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:)

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Personally i think it will be included in the VIP pack

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Universal HD ??? I wish,given up all hope of seeing that sometime soon :(

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BT Sports in XL pack but only for people who have subscribed for over a year imo

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It would be a good result,

colin25, I personally wouldn't say yours is that good, infinity doesn't provide the speeds I need for my work. I personally wouldn't pay anything to Sky after the way I was treated doing freelance work for them a few months ago, but that's my opinion.

I see BT being VIP & Standalone
Sky Atlantic M+ with HD in XL
And a few more HD, probably History and CI coming when Lifetime launches

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The only other way I can see it been free in the XL pack is if they did it for a year from the Launch other wise I suspect it will be a standalone channel.

Given VM's stance on not allowing companies to sell there channels direct like BT are doing on Sky negotiations are bound to take longer as a wholesale agreement will need to be signed

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Am I right in thinking that Media Boy was going to post some information at 3.20 today or did I imagine it?

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Day late mate

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I have not done anything like that for about 15 years (still getting my head together lol)

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It's not VM's stance, it's the technical ability of the platform

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Thank god,don't want to end up paying different companies like sky,better to pay one company for all channels

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sky f1hd i would love to watchg f1 in hd

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He posted about an unknown announcement that was due to be announced at an unknown time and date...which frankly, anyone on here could have done :erm:

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Even in HD, still a good reason to fall asleep watching on a sunday. HD just makes the sleeping more vivid :)

Though, as with all sport, it does look better in HD, even if you aren't into the sport

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What's with all the mb bashing at the moment?!

Anyone could have done? Then why didn't they? MB confirmed the arrival of Bt sports, citing a Virgin employee as the source.

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I bet BT Sport will be a seperate add on costing same as Sky users. They bought the football rights to sell broadband, can't use BT Broadband on virgin media.

We will get Sky Atlantic SD. They want give VM the HD version so they can have HD exclusivity similar to Sky Sports F1.

That is all.

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I agree. Leave MB alone.

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I'm glad there is only 12 days left of BT Sports speculation

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Seems simple to me. Two options. One it will be on VM for £15 a month or two BT will not let it on VM at all and annoy advertisers viewers and sponsors all in one go.

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They could get it after 1 Aug..so you could still have some fun filled days of speculation after that.

If you don't get it, then there will be months of..virgin never gets us what we want etc etc etc

I am looking forward to it all :D

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And then the next great wheel of speculation on something else will start.;):D

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You seem to be doing plenty of your masters bidding lately and you never know he might promote you if you behave well in the months ahead.;):D

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At least I will never have a nasty dustbin lid stuck to my wall... :-)

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You snob :D

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Don't say that..sods law..someone will find a lid to put there :D

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ESPN Classic and America both showing as ceased broadcasting from 1 August on TiVo.
ESPN +HD still showing programming.

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America is confusing. Thought BT were keeping it?

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noticed gaming channel GINX TV launched on channel 286 folks for all you gamers fans.

Just need it in HD.;)

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Colin is after his masters job Den mate :D:D

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The cloak of darkness permeates with that young apprentice.:Yikes::eeek:

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Someone on digital spy posted bt sports not in the xl place, prices tbc, but i couldn't tell from their post if they knew for sure or were just guessing

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That scenario is looking very likely - Sky Atlantic added to XL, BT Sports as a standalone (like BoxNation)

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Would anyone actually subscribe to it though? I doubt many, bt might end up losing money

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Against my better judgement I'll be paying for it (:erm:BT Sports I mean) Unless someone from Virgin is reading this then I'm not willing to pay for it.

Better get a second job just in case to pay for my spiralling TV, BB and phone bill :(

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will not be paying any extra for it if it not in xl or vip pack plus got to remember sky sports price is going up too

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Someone on DS also says Sky Atlantic is coming to VM. So maybe BomberAF was correct.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=414

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Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye,
My oh my what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine and Sky Atlantic and BT Sports coming our way
Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye.

Mister blue bird's on my shoulder,,
it's the truth,
it's actual,
everything's satisfactual!
Zippity doo dah,
zippity aye,
zippity doo dah,
zippity aye!

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Den has cracked! I will put him out his misery... :sniper: ;)

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If VM do add BT Sport and Sky Atlantic then in reality all they need to add is Sports and Movies to TV Anywhere app on iPad and Android so it can compete with Sky Go

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BomberAF said they were both coming on August 1st and both in the XL Pack

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Oh lets not go down that dogmatic road again my young man.;):nono:

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But alas if you put me out of my misery then there are plenty of other well trained servants to take my place.;):hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:;)

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good news!, hopefully the source is reliable.

