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Old 04-03-2020, 22:49   #61
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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?
Channels start to be axe from the V+.

I know that Sky Sports HD Channels has been removed.
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Old 07-03-2020, 00:27   #62
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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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Old 07-03-2020, 09:45   #63
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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!
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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Old 07-03-2020, 17:42   #64
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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.
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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Old 07-03-2020, 20:59   #65
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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.
To be frank, the TiVo boxes are no longer fit for purpose. Sad, but true.
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To be frank, the TiVo boxes are no longer fit for purpose. Sad, but true.
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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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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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
I didn't know that was possible.
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Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network

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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
That’d require a hardware change. Not a software one.

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I didn't know that was possible.
It’s not.
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Old 07-03-2020, 22:55   #70
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That’d require a hardware change. Not a software one.
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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I didn't know that was possible.
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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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.
Could we ever get access to eight tuners in the future?
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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.
Thanks for the clarification.
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TiVo is also required for customers who don't have an HDMI TV.
I forgot about Scart re: TiVo. I still use Scart on a number of devices, but not the Cable TV.
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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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Could we ever get access to eight tuners in the future?
It's unlikely on the TiVo software, but who knows after that.
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