[Mute]

Thanks for the details Mute.

Does that also apply to the 360 which I understand isn't TiVo but runs on the same hardware? It's not like it would need to be dynamic for all channels anyway - just do the ones most likely to need it, or the PSBs.

There's an option on the TiVo home screen for upgrading that's far too easy to accidentally hit but from what I've read you can't then back out of it. It might sway me if it was a dynamic EPG although I know it doesn't offer manual recordings, which I often use.

On a side note, presumably that 3rd party provider is the one who also knocks up the programme thumbnails, some of which are wonderfully amateur and others like This Morning still show Phil and Holly from what must be their first year together.

I'm not sure how the TV360 software works as I've not used it, but even if it was capable of dynamic updates it wouldn't surprise me if they were still stuck with getting the data from a third party who may not be that reactive.

The program guide data and thumbnails (and possibly channel logos) were originally provided by Tribune Media Services, which I believe are now part of Gracenote.  The copyright notice in the system info menu mentions both companies.

As for the hardware, the box that's used for the V6 was designed for Liberty Global as a standard box to be used in multiple countries.  In the UK they decided to continue using the TiVo software, but in other countries the same box runs the Horizon software (known as TV360 here and in Ireland), so it is possible to "upgrade" a V6 box to TV360 via a software update.  I believe there is another version of the hardware, possibly from a second supplier, that will only run the TV360 software which is used for new TV360 installations.  Earlier version of Horizon that Liberty Global used in other countries (including Ireland) runs on different hardware that was never used in the UK.