Originally Posted by Sirius:
“My concern is that the "coming soon" thread on the other forum isn't clearly identified as a mainly speculative thread, with "sources" being almost anyone who states anything (indeed, I am now a source). It states channels are testing that blatantly aren't, and therefore people reading it believe that Virgin, or someone authoritative with information, have confirmed these as imminent launches.”
It's pretty obviously speculation after reading a few pages. It amuses me that, even when posters, known to be closely linked to VM, challenge certain supposedly "official" leaks, other posters reply claiming that the information came from VM. It's Chinese whispers.
Don't worry about being named as a source, if a poster doesn't disclose where they got the info, others will invariably ask for the source. At least they've not referred to you as an "insider" ..yet.
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“Much of what is supposedly testing can be confirmed by hooking up many modern TVs to the network. The speculation of "internal" tests are baseless and there's no reason for such tests for an experienced operator that knows how to work a DVB-C network, transcoders and all the associated hardware.”
They perhaps don't test enough, or problems such as the delay in launching the ITV HD channels would have become obvious before the 11th hour. As for the reported "tests", I generally take these claims with a pinch of salt. Even though I have equipment with cable tuners, it's not something I'd bother trying to verify.