RichardCoulter
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- TV with built in Freeview/ Virgin Media TiVo V6 box
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- UK
Customers will shortly start to receive notification that V boxes will be withdrawn on 1/8/18. To continue to receive the TV service, they must upgrade by 31/7/18.
Wonder how many are still using a box older than the V box and what will happen to them?
It was always said that TiVo software could be dropped onto the V box, but they have clearly decided against this for some reason. I wonder if the V box cannot use MPEG 4 and they now want to convert the SD channels?
The free upgrade offer was obviously the carrot, so here comes the stick.
Edit: The extra Premier Sport channels are expected to join VM (in HD) this summer; there has been speculation that the SD versions of the Premier Sport channels will be switched off at the same time to help meet the extra costs of HD transmissions.
It could be that the delay was down to VM waiting for this before signing a carriage agreement and making arrangements to phase out the V boxes?? It is also for this reason that Premier Sports 2 SD is now not expected to start at all.
In order for the less wealthy channels to be able to afford to go HD, this seems to be becoming the strategy on the Astra satellites (not sure about any other satellites though).
Wonder how many are still using a box older than the V box and what will happen to them?
It was always said that TiVo software could be dropped onto the V box, but they have clearly decided against this for some reason. I wonder if the V box cannot use MPEG 4 and they now want to convert the SD channels?
The free upgrade offer was obviously the carrot, so here comes the stick.
Edit: The extra Premier Sport channels are expected to join VM (in HD) this summer; there has been speculation that the SD versions of the Premier Sport channels will be switched off at the same time to help meet the extra costs of HD transmissions.
It could be that the delay was down to VM waiting for this before signing a carriage agreement and making arrangements to phase out the V boxes?? It is also for this reason that Premier Sports 2 SD is now not expected to start at all.
In order for the less wealthy channels to be able to afford to go HD, this seems to be becoming the strategy on the Astra satellites (not sure about any other satellites though).
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