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Nilot's avatar
Nilot
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2 years ago
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Re: Virgin 360 - A massive step back in usability

I have had the 360 now for over two years. I totally agree that the 360 as an “upgrade” is rubbish compared to the TiVo V6. My particular criticism is also the lack of a “shows” or “recordings” butto...
  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    2 years ago

    Sadly, most of the improvements you want will never happen. Virgin Media is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global group. They run many cable operations all over Europe & have since the late 1990s been running the Horizon TV platform (that drives V360 & the new Stream product) on these outlets. This is now in its 4th generation, which includes cloud recording capabilities that allow you to access your recordings from anywhere. With the broadcasters here insisting that cloud recording cannot be used we are currently stuck with a hybrid solution that still uses a box master disk, with everything linked back to a headend server. That is why when your broadband goes down you lose most of the access to your hard disk.

    With VM going fully fibre nationwide (XGS-PON) in the foreseeable future, the current TiVO/V6 & V360 RF receiving kit will be consigned to the scrap heap anyway. The only recording kit like you have now may be confined to Freeview & Freesat, whose days are also numbered.

SamG01's avatar
SamG01
On our wavelength
3 months ago

My parents very much hate the new 360 upgrade and we will be leaving Virgin once our contract ends next year.

savik2's avatar
savik2
Up to speed
2 months ago

What will you be going for instead?  I'm hating the thought of losing the ability to record, fast-forward through ads, Series-record on multiple channels, etc.  I'm not a fan of streaming, and having to talk to your remote control to make anything happen sounds just plain stupid.  I'm perfectly happy with my V6 box and will hold out as long as I can to keep it. However, I daresay the downgrade will be forced upon us all eventually.

  • Nilot's avatar
    Nilot
    On our wavelength
    2 months ago

    I hope you are able to keep your V6 for as long as possible Savik. I wish I’d kept mine instead of going to 360!