Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
04-03-2020, 21:49
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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No.
What are you expecting to happen?
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Channels start to be axe from the V+.
I know that Sky Sports HD Channels has been removed.
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06-03-2020, 23:27
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
There's a simple solution, get a V6!
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07-03-2020, 08:45
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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There's a simple solution, get a V6!
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Or a Tivo if they don't have broadband.
Service withdrawals on certain boxes is all about nudging customers into getting their equipment changed.
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07-03-2020, 16:42
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Or a Tivo if they don't have broadband.
Service withdrawals on certain boxes is all about nudging customers into getting their equipment changed.
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I have not use an working V+ box since last year. Someone I know moving into TiVo last April.
But I know that V Boxes was still working for 11months (Was set to close on March 2018) until January 2019.
I see on DBR that Sky Box Office do not work with V+ Boxes.
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07-03-2020, 19:59
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Or a Tivo if they don't have broadband.
Service withdrawals on certain boxes is all about nudging customers into getting their equipment changed.
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To be frank, the TiVo boxes are no longer fit for purpose. Sad, but true.
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07-03-2020, 21:01
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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To be frank, the TiVo boxes are no longer fit for purpose. Sad, but true.
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Yeah, I agree, but it's the only box still issued for customers that don't take internet from VM. The alternatives are they introduce a new box model or stop selling TV services without internet bundled.
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07-03-2020, 21:20
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
There's a possibility that VM might be making plans to convert one of the tuners into a cable modem for customers without VM broadband:
https://www.forumbox.co.uk/forum/thr...7623#post87623
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07-03-2020, 21:38
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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I didn't know that was possible.
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07-03-2020, 21:48
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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That’d require a hardware change. Not a software one.
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I didn't know that was possible.
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It’s not.
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07-03-2020, 21:55
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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That’d require a hardware change. Not a software one.
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That was my immediate thought. But people use graphics cards for non-graphics purposes these days, so I keep an open mind these days. Though I still have my doubts.
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07-03-2020, 21:59
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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I didn't know that was possible.
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It isn't. You could theoretically tune one of the tuners to a DOCSIS downstream (the V6 has two spare tuners anyway), but you'd still have no upstream.
TiVo is also required for customers who don't have an HDMI TV.
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07-03-2020, 22:54
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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It isn't. You could theoretically tune one of the tuners to a DOCSIS downstream (the V6 has two spare tuners anyway), but you'd still have no upstream.
TiVo is also required for customers who don't have an HDMI TV.
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Could we ever get access to eight tuners in the future?
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07-03-2020, 23:36
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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It isn't. You could theoretically tune one of the tuners to a DOCSIS downstream (the V6 has two spare tuners anyway), but you'd still have no upstream.
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Thanks for the clarification.
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TiVo is also required for customers who don't have an HDMI TV.
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I forgot about Scart re: TiVo. I still use Scart on a number of devices, but not the Cable TV.
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08-03-2020, 08:19
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
I also use the SCART output on our V HD box to feed the modulator and the DVD/HDD recorder. VM want us to have a TIVO but we have no need for the recording capability as there's so little that we watch anyway.
Thinking of dumping the TV offering anyway.
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08-03-2020, 10:45
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Could we ever get access to eight tuners in the future?
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It's unlikely on the TiVo software, but who knows after that.
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