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30 days same as SD.

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BT Deal for Skysports 1 and 2 in SD and thats each

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Same as I had missed Big Brother :P

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Thanks. Is it my end or is it quite slow in them replying back. Why are they slow lol.

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Hardly Setanta's fault since they were already up to their necks in debt at the time of the last bidding round. ESPN were'nt even even at the dinner table. They were the proverbial vultures waiting for the lion Sky to have it's fill while they kept their distance until it was safe enough for them to pick up the scraps. They're lucky they've got 23 games since they didn't even have a bid in originally.

They were also quick to jump into bed with Sky to carve up the SPL between them.

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Turn Sky Sports SD into HD, turn up your colour and sharpness, Hey Presto saved £7 quid

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Cheers Kgollop u have been a great help

Telephone Line Rental = £11.99
Talk Unlimited = £7.95
Talk International = £1.50
Talk Mobile = £1.50
T V Size: X L = £23.00
Sky Sports & Movies = £27.50
1 Additional V Box = £5.50
1 Additional V+ Box =£10
Broadband Size: XXL = £28.00
E-billing = - £1.00
£115.94


Strange i only pay 114.99 so making a saving of 00.95. So if thats correct I can get rid of vip save £3 pound by removing Talk International and Mobile.

BenMcr Whats your opinion & is it correct have i missed something cheers?

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Has anyone else noticed that the email is down as well?

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Yes, they must be reading these posts and reviewing the costs for HD, come on VM do the decent thing and give your long serving VIP customers some reason for staying

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The site isn't down. That URL isn't currently in use, anything that has appeared there is being tested - the current website is at http://allyours.virginmedia.com

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I had a lovely chat with Emma but she said there were only 7 HD channels and they didn't have any more to announce currently

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This is getting more talked about than the new xbox slim PSU been too loud on Xbox.com, thank the world for HD

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You get her number :-)

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I too also spoke to emma who clarified that virgin media had no intention of carrying sky sports and movies in Hd:erm::erm::erm:

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Darn it, I forgot to ask! Gutted!

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stop being a perv!:romance:

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I did but will cost you £7.00 if you want it :p:

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Want what?;)

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She's lovely our Emma though

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Worth every penny is our Emma

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Can some tell me why I'm paying £100 odd pound for VIP package then?

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You better call VM and ask why.

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Or have you taken anything extra like 2nd V+ BOX or upgraded to XXL Broadband etc

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Perhaps he's paying £20 a month extra for Emma extras.:o: Apparently it's down to £7 now. BARGAIN :D

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:D

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Film4 HD will be added after 12 night ;);), im going to wait to the movie HD are live to i add them £7 ant alot realy


:dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce::):)

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I think everyone's gone to bed :P
Nice to see the thread quiet again though :)

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:LOL: To eaily for me :LOL:

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First post here but just a few observations and concerns.
Firstly if anyone's undecided about paying the extra for HD ,compare film4 and film4HD tomorrow.If you feel the difference is worth £7 then subscribe if no then don't.Film4 on SD is excellent(through v+ box) as are the sky sports channels unlike eurosport's poor quality where the difference with eurosport HD is huge, I suspect like myself,most will decide that SD on sky sports is good enough especially if you have a quality Japanese Plasma not a harsh LCD,and you're sitting more than 3 foot away from it.
I am disapointed but if i was going to shell out more i would pay for more content ie picturebox rather than marginally improved quality.
Talk of content brings me nicely to my concerns.
1.Big Red mentioned many pages back that red button services would not be ready for launch but would be ready for champions league.
As the launch date for sky sports was many moons ago are we to presume that red button sevices will only be available to HD subscribers.This will severely p me off as i've waited a long time for match choice,as i said content for me every day.
2.If there aren't enough takers for HD might VM reduce SD sky sports quality and force us on board?
3.When i first took the second box i was told that the channels available to both boxes would always be the same as it works as a network.Goalposts have clearly moved there with the £7 PER box so is this the thin end of the wedge.We my get charged separate premium subscriptions at some point in the future,who knows?

Oh my glass is always half empty.

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No I'm on the VIP package With an extra standerd box in the other room?

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I've been following this thread today and I'm surprised at how wound up some people have become about the whole HD topic. From what I can gather there was only ever a rumour that XL and VIP customers would have HD on Premium content like Sky Sports and Sky Movies included, so there seems to be a lot of angst over rumour and speculation.

