Thanks for that explanation @BlueLou (and sorry I haven't yet figured out how to get your forum handle to come up as a link here).
I must say that it appears as if your tone is less than positive. I put it to you that one of the reasons why not many people may have used TV Control to download recordings from their V6 to their tablet was because it was notoriously slow and often unreliable too. That said, the last time I started as a VM customer was just after the V6 box was introduced and I used this feature all the time! Some people may not need it but some (eg commuters on long train, bus or even aircraft rides) may find it invaluable and indespensable - I did.
Given Sky do offer this feature (and it works reliably, all from the same one app), what is the official VM line as to what customers such as myself are to do? I don't think it'd be at all helpful to need to swap to a V6 box as you want to discontinue those (for obvious reasons) but if I'm trying to be supportive by using your new service and providing feedback here, VM needs to reciprocate in terms of getting back that lost functionality (at least at a basic level initially) for the people who do want it. If you market it correctly so customers know the functionality is there, that'll also significantly increase usage of the app this way. I do recall a member of VM support staff trying to convince me that this functionality wasn't even possible with the V6 box last time I was a customer so you'll also need to ensure tech support staff are fully aware of it when it comes.
To me an inference to the app being called TV Go is that you can take your recordings with you, stored locally on the device for playback on that device while you're out and about. Clearly if those responsible for securing rights in TiVo can haggle out a deal to benifit their customers while still keeping their CFO happy, I can't see why a big company such as Liberty Global/Virgin Media can't do the same here.
Where there's a will, there's a way!
