General : TV360 - pro and cons

[admars]

it did auto upgrade, but I've not had any problems with the box

the voice control at first I thought was a gimmick, but is quicker and easier than going through menus

had no problem streaming shows from prime

was a pain to lose things I recorded, but I was warned of that, and to be fair anything i recorded 6 months ago and haven't watched yet, probably isn;t an issue, tv series from bbc i can stream on iplayer so that's fine.

have used the guide to record programmes as I used to works the same, and watching them works the same, so I'm happy so far

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by admars

it did auto upgrade, but I've not had any problems with the box

the voice control at first I thought was a gimmick, but is quicker and easier than going through menus

had no problem streaming shows from prime

was a pain to lose things I recorded, but I was warned of that, and to be fair anything i recorded 6 months ago and haven't watched yet, probably isn;t an issue, tv series from bbc i can stream on iplayer so that's fine.

have used the guide to record programmes as I used to works the same, and watching them works the same, so I'm happy so far

Still fail to see any great advantage to it, but the grass is always greener , is it not

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Still fail to see any great advantage to it, but the grass is always greener , is it not

It’s just different, that’s all. It doesn’t have the ‘undelete’ feature, but it has ‘profiles’. It doesn’t have the same ‘manage series links’, but it has more apps, including Apple+ and Paramount+.

It’s horses for courses and like most new tech things, there are trade-offs. Frankly I have not missed those minor features I have lost by changing from the V6 to the 360 - I didn’t really use them much anyway. It’s hardly a reason not to change - for me, anyway.

I ask myself questions about this reluctance to change over that some people have - why, for example, do you need to ‘manage’ your series links’ when you can just cancel a series link that you no longer want to have recorded? It makes no sense to me.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It’s just different, that’s all. It doesn’t have the ‘undelete’ feature, but it has ‘profiles’. It doesn’t have the same ‘manage series links’, but it has more apps, including Apple+ and Paramount+.

It’s horses for courses and like most new tech things, there are trade-offs. Frankly I have not missed those minor features I have lost by changing from the V6 to the 360 - I didn’t really use them much anyway. It’s hardly a reason not to change - for me, anyway.

I ask myself questions about this reluctance to change over that some people have - why, for example, do you need to ‘manage’ your series links’ when you can just cancel a series link that you no longer want to have recorded? It makes no sense to me.

Don't use them, not interested in paramount, or apple anyway could I get them on a smart tv?.not interested in voice control, and always have recordings to watch, don't watch any shows but news live!

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Don't use them, not interested in paramount, or apple anyway could I get them on a smart tv?.not interested in voice control, and always have recordings to watch, don't watch any shows but news live!

The advantage of having the streamers on Virgin is that you can add programmes from those streamers onto your watchlist (Netflix excepted). I find that useful because I can keep track of what I’m watching.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

The advantage of having the streamers on Virgin is that you can add programmes from those streamers onto your watchlist (Netflix excepted). I find that useful because I can keep track of what I’m watching.

Great , but of no interest to me happy with system at the moment, but never say never. Push against moving to v6 for ages

[nomadking]

One of the things that concerns me is, can you watch a show that is currently recording, other than the last 5 minutes?

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by nomadking

One of the things that concerns me is, can you watch a show that is currently recording, other than the last 5 minutes?

Yes, select it from the list of recordings, then pick "watch from start"

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Yes, select it from the list of recordings, then pick "watch from start"

Is that while they're recording or only after the recording has finished? Can you watch 15 mins of a programme and then return to it whilst it's still recording?
From post in this VM forum thread.

Something else that seems to be missing; watching an in progress recording. I set it to record the world cup final and then sat down to watch it 2 hours in and all it would show was as much of the iPlayer buffer, not what it had recorded so far. Gave up and came back once the match was over and then watched it. At 4 hours, just after the second penalty, the recording stopped. A tad miffed I can tell you. I assume that means there's a hard 4 hour recording cap too.

Perhaps things have changed since December 2022.

[Mr K]

I'm not sure how VM thought this box would be popular with those that have previously had a V6/Tivo. It is a downgrade of services. New customers won't know any better, hence the divided opinions.

The majority of people still just watch or record live tv. Streaming isn't the future yet. Customer numbers count at the end of the day and VM are losing sheds loads of them.

Unless they have a major upgrade or yet another new box/software platform or make it up with Tivo Inc. they are in big trouble , particularly as they also no longer have the monopoly on fast broadband, and their CS consistently wins awards for being the worst.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by nomadking

Is that while they're recording or only after the recording has finished? Can you watch 15 mins of a programme and then return to it whilst it's still recording?

There aren't any restrictions as far as I know. There was a problem with really long recordings (10+ hours), but I think that's now fixed.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Mr K

I'm not sure how VM thought this box would be popular with those that have previously had a V6/Tivo. It is a downgrade of services. New customers won't know any better, hence the divided opinions.

The majority of people still just watch or record live tv. Streaming isn't the future yet. Customer numbers count at the end of the day and VM are losing sheds loads of them.

Unless they have a major upgrade or yet another new box/software platform or make it up with Tivo Inc. they are in big trouble , particularly as they also no longer have the monopoly on fast broadband, and their CS consistently wins awards for being the worst.

i think its subjective that. i prefer this box to the v6 just my own opinion. my mum who is in her 70s found it a bit difficult but got the hang of it within a week.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

i think its subjective that. i prefer this box to the v6 just my own opinion. my mum who is in her 70s found it a bit difficult but got the hang of it within a week.

People are bound to prefer one or the other, depending on the extra or missing functions on each box.

At the moment i've seen relatively few existing customers who prefer the 360 to the V6. New customers, of course, won't have anything to compare the 360 to!

[johnasimmons]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

i think its subjective that. i prefer this box to the v6 just my own opinion. my mum who is in her 70s found it a bit difficult but got the hang of it within a week.

I agree as I am not a big recording person, prefer live or streaming / on demand

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

People are bound to prefer one or the other, depending on the extra or missing functions on each box.

At the moment i've seen relatively few existing customers who prefer the 360 to the V6. New customers, of course, won't have anything to compare the 360 to!

The missing features compared with the V6 are only minor, and there other other features on the 360 that in my opinion are better and more useful.

If I understand this correctly, some of the TiVo features are patented anyway.