Switching to 360

[mikeberg]

I currently have two V6 boxes both containing recordings. Should I go for an upgrade to 360 or ask for a new box? Do I get a choice? Is there any benefit either way?

If I upgrade, I assume one V6 would be swapped for a mini? The main downside appears to be halving my recording space? Anything else major?

Thanks

[newapollo]

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@G4DDS wrote:

Not switched to 360 as I want the others to iron out as many bugs before being forced to. Currently have 3 V6 so a single 360 and 2 mini boxes is a big "no" from me!

Just wondering though, have the 360 folks got proper series links and wishlists yet? V6 wishlists are the most useful things ever to grace a recording box in my opinion.

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The 360 does not have a wish list however you can search for something using voice (e.g. ‘Movies with John Wayne’) and then manually save the result to your Watch list.

[TonyJover]

"Currently have 3 V6 so a single 360 and 2 mini boxes is a big "no" from me!"

If you currently have 3 x V6 boxes, then I believe they can all be upgraded to 360 - no mini boxes required.

[TonyJover]

"manually save the result to your Watch list"

Is the 360 'Watch List' the same as the V6 'Wish List'?

[Tom_F]

Hi TonyJover, on 360 the Watchlist is just a list of stuff you can add to - things you would like to watch in future. I don't think its the same as the Wishlist which would actively record content with certain keywords etc.

Tom 

[TonyJover]

Thanks @Tom_F  So if there's a film I want to record the next time it's scheduled on any channel, there's no way to set that up?  Say I wanted to record "Ghost" the next time it's aired, there is no way to set that up automatically?

[Tom_F]

From what I can gather Wishlists haven't been brought over to the new software - possibly that will change with updates in future at the moment though it's not possible as far as I'm aware.

Tom 

[archercj]

Although I have expressed my like for the 360 software I do have concerns regarding development and tweaking it to give the functionality currently missing that is on the Tivo interface.

360 is based on a mature interface called Horizon 4 from Liberty Global. This seems to be fairly stable so the time scales for adding extra features that users are requesting may be interesting. 

[Plumbsafe]

"Was told many times by Virgin staff that it was a No to reverting to TiVo"

Don't believe everything your told, we have been reverted back to Tivo but my word it was hard work and we consider ourselves very fortunate.