Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV

[clinteastman]

Techradar have an in depth look at the box and software, link posted in the TiVo thread:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35130478-post106.html

[gadge]

Just signed up.Very surprised there is no tivo branding on the box.

[Digital Fanatic]

I love the preview vid too

[clinteastman]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

I love the preview vid too

They really sell it in that video, looks great.

[tweedie]

I hope £199 is for new customers and existing customers get a discount on that.

£199 for a box you will never own is abit ****

£26.50 per month for this box is a disgrace. I already pay £75 per month at the moment. Virgin know how to look after there customers.

[Ignitionnet]

See how many people think it's great but expect discounts on it now

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by winkle

£26.50 per month for this box is a disgrace. I already pay £75 per month at the moment. Virgin know how to look after there customers.

It's quoting XL pack prices

It's a premium product

[clinteastman]

Originally Posted by winkle

£26.50 per month for this box is a disgrace. I already pay £75 per month at the moment. Virgin know how to look after there customers.

You do realise that's XL TV with £3 on top, not XL with £26.50 on top.

[edit]What DF said![/edit]

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

See how many people think it's great but expect discounts on it now

Indeed... it's a premium product afterall.

[Perfect Choice]

So effectively you only get the box if you are on XL TV since you paying for the XL pack unless you have it already of course

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Noticed the feature of Tivo being able to look back the past 7 days to record anything you missed. Is this more than catch up since catch up doesn’t literally have every programme and occasionally I’ve found catch up doesn’t have a programme I’ve missed or it takes several days to appear when you want to watch it now?

If that is true and everything is still available up to 7 days in the past then that will be impressive!

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Perfect Choice

So effectively you only get the box if you are on XL TV since you paying for the XL pack unless you have it already of course

---------- Post added at 12:48 ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 ----------

Noticed the feature of Tivo being able to look back the past 7 days to record anything you missed. Is this more than catch up since catch up doesn’t literally have every programme and occasionally I’ve found catch up doesn’t have a programme I’ve missed or it takes several days to appear when you want to watch it now?

If that is true and everything is still available up to 7 days in the past then that will be impressive!

looks like XL and above only. Makes sense I suppose.

[Joedm45]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

I love the preview vid too

Just watched the video too and I will have to say the TiVo box is AMAZING!

Can't believe how excited I am about this.

I think the term 'Game Changer' is what needs to be said about this box. Finally VM have a major advantage over Sky in the Pay TV market in my opinion

[royaltiger]

I see only two tuners to start with, the 3rd comes in early next year

[Perfect Choice]

I hope getting Tivo will not make a mess of any agreed bundles already in place with customers. Happy to pay the price to get Tivo with relatively minimal increase in monthly fees (pay £24.50 for XL right now but then have discounts for the full TV/BB/Phone bundle I have).

It could be a case of VM deciding to withdraw discounts from existing customers as a result of buying a Tivo and so the increase will be much higher due to loss of discount. Not bothered about a formal 12 month contract, just hope VM are pragmatic enough to see this as a straight add-on to what customers already have in place.