What would it take for you to move to Sky?
 

Hey everyone :)

just wondered your thoughts on this...

The main two reasons I love my VM services is the three tivo tuners and the really fast fibre broadband.

Sky are getting fibre broadband soon, so if they launched a new tv box as good as tivo I might be convinced to switch (depending on price too).

What would it take for you to switch to sky?

(also do you think sky will launch a new tv box?)

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We did have all three services from virgin, but nearly 12 months ago had problems with the broadband which seemed to drag on and on so went with sky for phone and broadband which we are happy with can stream netflix on 3 devices at the same time quite comfortable and thats on a 11 meg connection,tv side love our tivos too much more hd channels im sure will come soon enough soon history hd is the channel i want the most but with having the usa version of netflix there is loads of content from the history channel in hd.

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I thought about moving my XL TV to Sky but it is far far more expensive so they would have to reduce their prices and currently my only viable fast internet option is cable broadband as i can only receive a max on 8Mb on a BT line.

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I'd need the local planning laws relaxed to allow me to have a dish mounted and the large trees outside removed, and a broadband connection that could match Virgins upcoming 120 meg service.

Can't see any of these requirments being met any time soon

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The only advantage Sky has is it has a few more channels but other then that Virgin's all round package is better and that suits our family best.

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I agree with you den. The extra channels that Sky offer don't warrant a switch for us either. It's really only the F1 channel for us that's a pain. We had an issue with Sky which prompted us to change to VM anyway.

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I guess I am price driven. So that would be the main factor. BB infinity is here. My son says that even that is not as fast as mine ( 10 meg !!!). So that would need to improve.
Also have problem with land line ( If that is a requirement) . When Cable Tel ( that goes back some time) put in my TV & phone line. I quite clearly remember the engineer cutting the BT line & removing the socket with the words you won`t need that anymore, one less wire running in the house! Sky sales staff sort that lot out & I for one am open to offers !

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Same here, I moved all 3 services over to Sky because of a broadband issue, I did miss the V+ box at first because me and the wife used catch up a lot, but now we have series link on the Sky+ box that's solved it.

I've just signed up to Sky's fibre broadband service which should go live on the 28th of this month (fingers crossed).

In the past twelve months with Sky, Ive had at least 1 issue with all services, the broadband at first which was quickly traced to a line fault and fixed by BT, the phone developed a noise (like a fax machine) which resulted in it being fixed within 24 hours by BT.

The TV also developed a fault where the channels were breaking up and some recordings were failing. A Sky engineer came out within a few days and replaced everything including the dish. Overall the picture quality on Sky standard definition is leaps and bounds better that Virgins (IMO), in fact it's that good I don't bother paying the £10 a month for HD, I don't see the point.

This might not paint a particularly great picture but what I will say is, I've never once spoke to overseas support (which is always a bonus) and all issues have been resolved pretty quickly, couple to that the follow up support after reporting any fault is great and makes you feel like your being looked after which is novel these days.

Sky give the impression of a well organised company, something which I find sadly lacking with VM, who quite frankly seem to let the tail wag the dog if you catch my drift.

Just my opinion for what it's worth.

I forgot to mention the 2 tuners thing (multiple recordings clashing) on Sky can be a right royal pain the buttox, so another thumbs up for the V+ in that respect.

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For you maybe ! My package with Sky is cheaper and offers me the following VM can't

Multitude of mobile apps
All 6 Sky Sports channels in HD
3D movies and Sport included
Free Wifi at thousands of locations
Many more HD channels
Live TV and OD on a tablet/smartphone
Free evening and weekend call inclusive with line rental

Each individual will have different requirements so it's impossible to state one service is better than another.

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Quite agree

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If Sky ever drop the HD monthly cost it becomes for viable for me unless Virgin charge me more for dropping XL.

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Always nice to hear the masters voice this morning and my package with VM offers me things that good old sky can't offer.:p::)

The best STB by a country mile
Huge OD libriary
Functionality
Operability and reliability
Recording capacity
Number of tuners
Supplemental content
Faster broadband
No ESPN fee
HD at no extra cost
Cheaper multiroom subscription
No repair fees
More enhanced GUI
Multiroom streaming sometime soon

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Thankyou , you've clearly illustrated my point , one persons requirements can be clearly different from another's. Some on here require 100mb BB something I can't envisage needing for some time , others see TIVO as essential again something I clearly also see no immediate need for.

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...my impending move to a house with no cable services :(

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same here ,i did that last year and was dreading losing my 100mg ,v+ multiroom ,but after a bit of time and getting Anytime + through BT home hub the only thing we miss is the 2 tuner v+ .If sky wanted to steal more tv customers then getting a new STB with multiple tuners would be a distinct step in the right direction .For a company that concentrates it's market on TV provision i am surprised they haven't upgraded the STB already because even with the reported poor performance of tivo it is still a far better stb in that respect than sky's

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Moved to Sky in January for the programming on Sky Atlantic (Game of Thrones, Boardwalk, Borgias) and other than the tuner issue popping up now and again when some things clash I have not regretted it one bit.

