Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Sorry should read Sky+HD

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Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

I spoke to someone on the Ask before you buy option yesterday and here is the details I was able to garner:

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Make of it what you will.

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

hmmm i find the people on that chat thing are more clueless then the call centres and as soon as you mention your a customer they want rid of you

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Well i got sick of waiting and downgraded my box to free channels and now i have sky+HD with VOD from my V+

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

I don't know what the fuss is with HD channels. I don't miss them had v+ since it came out with a Sony bravia 1080 HD TV. Yes there is a difference but the picture is good anyways, and there is no way i would pay sky rip off subscriptions just for HD channels. The v+ box is much better than sky one in my opinion and been countless times i have recorded more than one channel plus all the catch up TV and music.

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

I just phone up out of interest to asked if there where any more hd channels being added , soon the young lady i spoke to said there where
a few going to be added next month, so i said will it be more than 2 she yes, but could not name them

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Sorry, i do not see the point of sky selling them to virgin. That is the main point of their HD package, they are the only providers (of good content). Plus with their major promotion of these channels recently it seems to be strange for them to offer these channels unless they subsidised the cost of selling the boxes cheaply by selling the channels to virgin.

Just another point, do you think we would have to pay a sub for these channels, or do you think they would be included already?

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Am I alone in not seeing this demand for HD? The quality of the up-scaled picture from the V+ is not much different to the HD quality

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

I think that any channels of HD, would have to go through Sky, as they would probabely hold the monoply on these?

I do think it is about time, that VM added HD, it is getting on my wick, waiting for them.

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

No you're not alone. HD isn't that important to me at all. If and when it arrives on VM I'll watch any free ones but I won't be subscribing to any you pay for. The slight improvement in quality of some programmes (particulalry nature) doesn't warrant me paying an extra tenner or more per month for it.

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

You do have a point there,the V+ upscaling is excellent but true HD is noticeably better,I agree tho, not that much better to warrant an extra £10 a month. Think I'd only be really tempted by $ky sports HD, guess I'll have a long wait tho!

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Good points - I'm guessing, but I'd imagine the main interest most VM subscribers would have regarding HD programming would be the sports & movies - in my opinion it will be a cold day in hell when Sky allow access to that content ...

Until then the upscaled picture from the V+ box seems to be adequate, I can't, as someone who doesn't pay the extra subscription for even the SD Sky sports & movies, see what all the fuss is about, otherwise - especially when, if I really want to see an HD version of a program I can download it & watch on my PC - often before it is screened on Sky1, etc ;)

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

The reason i'm hoping HD channels come along soon is for the 5.1 surround quality as well as the picture. The sound quality on the BBC HD channel is far superior to any of the other channels on V+.

Just out of interset i've noticed for some time now that Discovery HD is listed on the tv guide on the virginmedia homepage

http://tvguide.virginmedia.com/guide...e=30&x=57&y=13

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Thanks for the information. I want to get Sky HD but I will look into Virgin before making my decision.

Re: Virgin Media to add more HD channels
 

Interesting - just visited that page and I can't see that on the listing?

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