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What ever happened to VideoPlus+?

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  • 04-08-2008 3:38pm
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    jetsonx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭


    What ever happened to VideoPlus+? Videoplus codes are the string of digits that you see on the TV listings page that you input into your vcr or dvd recorder and the recording settings are then automatic


    This was one of the great home entertainement inventions of the 90's ---- no more fussing about with VCR handbooks...

    Where has it gone...only a handful of manufacturers still actually offer it? For such a seemingly good invention...why is it fading into oblivion?


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    minxie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    jetsonx wrote: »
    What ever happened to VideoPlus+? Videoplus codes are the string of digits that you see on the TV listings page that you input into your vcr or dvd recorder and the recording settings are then automatic


    This was one of the great home entertainement inventions of the 90's ---- no more fussing about with VCR handbooks...

    Where has it gone...only a handful of manufacturers still actually offer it? For such a seemingly good invention...why is it fading into oblivion?
    its gone because it didnt work for most things:(


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    jetsonx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭jetsonx


    Why not...?


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    minxie1 wrote: »
    its gone because it didnt work for most things:(

    always worked for me....


    I presume the reason is because it's no longer any use in a world of sky/cable boxes which don't play nice with videos...


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    minxie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    jetsonx wrote: »
    Why not...?
    codes would never imput properly.:mad: too much hassle mate


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    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    It got replaced by EPGs as most people migrated from VHS to PVRs.
    Much easier to scroll through an on-screen list of programs and decide
    what you want saved to a hard-drive.


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    jetsonx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭jetsonx


    but you only get an EPG if you are with SKY?


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    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    jetsonx wrote: »
    but you only get an EPG if you are with SKY?

    Not true, you also get an EPG with UPC/NTL Digital, with freeview satellite or DTT. You can also use GuidePlus with many cable services.


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    MayoForSam
    Registered Users Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Sky+ FTW - no more scrambling around in old newspapers for the videoplus code - of course you had to buy the paper first as well :).

    Love 'em or loathe 'em, Sky got something right with Sky+.


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
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    Some newer HDD recorders now have Guide+, which has seemingly replaced Videoplus+

    However, it seems to be rather awkward to get to work in Ireland.


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    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    I'm pretty sure the TV Times website provided videoplus codes alongside
    the program listings.

    Guideplus is on the Sony HDD boxes (great machines) and I've managed
    to set it up using location as a Northern Irish postcode during setup.


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    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    jetsonx wrote: »
    What ever happened to VideoPlus+? Videoplus codes are the string of digits that you see on the TV listings page that you input into your vcr or dvd recorder and the recording settings are then automatic



    Worked very well for me on 2 vcr's I used to have.
    I see the tv listings in The Mirror have numbers.Are these Video+?


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    byte
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    Fuzzy Clam wrote: »
    Worked very well for me on 2 vcr's I used to have.
    I see the tv listings in The Mirror have numbers.Are these Video+?
    I'd say so. It's usually a code of numbers at the end of the programme description.

    You'll notice that primetime shows on channels like BBC1 or ITV have much shorter codes than that of RTE or TV3.


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    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure the TV Times website provided videoplus codes alongside
    the program listings.

    Guideplus is on the Sony HDD boxes (great machines) and I've managed
    to set it up using location as a Northern Irish postcode during setup.

    What address info you use? I have a HX970 and the epg did work fine the last time I checked, but sometimes it doesn't?


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    Dman001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    I'm pretty sure DVD recorders still use this. Sky+ is a great machine, well worth the money.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    was on our first VCR, but tbh, found the programer function easier to use


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    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    GrumPy wrote: »
    What address info you use? I have a HX970 and the epg did work fine the last time I checked, but sometimes it doesn't?

    I pretty much followed this:

    http://pie.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055206869&highlight=guideplus


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