Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
17-11-2016, 20:45
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
Richard, Can I ask what you mean by 'stream like the Sky Q box'?
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17-11-2016, 20:48
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
Richard, Can I ask what you mean by 'stream like the Sky Q box'?
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AIUI, you can stream your recordings and VOD to your tablet or smartphone from the main Sky Q box.
After I asked the question, he did say that when this is activated, "you'll be able to stream anywhere in the house".
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17-11-2016, 21:03
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
Yes, with Sky Q you can stream recordings or live TV to up to 2 mini boxes and 2 tablets at the same time, with no impact on recordings.
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17-11-2016, 21:07
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
AIUI, you can stream your recordings and VOD to your tablet or smartphone from the main Sky Q box.
After I asked the question, he did say that when this is activated, "you'll be able to stream anywhere in the house".
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You can already stream recordings and On Demand from V6 to the iOS version of the TV Anywhere app. I have done so to my iPad Mini.
What is missing is an updated version of the Android TV Anywhere app with this function, I think.
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17-11-2016, 22:37
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
5000 have gone to new customers, as of yesterday that is.
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17-11-2016, 22:38
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Do you know why they can't just input the Mac code that I gave to them (whatever that is!) to get it to work?
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I guess they mean the MAC address which will identify your box on the network as every box has different address. All networked devices such as phones, computers, tablets etc. have a unique MAC address.
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17-11-2016, 23:06
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
You can already stream recordings and On Demand from V6 to the iOS version of the TV Anywhere app. I have done so to my iPad Mini.
What is missing is an updated version of the Android TV Anywhere app with this function, I think.
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Ahhh right. He seemed to think that it hadn't been enabled at all yet.
My tablets are Android (not that the engineer who called me knew this) so I guess it won't work anyway. TV Anywhere certainly doesn't
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Originally Posted by Jong1
Yes, with Sky Q you can stream recordings or live TV to up to 2 mini boxes and 2 tablets at the same time, with no impact on recordings.
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Can you stream VOD? Maybe they don't think this to be necessary as you could do this with your tablet anyway.
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18-11-2016, 00:42
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by pythagoras
5000 have gone to new customers, as of yesterday that is.
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Source?
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18-11-2016, 00:51
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
You can already stream recordings and On Demand from V6 to the iOS version of the TV Anywhere app. I have done so to my iPad Mini.
What is missing is an updated version of the Android TV Anywhere app with this function, I think.
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Did any channels not stream recordings
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18-11-2016, 05:50
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Did any channels not stream recordings
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It's not a function I would actually use, preferring to use TiVo/V6 to record programs to watch on our TV but I believe there are restrictions in channels and/or programs. As to the current list of restrictions - pass.
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18-11-2016, 07:04
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
It's not a function I would actually use, preferring to use TiVo/V6 to record programs to watch on our TV but I believe there are restrictions in channels and/or programs. As to the current list of restrictions - pass.
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The page with MRS restrictions has gone. Could it be there are none now?
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18-11-2016, 08:16
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Can you stream VOD? Maybe they don't think this to be necessary as you could do this with your tablet anyway.
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I think it streams them direct, without going through the Sky Q box.
The app on the iPad/iPhone looks exactly like the interface on the main box. There are options to download a show to the main box or to the iPad/iPhone or to "watch online".
For VOD (not recordings, which you can only access when at home, or if you download to your iPad/iPhone while at home), the options are exactly the same whether connected to your home network or to 3G/4G, so I suspect the stream is direct to the tablet/phone.
Last edited by Jong1; 18-11-2016 at 08:22.
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18-11-2016, 08:17
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
What are they going to do are the replacing the old TiVos or do you have to buy one or will there be discounts
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18-11-2016, 09:40
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
The commercial details for V6 haven't been announced yet.
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18-11-2016, 09:40
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
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Originally Posted by Pster72
What are they going to do are the replacing the old TiVos or do you have to buy one or will there be discounts
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No announcements have been made yet, Pster.
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