General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.

[andy_m]

The way I see it is this - whatever people think of TiVo, it has been good enough to reduce churn for Virgin Media to Sky, a company which owns loads of content and is the major sport broadcaster in the country. It really is THAT good. As long as it continues to be developed then I think it will probably be good enough to see off Horizon if put up against it in the same market. My hope is that Liberty Global will consider the success of TiVo and not automatically side with their own existing product. If, by virtue of the fact that Horizon has been developed by the company which effectively supplies Sky+, the products become virtually the same on cable and satellite, then Virgin's technological advantage will be lost and people will go to the company with the best content. And that is, whatever your bias, Sky. I can see cost advantages for Virgin Media to eventually migrate to Horizon - I'm not sure I can see many others.

[Gavin-D]

UPC's horizon box for those who haven't seen it

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[andy_m]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

The Horizon STB is way more advanced than the current incarnation of Sky+HD I'm pretty sure its a far higher spec too , that said some of the underlying technology is the same. I believe Horizon uses NDS MediaHighway middleware which Sky also use. Its worth mentioning that NDS is now owned by Cisco and the Horizon box has 5 or 6 tuners doesn't it and also uses the Snowflake EPG.

My thinking being that the NEXT version of Sky + hd and the continued development of Horizon will possibly result in similar products in the longer term.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

UPC's horizon box for those who haven't seen it

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It looks like an alarm clock.

After the xbox one, I'm thinking ugly is the new black

[mertle]

Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

This

http://broadbandtrends.com/blog1/201...n-the-horizon/

do you think they plan rollout in uk too in future. Anybody know length contract virgin signed with tivo to use there boxes.

[sebastion]

Originally Posted by colin25

It looks like an alarm clock.

After the xbox one, I'm thinking ugly is the new black

I really like the design, makes the Tivo looks old and cheap.

[TAZMANUK]

Horizon box looks pants tivo all the way

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

UPC's horizon box for those who haven't seen it

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My my this is a ugly duckling.

[Gavin-D]

Another post saying a deal with sky is agreed for sky Atlantic

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...88&postcount=1

[denphone]

Its all looking very rosy in the garden for VM customer's.

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

UPC's horizon box for those who haven't seen it

Flamin horrible

Looks nice apart from the awful UPC logo.

[Gavin-D]

All those who hate the horizon box I fully agree with you VM best stick with TiVo

[DaMac]

TiVo looks ugly, it really has a look of an old games console, that horizon box looks modern and sleek, nearly as nice as the Samsung V+.

[greeninferno]

Originally Posted by colin25

It looks like an alarm clock.

After the xbox one, I'm thinking ugly is the new black

Indeed

that is horrendous.