General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by Horizon

Wimbledon is almost here, perhaps that's the HD channels??

The BBC Red Button channels are already there and labelled on DBR, inc the HD one.

[Horizon]

Thanks MB.

Perhaps its some of the missing channels we were meant to get a few years ago, like CNN USA etc??

Thanks angus.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by fox35

Found this video with a guy separating the 2 halves of the V6 box (which I am not condoning).
Essentially its is 2 boxes in one!, the top half appears to be very similar to Liberty's Horizon 4 box which would connect to the cloud for recorded content and the bottom connected half only contains the hard drive for use by current UK V6 customers.
Watch from 2min 10 secs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isteKO4zxI

At 7:37 it says 'this is the fan'. Spiderplant has previously said that our boxes don't use a fan (and not to let my cat sleep on it)

Can't say i've ever heard it using a fan, perhaps it's simply not utilised, but there to start using if boxes started overheating if the vents proved to be insufficient??

[RobboEdin]

The V6 does have a very quiet fan. In my experience, you have to put your ear very close to hear it.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

At 7:37 it says 'this is the fan'. Spiderplant has previously said that our boxes don't use a fan (and not to let my cat sleep on it) ?

The older Tivos don't contain a fan. The V6 does, as I mentioned here
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...&postcount=354

Still don't let you cat sleep on it though. The fur clogs the fan.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

The V6 does have a very quiet fan. In my experience, you have to put your ear very close to hear it.

If it's in a bedroom, it's noticeable/ irritating imo. However the box can be hidden away in a drawer /cupboard as the RC does not need line of sight, which works for me.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Mr K

If it's in a bedroom, it's noticeable/ irritating imo. However the box can be hidden away in a drawer /cupboard as the RC does not need line of sight, which works for me.

l don't hear it in the bedroom Mr K so your earing must hear even the slightest noise.

[BenMcr]

Personally the noise I hear from the box is the hard drive spinning up etc, rather than the fan. So once it's running I tend to tune it out as it's a (mostly) constant noise.

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Personally the noise I hear from the box is the hard drive spinning up etc, rather than the fan. So once it's running I tend to tune it out as it's a (mostly) constant noise.

I always thought it was the hard drive too.

[SonicMaster]

The new Channel Guide PDFs for June are now available, updated to reflect the Mixit and Maxit packages, and the Personal Picks, in addition to the existing Player, Mix, Fun and Full House packages... there a lot of columns!

Desktop: https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...e_June2019.pdf
Mobile: https://www.virginmedia.com/content/..._June12019.pdf

There is also a helpful PDF showing which channels are included in each of the Personal Picks add-ons:

https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...Picks_2019.pdf

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

The new Channel Guide PDFs for June are now available, updated to reflect the Mixit and Maxit packages, and the Personal Picks, in addition to the existing Player, Mix, Fun and Full House packages... there a lot of columns!

Desktop: https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...e_June2019.pdf
Mobile: https://www.virginmedia.com/content/..._June12019.pdf

There is also a helpful PDF showing which channels are included in each of the Personal Picks add-ons:

https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...Picks_2019.pdf

The Personal Picks one again makes interesting omissions. The Comcast owned channels all only have their SD versions included. I've said it before, but this suggests (to me, it's just my interpretation) that negotiations between VM and Comcast companies are going to include HD swaps.

---------- Post added at 12:34 ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 ----------

Having said that, I just looked at the Channel Guides and the use (or not) of the + in columns suggests I may be wrong, and the Comcast companies are just doing things differently.

[Raider999]

Originally Posted by fox35

Found this video with a guy separating the 2 halves of the V6 box (which I am not condoning).
Essentially its is 2 boxes in one!, the top half appears to be very similar to Liberty's Horizon 4 box which would connect to the cloud for recorded content and the bottom connected half only contains the hard drive for use by current UK V6 customers.
Watch from 2min 10 secs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isteKO4zxI

Interesting, I'm not sure if it states the reason for taking it apart (I was hoping it was to insert a larger disk), if it did I must have missed it.

The disk appears to be a laptop sized one rather than the standard pc type.

[newapollo]

Virgin TV Edit are now advertising Prime Video as launching soon on Virgin TV

There’s now another reason to stay in-in with Virgin TV – Prime Video is coming to your all-singing, all-dancing V6 box! That means if you have an Amazon Prime subscription you’ll be able to enjoy fantastic Amazon Original shows like Good Omens and The Grand Tour, brilliant movies, incredible sport, and – for the first time this season – live Premier League football.


It’s available to all Virgin TV customers with a V6 box, powered by TiVo®. Simply sign up to Amazon Prime Video via their website, and you can log in on the box once the service has launched. And because Prime Video will be fully integrated into TiVo®, you can search without even going into the app. Just select Search & Discover from the Home menu and type in the name of the show or movie you’re after. Simples!

Stay tuned to Virgin TV Edit for more updates on Prime Video.

[cheekyangus]

Or if it's just Good Omens you're interested in, it was originally a BBC production that Amazon joined, so wait until later in the year and watch it on BBC2.

[1701-e]

Red button 990 and 992 to 996 added this morning.