TiVO Premiere gives us a glimpse of what may be to come...

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

It's likely to be towards the end of this year

Thanks, that's helpful.

I might go for a Sky+ box off eBay, but my LNB only has one "outlet" so i'll have to get someone in to upgrade it. Alternatively, what are the options for the VM equivalent?

[Afcwimbledon2]

What happens for those who got a V+ box before? Do we get it replaced?

[kgollop]

Originally Posted by TheNorm

Thanks, that's helpful.

I might go for a Sky+ box off eBay, but my LNB only has one "outlet" so i'll have to get someone in to upgrade it. Alternatively, what are the options for the VM equivalent?

VM equivalent is the V+, check this link for pricing options:

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...us-hd-box.html

Originally Posted by TheNorm

Thanks, that's helpful.

I might go for a Sky+ box off eBay, but my LNB only has one "outlet" so i'll have to get someone in to upgrade it. Alternatively, what are the options for the VM equivalent?

you can get SkyHD boxes off Sky cheap and they will install a new LNB while they are at it ( but you are in a new contract then)

[heavyside]

I see that Sky are launching a 1 terabyte sky plus box. I hope VM do the same when they launch Tivo. It takes relatively few HD recordings to fill up the hard disc on my V+ box.

[tvtimes]

I think i read from a poster on ds that the new tivo boxes vm are launching will have 1tb.

[zantarous]

A little snippet of news from Nialli's blog http://vmhd.blogspot.com/2010/05/ber...ivo-plans.html

[naeskydish]

Interview with Cindy Rose VM’s Executive director of digital entertainment

……the complicated challenge is to get a Virgin Media service to those who are not actually connected to the Virgin network. Rose says it is too complicated at this stage to explain the technology, but it is a big commercial opportunity which she is going after.
That’s a key part of Rose’s aim to make Virgin “the digital superpower it ought to be” – but for now that Tivo-powered set-top box will play a pivotal role in the hoped for transformation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...al-dreams.html

[zantarous]

I think someone needs to reign Ms Rose in from making hyperbolic statements like

She says that it brings the best of the web to the TV screen, in the form of apps, and offers a search service which is “smarter than Google”.

[vanman]

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...l#post35040082

[dazed&confused]

Originally Posted by zantarous

I think someone needs to reign Ms Rose in from making hyperbolic statements like

Well - she did come from Disney......
"Home of Fairy Tales"

[WillPS]

I'm so excited about this!

[tucker61]

Just hope it can do some sort of multi-room

[Begize]

Originally Posted by tucker61

Just hope it can do some sort of multi-room

Me too. I've been putting off a "proper" solution (i.e. HD) for the bedroom until there's more info on these things.

[Hugh]

Could be some competition soon.....

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