Switch two V6 boxes to 360 & mini setup.

Hi tafer2uk 

The main and mini 360 boxes both need to be connected by coaxial cable to receive live TV. You can't run one V6 box and one 360 together, the boxes can't be mixed. If you do swap from V6 to 360 then both V6 boxes would be sent an over the air update to the Horizon (360) system. You would be sent two new 360 remotes, one for each box.  As part of the update to 360 the hard drives would be reformatted on your boxes so you would lose all recordings and series links.

VM made a number of package changes last September. The older Player, Mix, Full House, and Maxit TV tiers are now obsolete. If recontracting you would be moved onto either the Mixit or Mega TV tier. Also if you currently  have TNT Sports (BT Sports) you need to be aware that it's now a standalone addon for new and re-contracting customers, so you would need to pay an additional amount  (current list price is £18 per month although it's possible to negotiate that for less)

I've seen a few threads where there were problems updating some V6 boxes to the Horizon (360) software, although I would have thought it's still very much possible to have both V6 boxes updated.  Having two V6 boxes updated to 360's means you retain the recording facility (hard drive) on both boxes.  Switching to a  main 350 and a mini 360 would halve  your recording storage.

The Stream box is IP based and is the only VM set top box that doesn't need the coaxial connection, however it's one box per account and can't be used in conjunction with any other VM set top box.