Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
13-03-2019, 17:10
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Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
Since Monday (March 11th) Media Boy Sources has reveal that it look like Virgin Media are set to remove V+ HD Boxes from the network soon.
My Source has told me that they have seen an on screen info saying "This is an older box" and "You need to call us to order an new box".
But my Source say they have been given no news about the new box via Royal Mail. Or been given an date on when it will happen.
Can anyone confirm when the V+ Boxes will be removed?
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13-03-2019, 19:30
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
They all should have been swapped by now. They've been in the process of being swapped since last year.
Anyone with an active V+ box should have had a least one mail via post or email about it. The end date for the swap was 28th February, with no guarantee of a working V+ box after that date.
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13-03-2019, 19:48
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
They all should have been swapped by now. They've been in the process of being swapped since last year.
Anyone with an active V+ box should have had a least one mail via post or email about it. The end date for the swap was 28th February, with no guarantee of a working V+ box after that date.
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But I was told the on-screen info just appeared on Monday on they box. It an V+ HD box. I know V Boxes was axe on January 29th.
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13-03-2019, 19:58
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
They all should have been swapped by now. They've been in the process of being swapped since last year.
Anyone with an active V+ box should have had a least one mail via post or email about it. The end date for the swap was 28th February, with no guarantee of a working V+ box after that date.
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Is this all V+ boxes out of curiosity?
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13-03-2019, 19:59
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
Yes. All V+ boxes are being swapped out.
V HD boxes are also being swapped but as yet that's not all of them
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14-03-2019, 10:55
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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But I was told the on-screen info just appeared on Monday on they box. It an V+ HD box. I know V Boxes was axe on January 29th.
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Let the V+HD go MB or they'll send the bailiffs round ! Could there be a siege situation ?
(Actually the VHD i was quite fond of, a small quite box for the bedroom. However the V+ was a noisy unreliable piece of junk....)
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14-03-2019, 11:24
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Let the V+HD go MB or they'll send the bailiffs round ! Could there be a siege situation ?
(Actually the VHD i was quite fond of, a small quite box for the bedroom. However the V+ was a noisy unreliable piece of junk....)
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Loved the VHD box excellent piece of Kit.
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14-03-2019, 11:31
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
My parents used to have a V+ HD box was a Cisco version I think, it was certainly better than the legacy NTL Pace box at the time that got very slow after one of the major firmware updates in the NTL era.
Given how slow the Pace boxes got eventually, I wonder how long VM kept them going for, out of curiosity sake
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14-03-2019, 12:02
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
AFAIK there were some still on the network until a few months ago. Now that they've gone, channels are gradually going HD only where possible.
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14-03-2019, 12:48
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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My parents used to have a V+ HD box was a Cisco version I think, it was certainly better than the legacy NTL Pace box at the time that got very slow after one of the major firmware updates in the NTL era.
Given how slow the Pace boxes got eventually, I wonder how long VM kept them going for, out of curiosity sake
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Given the debt piles all the UK Cable companies created digged up the pavements I think it was partly trying to spend as little as possible in order to reduce the debt. So they kept them going until they keeled over.
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14-03-2019, 13:02
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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AFAIK there were some still on the network until a few months ago. Now that they've gone, channels are gradually going HD only where possible.
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Those would have been Samsung SD only boxes.
I'm pretty sure the Pace SD boxes all went years ago.
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14-03-2019, 14:26
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
Given the debt piles all the UK Cable companies created digged up the pavements I think it was partly trying to spend as little as possible in order to reduce the debt. So they kept them going until they keeled over.
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That wasn't really a factor. Most of the debt was written off very many years ago (2002-ish). Pace were still supplying new boxes up to 2004.
There just isn't any point in replacing boxes that are still able to provide all the services required of them.
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Those would have been Samsung SD only boxes.
I'm pretty sure the Pace SD boxes all went years ago.
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A few Pace boxes were in use until last October. The batteries in them were designed to last 5 years, but some actually lasted almost 20.
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14-03-2019, 19:01
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
Just had a really arrogant guy on the phone who said he wanted to arrange to swap out our V HD box. I asked him for some evidence that he was from VM and he became quite offensive so I told him to 'go away', errr well words to that effect, and hung up on him.
We do have a V6 box and the V HD box which I see may well need replacing so ..after a long ramble... could someone confirm that the V HD box will need to be replaced and if so what will VM replace it with.
I thought VM would be contacting affected customers by email or post so if the phone call I have just been subjected to was legitimate would I need to contact VM to arrange the swap out process.
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14-03-2019, 19:47
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
Some V-HD boxes are being replaced now, so it probably is legit. Not sure whether you'd get a V6 or a TiVo 500GB as a replacement.
So you haven't had messages popping up on your box since Monday?
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14-03-2019, 19:49
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
That wasn't really a factor. Most of the debt was written off very many years ago (2002-ish). Pace were still supplying new boxes up to 2004.
There just isn't any point in replacing boxes that are still able to provide all the services required of them.
A few Pace boxes were in use until last October. The batteries in them were designed to last 5 years, but some actually lasted almost 20.
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Batteries? Were they designed to work during a power cut?
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