General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2 - Page 185

denphone · 01-11-2016, 12:58

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

That's not the attitude Den! Surely you should be saying:
1) It's going to slow my Tivo down.
2) You have to pay extra for the service.
3) I don't like anything that Amazon offers, why don't they give me good channels like Sky do?
4) They're only doing it to get commission from Amazon not for their customers.
5) Why are VM wasting my money doing this when I can get it on my smart TV.
4) Why can't they give me Sky Atlantic, VM were offered it at a great price but decided to give me foreign TV channels and slow pay TV apps instead.

Well l think your best bet Andrew is to count to ten and and then say doomsayers three times and by that time the wonderful malcontents of this forum will appear by magic methinks.

Ultimate.Conj · 01-11-2016, 12:58

Amazon Apps are already on loads of devices that are connected to people's TVs.

Unless you don't have a Smart TV or a console connected to your TV, I cannot see the big deal in this, sorry guys.
For me it's no issue to connect to Netflix and Amazon through the Smart TV app instead of using the Tivo box. It's probably a lot quicker to be honest.

denphone · 01-11-2016, 13:03

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Amazon Apps are already on loads of devices that are connected to people's TVs.

Unless you don't have a Smart TV or a console connected to your TV, I cannot see the big deal in this, sorry guys.

Personally l am one of those dyed in the wool old codgers who likes things to be on the same box.

theone2k10 · 01-11-2016, 13:05

So VM have caught up with other devices then? Only took them a couple of years to do so.
Anyway Wuaki is on it's way to vm tivo soon too.

1andrew1 · 01-11-2016, 13:08

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Originally Posted by denphone

Personally l am one of those dyed in the wool old codgers who likes things to be on the same box.

Presumably it also means you can search across all sources, potentially saving time and money if content is available free on one service but charged on another.
I think this timing sits well with the new series from Clarkson & Co and I wonder if it will appear on other boxes like YouView.

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

So VM have caught up with other devices then? Only took them a couple of years to do so.
Anyway Wuaki is on it's way to vm tivo soon too.

Still before all its pay-tv competitors Sky, BT and TalkTalk though.

RichardCoulter · 01-11-2016, 13:10

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Presumably it also means you can search across all sources, potentially saving time and money if content is available free on one service but charged on another.
I think this timing sits well with the new series from Clarkson & Co and I wonder if it will appear on other boxes like YouView.

That's a good point.

I imagine that most people won't want to use it on the TiVo until the new box arrives though.

I wonder what will be on channel 205? YourTV?

theone2k10 · 01-11-2016, 13:18

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Presumably it also means you can search across all sources, potentially saving time and money if content is available free on one service but charged on another.
I think this timing sits well with the new series from Clarkson & Co and I wonder if it will appear on other boxes like YouView.

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Still before all its pay-tv competitors Sky, BT and TalkTalk though.

True but bt, talktalk apps tend to work pretty quickly unlike the dinosaur that is vms current tivo, although that is going to improve greatly when vms tivo2 comes out very very soon.
I call it the tivo2 for simplicity lol.

denphone · 01-11-2016, 13:19

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

So VM have caught up with other devices then? Only took them a couple of years to do so.
Anyway Wuaki is on it's way to vm tivo soon too.

As Andrew says its something Sky have not got and are unlikely to have anytime soon so it is a good USP in my opinion for Virgin.

theone2k10 · 01-11-2016, 13:19

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

That's a good point.

I imagine that most people won't want to use it on the TiVo until the new box arrives though.

I wonder what will be on channel 205? YourTV?

Price rise tv knowing VM

denphone · 01-11-2016, 13:22

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Price rise tv knowing VM

Victor Meldrew would be proud of you with your reliable daily grumping Sir.

RichardCoulter · 01-11-2016, 13:25

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Price rise tv knowing VM

From Price Drop TV to Price Rise TV, luv it

1andrew1 · 01-11-2016, 13:33

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Price rise tv knowing VM

Get back on the naughty step and only return when you can tell Vince when he is getting Fox News.

theone2k10 · 01-11-2016, 13:35

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Get back on the naughty step and only return when you can tell Vince when he is getting Fox News.

As far as we know FOX News is still testing, hopefully it'll be on vm before Christmas for young Vince.

muppetman11 · 01-11-2016, 13:49

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Presumably it also means you can search across all sources, potentially saving time and money if content is available free on one service but charged on another.
I think this timing sits well with the new series from Clarkson & Co and I wonder if it will appear on other boxes like YouView.

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Still before all its pay-tv competitors Sky, BT and TalkTalk though.

I would agree with all that , I'd say as a non Virgin Media subscriber I'm pretty neutral on the news , its not something that would instantly turn my head and want to make me subscribe that said I can see the merits of accessing your subscriptions through the one box for me certainly not essential but convenient.

I'd imagine the next platform to add Amazon will be Youview as BT's head of TV has already stated they'd like to. Sky is still taking a more cautious view on adding these services which is understandable being that they provide lots of their own content. It's something what they seem to be keeping an eye on if surveys are anything to go by.

bolgerp · 01-11-2016, 14:24

One thing that IS quite handy with having the apps on one box is that (for those of us with surround sound/AV Receiver set up) you don't have to fiddle around with alternating inputs etc. to the AV equipment.

That being said, I have an Apple TV and Amazon Fire connected to my AV receiver and tend to use these for Netflix/Amazon/iPlayer etc. on demand stuff. They are just just way faster than the TiVo box.