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Chartwell 04-08-2010 14:46

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Originally Posted by DigitalSpy
After contacting virgin media direct not c/s on the phone all you with the vip package xxl 50meg broadband will be astonished to find their £7 charge for premium channels will be discounted from their bill and that is official..those on vip xl will have to pay for the services the 50meg customers will not

Can someone translate that into English for me?:confused:

virginruinedntl 04-08-2010 14:54

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Looks like my V+ box (Samsung SMT-H3110) supports mpeg4 which could be handy if virgin decide to move to mpeg4 at some point during the next few years: http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...2b_prd_id=522#

Anyone know what the power consumption ON and in STANDBY for this box, can't find out on google:(

My old SMT-2100C used 15.2w in standby and 16.2w when turned on, hoping it uses less power, especially when in standby.

mattpafc 04-08-2010 15:05

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chartwell (Post 35067588)
Originally Posted by DigitalSpy
After contacting virgin media direct not c/s on the phone all you with the vip package xxl 50meg broadband will be astonished to find their £7 charge for premium channels will be discounted from their bill and that is official..those on vip xl will have to pay for the services the 50meg customers will not

Can someone translate that into English for me?:confused:

Hes right! anyone on VIP 50 is being given the Sky HD premium channels for nowt.

Just rang up to place an order for them and told I"m already in line for them from tommorow.:)


Great result VM

Ben B 04-08-2010 15:08

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
So if you're on VIP with 50mb broadband you automatically get the HD channels, that's pretty good!

mattpafc 04-08-2010 15:12

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben B (Post 35067604)
So if you're on VIP with 50mb broadband you automatically get the HD channels, that's pretty good!


Looks that way,we will see in the morning.

kgollop 04-08-2010 15:25

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben B (Post 35067604)
So if you're on VIP with 50mb broadband you automatically get the HD channels, that's pretty good!

And VIP50 is an extra £9 on top of VIP?

sherer 04-08-2010 15:25

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mattpafc (Post 35067601)
Hes right! anyone on VIP 50 is being given the Sky HD premium channels for nowt.

Just rang up to place an order for them and told I"m already in line for them from tommorow.:)


Great result VM

does this mean the info we have that Sky are forcing this charge is wrong, or did VM negotiate some room to give them away free to certain people ?

Ben B 04-08-2010 15:30

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by kgollop (Post 35067610)
And VIP50 is an extra £9 on top of VIP?

Worth it for 2.5x faster broadband speed, the HD channels are just a bonus

colin25 04-08-2010 15:41

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
What is VIP 50?..what does it include?

apart from 50mb broadband..doh..:)
Do you need xl phone and xl tv?

Ben B 04-08-2010 15:44

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
That's all it is really, the VIP package but with 50mb broadband instead of 20mb. Details of VIP here

Stephen 04-08-2010 15:45

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by John Logie Baird (Post 35067533)
anyone got an actual launch date for BBC One HD?

The BBC has stated the channel should be on Air in the Autumn. Not sure when VM will launch it though.

I would say the Comedy Central HD story is true, as the channel listing on VM from Electric Magazine's August issue lists Comedy Central HD

http://www.virginmedia.com/customers...nnel-guide.pdf

VirginMediaPhil 04-08-2010 16:13

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by John Logie Baird (Post 35067533)
anyone got an actual launch date for BBC One HD?

You, of all people, should know that the high definition BBC TV service launched back in 1936. ;)

DJ-SWITCH 04-08-2010 16:25

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Thats good about haveing the 50meg and geting movies and sport HD for free :angel::angel::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

Digital Fanatic 04-08-2010 16:35

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sherer (Post 35067611)
does this mean the info we have that Sky are forcing this charge is wrong, or did VM negotiate some room to give them away free to certain people ?

They still have to pay Sky for every sub sold. This will be VM taking the hit on Sky HD, because you are paying more for your broadband product.

kgollop 04-08-2010 17:14

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mattpafc (Post 35067606)
Looks that way,we will see in the morning.

Be interested to know if the VIP50 HD offer is just for main box or all HD boxes?


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