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muppetman11 · 25-10-2016, 17:51

Wonder why it says stream selected recordings ? I thought the current TiVo allowed Multiroom streaming of all channels now.

Ddonald2016 · 25-10-2016, 20:12

This was added info about v6 on tv anywhere but selected recordings will stream to phone

With a TiVo® box, your app lets you:

Control your TV – if your device is connected to the same home network as your Hub. You can easily scroll through the channels, see what’s on, then flick it to your main TV screen. Magic!
Manage your recordings – set up a Series Link+ from anywhere in the world when you’re connected to the internet

If you have a V6 box, you can also:

Watch some recordings on your mobile or tablet at home or download them to watch anywhere offline

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Wonder why it says stream selected recordings ? I thought the current TiVo allowed Multiroom streaming of all channels now.

This is about v6 box and the features the app will provide. So we will face some restrictions on what recordings we can download from v6 to tablet ( sky sports and movies maybe ) and steaming not allowed on 3G or 4g

When it comes to any sky movies if you can find them it's not easy it says "content not available when your away from your home network" I'm on my home network all else is fine apart from sky premium

When you go into what to watch and movies, there are movies just not sky movies and no Sky sports on demand to watch either

Also they claim "Sky Cinema and Sky Sports on your computer, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and Android mobile or tablet

Access your subscribed Sky Cinema and Sky Sports channels wherever you have a data connection on 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi" well I tested it and 3G 4g doesn't work

pythagoras · 25-10-2016, 20:53

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

From what I can gather, the new VM box compares very well indeed with Sky Q and the price will be competitive. I don't know why some are talking this down when they have no evidence to back up their pessimism

What have you gathered? I hope its more than VM are advertising as they are only advertising Netflix and youtube in 4K, no other channels or content:
https://keepup.virginmedia.com/befirst

Lets hope its more than this or the Sky Q will stay and the Tivo boxes will be going back.

Ddonald2016 · 25-10-2016, 21:04

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

What have you gathered? I hope its more than VM are advertising as they are only advertising Netflix and youtube in 4K, no other channels or content:
https://keepup.virginmedia.com/befirst

Lets hope its more than this or the Sky Q will stay and the Tivo boxes will be going back.

I agree but the apps lack of sky movies and sky sports box sets and no access to any sly movies or sports is not a good sign

BenMcr · 25-10-2016, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016

Also they claim "Sky Cinema and Sky Sports on your computer, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and Android mobile or tablet

Access your subscribed Sky Cinema and Sky Sports channels wherever you have a data connection on 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi" well I tested it and 3G 4g doesn't work

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016

I agree but the apps lack of sky movies and sky sports box sets and no access to any sly movies or sports is not a good sign

Sky Cinema and Sky Sports have their own apps. The channels and On Demand content isn't available through the main TV Anywhere app

Ddonald2016 · 25-10-2016, 21:34

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Sky Cinema and Sky Sports have their own apps. The channels and On Demand content isn't available through the main TV Anywhere app

Yeah but I have just been told for the foreseeable we can't download any sky premium content from v6 to our boxes due to sky restrictions. So you got a favourite movie on your V6 you WONT be able to download the recordings to your tablet device unlike Sky Q and a manager I spoke to said the only confirmed 4K will be Netflix reduced to £7 for V6 customers, youtube 4K, some virgin movies in 4K between £6.99 and £9.99 for 2 day rental and are in talks with BT Sport but no sky content from any sky channel in 4K.

muppetman11 · 25-10-2016, 22:50

Sky don't have any UHD channels anyway , they have certain movies available On Demand , some box set On Demand and a few Football matches a week available through the red button.

If it wasn't for the Multiroom and flexibility side of Sky Q I certainly wouldn't pay for UHD alone.

pythagoras · 25-10-2016, 23:02

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky don't have any UHD channels anyway , they have certain movies available On Demand , some box set On Demand and a few Football matches a week available through the red button.

If it wasn't for the Multiroom and flexibility side of Sky Q I certainly wouldn't pay for UHD alone.

This looks like a lot of 4K content to me:

Sky Q 4K content will include 124 live Premier League games, every Formula 1 race from 2017, 70 movies including Spectre and The Revenant, 30 hours of natural history and new dramas such as The Blacklist. Customers will be able to browse the 4K content via dedicated 'Ultra HD' sections.

And more to come.

Ddonald2016 · 25-10-2016, 23:22

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

This looks like a lot of 4K content to me:

Sky Q 4K content will include 124 live Premier League games, every Formula 1 race from 2017, 70 movies including Spectre and The Revenant, 30 hours of natural history and new dramas such as The Blacklist. Customers will be able to browse the 4K content via dedicated 'Ultra HD' sections.

And more to come.

Sadly all the above won't be coming to V6, according to tests there isn't a UHD section in the software at all but box is 4K ready

Derekb108 · 25-10-2016, 23:38

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016

Sadly all the above won't be coming to V6, according to tests there isn't a UHD section in the software at all but box is 4K ready

The V6 isn't out yet lets see what January brings...

Ddonald2016 · 25-10-2016, 23:47

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Originally Posted by Derekb108

The V6 isn't out yet lets see what January brings...

Well the fact that all 4K sky channel material is sky exclusive till march 2018?that don't look good

Derekb108 · 26-10-2016, 00:12

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016

Well the fact that all 4K sky channel material is sky exclusive till march 2018?that don't look good

Thats what sky does, they don't have exclusivity over HD now, we knew this would happen with 4K would be exclusive....

Ddonald2016 · 26-10-2016, 01:02

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Originally Posted by Derekb108

Thats what sky does, they don't have exclusivity over HD now, we knew this would happen with 4K would be exclusive....

Yeah it's true but what do we have or need a 4K box for

bubblegun · 26-10-2016, 04:10

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

This looks like a lot of 4K content to me:

Sky Q 4K content will include 124 live Premier League games

Sky have 126 games this season from the English Premier League.

Which 2 games aren't going to be UHD? Does anyone know yet, or is this a typo?

pythagoras · 26-10-2016, 09:20

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016

Yeah it's true but what do we have or need a 4K box for

Well, there is a lot of netflix and youtube 4K content.