Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV - Page 14

mersey70 · 16-10-2010, 19:04

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

It's all about YOU. What about US?

You could use a splitter/combiner for the DTT and CATV connections to the back of the set! I must say that I'm a little surprised that there aren't separate connections for the aerial and cable.

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Ditto but I'm not sure he wanted it made public!!!

No there is just a standard aerial input. I am surprised there is a cable tuner in it, according to the manual it includes MPEG4 too but it was bought in Argos so I assume it's a UK model. I will just take the odd look now and again, I promise!

Interestingly EPG data for other regions appears too (STV, UTV, RTE etc) but they are not viewable, it dosen't say scrambled like the pay channels it just says service not available but there are lots of manual tune options asking for all sorts of parameters but I wouldn't know what to type in. I just did a plug and play search and also a search starting and ending with the frequency shown on the screenshots provided by the earlier poster.

Media Boy UK · 17-10-2010, 10:30

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Originally Posted by braysoj1

media boy

if liverpool fc go in administration what would happen 2 lfc tv

I think this new Liverpool owner may ask fans to pay extra to view the channel.

johnasimmons · 17-10-2010, 10:40

Any one have info about Universal HD starting on VM tomorrow?

Felim_Doyle · 17-10-2010, 11:04

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Originally Posted by johnasimmons

Any one have info about Universal HD starting on VM tomorrow?

Hallmark Channel UK is owned by NBC Universal and the name is (was) used under licence from Crown Media (aka Hallmark Gold Crown/Hallmark Cards) in the US but this arrangement has now expired. Hallmark Channel in the US is owned by Crown Media itself and so is not the same channel as we have here.

AFAIK the rebrand is just that and there is no suggestion that any contracts between VM and NBC Universal have expired, been renewed or renegotiated. Therefore I would not expect any change to the VM line-up other than the name change for now. If Universal HD does appear any time soon its unlikely to be related to the Hallmark rebranding and would be part of separate ongoing negotiations between VM and NBC Universal.

To avoid disappointment you should try not to connect the two events.

passingbat · 17-10-2010, 12:30

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

Hallmark Channel UK is owned by NBC Universal and the name is (was) used under licence from Crown Media (aka Hallmark Gold Crown/Hallmark Cards) in the US but this arrangement has now expired. Hallmark Channel in the US is owned by Crown Media itself and so is not the same channel as we have here.

AFAIK the rebrand is just that and there is no suggestion that any contracts between VM and NBC Universal have expired, been renewed or renegotiated. Therefore I would not expect any change to the VM line-up other than the name change for now. If Universal HD does appear any time soon its unlikely to be related to the Hallmark rebranding and would be part of separate ongoing negotiations between VM and NBC Universal.

To avoid disappointment you should try not to connect the two events.

You're trying to spoil all our fun. We like to get our hopes up about potential HD launches and then live in the dissapointment that follows when they don't.

zantarous · 17-10-2010, 15:03

Why anyone would think Virgin would hold back a channel just because a rebrand is happening is beyond me, no announcement has been made so it is extreamly likely that Universal HD will be joining the line up tomorrow.

DJ-SWITCH · 17-10-2010, 15:19

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Originally Posted by zantarous

Why anyone would think Virgin would hold back a channel just because a rebrand is happening is beyond me, no announcement has been made so it is extreamly likely that Universal HD will be joining the line up tomorrow.

Init ill be very

if it ant there

mattboothers · 17-10-2010, 15:23

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH

Init ill be very

if it ant there

Get ready to turn your

off incase

DJ-SWITCH · 17-10-2010, 15:52

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Originally Posted by mattboothers

Get ready to turn your

off incase

Do you no something i dont

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On October 18, the pay-TV channel and its high definition variant will become the Universal Channel and the Universal Channel HD on Sky and Virgin Media. The Hallmark Channel +1 will also take on the new branding.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...universal.html

So it has to be comeing 2morrow

muppetman11 · 17-10-2010, 16:45

Thought I'd read somewhere Universal HD was coming to Virgin on channel 161 but maybe I'm wrong.

gregpegg · 17-10-2010, 16:49

No mention of HD for VM on the Universal Channel web site.

zantarous · 17-10-2010, 16:50

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH

[/COLOR]On October 18, the pay-TV channel and its high definition variant will become the Universal Channel and the Universal Channel HD on Sky and Virgin Media. The Hallmark Channel +1 will also take on the new branding.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...universal.html

So it has to be comeing 2morrow

You are reading the sentence wrong, it says that the the channels will be rebranded not that the HD variant will be on VM.

gadge · 17-10-2010, 17:07

I will be very surprised if the hd version does come tomorrow be nice if it did.

Well done to the lads today for stuffing liverpool good and proper hope you enjoy the championship next season.

jamiec21 · 17-10-2010, 17:15

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Originally Posted by DJ-SWITCH

Do you no something i dont

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On October 18, the pay-TV channel and its high definition variant will become the Universal Channel and the Universal Channel HD on Sky and Virgin Media. The Hallmark Channel +1 will also take on the new branding.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...universal.html

So it has to be comeing 2morrow

Remember that Digital Spy said that Sky Sports News HD would be launching on Virgin at launch. It didn't and we're still waiting. All Digital Spy do is rewrite press releases and, if they're not fully clear in the first place, then that leads to confusion later on.

The simple fact is that, in the vast majority of cases, Virgin Media announces HD channel launches with fair notice and normally with a placeholder. People may point to Five HD but that seems to be a rarity, and even that was at least testing on the platform prior to launch.

It's fair to say there's more chance of Universal HD not being available tomorrow.

mersey70 · 17-10-2010, 17:15

I did another search on my TV (that has a cable tuner built in) and there is still nothing else showing as testing apart from BBC One HD.