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Sky Atlantic in xl pack that will do me along with universal hd even better,as for bt sports stick it were the sun don't shine.hopefully come renewel time again bt will lose prem and shut down channels

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Yes, many virgins around to take your place

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72 of them :D:D

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The source is reliable, many many virgins :D

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I've suspected all along that BT sport will not be on the XL pack, but as to whether I'd pay extra for it as a stand alone, it depends as to what's on offer.

Firstly I'd only want HD and all the channels, i.e. BT Sports 1 & 2 and ESPN. However at £15 a month I'd be put off as it's just under half the price of Sky Sports (HD) with much much less than half the content I'd want to watch (Just 38 games, no championship, no cricket, no NFL and no US open tennis or men's ATP 1000 events and limited darts). If I was into rugby then I can imagine the attraction.

I'm hopeful that VM will at least do a deal where XL customers get it at a discount say £8 to £10 a month. Otherwise I'll get it for a month just to see what it's like then cancel.

Have to say that if VM add Sky Atlantic HD, and SSN HD and SN HD then I think the XL pack will be very good value compared to SKY and BT.

Keeping fingers and legs crossed, hopefully we will hear very soon

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And there's plenty of Skydor minions to replace those oh so loyal servants.;):D

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BT has other football, including french, german and itallian leagues. Plus europa cup and FA cup.

I think sky has the better tv package. No contest.

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Looking at that poster on ds forum's other posts I don't think he's in the know, merely speculating or assuming on the basis of discussions similar to some we've had here.

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Am i the only person that does not give a stuff about Sky Atlantic or BT Sports?

Much rather have History HD, Drama and MTV Classics.

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You'll find there are probably hundreds of thousands of Virgin customers that share your view.

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Yes, you are alone. This is an echo :D

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No, you're actually not. History in hd would be nice, but actually I could do without any of these channels.

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I dont care about BT Sport as I am not a sports fan at all but I would really like Sky Atlantic as it shows so many great shows that I watch :erm: . Game of Thrones, The Borgias, Banshee, The Newsroom and Boardwalk Empire as all awesome shows and some of the best drama programs to come out of the US in recent years.

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I am quite happy with my service from VM, its always nice to get extra stuff for little or no extra but i would much rather BT sport avoid the XL pack and go stand alone giving those that want it a choice.

My own personal opinion is premium sports from ESPN and Sky Atlantic are not of the same value (due to the huge costs for sports rights). Even though i am not hugely into the sports i understand that is adds value to the XL package. I would much rather both BT and Sky Atlantic avoid the XL package and we get a price freeze for the next 12 months. Sky Atlantic can't be that much of an issue for the 4million + VM customers otherwise they would be Sky customers.

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I agree. No need for sky atlantic

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getting worried Colin ;);)

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lol..Why would I worry..I have sky atlantic and BT sport :D

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Of course he is but a toughie like him won't admit it.:)

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Maybe if Sky had a box with the same amount of functionality as Tiivo, instead of a box that should be on the Antiques Road Show and broadband in the same league as VM's, then you could well be right... but they don't.


;)

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But alas there's no TiVo in your household and l am afraid that's something you need to experience dear chap.:waving:

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Tivo isnt that great. Only 2 good things about Tivo are Wishlists and 3 tuners thats it IMO

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My my Mr Stokes it seems you have your rose tinted glasses on again.;):D

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More like blinkers :D

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3 tuners, yes at one time i thought so too.

But a you have on demand, with lots of content, and plus 1 channels, not sure I agree any more.

I have the 2tb box...it is huge, even when recording all programs in HD (oh, virgins, that is a lot of channels in HD) :D

And I have never miss on sky, which reminds about show coming soon

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And how many of those are in HD?;)

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None. But as i have said many times, HD is mainly needed for sport.

I have no real issue with standard tv for recording other programmes.

My issue isn't content, it is time to watch it all.

I almost need to do a Michael Keaton in Multiplicity

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Not really IMHO. Not only does HD give you a better picture (important in itself), but also 5.1 surround sound; well except for ITV, who don't seem to care about the enhancement that 5.1 audio can bring.

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I don't see Hd as important for entertainment shows, just sport. picture is perfectly fine.

On sound, I guess that makes a difference. i don't use 5.1.

My ears can hear the tv without it :)

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My glasses are very clear. I can see out of them perfectly :D

I agree. I have a 2TB as well and with all the HD content i record i still have space and it would have been filled on Tivo by now. On Demand and Catchup are far better than VM's offering

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Just as your eyes can see the tv without HD, there's just less detail...

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because is bomber right VM much better value then :D:D:D:D

know you not like that

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Amazing 2 years of why aint we got sky atlantic and now it is looking like we do its we aint bothered unbelievable,as for hd cant wait for the day when sd is no more.dont watch any sd channels only hd for me only I am defo a hd snob !!!

