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

[Rob King]

Originally Posted by peanut

That is correct, they called me this afternoon out of the blue. And they mentioned that I registered an interest. I was waiting for the catch but there wasn't one. Not a self install either.

where are you in Leicestershire ?

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by markliffen@googl

I registered but not heard anything.

Hey, give 'em chance! They've got a lot of people to contact.

Originally Posted by markliffen@googl

I want to get 2 if possible are they letting you do that or just 1 ?

Ask when they contact you

[markliffen@googl]

Oh yeah I know it's early days was just trying to see if there was a certain criteria they were using that's all

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

[snip]

Virgin don't seem to be shouting from the rooftop about their brilliant new box...seems strange, yeah.

Well they did get someone to knock a quick power point together

[RobboEdin]

Apparently they use your usage of the Community Forum to decide.

They multiply your Kudos on the forum by your Helpful Answers then add 1 to this product. If the answer is a prime number, you get a call and the offer of a free V6.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

[snip]

I fully expect a better range of apps to start appearing as well before too long; after all, the new box is designed for apps and this is completely in keeping with the direction of travel.

That'll be the hundreds of apps within the next 12 months malarkey again will it, the old box was designed for apps as well and the world is still waiting.

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Originally Posted by peanut

Getting one installed in Jan, for free. Can't be worse than the TiVo.

There's a brave statement.

[trickytree]

Originally Posted by markliffen@googl

Are those that are getting it free are the end of or out of contract I registered but not heard anything. Though I'm still in contract sonwonsering if that's why. I want to get 2 if possible are they letting you do that or just 1 ?

My Virgin lady (ooer) did say that due to me being on top BB and top TV I would benefit most from it so qualified/or fitted the criteria to receive a free box.

To be honest I never asked to try and get 2 however she had on record I had a V+ and 1 1TB TiVo and said we would like to take the V+ out and move your TiVo in it's place.
It was then up to me to sort out the connectivity if I wanted to MRS.

She did ask if my SH was in the same place as my TiVo and it is not so she said they may want to move it.
I said I didn't want that as it is connected to my PC via wire and wanted to keep it like that.
She said ok well the engineer would look at this when he arrived and would not change any setup unless I was completely satisfied.

She did mention the £5 charge would go on but they knew it was a bug and would be removed over night and keep the current costs completely the same.

My current contract does not expire until May and she kept saying I am not signing you up to any new contract or anything like that.

[markliffen@googl]

Thanks well I'm on the same tip tier broadband and telly so I'll keep my fingers crossed

[jonbxx]

Well isn't this an exciting development! I registered my interest ages ago and am on the top tier so fingers crossed!

Isn't it amazing to think how far we have gone from having VCRs to now.....

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by OhReally

Well they did get someone to knock a quick power point together

It was probably a job for one of the temps or work experience kids lol

[greeninferno]

Originally Posted by trickytree

My Virgin lady (ooer) did say that due to me being on top BB and top TV I would benefit most from it so qualified/or fitted the criteria to receive a free box.

To be honest I never asked to try and get 2 however she had on record I had a V+ and 1 1TB TiVo and said we would like to take the V+ out and move your TiVo in it's place.
It was then up to me to sort out the connectivity if I wanted to MRS.

She did ask if my SH was in the same place as my TiVo and it is not so she said they may want to move it.
I said I didn't want that as it is connected to my PC via wire and wanted to keep it like that.
She said ok well the engineer would look at this when he arrived and would not change any setup unless I was completely satisfied.

She did mention the £5 charge would go on but they knew it was a bug and would be removed over night and keep the current costs completely the same.

My current contract does not expire until May and she kept saying I am not signing you up to any new contract or anything like that.

what is the thinking behind this?

and have they completely sorted out the WiFi on the latest routers?

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

what is the thinking behind this?

and have they completely sorted out the WiFi on the latest routers?

Presumably, because the V6 needs a nice strong signal to work efficiently. Having a wall or floor between the superhub and the V6 will reduce the signal.

[heavyside]

Here are a couple of Virgin Media V6 v Sky Q comparison articles for those that like that sort of thing. A bit superficial but it's early days yet. I am sure there will be more - and more informative - pieces very soon.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1396...the-difference

http://www.stuff.tv/features/sky-q-v...tv-v6-weigh-in

[mot12]

This is why I prefer self install, I can just get on with it. Without needing to instruct, and make sure the installer gets everything where I want it.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by heavyside

Here are a couple of Virgin Media V6 v Sky Q comparison articles for those that like that sort of thing. A bit superficial but it's early days yet. I am sure there will be more - and more informative - pieces very soon.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1396...the-difference

http://www.stuff.tv/features/sky-q-v...tv-v6-weigh-in

Thanks for those interesting links heavyside.