Begun, this Virginercation Has [Firmware Review!]

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Mick Fisher

Yep same for me. To be able to see the 24 hours that you are all concerned about would be an improvement for me.
Lets see, if they are cutting it from 3 days to 1 day then I will likely only see about 1 hour now.
As it stands the EPG has always been a joke and looks to be staying that way.

Unless of course you get the TV Drive(V+HD Box) as that has an 8 day guide and the mini guide lets you look through near enough 24hrs.

[themelon]

I never bother with EPGs any way, I prefer to use the Now and Next bar.

I preferred the old version of the now an next bar which allowed you to scroll through most of the day, press info and find out about stuff on, now I can only see whats now and next for anything else I have to go into guide which is annoying.

There has to be a better way of obtaining the guide data. My Media Centre PC gets it from the web. They could almost do with a download text files or something into the RAM of the boxes, which the EPG reads from. I wouldnt expect it to take up too much memory.

I Suppose it can not be that simple! else you would hope it would have been done.

[quadplay]

If you use the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons on the remote, you will skip any channels you're not subscribed to. You only see unsubscribed channels in the Miniguide if you use the Left and Right buttons to see what's on other channels.

[KN4995]

Originally Posted by quadplay

If you use the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons on the remote, you will skip any channels you're not subscribed to. You only see unsubscribed channels in the Miniguide if you use the Left and Right buttons to see what's on other channels.

So, in the new firmware, if I'm flicking about, unsubscribed channels will be skipped?
Doesn't sound right to me, that? They aren't skipped at the moment? I get the black screen with "You are not susbcribed...." message.
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
Sorry if so.

[quadplay]

No, that's right - Channel Up and Channel Down buttons will skip unsubscribed channels.

[KN4995]

Originally Posted by quadplay

No, that's right - Channel Up and Channel Down buttons will skip unsubscribed channels.

Oh.
Well, that's good news then.
Cheers.

[AndyCambs]

Is this new firmware on all platforms, or just former Telewest?

[RileyM]

Originally Posted by AndyCambs

For some reason I can't even see beyond the next programme on the TV Guide.. And Movies 24 still says "Searching for Programmes..." despite a reboot or three.

Originally Posted by RileyM

...When an engineer came round yesterday...he said, that they were expecting a Update download in the next few days, which should fix this...

...I'm in the Cambridge region.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by AndyCambs

Is this new firmware on all platforms, or just former Telewest?

All platforms

[HDFootyMan]

I'm pleased to report that Coventry's Virginercation is now complete - the new Virgin firmware code has been downloaded to my TV Drive/V+ Box.

[neoapple]

wonders when bromley gets it

[quadplay]

The Ashford area already has the new code, and that's on the Bromley platform. It got it at the same time as Coventry (Langley) and Brentwood (Knowsley). Future rollout dates will be determined depending on how successful the pilot is in these areas.

[AndyCambs]

Originally Posted by neoapple

wonders when bromley gets it

Bromley is always last....

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by AndyCambs

Bromley is always last....

Heh, not always. I remember the days when Bromley got new software and channels first.

[AndyCambs]

Originally Posted by Chris Howell

Heh, not always. I remember the days when Bromley got new software and channels first.

When????
I remember I was last with broadband - my brother in Langley area had it long before me..