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Old 17-11-2016, 20:45   #1231
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

Richard, Can I ask what you mean by 'stream like the Sky Q box'?
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Old 17-11-2016, 20:48   #1232
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Richard, Can I ask what you mean by 'stream like the Sky Q box'?
AIUI, you can stream your recordings and VOD to your tablet or smartphone from the main Sky Q box.

After I asked the question, he did say that when this is activated, "you'll be able to stream anywhere in the house".
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Old 17-11-2016, 21:03   #1233
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

Yes, with Sky Q you can stream recordings or live TV to up to 2 mini boxes and 2 tablets at the same time, with no impact on recordings.
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Old 17-11-2016, 21:07   #1234
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AIUI, you can stream your recordings and VOD to your tablet or smartphone from the main Sky Q box.

After I asked the question, he did say that when this is activated, "you'll be able to stream anywhere in the house".
You can already stream recordings and On Demand from V6 to the iOS version of the TV Anywhere app. I have done so to my iPad Mini.
What is missing is an updated version of the Android TV Anywhere app with this function, I think.
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Old 17-11-2016, 22:37   #1235
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5000 have gone to new customers, as of yesterday that is.
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Old 17-11-2016, 22:38   #1236
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Do you know why they can't just input the Mac code that I gave to them (whatever that is!) to get it to work?
I guess they mean the MAC address which will identify your box on the network as every box has different address. All networked devices such as phones, computers, tablets etc. have a unique MAC address.
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You can already stream recordings and On Demand from V6 to the iOS version of the TV Anywhere app. I have done so to my iPad Mini.
What is missing is an updated version of the Android TV Anywhere app with this function, I think.
Ahhh right. He seemed to think that it hadn't been enabled at all yet.

My tablets are Android (not that the engineer who called me knew this) so I guess it won't work anyway. TV Anywhere certainly doesn't

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Yes, with Sky Q you can stream recordings or live TV to up to 2 mini boxes and 2 tablets at the same time, with no impact on recordings.
Can you stream VOD? Maybe they don't think this to be necessary as you could do this with your tablet anyway.
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Old 18-11-2016, 00:42   #1238
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5000 have gone to new customers, as of yesterday that is.
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You can already stream recordings and On Demand from V6 to the iOS version of the TV Anywhere app. I have done so to my iPad Mini.
What is missing is an updated version of the Android TV Anywhere app with this function, I think.
Did any channels not stream recordings
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Old 18-11-2016, 05:50   #1240
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Did any channels not stream recordings
It's not a function I would actually use, preferring to use TiVo/V6 to record programs to watch on our TV but I believe there are restrictions in channels and/or programs. As to the current list of restrictions - pass.
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It's not a function I would actually use, preferring to use TiVo/V6 to record programs to watch on our TV but I believe there are restrictions in channels and/or programs. As to the current list of restrictions - pass.
The page with MRS restrictions has gone. Could it be there are none now?
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Can you stream VOD? Maybe they don't think this to be necessary as you could do this with your tablet anyway.
I think it streams them direct, without going through the Sky Q box.

The app on the iPad/iPhone looks exactly like the interface on the main box. There are options to download a show to the main box or to the iPad/iPhone or to "watch online".

For VOD (not recordings, which you can only access when at home, or if you download to your iPad/iPhone while at home), the options are exactly the same whether connected to your home network or to 3G/4G, so I suspect the stream is direct to the tablet/phone.

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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

What are they going to do are the replacing the old TiVos or do you have to buy one or will there be discounts
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The commercial details for V6 haven't been announced yet.
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What are they going to do are the replacing the old TiVos or do you have to buy one or will there be discounts
No announcements have been made yet, Pster.
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