On the plus side -
- Five HD Launched the other day
- Film Four HD is launching tomorrow
- Sky Sports News HD is launching soon

All of which from what I can gather will be included in the XL / VIP packages.
We already have a wide range of other HD channels like ESPN, Living etc included.

Yes, people have a choice of whether to spend £7 on the HD versions of sports and movies, it's not as though it is a choice between having or not having the channels at all.

Lets focus on the good news and if you subscribe to movies and sports you can still watch them in SD, you don't have to pay the extra £7 if you don't want to.

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Looking forward to the announcement that will hopefully be tomorrow although I'm pretty sure all the inside info on the forum is going to be correct.

My Opinion:
£7 for Sports HD pack is a bit of a rip off (and I'm a big football fan)
£7 for Movies HD pack is good value
£7 for Sports and Movies HD pack is even better value

Shame I only subscribe to Sports and in my case it is hard to justify a 10% increase in my monthly bill for 2 HD channels and lets not forget the VAT rise in January.

Oh well, I'm happy with what I've got and I wont be jumping ship over this. I'm more than happy with what VM offer me and with a few more free HD channels in the pipeline it can only get better.

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Red Button on both SD and HD Channels

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Could you paste your bill summary of charges (please remove remove Tel: Number before posting - we can then compare)

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Thanks Big Red
Some good news anyway

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hello there,

when virginmedia get the sky sports HD channels soon, will we also get sky sports news HD ? How come they changed the channel number from 517 to 515 ?

Thank You for your time

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Sky Sports News HD may come later on, it's not confirmed as yet (the story of Digital Spy has been amended). The channel numbers were likely changed to make any new channels fit into the line up

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The Sports 1&2 HD channels lauched 2nd Aug and Sky Sports New HD lauched around the 23rd - few posts back but only Sky but it does seem VM will have the option.

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Would also be best posting it in a new thread in the billing section :)

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agree :)

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Is that JUST for champs league games then? because I've read that the RED BUTTON service will not be available until 2011, not before??

I'll find the link.


Your right (as uaual big red) SOME red button services will be available this year.

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That link was a Sky one, so at this stage there hasn't been any official details from VM about interactive services

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HD channels are now up

Film 4 HD on channel 429 with the sky movie channels starting at 431 going to 442

And sky sports HD 1 and HD 2 on 517 and 518

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You beat me to it. But i also confirm thqt they are now up

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There are still 5 test channels left on the guide and 516 is still empty
so looks like still more channels to come ?

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516 will be for SSN HD when it launches, 432 will be for SM PREM +1 at a guess. Just my opinion mind.:)

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Link is still dead though, www.virginmedia.com/skyhd

Maybe SSNHD and ESPNA HD I dont think there will be a Prem+1HD

is it confirmed though, are we getting Sky Sports News in HD or is this just a rumour?

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Cardinalgold saidThat's the way I see it. Hard to be believe it's only a year when the forum was excited about the arrival of the first of our HD channels. It's important that VM customers now have a choice. I'm content with that.

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hope we get news 2day

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News here:

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...279&highlight=

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For further information on Sky Sports HD on Virgin Media, please visit www.virginmedia.com/skyhd. (bt the way it doesn't work LOL)

So it's not per box then??

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No mention of per box charging??

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Premium HD Channels (subscription-based, with optional £7 HD fee):

I think we can take that as per box!

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Well they need to be FAR more explicit then as it's always been pay box rental on each box and get the SAME channels on each box.... if that's now changed they need to put it on black and white and not use weasle words... I pay for ONE SS's subscription but get it on THREE boxes!!!! HAs that now somehow changed with the arrival of HD?????!!!!

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No mention of all your favourite HD channels for free either!

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Does anyone have a Twitter account, they can ask Virgin :)

http://twitter.com/VIRGINMEDIA

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do the movies hd go live also on 2nd August?

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According to the placeholders, yes. :)

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Time to ring sky me thinks, what a rip off £7 IMO for 2 hd channels, for another 3 quid you get 43 hd channels including all the sports channels in HD.

