Replacing an old Tivo
like many others I have at least a 12 yr old TiVo box as a second system. Having just upgraded my tv in that room I realise the TiVo does not support UHD channels for which I pay extra. I called Virgin to try and upgrade to a V6 box and was told I would have to pay £40 per month extra on a new contract to change the box!!! £480 per year !!! Obviously I decided to stay with what I have. I thought they were trying to remove old TiVos - I wouldn’t mind paying a one off charge to buy a V6 but that apparently was not an option. Is it possible to buy a second hand V6 and would it be supported.?
There's something decidedly fishy about what you've been told re changing your package bundle, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was a euphemism for offering conversion to a TV360. All of VM's TV boxes are owned by them & rented under your contract, so anyone selling V6 privately are technically handling stolen goods.
Providing you have VM home broadband, faulty TiVo's are replaced with V6 as a matter of course. Does your TiVo have any service faults?