I’m asking for family member. She has been informed that she needs new tv box to continue watching Netflix from November . Virgin will issue a free Virgin TV 360 box . She has never had internet in house. Will the 360 box work without internet connection.
Virgin V360 is a server based TV system, not to mention the V360 box does not contain an internet modem. Therefore Broadband is essential.
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Sadly not, the 360 box requires broadband to work to it's full potential.
However, more to the point if your family member has never had internet in the house how is she watching Netflix?
HavencroftKev wrote:Sadly not, the 360 box requires broadband to work to it's full potential.
However, more to the point if your family member has never had internet in the house how is she watching Netflix?
At a wild guess, it may have been the old TiVo that had it's own built in modem, and maybe that's why the thought of "no internet", as in "no wifi box" ? Who knows ....
Blimey, that's going back a few years.
HavencroftKev wrote:Sadly not, the 360 box requires broadband to work to it's full potential.
However, more to the point if your family member has never had internet in the house how is she watching Netflix?
Without internet it won’t work at all, even for recordings as the master list & recording location are linked to the headend server over an intranet.
Am I missing the point, even with the Tivo box you surely require an Internet connection to access Netflix?
If you had TV only package on a TiVo then you wouldn't need internet service as the old box had it's own internet connection.
HavencroftKev wrote:Am I missing the point, even with the Tivo box you surely require an Internet connection to access Netflix?
This is the TiVO from which Netflix is being withdrawn:
Older TiVO
This is a standalone box with 3 CATV tuners & a DOCSIS modem inside the box. Therefore it does not need an external VM hub to access the internet. Everything from the TiVO V6 box onward only has CATV tuners in the box, so the VM hub connection becomes mandatory.
The DOCSIS connection is also required for the EPG (guide), firmware & NIT updates as well as internet content from the included apps. V360 goes a stage further in that all the recording & playback features are server driven. The box is just a storage location plus an interface with the TV.
The TiVo still needed an ethernet connection for the apps like Netlix though didn't it? Or am I misremembering? Thought the internal modem was just for guide data and updates etc. and was only 10Mbs.
Yes 10 meg modem for everything! Those where the days. 😊
I've been informed that any TV only customer who has original TiVo will be given 50Mbps internet at no extra charge when they change to a 360.
Pretty generous.
This would surely be a time-limited offer but worthwhile. The TiVo is on its last legs and everyone will need broadband to get TV, VOD and voice.
