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xbrumster

3:06 PM on 16 March, 2010

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They need to have sky and virgin boxes built in in TVs instead of making plasma super thin. Then through clicks of a button or something you can subscribe to sky or virgin for their services.

future.

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Enigma

3:14 PM on 16 March, 2010

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About bloody time too!

Actually the timing is all to do with the increasing no. of HD channels provided by OTHER broadcasters. Whereas Sky took the lead with its own channels - please feel free to correct me as I am not a Sky subscriber.

I read somewhere that V-media were in negotiation to offer Sky HD channels.

£15 is fair as it should cover delivery/handling (admin) costs - provided we don't pay anything for 'returning' the old box. Given the box costs the subscriber £49 I would guess the wholesale price paid by VMedia is between £10-20 a box!! If you don't believe me go on the internet and check out the wholesale prices -v- what you pay on various goods!

Now all we need is a THOROUGH TR review of the box with the conclusion TR recomended badge for me to finally retire (donate to the local charity shop) my 'HD' Sony tv purchased in 1995!!!! Crikey! I hear you say. Still in mint condition. Actually I was waiting for the LED backlight TVs to become afordable (i.e. priced reasonably).

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mb2251

3:15 PM on 16 March, 2010

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Good news for VM customers! Some of those HD channels will need an XL tv subscription though ;-)

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Enigma

3:18 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@xbrumster wholly agreed.

Clearly demonstrated by Freeview and Freesat. However, there are other reasons for set top boxes, like making money out of us!

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TechnicPuppet

3:30 PM on 16 March, 2010

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I can see it in 5-10 years time, all you will need is tv, built in wireless connection to internet, everything will be delivered through IP. No cable, no satellite, no antenna required.

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Peter

3:44 PM on 16 March, 2010

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I don't know if Virgin read these comments. But would be very cool to be able to manage recordings on your new V+ box from an iphone app. A bit like you can with Sky and 'TVPlus'

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Gordon394

3:49 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@Peter - yep, it does. It's a good suggestion, fingers' crossed.

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quatermass

4:12 PM on 16 March, 2010

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Can't be worse than the current V+ box.

Slow channel changing, frequent lockups, inability to record off the radio, constant cutting short the end of recordings, etc.

VM Support have constantly assured me these problems would be fixed in May 2009...Still waiting.

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CreativeRadio

4:13 PM on 16 March, 2010

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Well at least it is a cheaper option to watch HD via cable. I have a V+ box with XL package which now struggles to record HD shows, it fills up after about 5-6 recordings - I get a lot of hard disc messages saying 'critical' all the time.

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Gordon394

4:14 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@quartermass - yep, never been a fan of the V+ box and don't even get me started on the remote control!?!

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jopey

5:16 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@Peter I'll tac on to that request an android app... no need for favouritism. :D

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rav

5:44 PM on 16 March, 2010

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Or how about just a web app which is platform agnostic.

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Technologychangesandsoshouldyou

5:48 PM on 16 March, 2010

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Somewhat more boringly (sorry), since this is something that's going to be plugged in all of the time, could you press Virgin for active and standby power consumption?

My last Virgin box drew the same power when 'off' as when 'on', and it wasn't insignificant.

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ffrankmccaffery

8:42 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@Gordon: The Virgin Media cable remote is really one true monstrosity and the worst part is that you can't replace it with a universal one.

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GherkingTR

8:54 PM on 16 March, 2010

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Re: Smurfahontas

Avatar immediately made me think back to Fern Gulley... but with Smurfs.

I completely understand big budget films having to recoup costs by appealing to a broad demographic, but that film's plot had all the depth of a pancake. But, like a pancake, it was fun and yummy.

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Pbryanw

10:09 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@quartermass - I'd try and get yourself one of the new Samsung V+ boxes. The Scientific Atlanta (SA)ones are known for their slowness and bugginess, but the Samsungs are much faster and more reliable. My SA V+ developed a fault, and I received a Samsung as replacement - it's made using my V+ a more rewarding experience.

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Ben 3

10:13 PM on 16 March, 2010

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@ffranmccaffery. The V HD box, both V+HD boxes and the Samsung SD boxes all work fine with Universal Remotes.

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asanka

12:45 AM on 17 March, 2010

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Nothing like a good bit of healthy competition to drive doen prices!!! Hopefully this will urge sky to drop the £10 after the world cup is done so I can go ahead and enjoy my HD telly in all it's glory!!!!

p.s. yay to TR to modifying the login so it goes straight to the comment box of the page you were on.

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Gordon394

12:49 AM on 17 March, 2010

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@asanka - "yay to TR to modifying the login so it goes straight to the comment box of the page you were on."

A LOT more than that on the way, but a bit still to go yet ;)

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Cavalier

9:45 AM on 17 March, 2010

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Re V+ boxes: yes, the samsung is v quick and responsive, and the remote is fine.

Re HD recording on the V+: the 160 gig disk is COMPLETELY inadequate - it says 80 h recording but for HD each hours takes about 5 SD hours so that is more like 15 h, and you cant use the last 16h for recordings anyway, so in reality you get about 12 h. Rubbish.

One can only hope the new boxes later this year have at least a terabyte. How much is a large hard disk these days anyway?

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kingosticks

10:28 AM on 17 March, 2010

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Is this really that much of a "wonderfully cheap way of watching this summer's World Cup in High Def"? Surely freeview or freesat (if you happened to have a spare satellite) HD makes more sense than signing up to a 12 month subscription? Or have I missed something?

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TechnicPuppet

9:30 PM on 17 March, 2010

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Its cheaper than freesat and not available on freeview as far as I know.

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ffrankmccaffery

1:29 AM on 18 March, 2010

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@Ben: thanks for that bit of info. I was told by the lackey at my local Currys that it wasn't possible.

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Ironduke

6:52 PM on 18 March, 2010

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SO hang on, no monthly fee?

I currently have a V+ downstairs and an extra SD box upstairs, I pay 15 quid a month for the extra box

So cant I cancel the extra box and save a 15 quid a month fee then buy the V HD?

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