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

[dwarfofpoison]

Originally Posted by Joedm45

Does anyone know the approximate range of the RF remote?

Originally Posted by spiderplant

It's the same as 2.4GHz WiFi

My anecdotal findings are a little different.

0-10 feet = Great signal with the remote working well in any direction.
10-15 = Still decent but a little less responsive.
15-20 = The remote seems to be pushing its limits and behaves much like an IR remote, needs a little pointing!

The RF TiVo remote fails to work behind a closed door 5 feet away where as my RF light switch has no trouble 25 feet away and in the next room.The TiVo RF signal won't even pass through the palm of your hand.

The TiVo IR remote has had a new lease of life though, used with the V6 the IR remote has become a lot more powerful. Only needing a vague line of sight.

I have to add the TiVo RF remote is in my view, the better of the two types and there's no learning curve. Size and feel has a lot to do with it!

[jb66]

Originally Posted by OhReally

So finally you agree with me, these new boxes are going to kill the bandwidth for everyone else.

I seem to recall me being slapped down earlier as being ridiculous because the V6 takes all of it's data feed from the coax and the ip connection was purely for command and control.

Oh dear...2 million V6's x 100 mbps = 2x10^14 bits per second. Yes, I know they aren't all on my segment but they are all going back to the core at some point.

They only use the broadband connection for a return path, I.E watching BBC I player, the exact same as a normal tivo. There will be no change to bandwidth apart from the fact 4k is now an option.

There will be less noise in the network as in the future only the modem will be sending rf back through the network the v6 just receives rf. Moving to v6 is a good thing

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by OhReally

Oh dear...2 million V6's x 100 mbps = 2x10^14 bits per second. Yes, I know they aren't all on my segment but they are all going back to the core at some point.

It's not 1xV6 = 1x100Mbps.

It's 1x100Mbit (or higher) for any V6 boxes an account has.

Originally Posted by jb66

They only use the broadband connection for a return path, I.E watching BBC I player, the exact same as a normal tivo. There will be no change to bandwidth apart from the fact 4k is now an option.

The V6 uses the home network connection for everything that isn't broadcast TV or broadcast VoD. That includes streaming iPlayer, YouTube and Netflix, and all connecting all the other apps.

But then the current TiVos also use a broadband connection for doing those - they just happen to have their own seperate one.

So everytime a new TiVo is set up, a new broadband device is added to the local area - and that definately could be seen as 1x10Mbps per TiVo.

[RobboEdin]

I've just done a test of the V6 remote.
It works from anywhere in my house, even upstairs, diagonally opposite, pointed in any direction.
Of course, I have correctly paired my remote.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by dwarfofpoison

My anecdotal findings are a little different.

0-10 feet = Great signal with the remote working well in any direction.
10-15 = Still decent but a little less responsive.
15-20 = The remote seems to be pushing its limits and behaves much like an IR remote, needs a little pointing!

The RF TiVo remote fails to work behind a closed door 5 feet away where as my RF light switch has no trouble 25 feet away and in the next room.The TiVo RF signal won't even pass through the palm of your hand.

I suspect your remote is working on IR, not RF. I've just taken a V6 remote down to the other end of the building (about 100 feet and through 4 walls) and it still works fine.

To reset your remote, reboot the V6 and wait until the HOME screen is displayed. Then press and hold TV + Clear until you get a green light on top of the remote.
Press Thumbs Down 3 times, then press OK twice. When you next press a button, the remote will pair with the V6 again.

[dwarfofpoison]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

I suspect your remote is working on IR, not RF.

Thanks spiderplant & RobboEdin, yep I'm back my idiot self. You're bsolutely right my remote was working on IR. It's a different animal now! Disregard my last post (anecdotal rubbish).

[braysoj1]

Mines ordered coming 11th Feb £49.99

[Rob King]

mines ordered for 5th Jan 2017 but still not updated on My Virgin Media has anyone have the same ?

[braysoj1]

It will go though on the 5th

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by Rob King

mines ordered for 5th Jan 2017 but still not updated on My Virgin Media has anyone have the same ?

Mine appeared on "Your Order Tracking" on My Virgin Media before I got the confirmation email.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by braysoj1

Mines ordered coming 11th Feb £49.99

Beat you as ours is a day before.

[barbelboy]

Anybody got the new virgin media v6 box. What HIFI now sayin Planet Earth 2 4k HLG clip can be played on any 4k HDR TV via this box.

[BenMcr]

HDR isn't yet available on the V6. So you can play the clip but it won't be in HDR.

Although Trusted Reviews seemed to be saying that it's not actually in HDR anywhere yet

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...-content-guide

[muppetman11]

It isn't in HDR yet , it's available on certain Panasonic UHD sets , Virgin V6 and Sky Q however only SDR.

[joglynne]

Sorry to be a pain but could Ben or Spiderplant give me their opinion whether my pathetic average of 7Mbps down speeds during the worst of my high contention periods, (all evening from 7pm to 1am and most of the weekend) would adversely effect the new Tivo. No other things running on my BB other than my smart phone and laptop.

Oh and I'm not a gamer .... well I may have the odd game of Patience.