It will interesting to see how VM back track on their No Monthly HD fee

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Also notice Disney Cinemagic and sky movies classic not included in HD,so not only do we get half a sports pack but not all movie channels as well

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Classic HD not yet launched on Sky and just wait and see what comes next regarding other channels.

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U need a hug?

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and when I signed up (in the very beginning) I was tol prices would indeed go up but the credits would be adjusted to bring the total package down again - yeah right. :td::erm:

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I agree,Most people left/never subscribed to HD with sky because of the HD charge and came to VM.For a difference of £3 you get full sports+full movie packs,Better quality picture(trust me i know(got both).And before people go on about ESPN(free) from a football side it aint worth a carrot.

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it doesnt say per box so can i assume this is £7 no matter how many boxs you have it on? or is it still £7 per box?

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It clearly states per box in here:

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...y-premium.html

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see http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...y-premium.html

and

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...ow-to-buy.html

Its per box

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The hug offer is still there, come on let it out

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Unfortunately this is now confirmed.:td:

See here:

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...y-premium.html

Now let war brake out again....

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or even more so when you are paying £100/mo :td:

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yep just seen in the fine print. If i get them it on the downstairs box only. Stupid sky and there ofcom report :(

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The way to get this changed is not to purchase the HD in the first place. If loads of people pay per box, VM will keep doing it. If no one bothers with it, it'll get scrapped soon enough.

Lets start a campaign:

"Say no to per box charging, don't sign up for HD!"

Perhaps this should leave this thread now as we know what's happening??

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In my house that ends up £21.00 extra a month - not a chance.

I really can't see many people taking up this offer. What a botch job!!!

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someone should start a poll on here and after some time send it to VM :D

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It's a joke, Sky Sports/Movies are already expensive enough already, but to charge £7 extra (per box) is ludicrous.

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Waste of time people are daft enough to pay it,Then when vm see people paying they will start to charge for more HD

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We already pay a premium for it and now we have to pay a premuim premuim, if we want HD which is a joke.

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Not to state the obvious, but sky have now got VM between a rock and a hard place. They have allowed VM to have some sports channels in HD insisting that they have to make a charge in line with there own policy hence £7 charge per box. VM in there haste agreed to get more HD channels, Sky know full well that the avid sports fan who is able to pay the extra or is prepared to pay will find better value in sky's own £10 charge for all of there sports channels not just two.

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I moved down from the VIP pack last month for a while but even when I start it again, there isn't a chance I'll be signing up for the extra HD. I don't watch the films so yes, it would be £7 for just two channels and if I only watch 2 matches a month....that's £3.50 per match extra. I don't think so.

But, as others have said...if you consider the extra £7 a charge for all HD then it does compare favourably to Skys charge of £10 per month.

I don't think you should blame Virgin though, I am sure they are either not making much on this or else it was insisted upon by Sky when the agreement was made. I am sure that Virgin are fully aware that their 'HD is Free' doesn't quite ring true anymore and has now compromised their advertising strap line.

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I've had a rethink overnight and decided to.stay with Virgin on the XL I'm not bothering with sky sports and movies or HD charge. Just hoping ESPN America HD appears free on XL.

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From the Sky email:

Good news - Sky Sports HD 1 and 2 and Sky Movies HD are launching on 2nd August! You can order them now and they'll be ready for you on the launch day.
And it gets better. You can get them for just £7 extra a month! You can pre-order them now and you won't be charged until they've launched on 2nd August. Just so you know, it will be £7 for each HD set top box you want to watch them on.
Don't forget, to watch Sky Sports HD 1 and 2 and Sky Movies HD, you'll need to subscribe to the standard Sky premium channels. You'll also need an HD ready TV and set top box - that's either a V HD Box or V+ HD Box and an HDMI cable.

I think they should say - it gets worse, it will be £7/month

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Those prices say nothing about VIP customers

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:clap: Well done Virgin, over 20 HD channels in a year

Keep up the good work

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Movies and sports HD channels are now on the planner

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"Govt announce that from 2011 the TV license fee will now be payable "per TV"

"Phone companies will now charge line rental for each phone connected to the same line"

How do you think the above statements would go down with the public? Just because SKY done/do it, does not make it right. The Govt should look into this practice. How can anyone justify this form of theft. Thats exactly what "PER BOX" is.

