Next TV box and Hub 6 release...
When is the next tv box (not like a stream box) and Hub 6 releasing?
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It doesn't look like anything is planned at present, when VM have anything to announce it will be on their own /news.virginmediao2.co.uk/ page, although other websites may gain information prior to any official VM announcement.
Generally the industry is moving towards streaming. I wouldn't be surprised if the next VM TV box dropped recording altogether.
I think we have reached our peak for TV boxes, can't see any big upgrades, if anything i can see boxes being a thing of the past and we all just have an app for a firestick
But the likes of Sky, VM, EE would rather you rented their stream box.
jpeg1 wrote:But the likes of Sky, VM, EE would rather you rented their stream box.
You don't rent the VM Stream box, nor do you have to take out a subscription (apart from broadband with VM) to use VM's Stream service.
There's a one off £35 activation fee and you receive the basic Free to all TV offering which is roughly equivalent to freeview with some addtional channels such as Sky Mix and Sky Sports Racing included.
See column 1 /stream-from-virgin-media-channel-guide for the list of free channels.
You can subscribe to the Essential Entertainment pack (column 2 in the above link) for an additional £15 per month on a 30 day rolling contract, this has a 10% per month bill credit applied bringing the actual cost down to £13.50 per month. Other subscriptions are also available.
Full details on the https://www.virginmedia.com/tv/stream page.
Sky Stream is a subscription service which includes the rental of their box/Puck.
I stand by my statement that the providers are all moving towards streaming rather than recording boxes.
ukguy183 wrote:When is the next tv box (not like a stream box) and Hub 6 releasing?
If you are wondering when the next V6/V360 type recording box is coming out? There won't be one. These are broadcast receivers that work with traditional cable TV services. Virgin are moving away from these services, just as Sky is encouraging people away from satellite broadcast technology. The kit is very expensive to run as opposed to streaming kit. Therefore streaming is the way forward. In Europe cable TV is recorded in the cloud using the very Stream boxes that VM is currently providing, via it's Europe wide parent cable company. If recording is to continue, this is the form it will take.
EE (the new brand for BT residential services) still has a TV recording box alongside their streaming options.
But even that has been changed so that BBC 'recordings' are actually directed to stream from iPlayer.
From October 15, 2024 EE customers will be able to order Sky Stream alongside their EE home broadband or mobile plans. This means EE broadband customers will have a choice: they can opt for EE TV or go for Sky Stream instead.
EE TV currently gives customers a choice between a traditional set-top box (the EE TV Box Pro, which can also record) or an EE-branded Apple TV 4K (no recording facility).
Sky Stream packages through EE will start from £28 per month, including Sky Entertainment and Netflix. This pricing aligns with Sky’s direct offerings.
Info from /cordbusters
Yes. We have EE broadband and Sky Stream. Have been offered a transfer of the Sky stream to EE but there seems little/no advantage in doing so.
