General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)

[Frazz]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

all i want is the ability to watch tv anywhere on 4G....

I use my phone as a wireless hotspot and watch it on my tablet. The 3g/4g speeds are quick enough to watch it

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I think you're on the wrong forum. Seriously, if Sky introduces 4G then VM must surely offer it? #comingsoon ?

In 2016 can you honestly see them not offering 4G ?

Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Telefónica UK will give Sky wholesale access to 2G, 3G and 4G services over its popular nationwide network. Leveraging its market-leading capabilities in customer service and innovation, Sky plans to launch its first mobile telephony services to customers in 2016.

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...-mobile-sector

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

In 2016 can you honestly see them not offering 4G ?

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...-mobile-sector

What a loss-leading game changer this could be. I can envisage some very cheap deals becoming available for Sky customers, and even better deals for those out contract on other networks too. Free mobiles, calls, texts and data to anyone on tv phone and BB. Or free sky sports for 12 months (channel and/or app) to new mobile customers. They have so many ways to market this and challenge the quad play of BT and VM.

I really dislike Sky, but they know how to woo pay tv customers so they join them. Just look at the offers on their website, free Bb, £150 gift cards to people who recommended by their mates plus another two or three deals as well.

I can see them being extremely happy to play the long game and lose many, many millions in the short term on this.

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Where is this information coming from I can't see VM offer this

4TB drive with cloud storage / The ability to store on Nas home storage system
2 - 4K
3 - 12 Tuners!

Maybe 2TB box, with 6 tuner but not 4K

[Ultimate.Conj]

I think the box will definitely be 4K ready. VM have to show they are keeping up with technology and the competition.

[denphone]

We shall see....

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by denphone

We shall see....

It doesn't make sense not to be 4K ready.
Just having a bigger hard drive and more tuners won't be enough to keep unhappy customers or win new ones.

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BBC Three is online-only now available through BBC iPlayer

[BenMcr]

BBC Three content will be available via iPlayer on TiVo

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

BBC Three content will be available via iPlayer on TiVo

Do you think the HD quality be as good as we got on the Tivo BBC3 HD channel?

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by ianch99

Do you think the HD quality be as good as we got on the Tivo BBC3 HD channel?

It should be ok the iplayer app on my samsung tv outputs bbc in HD so i can't see why the tivo wouldn't too.

[DaMac]

I think he means will the HD quality of BBC Three programs be as good as the broadcast quality to which I say no way.

[steveh]

iPlayer is currently a maximum 3.2Mbps 720p 25fps using AVC / H.264 encoding. BBC 3 via cable was 1080i 50fps using MPEG 2 - no idea of the average bitrate, but think was said before that BBC on VM is higher than Freeview or Freesat even accounting for the different encoding.

According to, http://en.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php...live=9&lang=en, BBC 1 on Freeview averages 5Mbps with a max of around 14Mbps with AVC / H.264 encoding.

So yes, not as good as broadcast.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by steveh

iPlayer is currently a maximum 3.2Mbps 720p 25fps using AVC / H.264 encoding.

iPlayer on TiVo (and other Connected TV platforms) is now higher than that I believe:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/...9-244e482b8895

The Media Services team worked closely with BBC R&D to define 14 video profiles and 5 audio profiles that can be combined to make ABR (Adaptive Bit-Rate) sets for all supported devices, from mobile phones connected over a cellular network, which gets 56Kbit/s stream to ensure video will continue to play even with slow connections, to computers and connected TVs, which will now get up to 5Mbit/s 720p video at 50fps.

More technical detail on the new profiles for iPlayer is here http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2015/07...or-bbc-iplayer

[steveh]

Ah thanks - I missed that announcement. Unfortunately I guess going to 1080 opens up all sorts of interlacing issues so might take longer...

[BenMcr]

They do actually have it ready:

In addition a high bit-rate (8000kbps) 1920x1080, interlaced at 25fps, full HD encode is generated, but has not yet been made available. It can be enabled for TV devices in the future.