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vincerooney 19-02-2026 21:42

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 36210794)
Prices from 1st April (new customers)

Sky bundle
£44 per month

- 300Mb/s fibre broadband
- Ultimate TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads
- Discovery+ Entertainment
- Disney+ Standard with Ads
- HBO Max Basic with Ads
- Hayu*

Includes Stream puck

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Virgin Media bundle
£32 per month

- 362Mb/s fibre broadband
- Mega TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads

Includes Stream box

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Sky is £12 more per month, but for that you also get:

- Discovery+ Entertainment (worth £3.99)
- Disney+ Standard with Ads (worth £5.99)
- HBO Max Basic with Ads (worth £4.99)

* Plus, from July:
- Hayu (worth £5.99)

So which service is the best value very much depends on how many of these apps you really want, as the majority of people won't need all of these.

very useful post this sonicmaster!

As for sky atlantic finally coming i'll believe it then i see it! been about a decade of false starts with that one!

gus0898uk 19-02-2026 21:57

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Hello all again, I am 80 years old and could do with a bit of info/help.
I am still using my V6 TV box as I understand the new stream box is not so good.

The wife wants to watch Take That on Netflix but it seems to want us to register/pay for doing that, yet very recently I could just press 204, Red button and screen icon to access the service.

Should I still be able to access Netflix with my old V6 or do I need to geta new stream box?
Any help most welcome. Gus.

cheekyangus 19-02-2026 22:29

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gus0898uk (Post 36210865)
Hello all again, I am 80 years old and could do with a bit of info/help.
I am still using my V6 TV box as I understand the new stream box is not so good.

The wife wants to watch Take That on Netflix but it seems to want us to register/pay for doing that, yet very recently I could just press 204, Red button and screen icon to access the service.

Should I still be able to access Netflix with my old V6 or do I need to geta new stream box?
Any help most welcome. Gus.

The Netflix App still works on V6 boxes, so if you have a subscription it should allow you to watch things.

vincerooney 19-02-2026 23:36

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36210866)
The Netflix App still works on V6 boxes, so if you have a subscription it should allow you to watch things.

you'd still need to log in with what you used to log in last time but itll still be part of your package

gus0898uk 20-02-2026 10:33

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Thanks for your help, a happy wife means a hppy life. :)
Coming up to 19 years a member of the nthellworld forums.

RichardCoulter 20-02-2026 15:55

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Disney+ Cinema now testing on Sky as an extra freebie for Sky Cinema customers.

Anyone know if this is coming to Virgin and, if so, will it be free?

Mr K 20-02-2026 18:38

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36210821)
Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'? ;)

Seems the next tactic, is to bombard you daily with on screen messages on how you desperately need to 'upgrade' to 360.

I've had to give my family a course on how to ignore and delete such messages. The advanced course wil be tomorrow, they can't wait... ;)

cheekyangus 20-02-2026 20:10

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36210982)
Seems the next tactic, is to bombard you daily with on screen messages on how you desperately need to 'upgrade' to 360.

I've had to give my family a course on how to ignore and delete such messages. The advanced course wil be tomorrow, they can't wait... ;)

:D :tu:

RichardCoulter 20-02-2026 21:44

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36210982)
Seems the next tactic, is to bombard you daily with on screen messages on how you desperately need to 'upgrade' to 360.

I've had to give my family a course on how to ignore and delete such messages. The advanced course wil be tomorrow, they can't wait... ;)

I think my views on the 360 must have filtered back to them as i've not had this yet :D

vincerooney 21-02-2026 00:10

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gus0898uk (Post 36210938)
Thanks for your help, a happy wife means a hppy life. :)
Coming up to 19 years a member of the nthellworld forums.

Looks like we joined in the same year! time flies by doesnt it!

Itshim 21-02-2026 15:28

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36211000)
I think my views on the 360 must have filtered back to them as i've not had this yet :D

If it produces a lower cost. Wonder why not. From what I have read ,can't see any advantages for me or for that matter any great disadvantages. Question how many channels stop you fast forwarding recordings :confused: understand channel4 is one.

1701-e 21-02-2026 15:32

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36211025)
If it produces a lower cost. Wonder why not. From what I have read ,can't see any advantages for me or for that matter any great disadvantages. Question how many channels stop you fast forwarding recordings :confused: understand channel4 is one.

On recordings you can FF at your hearts content same as V6

johnasimmons 22-02-2026 12:19

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
So does anyone know if we are getting Sky Atlantic or not on 1st April? :confused:

OLD BOY 22-02-2026 13:45

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by johnasimmons (Post 36211056)
So does anyone know if we are getting Sky Atlantic or not on 1st April? :confused:

There is no credible source I am aware of that says we are.

TimeLord2018 22-02-2026 13:47

Re: Virgin TV (2026)
 
You won't know officially until information upgrade slate shows up on 111..., clearly it wasn't supposed to be leaked.


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