pvanston
2 months agoTuning in
Can I Rewind “Background” TV Channel?
Just upgraded to Virgin360 and trying to understand what differs from the standard V6 functionality. Previously, if I left live TV set to channel 601 (BBC News) for example while watching one of my ...
- 2 months ago
V6 runs TiVo-software and is very recording-centric. TV360 runs Horizon-software and is very "online"-centric.
A V6 keeps all 6 tuners buffering continually, and you can rewind all 6 upto one hour maximum - unless one is recording in which case you can rewind to the start of the recording.
A TV360 keeps the live channel buffering for upto 6hours and any tuner that's recording, but all others are shutdown and no buffer is held. If you watch a recording or any VoD/streaming programme, the live channel buffer is also stopped.
If you will want to pause/rewind a programme on TV360, you should record it.