Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
26-09-2018, 12:36
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Another music channel goes to the dogs with VH-1 becoming a lifestyle channel. I really liked this music channel when we first got it on cable - I think it is a real pity that its programming changed, and this is the last straw. I won't be watching VH-1 ever again now.
Just as well we have YouTube.
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018...style-channel/
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It's the right decision.
The music video channel genre has been in decline for a very long time and MTV has plenty of others.
VH1 UK will now align with the US channel and allow for greater content sharing and brand development.
They need to get VH1 UK a presence on social media by the time it re-launches.
Last edited by SonicMaster; 26-09-2018 at 12:45.
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26-09-2018, 13:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster
It's the right decision.
The music video channel genre has been in decline for a very long time and MTV has plenty of others.
VH1 UK will now align with the US channel and allow for greater content sharing and brand development.
They need to get VH1 UK a presence on social media by the time it re-launches.
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Maybe so, but to replace it with a crappy lifestyle channel?
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26-09-2018, 13:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Mad Max
Maybe so, but to replace it with a crappy lifestyle channel?
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You may think of it as a 'crappy lifestyle channel' but there is an audience for this kind of thing...
ITVBe, Really, TLC, Lifetime, E! etc are all in this space but Viacom are not as yet - so it makes perfect sense.
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26-09-2018, 13:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Just read that Box Nation has been removed from Sky, is it still broadcasting on VM (I don't subscribe to it)?
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They've closed their HD channel on SKY. The standard definition version of the channel is still up and running. Part of a cost cutting exercise to keep the channel going ever since Frank Warren took his stable of fighters over to BT Sport.
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26-09-2018, 14:07
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Chad
They've closed their HD channel on SKY. The standard definition version of the channel is still up and running. Part of a cost cutting exercise to keep the channel going ever since Frank Warren took his stable of fighters over to BT Sport.
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Box Nation HD only broadcast live PPV fights which now air on BT Sport Box Office instead.
BT and Box Nation have a partnership which includes sharing rights to certain events and Box Nation being offered as part of the BT Sport Pack.
https://www.boxnation.com/boxing-new...and-boxnation/
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26-09-2018, 19:16
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by paul0363
Don't know if this has been mentioned or not! From the "Customer News" section on the V6 box (Home>Help&Settings>Help>Customer News>HD as Standard recordings &...):
" We want you to enjoy your favourite TV at its best, so we're swapping some of your standard definition channels for their high definition versions.
This means you'll lose some standard definition channels from your TV guide, but they'll be replaced with their better looking counterparts.
In some cases you might lose your standard definition recordings after 3 months if they were taken from a channel that is now "vacant".
You might also have to adjust your Series Link for these channels (if you use them) or switch to using Series Link+ to make sure you're getting episodes from all available channels.
Plus, don't forget that recorded HD programmes will take up more space on your TV Box."
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Really not sure what I think about this. Yes of course 90% of the time I record in HD given the choice, but particularly if you have extended holiday it can be useful to have the option of dropping series-links to SD to increase storage space.
A couple of years ago I was abroad for 6weeks over christmas, and dropping everything except serial drama & natural-history stuff to SD made the difference between an overflowing box and "getting away with it".
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26-09-2018, 19:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by japitts
Really not sure what I think about this. Yes of course 90% of the time I record in HD given the choice, but particularly if you have extended holiday it can be useful to have the option of dropping series-links to SD to increase storage space.
A couple of years ago I was abroad for 6weeks over christmas, and dropping everything except serial drama & natural-history stuff to SD made the difference between an overflowing box and "getting away with it".
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Remember that since then the HD channels have been moved to MPEG4 whilst the SD channels are still MPEG2.
So although there is a difference between the two, HD takes up a lot less disk space than it did and if you did the same again, you'd probably be fine with the six weeks in HD now.
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Last edited by BenMcr; 26-09-2018 at 19:29.
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26-09-2018, 19:30
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Remember that the HD channels are now MPEG4 whilst the SD channels are still MPEG2.
So although there is a difference between the two, HD takes up a lot less disk space than it did.
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True, but I still don't understand why the V6, with its ability to provide programmes in UHD, was only provided with a 1TB hard drive.
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26-09-2018, 19:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
I have no idea what the reasoning behind it was, so can't really comment on that.
But look at it this way - we used to have MPEG 2 SD and HD with the relevant file size differences
HD has moved to MPEG4 which brings it closer to the MPEG2 sizes of SD.
The UHD channels are HVEC which brings them close to the size of the HD channels when they were on MPEG2.
So it's not far off 'standing still' when it comes to recording space needs, but we will end up with better quality recordings for the same file size usage.
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26-09-2018, 20:04
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
I would suggest the current capacity is around 400 hours HD or 100 hours UHD or mix thereof.
The V6 is not an archiving box but a box to provide convenient playback of recordings.
Certainly, for me, there’s more than enough space. I rarely go above 10% usage.
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26-09-2018, 21:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
The UHD channels are broadcasting at a higher bitrate than the MPEG 2 variants.
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26-09-2018, 21:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
I would suggest the current capacity is around 400 hours HD or 100 hours UHD or mix thereof.
The V6 is not an archiving box but a box to provide convenient playback of recordings.
Certainly, for me, there’s more than enough space. I rarely go above 10% usage.
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It really depends how you use the box. I record everything I'm likely to watch and the watch it at my convenience. So it's not archiving, it's simplybto ensure that I don't miss those shows.
Currently, I have 2 V6s and a DVD recorder, and that is barely sufficient.
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26-09-2018, 21:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
I appreciate that everyone’s different but how long would it take to watch 400 hours of recordings? Answer 7 weeks if you watch 8 hours a day and that’s without recording any more.
I suggest that 1TB is more than enough for timeslip watching. Anything more, I would suggest, is archiving material.
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26-09-2018, 22:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Is the TiVo able to take an external hard drive like the Xbox or PS4
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26-09-2018, 22:41
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Is the TiVo able to take an external hard drive like the Xbox or PS4
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No.
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