Entertainment class

[whole diary]

[Glovidge]

Well I have a confession to make, the other day I got a train from Cardiff to Paddington and they had the Volo screens onboard and the 8 year old child in me came out and I had a good old press on the screen, looking at BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) headlines and the maps etc and then it froze up for the remainder of the journey.

I tried  folloing the onscreen prompts an even turning it off but to no avail. So apologies

This was an accident not wilful vandalism I hasten to add.

[amiddl]

Another trip in a Volo Coach - not a soul watching. Have they stopped the moving map for free as I couldn't find it at all???

[laird]

The moving map is still available but now is within the paid for section

[Steve Bray]

I just Googled Volo TV. It seems that the tv presence is annoying more people than it pleases, and there are some interesting debates, especially if you click on the transitioncultures.org entry on Google. Many comments also about 'no-one using it'. For me, only the map would be of interest.

[chrisoates]

The moving map is still available but now is within the paid for section

Only free thing now is 'live updates'.

Even turning them off is problematic - something triggers them into life - mine came on twice from St Erth to Hayle and at Camborne, Redruth & Truro - after that it was off till Exeter.

[JayMac]

If you switch off the screen it is designed to switch on again at every station stop.

[Timmer]

The fact that there will always be a few that will use them probably just about makes the project viable. It's the sort of thing that you would have expected Virgin would have done on their services. The fact that they haven't does make you ask the question why FGW^▸ (First Great Western) decided to go ahead and have them installed.

[FarWestJohn]

Perhaps Volo TV is the reason the awful claustrophobic high back seats were fitted.

[BBM]

The VDU at Twyford this morning announced that the 06:53 to Paddington had "TV entertainment in coach D". Problem was that the service was formed (as is scheduled) of a 5-car Turbo! 

[JayMac]

The fact that there will always be a few that will use them probably just about makes the project viable. It's the sort of thing that you would have expected Virgin would have done on their services. The fact that they haven't does make you ask the question why FGW^▸ (First Great Western) decided to go ahead and have them installed.

Indeed. According to Paul Soor, MD of Volo TV, they have a business model that only needs 7% of passenger journeys to (make it) pay. He's quiet on profit details and start up costs though.

[devon_metro]

When I last stood up in coach D, I glanced into D and a few seemed to have something that resembled Top Gear on. I suspect it's used more on the Penzance - Paddington route however.

[Brucey]

There is some information on the Volo website about becoming a "Voloteer" (i.e. free access to the system, in exchange for your views)
http://www.volo.tv/voloteer.html

[XPT]

I normally go in quiet zones on trains so I can (hopefully) get away from people using those darn mobile phones.  But a few weeks ago I thought I'd go in the Entertainment Class, so that I could watching the live moving map and speed display.  Very dissapointed to find that I couldn't access this feature.   I now read it on that this is only available if you pay to use it.  I don't think I'll be doing that!

[IanL]

This mornings 0835 from Charlbury to Paddington (0851 at OXF^» (Oxford - next trains)) advertised as 8 car HST^▸ (High Speed Train) with volo tv in coach E. Unfortunately as is too often the case this was a 7 car HST with no coach E whatsoever, ABCD,F (buffet) GH. Removing standard class coaches on the first off peak train which is always very busy is a big mistake, especially when the missing coach is being explicitly advertised on the CIS^▸ (Customer Information System).

[dmutony]

volo tv is only fitted to D coaches!!!!!!