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

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Strange, that. One would have thought that a tuner would be reserved for 'on demand' viewing. I have lost track of the number of times I've been watching something from on demand and then get a dialogue box come up to say the box needs the tuner for recording.

It puts you off using it, and now I get into Catch Up only through my smart TV. I haven't seen any of the Virgin exclusives so far for that very reason.

Not having them allocated makes more sense to me. If one was dedicated solely to On Demand, then when on demand is not being watched, you have more tuners available for live recordings.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Not having them allocated makes more sense to me. If one was dedicated solely to On Demand, then when on demand is not being watched, you have more tuners available for live recordings.

Yes, I get that, but the fact that there is not a dedicated tuner for on demand programmes puts you off using it.

[blue666666]

is there any new news on the v6 like launch date or specs of the box we know it can do 4k

[denphone]

The best thing to do is watch this space....

[Bananaman_007]

According to the VM contact centre advisor i talked to today in order to use the new box you must have the Superhub 3 anybody know why that may be?

[jb66]

Originally Posted by Bananaman_007

According to the VM contact centre advisor i talked to today in order to use the new box you must have the Superhub 3 anybody know why that may be?

You need a superhub 2 or 3 and on at least 100meg BB due to the fact the new v6 tivo doesn't have a built in modem

[Bananaman_007]

He was adament that superhub 3 was required, he hinted he was testing one of the new boxes and in order to do that had to change to the superhub 3. But of course this could all have been a ruse to get me to upgrade my modem.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, I get that, but the fact that there is not a dedicated tuner for on demand programmes puts you off using it.

That, I just don't get.

[Stephen]

Why do you need a tuner for on demand? I always thought as it was a streamed service it dodnt actually need a tuner anyway.

As you can record three things and still watch on demand.

[RichardCoulter]

If you try to watch VOD when all 3 tuners are in use, it asks if you want to stop one of the recordings to do so. If you tell it to carry on as it was, you can't use VOD.

Is there an easy way to know if the box is using the VOD system or an app?

Is the new box not having its own modem a good or a bad thing?

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Why do you need a tuner for on demand? I always thought as it was a streamed service it dodnt actually need a tuner anyway.

As you can record three things and still watch on demand.

Er - have you actually tried out that theory, Stephen?

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

If you try to watch VOD when all 3 tuners are in use, it asks if you want to stop one of the recordings to do so. If you tell it to carry on as it was, you can't use VOD.

That's right, Richard.

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Originally Posted by passingbat

That, I just don't get.

It is annoying to have something you are watching interrupted by a dialogue box saying that it needs to use a tuner and then you have to remember to watch the rest at a later date.

This is not the case with apps such as the I-player or Netflix, of course.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It is annoying to have something you are watching interrupted by a dialogue box saying that it needs to use a tuner and then you have to remember to watch the rest at a later date.

This is not the case with apps such as the I-player or Netflix, of course.

Given that you know that if you have all 3 tuners active at a given time, OD won't be available to watch at that time. Therefore, simply choose another time to watch the OD show.


Don't limit the availability of three recordable tuners, when the solution to your problem is a simple one.

Originally Posted by passingbat

Given that you know that if you have all 3 tuners active at a given time, OD won't be available to watch at that time. Therefore, simply choose another time to watch the OD show.


Don't limit the availability of three recordable tuners, when the solution to your problem is a simple one.

Or get something with 12 tuners and call it Q

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Given that you know that if you have all 3 tuners active at a given time, OD won't be available to watch at that time. Therefore, simply choose another time to watch the OD show.


Don't limit the availability of three recordable tuners, when the solution to your problem is a simple one.

Well, given that I don't start viewing until about 8.30 pm and the three tuners are normally I use between 9 and 11 pm, this doesn't work for me. The three tuners are used because they are recording programmes I want to see and so limiting my recordings is not really what I want to do.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Well, given that I don't start viewing until about 8.30 pm and the three tuners are normally I use between 9 and 11 pm, this doesn't work for me. The three tuners are used because they are recording programmes I want to see and so limiting my recordings is not really what I want to do.

Reducing your recordable tuners to two would make your problems worse. OD can be watched any time; scheduled shows have limited recording opportunities.


Your plan would cause more problems than you want it to solve.


Have you thought of looking at your planned recordings list before starting to watch an OD show?