Virgin boxes

gjs6385

Hi,


I have been reading about the offer from Virgin to offer existing customers a free upgrade to a V6 box.


At present I have a Tivo box downstairs and a standard V+ HD box upstairs. Both of these have recordings on them. Will I lose them if I get V6 boxes or can I somehow put the recordings onto an external hard drive?


Thanks.

gjs6385

Welly_Boots wrote: »

Will I lose them if I get V6 boxes? YES


Can I somehow put the recordings onto an external hard drive? NO

Just as I suspected - thank you!


I'll just have to get watching the recordings while awaiting the offer of the new V6 box in the post from VM! Lol.

Lincoln_Imp

Think to only way possible is to play and record it in real time via the SCART

All due to copyright protection and restrictions placed on Virgin

Just found this on google
https://www.lifewire.com/move-tivo-recordings-1130892

And this ..Read the last post
http://vmhd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/transferring-recordings-from-your-old.html

cranford

There is a section on the VM community help site for the V6 box if you have further questions. For example the new boxes come without a scart connector which does cause a problem for some set ups.
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/CommunityHubForums

eastcorkram

I've been a VM customer for about 8 years. Tv, broadband, and phone. We've never had a TIVO box, just the one that came before, that you can't record stuff on.
This topic caught my eye, so I've logged into my virgin media account, and there is no mention of this free upgrade. Even if I click on 'my offers', there is no mention of it?

Lincoln_Imp

eastcorkram wrote: »

I've been a VM customer for about 8 years. Tv, broadband, and phone. We've never had a TIVO box, just the one that came before, that you can't record stuff on.
This topic caught my eye, so I've logged into my virgin media account, and there is no mention of this free upgrade. Even if I click on 'my offers', there is no mention of it?

The one before Tivo was a V+ which you could record on so yours must be very old

Have a look here for the free V6 ,If you eligible it will say so
http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/connected-entertainment.html?buspart=uk_ps_b_cable_GOOGLE_consideration_VM_BRAND_VIRGIN_Q1-2018_CONNECTED_ACTIVE_V6_CORE_BMM_VM_BRAND_VIRGIN_CONNECTED_ACTIVE_V6_CORE_BMM_%2Bvirgin+%2Bv6&CMP=DFA:1882230:115253282:288229331:0&gclid=CPDN6MbC8dgCFQz9GwodMqQO6g&gclsrc=ds

eastcorkram

Lincoln_Imp wrote: »

The one before Tivo was a V+ which you could record on so yours must be very old

Have a look here for the free V6 ,If you eligible it will say so
http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/connected-entertainment.html?buspart=uk_ps_b_cable_GOOGLE_consideration_VM_BRAND_VIRGIN_Q1-2018_CONNECTED_ACTIVE_V6_CORE_BMM_VM_BRAND_VIRGIN_CONNECTED_ACTIVE_V6_CORE_BMM_%2Bvirgin+%2Bv6&CMP=DFA:1882230:115253282:288229331:0&gclid=CPDN6MbC8dgCFQz9GwodMqQO6g&gclsrc=ds]V6 box

Yes it's old!
I searched online for the offer, and went into it that way. Yes, we qualify. So it's ordered, and should be delivered on February 3rd. Thought it might be an issue, if they were checking where I was posting from, as I'm away from home at the moment, but no problem. Confirmation email received too.

Lincoln_Imp

Did you get offered the new hub as well

My lad has just ordered his
I have 2 boxes in the house ,1 V6 and 1 Tivo but they wont let me order another

168hourweek

Hi
V6 box in lounge
Kept standard tivo box and put upstairs in bedroom connect bother to powerline adaptors
You can record on both and watch what on the other one from the menu

eastcorkram

Lincoln_Imp wrote: »

Did you get offered the new hub as well

My lad has just ordered his
I have 2 boxes in the house ,1 V6 and 1 Tivo but they wont let me order another

I think that's OK. During the process, it showed me the details of the box being replaced, and it's id number, so they obviously know what we have. The hub thingy is only about a year old. When they were doubling the speed everywhere a while back, they contacted us to say our old one wouldn't cope with it, so it was upgraded then FOC.

DCFC79

Lincoln_Imp wrote: »

The one before Tivo was a V+ which you could record on so yours must be very old

Have a look here for the free V6 ,If you eligible it will say so
http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/connected-entertainment.html?buspart=uk_ps_b_cable_GOOGLE_consideration_VM_BRAND_VIRGIN_Q1-2018_CONNECTED_ACTIVE_V6_CORE_BMM_VM_BRAND_VIRGIN_CONNECTED_ACTIVE_V6_CORE_BMM_%2Bvirgin+%2Bv6&CMP=DFA:1882230:115253282:288229331:0&gclid=CPDN6MbC8dgCFQz9GwodMqQO6g&gclsrc=ds

I tried the link and it said there was an error, Ill try again though.