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smf412's avatar
smf412
Tuning in
8 hours ago

360 we shd have been given a choice.

Our V6 box worked perfectly. When you decided this 360 was "an improvement" of course we had to lose all our old recordings and it's supposed to be a better picture bla bla bla but why oh why were we not given the choice. It has been a nightmare, my husband doesn't cope with technology so has had problems figuring it out and now you offer us the option of UHD channels but it only works if the tv is directly connected to the virgin box. Obviously this is so you'll have to pay for yet another box if you want to watch it in another room which I resent. We don't need another energy soaking box in the kitchen just so we can watch the same channel in one other room. The whole thing is a rip off frankly and I'd be just as happy with the old boxes. And then when we spoke to someone this morning, he told us to turn everything off which then of course turned the phone line off! He called us back on husband's mobile and still asked us to go through security. Then it took another twenty minutes for him to suggest we try connecting it directly and when we said that had worked, he still kept on telling us to turn everything off at the plug etc...BUT IT'S WORKING! We have been loyal to virgin for over 35 years, before they even were virgin, but I am so close to saying I have absolutely had enough. It's all just money grabbing with no respect for customers. 

4 Replies

  • Mr_K's avatar
    Mr_K
    Knows their stuff

    The 'upgrade' word has fooled many. The 360 always was for VMs benefit, with cheaper software. 

     

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person

    As per the old saying “buyer beware”. VM is now wholly owned by a Europe wide cable operator (Liberty Global). Horizon V360 is their in-house developed system & has been imposed on both VM UK & VM Ireland. It’s a migration, not an upgrade. Some will like it, some not, but it is the inevitable consequence of operations being taken over at a higher level.

    • Bookworm3's avatar
      Bookworm3
      On our wavelength

      In a way we were given a choice, I suppose. I received an email earlier this year about being eligible for an upgrade. I looked at what it offered as I wondered how much it'd cost. There was nothing on the "upgrade" that was an improvement on what we as a family use so I ignored it. I received another email around September about it so decided VM were obviously at some stage going to enforce my "eligibility " so I took the so called upgrade. We did have slight problems which the engineer who came out hadn't seen before but as it was a minor inconvenience we left it. 2 weeks later VM must have done a software update overnight and all resolved. I do still prefer the Tivo admittedly.

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta

    You DID have a choice, but they didn't tell you. Many people have stayed with the V6 and are happy they did so.