Can I Rewind “Background” TV Channel?

[pvanston]

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 recorded programmes, when I switched back to live TV afterwards, I could rewind the current live programme - sometimes back more than an hour. This meant that, if I finished watching the recording at say 22:15, I could rewind to the weather forecast at 21:50 and the headlines at 22:00. Virgin 360 doesn’t seem to allow this. Why not?

Does it mean the current live TV channel isn’t a recorded channel on Virgin 360 - in the same way it was on the V6 Box? I seem to remember on V6 you could watch one channel while recording up to six others: is that limit the same on 360 or, if the current channel is no-longer being recorded, perhaps you can record seven parallel channels?

[japitts · Accepted solution]

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.

[roy247]

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@pvanston wrote:

Does it mean the current live TV channel isn’t a recorded channel on Virgin 360 - in the same way it was on the V6 Box? I seem to remember on V6 you could watch one channel while recording up to six others: is that limit the same on 360 or, if the current channel is no-longer being recorded, perhaps you can record seven parallel channels?

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Basically the answer is the 360 doesn't record the last hour of 6 channels you might have with the V6 so you can just switch between them, it concentrates on recording the channel you are watching for at least 3 hours probably longer until you decide to watch a recording or do any streaming as soon as you move away from the channel you are watching and then go back you are starting from scratch.

[roy247]

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

[nodrogd]

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@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

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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 🤫.

[roy247]

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

[pvanston]

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?

[japitts]

V6 & TV360 use the same hardware and have 6 recording tuners.

It's the software management of them that differs.

[Roger_Gooner]

Technology has moved on from buffering tuners. The 360 has the  Startover feature on several channels to stream from the beginning if the user selects "Watch from the start". There's also a bunch of other channels that are available on Catch Up.

[Tavis75]

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@Roger_Gooner wrote:

Technology has moved on from buffering tuners. The 360 has the  Startover feature on several channels to stream from the beginning if the user selects "Watch from the start". There's also a bunch of other channels that are available on Catch Up.

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If the channel supports start-over, many don't.

And if the channel has a catch-up service.

And if you don't mind sitting through and un-skippable ads on the catch-up service.

And if you want to watch the program in the window that it is available on the catch-up service, rather than having a recording.

And if you're not wanting to switch between multiple programs on different tuners, with the ability to rewind and fast-forward as necessary.

So yes, progress...