Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

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there abig difference in the old hard disk and the new ones and it down the platter and how they rea and write, dnt forgot back then you are probally talk ide33 or ide 100 now oyoua re talkign sata 3000 tehre a vast differnece int eh speed and or factors new drives fail within 2 years you can get them lastign 5 years or 3 monhts but genreally it 2 years that wh comanies use raid and they dnt byuy the disk at the same tiem they stagger them so it mostly only one will fail if you are really paranoid you go with RAID60

but the drives are different and if you tkae it back to when they where out the PVR drive was dearer same now but not by much as the above user pointed out but we dnt knwo the hard disk geting used

Andrew, although I'm a bit out of touch with current hardware specifications, having no SATA drives in the house yet, my opinion would be that, as drive capacity and speed has improved, so has resilience. I concede that, for PVR use, the drives are expected to run hot as there is usually no cooling fan in the box but the drives are designed for that.

Personally, an MTBF of anything less than 5 years would be unacceptable to me but perhaps I have exceptionally high standards.

{Edit: Apology for deviating somewhat off topic.}

[mattboothers]

Can we please get on topic...its frustrating.

[spankysmagicpian]

Originally Posted by mattboothers

Can we please get on topic...its frustrating.

Virgin hope to launch all HD channels that they currently haven't got, sometime in the future.

[mattboothers]

Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

Virgin hope to launch all HD channels that they currently haven't got, sometime in the future.

fair enough answer. But they wont Sky Cable will when Murdoch takes over Virgin Media

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Any news on Clubland TV yet?

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by mattboothers

fair enough answer. But they wont Sky Cable will when Murdoch takes over Virgin Media

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Any news on Clubland TV yet?

if virgin ever get rid of there debt i acutally see sky bidding for them well newscorp and by that time virgin will be in good postin for speed and tv platform it ill jsu be channelsthey lack andi am sure sky then offe them all

[gadge]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

if virgin ever get rid of there debt i acutally see sky bidding for them well newscorp and by that time virgin will be in good postin for speed and tv platform it ill jsu be channelsthey lack andi am sure sky then offe them all

They wouldn't be allowed to buy virgin.

[mattboothers]

Originally Posted by gadge

They wouldn't be allowed to buy virgin.

Sorry to intrude but Why wont they.. Virgin Media was alowed to buy ntl:Telewest. Why cant Sky buy Virgin Media?

EDIT: Actually to stop this thread from going off-topic again I have created a new thread for this issue!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post35118239

[Blokie]

Originally Posted by mattboothers

Sorry to intrude but Why wont they.. Virgin Media was aloud to buy ntl:Telewest. Why cant Sky buy Virgin Media?

EDIT: Actually to stop this thread from going off-topic again I have created a new thread for this issue!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post35118239

Competition and monopoly laws.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by mattboothers

Sorry to intrude but Why wont they.. Virgin Media was alowed to buy ntl:Telewest. Why cant Sky buy Virgin Media?

EDIT: Actually to stop this thread from going off-topic again I have created a new thread for this issue!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post35118239

Virgin media didn't by ntl. They are ntl telewest. We bought virgin mobile and change the name.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by mattboothers

Sorry to intrude but Why wont they.. Virgin Media was aloud to buy ntl:Telewest. Why cant Sky buy Virgin Media?

EDIT: Actually to stop this thread from going off-topic again I have created a new thread for this issue!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post35118239

As legislation stands at the moment any bid by Sky for Virgin media would be thrown out by the monopolies and merger commission.
News Corps bid for the 60% of Sky they don't own, has already got the EU and the UK government investigating as they own The Times,Sunday Times and the Sun newspapers.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

I made enquiries recently about RTÉ International TV coming to Virgin Media and this was the response from RTÉ:-

Links:-

RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster
RTÉ Player: Catch up with your favourite TV programmes online

More on this subject ...

Originally Posted by RTÉ

Dear Félim

At some stage in the recent past, there was talk of a service into the UK, but due to the downturn, that plan was over-ruled in favour of an international online player service. Website: http://www.rte.ie/player
Perhaps into the future, such a plan will be reinstated but at this time, when RTÉ needs to focus on developing its digital television strategy, it is investing all of its resources into that development, which must be completed by 2012, when the analogue system will be switched off. Thank you for your query.

With every good wish

Kind regards

Brigitte Murphy
RTÉ Information-Communications

[Chad]

RTE Player is not too bad. Watched some recent boxing broadcasts on it. RTE on demand, is that something Virgin would ever consider or is there a lack of demand for Irish broadcasting in the UK?

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by Chad

RTE Player is not too bad. Watched some recent boxing broadcasts on it. RTE on demand, is that something Virgin would ever consider or is there a lack of demand for Irish broadcasting in the UK?

they couldnt do it cause of rights

[huxleypiguk]

I miss the Gaelic Hurling and Football from Sentanta days. I thought RTE player would have something but no. The GAA don't seem to like having their sports shown online.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

they couldnt do it cause of rights

Andrew, the response from RTÉ was "that plan was over-ruled in favour of an international online player service" which implies that they allow access to at least some programming on-line anywhere in the world so it would surely not be an issue for Virgin Media to carry the same service using the cable TV system.

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Originally Posted by huxleypiguk

I miss the Gaelic Hurling and Football from Sentanta days. I thought RTE player would have something but no. The GAA don't seem to like having their sports shown online.

Do you know nothing? The GAA do not approve of armchair sportsmen. You either play the game in the spilling rain or you support it standing up in the rain. It's only stringent health and safety regulations that forced them to introduce headgear for players and seating at Croke Park. They still managed to keep Hill 16 as terraces, as it is considered a national monument, but for soccer games it is either closed off or temporary seating is fitted to appease UEFA.