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It's just no-one will be watching them :dozey:

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Well I'm going to phone us CS and see if they are doing any deals. I'm VM all over the place, landline, mobile, VIP etc.... I would have thought they would have some leeway in their pricing structures.

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When you try and book the HD channels on line it doesn't work. You click buy now and get blank screen

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They (Virgin) dont even know what they are charging us

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...279&highlight=

On the price comparison bit at the bottom, they state that the "Top TV" package costs £23.00, when they charge £24.50.

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I have been following this thread about the rumours, the prices, the moans and groans lol

my view is that those that arent prepared to pay for the Sports and movies in SD or HD then simply dont, i dont have movies or sports becuase i am not a sport buff, i do like the movies however in the past i have seen endless repeats and how many of us who have bought films on vhs, dvd, bluray have actually watched the same movie 3 times in 1 month, i know i haven't, thinking about it most of my dvd collection i havent watched in years - maybe time to ebay them lol

I find the films on e4hd and film 4 are good, ok they have ad breaks but its free, and with the launch of film 4 hd today even better...

I do agree with people that £7 per box is excessive and should be like anything you sub to you get on both boxes or any box within the house.

Also i have 2 young children and watching any film is not an option as i would rather spend the sub money on them and having days out with my kids or given them small treats now and again rather than been glued to the box watching films in hd that i have already seen anyway on dvd.

Any film i really really wanted i would just buy on bluray.

I am glad virgin media have been up fron on there pricing though and no hidden costs at least you know where you are with them unlike sky.

it is good news that more hd channels are on the way apart from the hd sports and movies.

but remember if you hear a rumour just wait till we here from virgin media direct rather than having endless pages on a forum about the rumours, or set up a seperate thread called virgin media rumour mill that would be better than over haul media boys coming soon thread:p:

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As has been discussed ad nauseam before, that price is the 'discounted' price within a bundle with other services. TV XL shows as £24.50 on EVERYONE'S bill before discounts are applied.

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you mean the virgin email ;) i had the same email just come through

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people really need to understand the £7 charge is one that has been set by Sky so there is nothing that VM co do about it.

Blame OFCOM for allowing Sky to do that and for only including Sky Sports 1 and 2 HD and then wondering why Sky didn't offer the others to VM as well.

if you are unhappy about the charge complain to OFCOM as they are the only ones that can do anything about it.

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What part of £10 for 43 HD channels is hidden :confused:

Compared to VM - No Monthly HD Fee, except for an additional £7/per box for the HD channels that the majority of the VM customer base has been waiting several years for.

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For those that are angry/disappointed/...... with this charge to get HD premium channels, the way forward is simple.

Compare costs for your requirements across the various suppliers and choose the package that suits you.

There's no point in getting upset with Virgin Media if the cost is the same or more for your requirements with Sky/BT Vision/......

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works out far cheaper for me to join Sky. £7 for 2 sports channels and no 3 or 4? I know full well Sky will move as much as possible onto those 2 channels and alas due to my love for football I will have to move to them. Ofcom? don't make me laugh. I'm paying the same as I did last year for SD and now £7 more if I want just 2 of the sports channels in HD.

Yes Sky charge £10 but they have far more HD channels than Virgin. I'm gutted. Own goal VM!

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It doesn't show as £24.50 on my bill, it's £29.00. It's only £23.00 if you pay another £11.99 for their rubbish telephone service. So the minimum charge for XL TV is £29.00.

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Apologies. I forgot about STANDALONE TV. You actually mean that the MAXIMUM charge for TV XL is £29.

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Which is fantastic news fo rthose who can actually get Sky... I can't... Damn trees...

BT Vision is crap.

I have NO choice.

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Does anyone know if Virgin will be getting any of the sky shows on demand as part of their deal with sky,

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If you are correct that it works out 'far cheaper' for you then you should be with Sky as soon as possible and hope that you have got your calculations right.

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Then the statement on the previous page applies: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...ow-to-buy.html

You can get Sky Premium channels with or without HD. Watching in HD costs just £7 a month for each set top box you want to use. Your Sky Premium channels will be available in standard definition on all your Virgin set top boxes whichever option you choose.

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Of course you have a choice! If you are not happy with the cost then don't spend it.

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I am moving in a very disgruntled manner. I loathe Sky but VM are proving themselves to be no better.

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I wish you well and hope that the grass is indeed greener on the other side of the fence.