stuff of nightmares with speeds of less of 1MB.

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Apart from the occasional blip it still beats the vast majority of the opposition hands down in my humble unbiased opinion.

Yup, the current gf only gets about 9mb from Sky's BB - BT guarantee at least 31mb. Trying to convince her to change to BT, would be good to get some "free" sport again.

[telegramsam]

[QUOTE=denphone;35807379]Have you ever tried Sky's broadband? as where my parents live its the stuff of nightmares with speeds of less of 1MB.[COLOR="Silver"]

Yes I used to have Sky broadband and had far less trouble with it than I currently do with virgins. I only get 54mb with virgin,supposed to be `up to 150 mb`! I can`t remember what speed I got with Sky broadband but it was far less trouble that I can remember.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by denphone

Have you ever tried Sky's broadband? as where my parents live its the stuff of nightmares with speeds of less of 1mb

That is a physical limitation of the Openreach network in there area , there property is obviously some distance from the exchange with no fibre available. There speeds would be similar if they signed up with BT , Plusnet , Talk Talk etc.

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Yup, the current gf only gets about 9mb from Sky's BB - BT guarantee at least 31mb. Trying to convince her to change to BT, would be good to get some "free" sport again.

In most places where BT Infinity is available Sky offers its own Sky Fibre service which should deliver the same speeds.

[ase001]

Originally Posted by denphone

Have you ever tried Sky's broadband? as where my parents live its the stuff of nightmares with speeds of less of 1MB.
.

I moved from VM to Sky 6 months ago, I've had absolutely no issues and I'm completely satisfied with their service. I get 38Mbs download, never noticed it dropping. The upload is important to me and I get 7.8Mbs, the best I ever got with VM was 1.75Mb which constantly dropped to 512Kb (I assume throttling) typically I only ever uploaded a build DVD to work.

Years ago VM was the best in many respects, VOD was second to none. It isn't any more, Sky's VOD is really extensive and current. Now VM are putting up prices by 5.5% I think I've made the correct choice in moving to Sky

I'm now paying £20 a month less for a better service.