Tivo V6 Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB) - Page 27

Bananaman_007 · 30-08-2016, 22:09

Anybody know if it plans to have the ability to watch your recordings through the app?

IMO VM missed a trick not getting Slingbox on board to provide Slingbox functionality to its boxes, that feature alone would have been a major win for VM and a major blow to Sky.

Stephen · 30-08-2016, 22:29

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Thanks for getting back to me.

If it is indeed correct that the new box will have 6 tuners, it looks like VM may have waited to see what the new Sky box was like before trying to trump it.

I don't think it will trump Q. The mini boxes don't need their own feed. They all connect by WiFi to the main box where the recordings are stored. You can also stream to two tablet in the house at the same time. Plus if you have sky BB then all boxes act as WiFi extenders.

You can transfer recordings to tablets as well.

passingbat · 30-08-2016, 22:56

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Originally Posted by Stephen

I don't think it will trump Q. .

You may be right, you may be wrong. But how can you even make a prediction with so few details released?

Stephen · 31-08-2016, 02:21

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Originally Posted by passingbat

You may be right, you may be wrong. But how can you even make a prediction with so few details released?

Easily. Because this is VM we are talking about.

passingbat · 31-08-2016, 15:10

Pics from a poster on AVForums post numbers 151 & 152

https://www.avforums.com/threads/vir...#post-24049802

denphone · 31-08-2016, 15:15

Looks alright to be but alas the grumpers of this lovely forum might not feel the same way.

31-08-2016, 15:23

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Originally Posted by denphone

Looks alright to be but alas the grumpers of this lovely forum might not feel the same way.

That'll be me then

I still have a Realistic power amp kit from Tandys in the 1980's, that looks just like that.

What are the chances there won't be an adapter for that "Scart out" socket or that it will be disabled anyway??

muppetman11 · 31-08-2016, 15:27

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Originally Posted by denphone

Looks alright to be but alas the grumpers of this lovely forum might not feel the same way.

Looks really cheap

31-08-2016, 15:29

erm, forgive me if I haven't taken my meds but isn't that a tv aerial coax input socket???

Jong1 · 31-08-2016, 15:39

Weird, yes, doesn't seem to have a cable connector and has a very odd set of outputs. Haven't seen a DIN socket like that in a long while. Looks like it is some hobbiest project rather than a polished consumer STB.

denphone · 31-08-2016, 15:41

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Looks really cheap

Well MM you do seem to have a penchant for the posh gear.

31-08-2016, 15:54

I don't know why I feel so sorry for Virgin, I always resented the way they killed off Tivo series 1 but it is still sad that in a months time I'll be without a Tivo for the first time in over 15 years. We all tried to point them in the right direction but enough is enough for me, I'm out.

Jong1 · 31-08-2016, 16:13

Yep, after 28 years of cable TV I'm having Sky Q installed next week. Just broadband from Virgin then. TiVo was head and shoulders above the competition when Virgin introduced it but the promise was squandered and they have sat on their hands for years.

1andrew1 · 31-08-2016, 16:24

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Originally Posted by veeemmm

What are the chances there won't be an adapter for that "Scart out" socket or that it will be disabled anyway??

Is the DIN socket meant to plug into a lead with a SCART socket on the other end? If this is to be LGI's standard box then I would imagine that getting hold of cables would not be a problem and someone on Amazon would supply them even if VM didn't.

Jong1 · 31-08-2016, 16:40

Only works if the port is enabled. Virgin (and tbh probably others) have a track record of shipping boxes with disabled ports.

Frankly I'd be surprised if a new UHD capable box had components to drive an old fashioned scart socket (Sky Q doesn't) and, if it did, it's probably a sign it's designed by a team with more of a foot in the past than a view of the future!