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Re: If Virgin and Sky had Sky channel parity - Who would you choose?

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Originally Posted by cityfan247 (Post 35620916)

my present package on VM is:
TV XL
BB 60mb
phone XL
1 tivo 1TB
1 tivo 500Gb

price £67.99 inc line rental

i no longer have Sky Sports/Movies and premium HD (£41.25). But i do get BT Sports/ESPN in HD included and possibly Netflix as well soon.

i have worked out ( i think correctly) the comparable price for this on Sky:

entertainment + (includes HD) £32
multiroom £11.25
Sky Fibre 38mb £20.00 but i cant get sky fibre in my area
tel talk anytime £19.50
BT/ESPN HD £15.00

total £97.75

thats a big saving with VM

sky movies/sports HD would be another £35.25- a bit cheaper than on VM. Both services have on demand and catch up. The only things SKY has is the Sports 3/4/F1 in HD a few other HD channels some of which may be coming to VM soon eg Sky Sports News HD- oh of course Sky Atlantic, and er.... 3D (i channel and i dont have a 3D telly anyway).

-add to that i have no maintenence /call out charges with VM-at the minute VM win hands down for me-

To be fair, you seem to be quoting a discounted price for the VM services but the full price for Sky. The list price for your services according to the website is £75.99 – still a lot cheaper than Sky.

Re: If Virgin and Sky had Sky channel parity - Who would you choose?

Would stick with VM, not for TV on its own but for the broadband service that Sky cannot currently match, also as has been said you do have any charges for repairs etc.

Re: If Virgin and Sky had Sky channel parity - Who would you choose?

Virgin all the way as Sky doesn't offer channels that I can't get on VM I rarely watch live TV so VM has everything I need and TiVo records what I want to watch