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cdturri
On our wavelength
7 months ago
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Virgin V6 box to TV 360, should I do it?

Hi, I just got an email from VM saying that "Sky Sports are launching Sky Sports+ but that it doesn’t work on my current Virgin TV 6 box" and that "I can upgrade my box to access Sky Sports+ at no ex...
  • Tavis75's avatar
    Tavis75
    7 months ago


    Some of the missing features are as follows; Wishlists (where you can set the box to record programs on certain subjects or featuring certain people), undelete, series link+, series link manager, suggestions, setting of series links for programs not in the current TV guide, ethernet control, keyboard support via USB, switching between tuners with constant buffering, skip-back on fast-forward, quickplay, default recording options, cancelling individual recordings from a series link, multi-channel series links, radio channels allowing recording of radio, separation of recordings between boxes, watching recordings when internet is not available and probably a few others I've forgotten.

    Also, extra boxes do not have their own hard disks or tuners (unless converted from a V6 box), so you lose storage space and recording ability and are also reliant on the main box being on to watch and set recordings and also on having a decent wi-fi signal (or ethernet cable) between the two boxes when watching recordings.

    And you will lose all your current recordings and series links (which will be difficult to set up again as you can only set series links for programs currently in the TV guide)

arrgee1991's avatar
arrgee1991
Problem sorter
7 months ago

Everyday I discover something else that is unacceptable with 360.  Surely there must be a way back.  Unfair that I am lumbered with this platform where I can't record radio and can't hide adult channels and have no means of getting back to what I had.

The home page is showing me a show on alibi and I don't have access to it. Likewise most of the shows in top picks. I don't need the Box Sets & Movies nor Catch Up which also show all the stuff I haven't subscribed to and don't want.

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KeithLeonard
Rising star
7 months ago

The whole point of these adverts and services if you don't subscribe to the services concerned, is to try and tempt you to subscribe to them. It is the same as adverts on the tv and in the press, they are there to tempt you buy them if you don't have them.

Personally I like the 360 box especially the voice control which I use a lot if I am trying to fast forward recordings. It is not perfect but what is. One day everyone will be transferred over to the 360 box (no decision has been made when that will be) as Liberty Global are doing away with the Tivo System as they have done in other countries.

  • arrgee1991's avatar
    arrgee1991
    Problem sorter
    7 months ago

    @KeithLeonard I pay a large monthly subscription fee to Virgin for what I want.  Having the home screen showing a program I can't access without a subscription is ridiculous. Especially as I can't subscribe directly. It does not happen with Now TV. Disney plus, Paramount plus, Netflix etc. as all they show on the home screen are the programmes I can watch.  Even with Amazon Prime, I can switch off non-prime shows.  I even pay for boost on Now TV to not have ads on demand.  With TiVo they were less conspicuous at the the top of the screen, now they have taken over.