Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

tivo will be given to everyone? Those boxes must cost rather alot for virgin, the V+ HD boxes are mpeg4 compatible, surely those are good enough?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

VM are investing in their network/platform ;)

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The Samsung one maybe (?), but the SA V+ certainly isn't mpeg4 compatible.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I understand that M is still available by going through retentions.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Only if Customer Relations choose to allow it. You can't just request it.

It's not available otherwise.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

With the channels available on that package you would be better getting a freeview box from the local supermarket and sticking an aerial in the loft.:erm::D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

But the history for this reads differently.


Setanta was added to XL at no extra charge for us.

Setanta went out of business, ESPN took over their content for most things.

ESPN continued where Setanta left off being part of the XL package still with no extra charge.

So how are we paying for it :confused:


OK if they made it a pay channel it would free up some money but who knows what the deal was and how much ?

Might be just enough for one extra HD channel and the lost of an HD channel from XL.......

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Also it would make sense since then Virgin will have only one or two middleware's to maintain providing that the V-HD box gets a Lite Tivo version or something Tivo-esque.

If that makes sense?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

I would rather keep ESPN/ESPN HD in TV XL than have Sky Atlantic or any of the "missing" HD channels.

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Agree with this except for the Sky Atlantic bit

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I think you should pay for it outside of XL as it is a pemium channel.

Why should non sports fans subsidise sports fans?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Lay off ESPN in the XL package.It's the only reason my other half won't reduce our package.If he did I'd say goodbye to Syfy,,FX and other channels I actually quite like to watch.

If anyone wants to get rid of anything how about the Challenge channels..or the sales channels.:p:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Don't you have as much of a right to have XL for "Syfy,,FX and other channels I actually quite like to watch" if it didn't contain ESPN, as he has to have XL because it has currently has got ESPN?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Ok let me word it differently.

ESPN is a pay (premium) channel and that's the point. It is a premium channel if you don't have XL. It's a great offer if you want it, no doubt about that but you cannot possibly think it is free when it is a stand alone channel otherwise.

23 live and exclusive Barclays Premier League games, FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, Guinness Premiership and on and on. There is no way that content comes cheap. And as I said on another thread all that included proves just how good value XL is, but only if you want ESPN.

XL is fantastic value, it really is and I have never said otherwise but part of that sub pays for ESPN, otherwise why is ESPN upto £8 a month?

Another thought, I wonder what will happen if (as is highly likely) ESPN get more Premier League packages in the future, will it still be included in XL? Pure speculation on my behalf but when Setanta had two packages included in XL what happened, I don't need to tell you.

We'll see, don't think for one moment I am slagging off XL other than I feel it is inflexible, that's all.

I am happy for the current model to continue but I would very much welcome the choice of having an additional HD sub for basic HD channels, that's all as it seems it is the only way we can get them and I honestly think it would increase VM's appeal.

Just my opinion.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Why should non arts fans subsidise arts fans?
I think the channels pay VM for carriage, so we'd be worse off!