V6 and sky sports+

[klsdorsetuk]

Hi, seen on our v6 box about upgrading to 360 and was wondering if we can get sky sports+ on the v6 boxes as we really don’t want to change boxes to 360 as we record lots of programmes on both boxes.

Can you still record up to six programmes when you upgrade a v6 box to 360?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[nodrogd]

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@klsdorsetuk wrote:

Hi, seen on our v6 box about upgrading to 360 and was wondering if we can get sky sports+ on the v6 boxes as we really don’t want to change boxes to 360 as we record lots of programmes on both boxes.

The V360 system is streaming centric rather than recording centric. For instance, there is no buffering of channels except for the one being watched. Both boxes will record, but you have to specify with each individual recording which box it must be recorded on. The recordings list is a combined list, so again you have to select the individual box to see what is recorded on it.When a box eventually fails it will be replaced with a disk less mini box & you lose half of your capacity. Sky Sports + is confirmed for V360. For the V6, we are still waiting to hear what functionality will be available.

Can you still record up to six programmes when you upgrade a v6 box to 360?

Yes, but there is no buffering of the 6 tuners like there is with V6. So whereas if a channel was being buffered & you hit record on the V6 you could possibly get the programme from the start, you cannot with V360.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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[japitts]

The Sky Sports HD multiscreen is being developed for V6, but there's no timescale for it.

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@klsdorsetuk wrote:

Can you still record up to six programmes when you upgrade a v6 box to 360?

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Yes, you can.  Both of your V6 boxes will be upgraded to 360 and retain all of their recording capability. 

[klsdorsetuk]

Hi, thank you all for your help, just a quick question relating to upgrading, as we have two boxes do we have to upgrade both or can we keep one as normal v6 box platform and one as a 360 upgrade? I’m keen to upgrade so we can get a mini box upstairs but my partner wants to keep the box in living room the same as it is now?

Thank you

[Tavis75]

You can't have a mix of 360s and V6s, all boxes have to be converted together.

I would also look into the differences between the boxes, if you record a lot the V6 has better features in that regard, the 360 is more focused on streaming.

Some of the missing features are as follows; Wishlists (where you can set the box to record programs on certain subjects or featuring certain people), undelete, series link+, series link manager, suggestions, setting of series links for programs not in the current TV guide, ethernet control, keyboard support via USB, switching between tuners with constant buffering, skip-back on fast-forward, quickplay, default recording options, cancelling individual recordings from a series link, multi-channel series links, radio channels allowing recording of radio, separation of recordings between boxes, watching recordings when internet is not available and probably a few others I've forgotten.

Also, extra boxes do not have their own hard disks or tuners (unless converted from a V6 box), so you lose storage space and recording ability and are also reliant on the main box being on to watch and set recordings and also on having a decent wi-fi signal (or ethernet cable) between the two boxes when watching recordings.

[japitts]

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@klsdorsetuk wrote:

I’m keen to upgrade so we can get a mini box upstairs but my partner wants to keep the box in living room the same as it is now?

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You don't need a TV360 to have an additional box, infact you'd be better off staying on V6.

TV360 is designed around one master-box with all your recordings, and additional mini-boxes which slave off the master.

V6 additional multiroom boxes are fully functional in their own right with separate hard drive storage. They can multiroom stream between each other, but are not reliant on a single recording pool.

It's the multiroom capability that means all the boxes in an individual home need to be on the same platform - so all TiVo/V6 or all TV360. Not a mixture of the both.

[klsdorsetuk]

Thank you, that’s very helpful, not sure if you can still get the v6 boxes installed so I’ll message them to see.

[klsdorsetuk]

Thank you, that’s very helpful.

[japitts]

Existing TiVo/V6 customers can still add multi-room boxes, upto a maximum of 3 in total.

It's only new customers who have TV360 with no choice.