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Digital Fanatic · 04-02-2011, 19:41

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Originally Posted by Masque

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ha ha..

BenMcr · 04-02-2011, 19:41

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Originally Posted by Andy C

From what I gather this has been done with an autodialler picking numbers from random out of the lists of people who registered interest whether they've been with VM one month or 15 years.

To be honest it wouldn't matter which way they did it, as which ever way it would be unfair to a set of people

Random is probably the only way to make is fair as possible for those that pre registered

muppetman11 · 04-02-2011, 19:43

I would agree if it would randomly ring mine LOL :-)

passingbat · 04-02-2011, 19:46

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Originally Posted by Masque

Maybe that's what's taking the time and causing delay; organising the gun licence to go with the TIVO?

pythagoras · 04-02-2011, 19:56

Well virgin are planning a special tivo deal for vip customers, so I wouldnt take a tivo at £149 now.

Regards

John.

bengeo · 04-02-2011, 20:04

Can Tivo record saved programs to a DVD recorder in the same way as you can with a V+ box?

Thanks,

Andy

passingbat · 04-02-2011, 20:09

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

Well virgin are planning a special tivo deal for vip customers, so I wouldnt take a tivo at £149 now.

Regards

John.

Do you have a source for this?

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Originally Posted by bengeo

Can Tivo record saved programs to a DVD recorder in the same way as you can with a V+ box?

Thanks,

Andy

I'd be interested to know this, although I don't use that functionality that often.

It's been reported on the TIVO forums that both the scart and HDMI output at the same time, so I guess you could always do it by watching the programme (assuming you use HDMI for your TV connection).

I hope the scart is RGB capable instead of the composite output on the VCR socket on the V+

pythagoras · 04-02-2011, 20:11

An email from an executive director, I asked what the offer would be but havent received a reply yet.

Regards

John

passingbat · 04-02-2011, 20:25

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

An email from an executive director, I asked what the offer would be but havent received a reply yet.

Regards

John

Thanks.

Unless taking the new VIP TIVO pack includes something like free install of TIVO, then would already having the TIVO make a difference to going to the VIP TIVO pack?

Maybe this is the reason for the delay to releasing TIVO to non S1 customers --- all pricing options need to be anounced, so people know all the options available? Only new customer prices have been officially anounced as far as I'm aware.

spiderplant · 04-02-2011, 20:45

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Originally Posted by bengeo

Can Tivo record saved programs to a DVD recorder in the same way as you can with a V+ box?

No, you'd have to use normal playback if you wanted to copy to DVD.

bengeo · 04-02-2011, 20:49

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

No, you'd have to use normal playback if you wanted to copy to DVD.

Thanks, I can live with that!

Andy

TonyHoyle · 04-02-2011, 21:03

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

To be honest it wouldn't matter which way they did it, as which ever way it would be unfair to a set of people

Random is probably the only way to make is fair as possible for those that pre registered

The problem is the random is 'random out of the total list' not 'random out of those who haven't been called yet'.

So I hear that someone was called today twice within one hour, despite having bought Tivo on the first call (and some getting 3-4 calls over a couple of days).. and others (including me) not called at all.

That's a horrible way to do it from a resource point of view, as your limited number of people who are making the calls are going to be spending an increasing amount of time making wasted phone calls (as number of people not called decreases, the chances of the random number generator picking someone not called decreases also).

You could also improve the process by pre-checking whether the calleee was in a VM area (again, reports of people who can't get virgin getting 2-3 calls).

davidthornton · 04-02-2011, 21:04

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

No, you'd have to use normal playback if you wanted to copy to DVD.

Isn't that the same way you'd do it from a V+ box or have I missed something all this time?

Peter_ · 04-02-2011, 21:05

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Originally Posted by TonyHoyle

The problem is the random is 'random out of the total list' not 'random out of those who haven't been called yet'.

So I hear that someone was called today twice within one hour, despite having bought Tivo on the first call (and some getting 3-4 calls over a couple of days).. and others (including me) not called at all.

They should not be getting multiple calls as the will be notes on the account so the agents are not doing their jobs correctly if that has happened.

passingbat · 04-02-2011, 21:09

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Originally Posted by davidthornton

Isn't that the same way you'd do it from a V+ box or have I missed something all this time?

No, on a V+ box there is a function where you can record a programme to a DVD disc and use the V+ box as normal at the same time.

V+ Extras > Copy to VCR/DVD.