VM , Sky , BT Vision Comparison
 

Many threads on here result in a comparison to a competitors service so here's my views as I've used all three.

Virgin Media

Plus Points , Excellent BB , Good Range of STB , HD On Demand , Advanced TV features with TIVO (Wishlists , Advanced Search , Season passes) , free ESPN with XL , Catchup TV , Remote Record Apps starting to appear , free repair or replacement of equipment.

Negatives , Key HD channels missing , phone packages expensive , OD content not updated regular enough , lack of online content or content on the go.

Sky

Plus Points Great Content range on SD and HD , Sky Go free for watching online or out and about , vast range of mobile apps including Sky+ , Sky news , Sky Go , Sky Sports score centre , cheap Phone packages , mpeg4 compression allowing for more recording hours , decent OD content range , nice clean and intuitive HD epg , dynamic epg , good online services via My Sky , Sky 3D.

Negatives ESPN costs 12.00 or 9.00 for Sky Sports subscribers , BB speeds are dependent on proximity to exchange , Sky's OD service Anytime+ only available to Sky BB subscribers , Sky+HD box only has two tuners , no catchup TV from terrestrial.

BT Vision

Plus Points Great selection of OD Content , some decent phone prices and packages , Sky Sports 1 and 2 cheap , Catchup TV , some HBO content , Good selection of PPV movies now including HD and 3D , some can get BT Infinity fibre BB.

Negatives Basically the linear offering is freeview , a lot of areas BB is still dependent on distance from the exchange , you must use BTs Homehub , no extras like remote record apps , very little HD.

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I would object to free ESPN, its included in the £35 fee for tv xl.

Skys top entertainment package is £24 with a lot more channels.

Re: VM , Sky , BT Vision Comparison
 

ESPN is free with XL costing 24.50 if took with a phone line

http://shop.virginmedia.com/digital-tv/tv-size-xl.html

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I would object to free ESPN, its included in the £35 fee for tv xl.

Skys top entertainment package is £24 with a lot more channels.

ITS THIS SIMPLE..

FOR TV-Sky win
FOR BB VM and BTInfinity win
For phone Sky win.

---------- Post added at 19:08 ---------- Previous post was at 19:07 ----------

Or without a Virgin phone line

£30.50 a month your kind of right lol.

Its £24 a month if you add a £13.90 phoneline.

Re: VM , Sky , BT Vision Comparison
 

Very interesting to read but wheres the poll.;)

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Only with a VM phone line £13.90 a month, other wise it's £30.50 if you don't have a phone line.

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I agree pretty much with the comparisons above but for me there is no comparison as.................

I live in a flat so no -sky and even if there was i can only get 1.5mb for broadband that leads me onto bt and..............

No BT either as 1.5 mb will not run their vision box or indeed provide me with very much ommph in the broadband department.

So although i agree with muppetman11 in his analysis its kind of hobsons choice as far as any comparisons go for me. Until when BT infinity arrives at least.:( And/or sky can fix a dish to my flat without the bodge up that happened with them at the first attempt that turned into four a few years back.:(

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no dynamic epg is a huge negative for virgin.

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Are there issues with the Homehub ? i have just had BT Total BB installed and up to now have had a rock solid connection of about 4.5 mb

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If I'm 100% honest I'm not sure on the new Homehub , there were issues with the first white one but to be fair it was rectified with a firmware update.

Theres a review here http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/wifi-.../bt-home-hub-3

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Muppetman you are seen as one of VERY few impartial posters on this site. Keep that in mind when posting, as its easy to lose...................

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Well you are certainly not impartial are you.:rolleyes:

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well i can confirm that up to now ;) i am getting good wireless signal to 1 pc and 2 laptops with no drop outs

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Ahem......

Noun - pot
Verb - calling
Noun - kettle
Adjective - black

:D

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Well l see you are in your usual mischievous form again well it must be the drinks you are having.:)