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pvanston
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2 months ago
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Can I Rewind “Background” TV Channel?

Just upgraded to Virgin360 and trying to understand what differs from the standard V6 functionality. Previously, if I left live TV set to channel 601 (BBC News) for example while watching one of my ...
  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    2 months ago

    V6 runs TiVo-software and is very recording-centric. TV360 runs Horizon-software and is very "online"-centric.

    A V6 keeps all 6 tuners buffering continually, and you can rewind all 6 upto one hour maximum - unless one is recording in which case you can rewind to the start of the recording.

    A TV360 keeps the live channel buffering for upto 6hours and any tuner that's recording, but all others are shutdown and no buffer is held. If you watch a recording or any VoD/streaming programme, the live channel buffer is also stopped.

    If you will want to pause/rewind a programme on TV360, you should record it.

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japitts
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2 months ago

V6 runs TiVo-software and is very recording-centric. TV360 runs Horizon-software and is very "online"-centric.

A V6 keeps all 6 tuners buffering continually, and you can rewind all 6 upto one hour maximum - unless one is recording in which case you can rewind to the start of the recording.

A TV360 keeps the live channel buffering for upto 6hours and any tuner that's recording, but all others are shutdown and no buffer is held. If you watch a recording or any VoD/streaming programme, the live channel buffer is also stopped.

If you will want to pause/rewind a programme on TV360, you should record it.

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    roy247
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    2 months ago

    Hi japitts,

    I see you managed to edit your answer, do you know if the edit function has only been removed from non VIP's I can't edit anymore and have seen other people saying they can't edit their posts. 🤔 TIA

     

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      nodrogd
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      2 months ago
      roy247 wrote:

      Hi japitts,

      I see you managed to edit your answer, do you know if the edit function has only been removed from non VIP's I can't edit anymore and have seen other people saying they can't edit their posts. 🤔 TIA

       

      The edit function is currently Mods, Forum Staff & VIPs only. It is unlikely to return in the near future as there is a major change in the pipeline 🤫.

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        roy247
        Superstar
        2 months ago

        Guessed that was the situation, but what's in the pipeline. 🤔

         

  • pvanston's avatar
    pvanston
    Tuning in
    2 months ago

    Thanks japitts: very clear.

    Can you also confirm if there is a limit to the number of parallel channels that can be recorded on 360?