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pengedragon 09-09-2016 07:32

Re: More price rises
 
Most important for me is broadband speed and consistency and all the sport channels

Been doing my sums for a while and even with the increase I'm probably better off staying where I am

To get the bt channels at a reasonable price I'd have to get bt broadband, with the best will in the world that's not going to compare to vm broadband so I'd be cutting off my nose to spite my face

I think I'm going to try and raise the cash for 12 months line rental to bring my bill down that way and look forward to the new tivo

1andrew1 09-09-2016 10:07

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The weakened Pound is now starting to weave its way into the costs of goods and services. Apple is the latest company to raise its prices. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...k-blame-brexit

denphone 09-09-2016 10:26

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Better tell that Andrew to those in their ivory towers who seem to think that the after effects of the Brexit vote would not affect them in any way at all...

Paul 09-09-2016 13:21

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Apple uses brexit as an excuse to hike prices ....

What a shocker, I mean, they must be really poor and desperate for money :dozey:

jodash 09-09-2016 13:30

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Agreed it's getting to much and the TV service seems slow and takes ages to load,now I'm
A senior citizen have to watch the pennies

greeninferno 09-09-2016 13:51

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gavin78 (Post 35858376)
I had an Android box I found it crap to be honest and I paid extra for it £150 sold it on in the end

trying to navigate and find the channels you want is sometimes time consuming. some of the films are HD which the quility is great but then it's finding the links that work.

Live TV is like watching live tv from the camera on your phone pointed at the tv and despite 200mb BB you do get buffering.

It's only good really for old shows like moonlighting and airwolf which I own airwolf box sets anyway just saves me having to run the DVD player for them.

The picture quility is not a patch on VM and SKY's box and in all honesty the box hadn't been used for months would rather do what I do now and pay for it legit at least you get quality.

My main complaint with VM is the movie channels they do nothing but constantly repeat the same films week in week out. Hard to kill, passenger 57, harry potter movies and a load of others it's not like they leave them for maybe 6-12 months before showing them again it's like a 2 week break and they are back on again.

Do you not have access to Sky Movies On Demand through Virgin now?

muppetman11 09-09-2016 13:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35858407)
The weakened Pound is now starting to weave its way into the costs of goods and services. Apple is the latest company to raise its prices. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...k-blame-brexit

The pretty simple answer to that is don't buy their products and watch them come down in price once again.

noel43 09-09-2016 16:17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by greeninferno (Post 35858442)
Do you not have access to Sky Movies On Demand through Virgin now?

Yes

Gavin78 09-09-2016 21:16

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sky movies on demand what is the difference to the sky movie channels?

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Quote:

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35858411)
Better tell that Andrew to those in their ivory towers who seem to think that the after effects of the Brexit vote would not affect them in any way at all...

So how is Brexit a reason for £2 a month/£24 a year line rental increase?

Stephen 09-09-2016 21:21

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On demand should have same movies that are currently on rotation on the channels.

denphone 10-09-2016 06:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35858443)
The pretty simple answer to that is don't buy their products and watch them come down in price once again.

There are too many gullible people out there for that to happen MM.

Oh dear now l have upset a few.:dig::dig::D:D

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gavin78 (Post 35858515)
sky movies on demand what is the difference to the sky movie channels?

---------- Post added at 21:16 ---------- Previous post was at 21:12 ----------



So how is Brexit a reason for £2 a month/£24 a year line rental increase?

We are talking about goods coming into this country which IMO will in time become sadly more expensive.

nashville 10-09-2016 12:31

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35858273)
No wonder Android TV boxes with Kodi fully installed are selling like hot cakes.

Is it worth buying one of these Jimmy, not sure how they work , I have Freesat box in my main T V ?

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Originally Posted by nashville (Post 35858555)
Is it worth buying one of these Jimmy, not sure how they work , I have Freesat box in my main T V ?

Just read about it from someone above

jpa 10-09-2016 18:55

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I have left VM (and all of its other guises) after being with them for over 20 years I have just had enough of their prices keep going up and up, so I have Sky Q being installed with sports in 4k , anytime calls, fibre broadband all for £65 a month , which works out at nearly £20 a month cheaper than VM.
The person who paid £150 for an android box was ripped off like mad, I Have just ordered a new box with the latest processor and loads of storage for only £60 from Amazon and it will play films in 1080p with no problems at all some footie is good only in 720p though but buffering is normal.

Gavin78 11-09-2016 02:32

Re: More price rises
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jpa (Post 35858593)
I have left VM (and all of its other guises) after being with them for over 20 years I have just had enough of their prices keep going up and up, so I have Sky Q being installed with sports in 4k , anytime calls, fibre broadband all for £65 a month , which works out at nearly £20 a month cheaper than VM.
The person who paid £150 for an android box was ripped off like mad, I Have just ordered a new box with the latest processor and loads of storage for only £60 from Amazon and it will play films in 1080p with no problems at all some footie is good only in 720p though but buffering is normal.

That was me that paid £150...Ripped off I don't know..but the company claim they have a team of people who fix broken links, store stuff on their own servers and give you a 1 year warranty. They give support to the boxes and use their own software with pre installed programs as well.

I sold the box on anyway for £120 a while ago I found it pretty crap

pengedragon 11-09-2016 12:23

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people rave about them but if i wanted to watch a crappy, buffering internet stream i'd go on the pc


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