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joyrider1 · 18-02-2009, 14:56

stuart, yout loyality to VM is to be applauded, but you cannot go on sticking your head in the sand over this issue. You must agree that SKY are the market leader, and where they lead, others would be foolish not to follow. How can you say HD is not upmost in a lot of VM subscribers minds. Just look through the posts on this forum....how many are about HD, or the lack of it? Putting the same point back at you....how many people are on the CF internet board screaming out for 50meg BB? Hardly a priority is it Stuart?

The simple truth is that VM are painfully slow to embrace this new technology. Many have speculated as to why this is so, lack of available bandwith, lack of funding etc. i have given up following the "coming to VM soon" thread here. Nothing seems to be moving on that front....

Antway, as promised, I have had SKY HD installed today, and I will give my honest opinion to the plus and minus points of both platforms. As I said before. I have been loyal to the Virgin brand for many years, and as a trade unionist I am no big fan of R Murdoch either. So this honest apprasial is without prejudice..

V+ Plus points
Extra tuner as opposed to SKYHD
Slightly better upscaled picture on SD compared to SKYHD
Catch up TV on Demand
Watch TV while going through menus
Free Setanta on XL

SKY HD plus points
Much better, quicker interface when going through menus
more channels in total
30+ HD channels
30+ Channels in 5.1 Surround sound
Much quieter hard drive
160 gb Hard Drive

Anyone else seen any comparisons I missed, please feel free to add. So all in all I am very happy with the SKYHD box and the HD Channels, and 5.1 sound for more or less the same price as I was paying. I have my Plasma hooked up to my PC, so catch up TV is still available to me to enjoy through the various catch up on demand services (iplayer etc). The quality the picture and more impressivley, the Dolby 5.1 sound gives makes me think that the V+ is just wasted on the current set up of Cable TV. There is much more the V+ could do, but it is very underused.

Stuart, I think you will see that the figures you quoted above regards SKY HD subscriptions is now hopelessley out of date. The engineer who installed my SKY HD said (without prompting), the HD offer was so well subscribed they had trouble keeping up with demand. Pity VM's board didnt focus on HD, they would have kept me as a subscriber.........

18-02-2009, 14:56	#9
joyrider1 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 39	Re: I have switched...... stuart, yout loyality to VM is to be applauded, but you cannot go on sticking your head in the sand over this issue. You must agree that SKY are the market leader, and where they lead, others would be foolish not to follow. How can you say HD is not upmost in a lot of VM subscribers minds. Just look through the posts on this forum....how many are about HD, or the lack of it? Putting the same point back at you....how many people are on the CF internet board screaming out for 50meg BB? Hardly a priority is it Stuart? The simple truth is that VM are painfully slow to embrace this new technology. Many have speculated as to why this is so, lack of available bandwith, lack of funding etc. i have given up following the "coming to VM soon" thread here. Nothing seems to be moving on that front.... Antway, as promised, I have had SKY HD installed today, and I will give my honest opinion to the plus and minus points of both platforms. As I said before. I have been loyal to the Virgin brand for many years, and as a trade unionist I am no big fan of R Murdoch either. So this honest apprasial is without prejudice.. V+ Plus points Extra tuner as opposed to SKYHD Slightly better upscaled picture on SD compared to SKYHD Catch up TV on Demand Watch TV while going through menus Free Setanta on XL SKY HD plus points Much better, quicker interface when going through menus more channels in total 30+ HD channels 30+ Channels in 5.1 Surround sound Much quieter hard drive 160 gb Hard Drive Anyone else seen any comparisons I missed, please feel free to add. So all in all I am very happy with the SKYHD box and the HD Channels, and 5.1 sound for more or less the same price as I was paying. I have my Plasma hooked up to my PC, so catch up TV is still available to me to enjoy through the various catch up on demand services (iplayer etc). The quality the picture and more impressivley, the Dolby 5.1 sound gives makes me think that the V+ is just wasted on the current set up of Cable TV. There is much more the V+ could do, but it is very underused. Stuart, I think you will see that the figures you quoted above regards SKY HD subscriptions is now hopelessley out of date. The engineer who installed my SKY HD said (without prompting), the HD offer was so well subscribed they had trouble keeping up with demand. Pity VM's board didnt focus on HD, they would have kept me as a subscriber.........