Upgrade or not
I have 3 boxes at the moment. A mix of Tivo and V6 boxes.
Is it worth getting these updated to 360 boxes and if so, how do i get that done?
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Read the differences very carefully as you can’t go back to TiVo.
As for three boxes, I suspect you will get a 360 Master, a 360 mini and possibly an Apollo streaming box. VM’s TV offering is now streaming boxes, so not sure what you will end up with.
What are the real differences?
Hi foccer
<this thread> explains some of the differences between TV360 and tivo/V6 boxes.
VM have currently stopped supplying TV360 boxes to new customers and seem to be giving new customers (and multi room customers) the Stream box which is non recordable. It doesn't have a hard drive and doesn't need a cable (coaxial) connection as it is IP based.
In one word DONT you will regret it they're the worst thing ever invented in my opinion my son has a learning disability so he has the recordable box we have the streaming box they're always saying virgin 1is offline absolute joke only did it for sky sports + god I wish I hadn't I'd have my tivo back like a shot now we are stuck we only had it a month before the main box wasnt working needed new hard drive 🤷a month old either one or the other is always a problem... I haven't found a good review on these awful little boxes either.
This thread has been mistitled. The 360 is not an upgrade from the tivo/V6. It is a replacement with something very different that many people have regretted.
Fundamentally, TiVo-firmware is different to the Horizon-firmware that TV360 runs on. A good analogy is asking whether it's worth upgrading from Linux to Windows, using the same hardware.
TiVo-firmware is very recording-centric with an excellent streaming product added on. It doesn't do Disney+ or Paramount+, but otherwise they are functionally the same for OnDemand. Horizon-firmware is very internet-centric with a recording product retrofitted.
Be aware that TiVo/V6 operate around multiple self-sufficient boxes with multi-room streaming. Horizon operates around one central master box with a recording pool - shared by multiroom non-recording boxes.
The result of that, is that TiVo's are hardware swapped to TV360-minis with no recording capability. V6 are software-converted to TV360-master.
Look at the apps available on the boxes.
