General Virgin TV 360 users (Horizon) - Page 33

warrenb · 30-12-2020, 18:11

For some strange reason when I upgraded to Oomph last year they sent me a V6 box and a Tivo box which we have upstairs, which is way to big for the shelf it is on. Hopefully will be offered this upgrade a get a minibox upstairs instead.

Mr K · 30-12-2020, 21:21

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Originally Posted by warrenb

For some strange reason when I upgraded to Oomph last year they sent me a V6 box and a Tivo box which we have upstairs, which is way to big for the shelf it is on. Hopefully will be offered this upgrade a get a minibox upstairs instead.

Sounds more like a downgrade, getting a box with no hard drive.
I use Tivo as my main box and the less obtrusive
v6 upstairs ( quietly tucked away in a drawer). Can access recordings from either box. Tv360 is a backwards step, a snazzy epg isn't enough. New isn't always better.

1andrew1 · 31-12-2020, 10:29

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Originally Posted by Mr K

Sounds more like a downgrade, getting a box with no hard drive.
I use Tivo as my main box and the less obtrusive
v6 upstairs ( quietly tucked away in a drawer). Can access recordings from either box. Tv360 is a backwards step, a snazzy epg isn't enough. New isn't always better.

I'm sure TV360 will improve and become superior to Tivo. But for now, it looks one for the early adopters.

denphone · 31-12-2020, 11:07

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I'm sure TV360 will improve and become superior to Tivo. But for now, it looks one for the early adopters.

It has to improve a awful lot to do that Andrew.

RobboEdin · 31-12-2020, 11:16

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I'm sure TV360 will improve and become superior to Tivo. But for now, it looks one for the early adopters.

I doubt that, especially since the Horizon software is already, at least, two years old and on its 28th release.

BenMcr · 31-12-2020, 12:48

360 / Horizon updates are done in a different way to TiVo.

There are regular updates made for the 360 box throughout the year, rather than one or two updates per year that TiVo has.

Having 360 on a .28 release doesn't mean that there have been 28 lots of things to fix, just that there have been 28 sets of updates since version 4.00. Some of those will have been fixes to existing features, some updates will have introduced new features.

iadom · 31-12-2020, 12:48

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Originally Posted by denphone

It has to improve a awful lot to do that Andrew.

Works fine for me, I don't record masses of programmes ( the wife does that). I don't worry about series links, reminders etc, etc. I like the layout now I have become used to it and the speed difference is quite marked.

I do use the voice control for one or two things such as turning sub titles on and off which can require up to 6 button presses with TV360.

denphone · 31-12-2020, 12:51

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Originally Posted by iadom

Works fine for me, I don't record masses of programmes ( the wife does that). I don't worry about series links, reminders etc, etc. I like the layout now I have become used to it and the speed difference is quite marked.

I do use the voice control for one or two things such as turning sub titles on and off which can require up to 6 button presses with TV360.

Each to their own Jim as it will obviously suit some customers needs perfectly but l cannot say it does it for me.

japitts · 31-12-2020, 13:30

What else can the voice control on V360 do?.. I've seen subtitles mentioned, but this is one-button press on the V6 (and the same on my One4all)

iadom · 31-12-2020, 13:47

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Originally Posted by japitts

What else can the voice control on V360 do?.. I've seen subtitles mentioned, but this is one-button press on the V6 (and the same on my One4all)

Not tried voice control for everything but you can select a channel by name or number, say Home, Apps instead of having to press the Home button then four presses to scroll across to Apps.

Doesn't recognise Pause yet, still playing around with it tbh.

heavyside · 31-12-2020, 14:28

I've had the 360 software on my two V6 boxes for a few weeks now and I'm rather enjoying it. True, it's missing a few features compared with the former V6 UI but, with the exception of the All4 app, those features were ones I seldom used. I'm sure they will be added soon. It looks a whole lot better, too.

It's clear that many - if not most - people on this forum watch far more television than I do but so far the 360 software does everything I want and does it well. Initially, I thought the voice control was a bit of a gimmick but I'm now a convert. It's actually a quick and powerful way of navigating around the UI and works surprisingly well.

The switchover itself was fast and without problems and the new interface is slick, quick and responsive. I also prefer the new remote with its backlight. Not quite a thumbs up (yet) but certainly not a thumbs down either. Be interesting to see what the next update brings.

Happy new year all.

robjw · 31-12-2020, 15:14

Just a quick data point. I'm a relatively new Ultimate Oomph customer and had 2 V6 boxes installed less than a month ago. I upgraded online to 360. This was unsolicited, I just followed the link that's floating around. The order said I'd be sent two new 360 boxes. However, a small box with 2 new remotes showed up a couple of days ago, along with the upgrade option on the V6 home screen.

It all seems to be working well, and amazingly fixed an issue where the box in the living room refused to output 4K to my TV. That now works perfectly.

awesometeeth · 04-01-2021, 20:44

why did no one mention the remote lights up when you life it up! almost worth the money alone

saying that im quite happy with the setup but then again I was given ultimate oomph for less than i was paying for only one box, so i haven't lost recording abilities etc

voice is very handy, setup the boxes okay, so far no major issues.

Cheile48 · 06-01-2021, 16:31

Apologies if this question has already been answered but I can't see anything so far on this thread. I have two V6 boxes and at the moment I only want to upgrade one box to TV 360. Is this possible, and if so, how do I go about getting this done?

lonespeaker · 06-01-2021, 16:44

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Originally Posted by Cheile48

Apologies if this question has already been answered but I can't see anything so far on this thread. I have two V6 boxes and at the moment I only want to upgrade one box to TV 360. Is this possible, and if so, how do I go about getting this done?

You cannot have 2 boxes with different software. They need to be both tivo or tv 360.

If you are on the Ultimate Oomph package you can request an upgrade in myvirginmedia.com