Tivo V6 : Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

[pythagoras]

Well Im having the sky Q silver box installed on Wednesday next week so I will be able to compare and contrast Sky and tivo side by side in the same system. Was hoping to compare the new Tivo box but it doesn't look like I will get one soon.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by pythagoras

Well Im having the sky Q silver box installed on Wednesday next week so I will be able to compare and contrast Sky and tivo side by side in the same system. Was hoping to compare the new Tivo box but it doesn't look like I will get one soon.

Are you going to keep both?

[Stephen]

He may have given notice already but it may still be on.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by pythagoras

Well Im having the sky Q silver box installed on Wednesday next week so I will be able to compare and contrast Sky and tivo side by side in the same system. Was hoping to compare the new Tivo box but it doesn't look like I will get one soon.

Think you'll be impressed. Couple of niggles with Sky Q (different way of doing things) but all in all it's head and shoulder above TiVo.


BT line being installed tomorrow and by this time next week my 30 days notice is up so that's that.


I've seen the new V6 box in Poland and it looks OK. I just hope VM learn their lesson from the current TiVo box issues and in future resist the temptation to fiddle so much they break an otherwise good/working product.


Cheers


Grim

[pythagoras]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Are you going to keep both?

Ill run both until I get a chance to replace the Tivo for a V6 and then i'll decide which I'm keeping.

[UnStable]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

I've seen the new V6 box in Poland and it looks OK.

All sounds a bit underwhelming if the new VM box is based on technology already available elsewhere.

[Ultimate.Conj]

Especially in Poland! lol (no offence meant to any Polish on here) :-)

Originally Posted by UnStable

All sounds a bit underwhelming if the new VM box is based on technology already available elsewhere.

I think they are moving to common hardware across their entire footprint but with different software running on it i.e. Tivo for the UK and Horizon for other countries.

Wasn't aware that it had launched anywhere though, maybe it was a test unit that was seen in Poland?

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by UnStable

All sounds a bit underwhelming if the new VM box is based on technology already available elsewhere.

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Especially in Poland! lol (no offence meant to any Polish on here) :-)

Liberty have already said the new box will run both the TiVo and Horizon software so I suppose it should be no surprise they're using the box in other countries they operate in. Anyway here's the Horizon brochure - in Polish so I've no idea what it's saying! - but it's full of pretty pictures including the qwerty handset you can get on the Horizon platform. I can't say for sure it's the same as the V6 but from the little VM have shown us it certainly looks very similar!


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Originally Posted by Mr Banana

I think they are moving to common hardware across their entire footprint but with different software running on it i.e. Tivo for the UK and Horizon for other countries.

Wasn't aware that it had launched anywhere though, maybe it was a test unit that was seen in Poland?

It was for openly on offer at the UPC stand in the main shopping centre in Krakow a few weeks ago.

Cheers

Grim

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Liberty have already said the new box will run both the TiVo and Horizon software so I suppose it should be no surprise they're using the box in other countries they operate in. Anyway here's the Horizon brochure - in Polish so I've no idea what it's saying! - but it's full of pretty pictures including the qwerty handset you can get on the Horizon platform. I can't say for sure it's the same as the V6 but from the little VM have shown us it certainly looks very similar!

That's one of the existing Horizon boxes. UPC have only recently announced that they plan to use the same hardware as VM.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...n-horizon-box/

[UnStable]

I see it's been released in Austria too. Record 4 channels, 500GB drive and apps like YouTube Wowee!
Really hope VM have something up their sleeve to match the Sky Q Mini boxes but wouldn't they already be available in the countries where the box has already been released?

[Ddonald2016]

Originally Posted by UnStable

I see it's been released in Austria too. Record 4 channels, 500GB drive and apps like YouTube Wowee!
Really hope VM have something up their sleeve to match the Sky Q Mini boxes but wouldn't they already be available in the countries where the box has already been released?

500 gb is not impressive when we currently have up to 1tb that's a step backwards

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by UnStable

I see it's been released in Austria too. Record 4 channels, 500GB drive and apps like YouTube Wowee!
Really hope VM have something up their sleeve to match the Sky Q Mini boxes but wouldn't they already be available in the countries where the box has already been released?

This is not the new V6 box it's the existing Horizon box. The new V6 box is not available to any customers in any countries yet.

[UnStable]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

This is not the new V6 box it's the existing Horizon box. The new V6 box is not available to any customers in any countries yet.

That article says it's the new EOS box which is the same as the one to be released in the UK?

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Ddonald2016

500 gb is not impressive when we currently have up to 1tb that's a step backwards

That's not what we are getting, though. It looks like ours will be 2TB and at least six tuners.