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bobr
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11 months ago
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Really Irritating lack of separation between Virgin TV 360 boxes

I really liked our previous V6 separation between our 2 boxes. Each was separate. However, now with TV 360, there seems to be no way to keep them separate. Virgin should enable the boxes to operate...
  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    11 months ago
    bobr wrote:

    I understand the choice that Virgin has made, but it still irritates me that it doesn't have the features that I outlined, which would go some way to mitigating the downside.

    On the contrary, Virgin has not made this choice. Virgin is now owned by a far bigger international cable operator that has had Horizon in place since 2012. Horizon is now moving to it's 5th Generation, & has been imposed on Virgin as it's new owners do not want to renew the TiVO licence when they already have a system in place.

    https://www.libertyglobal.com/blog/celebrating-innovation-with-our-horizon-entertainment-platform/ 

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bobr
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11 months ago

I understand the choice that Virgin has made, but it still irritates me that it doesn't have the features that I outlined, which would go some way to mitigating the downside.

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nodrogd
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11 months ago
bobr wrote:

I understand the choice that Virgin has made, but it still irritates me that it doesn't have the features that I outlined, which would go some way to mitigating the downside.

On the contrary, Virgin has not made this choice. Virgin is now owned by a far bigger international cable operator that has had Horizon in place since 2012. Horizon is now moving to it's 5th Generation, & has been imposed on Virgin as it's new owners do not want to renew the TiVO licence when they already have a system in place.

https://www.libertyglobal.com/blog/celebrating-innovation-with-our-horizon-entertainment-platform/