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me too Howard mate totally agree id rather have the missing sky sports HD channels than atlantic personally but know sky wont let us have then at all

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Why?

Anyway, you'll have a long wait.

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Maybe he means stds...:)

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I know bud,just personal preference don't watch sd channels my TV guide on TiVo is permently on favourites and there all hd channels.
Regarding sky Atlantic I hope is does turn up,It's sky that have lost out on the extra money I have watched all the big programmes off it by other means and in hd (of course) and so have others so if it does great but if its sd only well I will continue watching by other means there loss.Universal is the one I really miss loads of program's I would love to record on my TiVo but had to obtain again by other means sd picture for me is a backwards step(again personal preference)
The next few weeks are going to be very interesting me thinks I hopefully we are going to see the benefits of our new owners and show the way they are moving forward.
finally got a email back from ch4 regarding more 4hd today and basically they want to go on the vm platform but are awaiting a channel allocation from vm so looking good on that one,still awaiting a reply from universal hd owners(only been a month).could be they have finally got fed up with my monthly email regarding the channel:D gonna after start emailing vm now ;)

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:D

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This whole HD/SD debate amazes me - Sky make such a big deal of HD, yet less than half their customer base actually take it?

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I have to admit that I wouldn't mind your 2tb box, along with VM moving to mpeg4.


VM adding ALL channels to MRS would give me 2TB. We can dream.

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To do that my dear Den he must of wrestled them from you.......:rolleyes:

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But that's still around 5 million.

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Main reason for that is the £10 hd charge,if that was stopped there would be a lot more.Customers just look at it that they are paying twice for the same channel bud

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Why would any normal household need 2TB? I have the 1TB TiVo which is currently holding around 35 HD movies and hours and hours of TV shows and series for me, the Mrs and the baby and still around 25% free. In all honesty, I don't think I'm ever going to get round to watching it all.

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Its always nice to hear from my old marra again.:)

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It is surprising how much you collect. Normally i would get close to 75% full on my old box (no HD recordings) when going on hols for 3 weeks.

I usually moved programmes to my dvd recorder's hard/drive, then either to dvds (for hols) or watched it later.

Now no worries, I will hopefully never get more than 1/2 full. But who knows.

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I've got a 1tb TiVo. I think I'm right in saying that 1tb with Virgin is worth less than with Sky because of the way shows are encoded on cable?

Even so I generally run at about 60% of capacity (excluding suggestions, of course) and the truth is some of it I never find the time to actually watch.

The point I'm making is that I reckon you'd have to be watching an absolute shedload of television for 1tb not to be enough on either platform.

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Probably right. I moved from 500gb box..so 2tb seems big (maybe bigger than a shed :))

However, if I had a family, I could see the need for 2tb (hands up who hasn't seen kids saving all the rubbish of the day, I have when younger, though it was my rubbish)

And being able to save a series or two, to watch when you get around to it is good.

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With recording the live Tour de France in HD plus the cricket and golf highlights in the same format I have hit a record high on my Tivo this week....

47%! :-)

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I think it's only £5 per month now for HD on Sky. And then another £5 for Sky Premium HD on top of that

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I think it is £5 for entertainment extra (basically shows) and £5.25 for sports

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I do have a family - I've just lost the weekly baby looney tunes v. Andrew Marr Show debate, again! - and I still find 1tb enough, this despite the planner basically mirroring the entire weekly schedule of TLC and nickelodeon! I still have space for the decent stuff I want to watch, and that includes a couple of full seasons I haven't got round to yet.

I do think the od selection has fallen behind Sky now, but with over 200 bespoke suggestions currently on my TiVo I rarely go od now anyway.

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Agreed, this has to be a fear. Would be really disappointing.

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Enjoy it while you can ;)

There could be a new box on the Horizon wonder which firm was involved in the development of that ?
Sorry Andy deleted my original post rather than editing , it will be interesting to see which box the new owners decide to go with moving forward.

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Just to get the horizon pun in?? :p:

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God I hope not,have to seriously think about a move to sky if they Ditch the tivo:(

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I think Muppetman might foresee a time when the Virgin stb and the Sky stb are essentially the same experience, if I've understood him correctly?

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Yes that's how l read his post Andy.

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This

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That's how I read his post :)

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The Horizon STB is way more advanced than the current incarnation of Sky+HD I'm pretty sure its a far higher spec too , that said some of the underlying technology is the same. I believe Horizon uses NDS MediaHighway middleware which Sky also use. Its worth mentioning that NDS is now owned by Cisco and the Horizon box has 5 or 6 tuners doesn't it and also uses the Snowflake EPG.