General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)

[denphone]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Amazon prime is fairly lacklustre. Which is a shame as the few things they've got they've just nicked from Netflix so double the price for the same content. Just like football....

Well we would have to disagree with you Vince on this.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Amazon prime is fairly lacklustre. Which is a shame as the few things they've got they've just nicked from Netflix so double the price for the same content. Just like football....

Not really the case.

Very good current shows (currently broadcasting in the US) Vikings, Black Sails, Outlander, Turn, Halt and Catch Fire, Red Road, Rogue, Into The Badlands, plus a few others are not available on UK Netflix.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Not really the case.

Very good current shows (currently broadcasting in the US) Vikings, Black Sails, Outlander, Turn, Halt and Catch Fire, Red Road, Rogue, Into The Badlands, plus a few others are not available on UK Netflix.

Got to agree. I prefer Prime to Netflix. Other shows worth a watch are Ripper Street, The Man In The High Castle, Mr. Robot, Copper and Fear The Walking Dead.

I have both Netflix and Prime. Netflix have quantity in terms of TV and Movies whilst, in my opinion, Amazon have the better quality when it comes to TV and Movies.

I think both services together provide content that is just as good, or even better, than the shows on SKY Atlantic, SKY One and FOX.

[Tricky Trevor]

It must be around 2 years since Amazon Prime was said to be 'Coming Soon' to Tivo.

[denphone]

Probably longer then that Trevor but one lives in hope that the wheel will turn sooner rather then later.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor

It must be around 2 years since Amazon Prime was said to be 'Coming Soon' to Tivo.

It came to US Tivo then left US Tivo. Its arrival on US Tivo fuelled a few "coming soon" rumours and I think even VM said they'd had discussions. But that was it.

[steveh]

Prime also has exclusive rights to Studio Canal movies in the UK so tends to be better for decent British and European stuff than Netflix.

Well good news sort of, a Virgin manager I spoke with today confirmed TiVo 2.0 is launching in end of July, they will be available via QuickStart for £9.99 with no upfront fee, these boxes are rumoured to come with wifi and 4K. There will be two size options and redesigned user interface. Not forgetting a new revamped tv anywhere where recorded content can come on the move. A rumoured option to turn off SD channels where there is a HD variant and apps on test launch super fast

[denphone]

Well we shall see what this year holds Andrew......

I do agree with who knows what the future holds

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

It came to US Tivo then left US Tivo. Its arrival on US Tivo fuelled a few "coming soon" rumours and I think even VM said they'd had discussions. But that was it.

With US Tivo's, initially all you could do is download to your Tivo's hard drive, any video you had purchased from Amazon. You could not access Prime video.

Eventually Prime video was added to US Tivo, but the ability to download purchased video to Tivo's hard drive was taken away.

This, as far as I know, is the situation that exists today.

The Roamio got the update first, followed several months later by the Premier. Before that change to the Premier, it would have technically not been possible to add Prime to VM's Tivo, even if Amazon and VM did want to do a deal.

[heavyside]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Well good news sort of, a Virgin manager I spoke with today confirmed TiVo 2.0 is launching in end of July, they will be available via QuickStart for £9.99 with no upfront fee, these boxes are rumoured to come with wifi and 4K. There will be two size options and redesigned user interface. Not forgetting a new revamped tv anywhere where recorded content can come on the move. A rumoured option to turn off SD channels where there is a HD variant and apps on test launch super fast

Interesting. If that's indeed the basic spec for Virgin Media's next-gen TiVo box it seems a bit underwhelming and looks like it is simply playing catch-up to Sky's new Q offering. I am still hoping that when the new TiVo box arrives it will take the opportunity to leapfrog Sky Q and give us a whole new generation of box.

PS - I'm not holding my breath.

Well I was in a store today and his brother is a engineer testing the box. There are features that won't Even be in the test box. Would be interesting if any sources can confirm information I was given to be true or not or missing info

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Well I was in a store today and his brother is a engineer testing the box. There are features that won't Even be in the test box. Would be interesting if any sources can confirm information I was given to be true or not or missing info

Two things:
1) Anyone testing unreleased products has signed a non-disclosure agreement.
2) Anyone who knows what they are talking about wouldn't say something was "rumoured".

Draw your own conclusions.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well we shall see what this year holds Andrew......

It holds more price rises, more freeview channels that vm will fail to get.
But there are some goodies coming to vm tv customers in the next 6 months.

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Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Well good news sort of, a Virgin manager I spoke with today confirmed TiVo 2.0 is launching in end of July, they will be available via QuickStart for £9.99 with no upfront fee, these boxes are rumoured to come with wifi and 4K. There will be two size options and redesigned user interface. Not forgetting a new revamped tv anywhere where recorded content can come on the move. A rumoured option to turn off SD channels where there is a HD variant and apps on test launch super fast

Take that info with a pinch of salt we have been told new TIVO will cost and will not be available on quickstart to start with.