Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
25-06-2019, 18:03
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Haven't had a chance to watch the two you added later at the bottom, and it's a shame I don't understand what is being said. I had seen photos before but I thought they had distorted the box...but it is a thinner and wider version of the V6 design.
The interface looked slick in the video I have had a chance to watch, but I can't say I was particularly impressed. Seemed slickness for slickness sake rather than intuitive/logical.
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25-06-2019, 18:13
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Yep, it's pretty much the V6 box but with the hard drive removed. Somebody yesterday said there would be a new box, but I'm sure the V6 will be Horizon 4 compatible. And yes the interface looks slick.
On one of the links is a Dutch comparison between the old Horizon 3 box and interface and the new one, it's worth watching too.
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25-06-2019, 18:34
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Question is, if it is closing, will Sony use the space for another channel on Virgin Media? There are a few +1s of theirs they could use the stream for on VM.
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Look unlikey Media Boy HQ think Virgin did sign an new deal with Sony last year when True Entertainment +1 launched on July 21st 2018.
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25-06-2019, 18:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by Horizon
Yep, it's pretty much the V6 box but with the hard drive removed. Somebody yesterday said there would be a new box, but I'm sure the V6 will be Horizon 4 compatible. And yes the interface looks slick.
On one of the links is a Dutch comparison between the old Horizon 3 box and interface and the new one, it's worth watching too.
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Found this video with a guy separating the 2 halves of the V6 box (which I am not condoning).
Essentially its is 2 boxes in one!, the top half appears to be very similar to Liberty's Horizon 4 box which would connect to the cloud for recorded content and the bottom connected half only contains the hard drive for use by current UK V6 customers.
Watch from 2min 10 secs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isteKO4zxI
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25-06-2019, 18:43
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Thank you, newapollo; I was not too far out then!
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25-06-2019, 18:44
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Given some people just want cable TV and not broadband, I wonder whether VM will create a version with a modem so that they can eventually phase out their original Tivos, which are only being kept around for that purpose.
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25-06-2019, 18:50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Good find fox35.
So the V6 is exactly the same as Liberty's other Horizon 4 boxes, just they've added the hard drive as a extra while VM use tivo. Clever.
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Given some people just want cable TV and not broadband, I wonder whether VM will create a version with a modem so that they can eventually phase out their original Tivos, which are only being kept around for that purpose.
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It doesn't look like as all the equipment has been standardised with the Connect box (superhub3) being the router/modem box.
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25-06-2019, 18:52
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
Look unlikey Media Boy HQ think Virgin did sign an new deal with Sony last year when True Entertainment +1 launched on July 21st 2018.
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That would be more likely if Sony launched a new channel. That deal would have included True Crime which is no longer going to be provided, so a replacement, especially an existing channel could be slotted in to hold up Sony's end of the deal e.g. if it was for X number of channels.
I can see True Entertainment+1 moving up to 212 in place of True Crime if nothing else. Given VM has had the pop-up channel Pop Power in the past I can see Pop Max filling the gap (though obviously not the EPG position).
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25-06-2019, 18:53
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
And very good find, new apollo.
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25-06-2019, 18:58
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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I can't tell what this is, maybe a disguised new service rather than a move within the network, but there are new HD streams on multiplex/stream alongside Premier Sports 2 HD now.
One is an HD stream and the screengrab has a VM Love logo from its promo reel.
The other is an HD stream with a Sky Cinema logo on its screengrab.
Showing on Tsid13/C047 on Digital Bit Rate website.
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Media Boy Investigation: Up to SEVEN new HD Channels set to launch????
Media Boy HQ has just seen on DBR and one of your reported HD Channel is using SID 1302. But the other one of your reported HD Channel is using SID 1308.
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25-06-2019, 18:58
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
It’s been known for a while the V6 and Horizon share the same hardware.
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25-06-2019, 19:01
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Media Boy Investigation: Up to SEVEN new HD Channels set to launch????
Media Boy HQ has just seen on DBR and one of your reported HD Channel is using SID 1302. But the other one of your reported HD Channel is using SID 1308.
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Interesting MB.
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25-06-2019, 19:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Wimbledon is almost here, perhaps that's the HD channels??
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25-06-2019, 19:09
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Wimbledon is almost here, perhaps that's the HD channels??
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More BBC Red Button Channels are testing right now for that.
One HD Channel and Five SD Channels will appear from Channel 990 to 996 later this week.
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