Am i paying too much £73 per month
 

Hi all

Most of the time i am happy with virgin media, but looking through this forum and at the virgin media packages i feel i might need a change

I have tv xl but only a basic hd box no tvo
phone with caller display and pay a fee for any call lengths, but i might change that as i don't use the land line as much as i used to.
And 70meg BB

Advice please

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I think paying for tv is a waste of money.

I watch freesat with a humax box and I prefer it over tivo. It's faster and has better catchup tv.

I'm paying £30 per month for 38meg bt infinity with 10meg upload. Got £100 quidco and £100 Sainsburys voucher so effectively paid £200 for a year or under £20 per month

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Depends what you watch on TV, I got a deal with sky movies thrown in but I can't believe how crap it is will take movies off once my 9 months is up

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Looking at the bundle builder on Virgin you could get the same as what you have but with 100mb internet and replace the standar box for a TiVo for £75 a month (plus instalation costs if any). If you drop the phone down to Talk Weekends it would be £67 per month.

Also the 100mb internet is going to be increased to 150 in the near future.

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You could also save by paying your line rental in advance.

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I think i will have to go through which channels i watch and see if any of them are on a cheaper package as the BB is now 70meg and thats plenty for me

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Most packages actually come down in price if you move up the the 100/150mb internet. Have a play around with the bundle builder once you know which tv package you want.

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How is it 1950's ?

My Tivo has channels, what does yours have ?

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Streams. Don't have a Tivo. I watch what I want when I want.

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Curious, how are you watching BBC HD, ITV HD, etc. live?

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Who say's he's watching anyting live? If he watches what he wants when he wants it's unlikely to be live. Minimum 5 second delay.

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From his post:

I took this as he can watch anything which includes live tv. I wasn't sure how you can watch *anything* via streaming hence the question

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I can see that being the way forward. In 10 years times we'll all have 1gbit+ and I honestly don't see normal broadcast tv being around. I think everything will be streamed on demand and we will probably all be voice activated/controlled as well so we won't need remotes. (Samsung brought it out last year)

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Already have voice activated channel changing via the Xbox One, it does work well but i would much rather use a remote than shout across the room which channel i want. :)

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I reviewed my package last year (phone talk unlimited, TV xl and 20mb bb at the time IIRC). Because I had an old STB box (Samsung) and was on an out of date tariff I was getting increases much higher than the published percentages and queried this with CS. I got a new Tivo box and by paying my phone rental up front wound up paying less for the same service and 50mb BB.

If your last increase was well about the quoted figures maybe that's the situation you're in.



As regards voice activation - I find myself shouting at the TV quite enough already... :D

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The voice recognition stuff these days is really good for showing it off to your friends, having it not work and then never using it.

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Preview channels are free so why don't you go back to M. T V, only,

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I watch programmes, I don't watch channels. Live is overrated. A few minutes (notional) delay won't kill you.

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I could I guess, but what would be the point of arranging my schedule to fit with some TV execs idea of when I should watch a programme? Just so they can serve me advertising. That would be going backwards. That model is dying and will be dead in a few years.

Well, except maybe Formula One.

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What programmes are on there of interest? I can't think of any, but then it's been years since I looked at a TV guide.

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Exactly. I'm often pausing stuff to create my own breaks anyway and come back to it when I'm ready.

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absolutely. Adverts do my head in (and I don't watch anything on the BBC apart from Wimbledon) which is why I download all my tv series. The only exception are my 300+ eps of Judge Judy which I have Sky+'d and I can fast forward through the adverts.

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Yeah even Wimbledon I watched streaming on my laptop last year. The site has improved a lot.

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Not saying you would do it, but it would take some explaining to your significant other if you wanted to watch an adult channel and you screamed that across the room.

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Personally, I don't see why people fuss about adverts. I personally don't like them, but I ignore them. Much easier than fast forwarding through them, and, tbh, I have far more important things to worry about than adverts.

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I have
Tv xl
Phone xl
200mb broadband
Sky movies
Sky hd add on
One tivo one V+
£67pm inc line rental
Ring up and barter

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I do not mind the adverts to much as I can make a cup of tea or do something quickly while they are on!

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I'm always looking at ways to reduce my bill just got given now TV so will have a look at that