I too, like the guy earlier, am content with Sky in SD as the picture quality of SD is far better than with VM.

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Well l suppose some customers are hard to please.:)

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In fact I would be very easy to please.

Lots of the rubbish on TiVo I just avoid ( I question why o why anyone wants the like of hangman but there you go) Still not a real problem.

To make me happy
ignoring cutting the cost :D

"real" red button & reminders. Is that really to much to ask for.:shocked:

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And reminders and more red button interactivety are both coming.

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I love these threads ,it takes about 3 posts to descend into a "mine is better than yours" playground squabble :D

My tv is turned off at the moment ,i could trawl through hours of on demand content on Anytime + but the truth be known i just can't be bothered because it's just not that important .Having been on both providers in the last year my assessment is ...MEH... as long as the other half gets her programs and keeps off my back i don't give a hoot who puts corrie street in the black box in the corner

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Sorry but just have to add the word "soon " to this .

In answer to the question ( again) I would say
Faster BB , no land line requirement, lower price ( to including repairs) Would attract me

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Sky World and multi-room and Sky Fibre with at least 40Mbps down and 10Mbps up for under £30 p/m all in with free installation

They offer me that, and I'm sold :D

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An apology from Sky given the atrocious CS we experienced. We had Sky TV but internet and phone with TalkTalk. After 16 months of Sky, and no real problems at that point, we started getting green TV, (not the environmentally friendly version). Called CS first, followed by Tech to be told that i have a defective HDMI cable. Really not impressed. Upshot was £65 for an engineer callout and £199 for a replacement Sky+ HD box.

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This has got to be a major selling( sorry renting is a better word as we NEVER buy a TiVo box) point for Virgin. Mind you it did not help Radio Rentals in the long run :p:

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Sky shot themselves in the foot with regards to us. I doubt that it made a huge dent in their balance sheet. I just thought it was very unsympathetic and condescending.

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We are talking about a business are we not. Never come across one that is, in the round , sympathetic or caring ( except about the bottom line:dozey:)

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Oh well, onwards and upwards,at least as far as we're concerned. VM are by no means perfect, however they are sympathetic.

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l will second that.

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Well for me to move back to Sky is a body bag? From Virgin, to the earth and then SKY?

I am going the other way to shovel coal?

I will get my coat

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I wanted to initially go back to VM but they were not willing to offer me the discount on XLtv that everyone else gets for having BB. So I just went to Sky. Now I doubt I would ever go back to VM for any of their services.

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I do not regret going from VM to Sky. I am also looking forward to being able to download recordings from my Sky+ box to phone and tablet to watch on the move.

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Fast Fibre optic BT broadband in my area and i'd be orf m8.

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I have been on cable since the days of Cambridge cable.

In all those years the only problem we've had was on our bill was some adult film/channels, which we couldn't have ordered as we were on holiday and the house was empty.

A couple of calls and they were removed from our bill.

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Murdoch having no further connection to Sky and Bskyb.

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Maybe if they paid me. Our last experience with Sky was not a happy one :(

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You will always find customers who have good/bad experiences with most firms , my experience of VM customer services was pretty good on the whole however their network in my area was not :(

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No argument from me MM. I'm reasonably pleased with my Tivo, it does pretty much what I want. My problem was when Sky wanted to charge £264 to replace an HD box that was 16 months old. They wouldn't budge so we switched to VM.

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Being able to install a dish.

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Christ on a bike, one day you'll get the chip off your shoulder about Murdoch and Sky you cantankerous old fart. You start threads in the current affairs section, have digs at Murdoch / Sky wherever else, seriously get a grip.

I fully await the completely unbiased moderation for pointing out the chip on said poster, who purely coincidentally happens to be a moderator's ridiculously coloured opinions on a company she's no relationship to as she's nothing better to do than hold a pointless grudge.

Goes in the same class of plausibility as moderation by a guy who thinks the earth is 6,000 years old.

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Unless it is in bold, posts by moderators are opinions on the topic. Moderators obviously have opinions.

So your post makes no sense to me.

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Hmmm...What would it take for me to move to Sky?

Well I already did for the TV so for the BB shall we say the availability of Sky 80/20 COMPLETELY UNLIMITED FTTC in my area.

With all VirginMedia's limitations, unreliability, congestion and the dreadful Indian support center, it really is a no brainer.

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I cannot recall anywhere in the T&Cs a rule that moderators must be unbiased or that we are not allowed an opinion.

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Free HD for a year and more Channels

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Dolby Digital 5.1 over HDMI. Like other devices do.

The output of my Tivo, BD player and PC go via an HDMI switch to an AV amp. As far as I know the SKY boxes only support stereo and need a separate optical connector for the 5.1 sound. That would be messy...