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kimphilips's avatar
kimphilips
Tuning in
5 months ago

I really want a 4th box, but keep getting told no :(

We have four bedrooms and 3 could do with a V6 box - we don't need to record anything, just access the TV on the well err TV.  We have android TV's but you can't add the app to the TV, we already have 3 v6 boxes and keep getting told - that's it - you've reached max - no more.  Can anyone think of anything ?  

11 Replies

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    Very Insightful Person

    There used to be a maximum of 3 x V6 plus one additional TiVo, per household. The TiVo's are now being actively swapped out for V6 but AFAIK the 3 per household limit remains.

    I believe it's as much as technical limitation as a policy one. Your alternative would be to use the TV Go/TV Anywhere apps.

  • Thanks, I had hoped that wouldn't be the answer but thank you for coming back to me anyway.  I can't use the app on the TV, which is what I was trying to do.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta

    If you don't mind a cut down version of the V6, you could ditch it and, with a suitable TV bundle you can have as many as six streaming Flex boxes (no recordings possible).

    • japitts's avatar
      japitts
      Very Insightful Person

      Stream is a non-recording box that runs the same non-TiVo software as the TV360.

      A fundamentally different product, it should be pointed out.

    • roy247's avatar
      roy247
      Hero

      Roger_Gooner wrote:

      If you don't mind a cut down version of the V6, you could ditch it and, with a suitable TV bundle you can have as many as six streaming Flex boxes (no recordings possible).


      But don't you need to be in a full fibre area for that to be possible.

       

       

      • nodrogd's avatar
        nodrogd
        Very Insightful Person

        roy247 wrote:

        Roger_Gooner wrote:

        If you don't mind a cut down version of the V6, you could ditch it and, with a suitable TV bundle you can have as many as six streaming Flex boxes (no recordings possible).


        But don't you need to be in a full fibre area for that to be possible.

         

         


        You can now add up to 6 Flex/Stream boxes as multiroom boxes to a V360 master box as long as there are no existing mini 360s on the account.

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person

    Depending on what you need to watch, there are many streaming TV boxes available, e.g. Apple TV.  Or perhaps Manhattan or Humax if you want to record Freeview type programs? 

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person

      Hi kimphilips 

      I sometimes connect my windows laptop to the kitchen TV via HDMI cable and watch TVGo via the web browser.  Would that be a workaround for you?

      Also Virgin TVGo is now available on Apple TV's, however they don't  have all the channels that are available via the ios and android apps. 

  • Mr_K's avatar
    Mr_K
    Knows their stuff

    An hdmi splitter would feed the output from one box to 2 or more tvs. I have one , works well to feed both lounge and dining room tvs. Same channel/output of course, but it depends on your needs. No need to pay VM any more than you need to 😉

    • Adduxi's avatar
      Adduxi
      Very Insightful Person

      Mr_K wrote:

      <SNIP>   but it depends on your needs. No need to pay VM any more than you need to 😉


      Indeed, that's why I dumped VM TV a long time ago.  But then again, I don't have 4 TV's ......