Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Extends Liberate contract until Jan 2011

sammyjayuk · 12-06-2009, 14:06

Meanwhile, in the land of those who finally gave up hope about 2 weeks ago, my Amstrad Sky+HD box ought to be getting Sky's new HD EPG soon. Fine, it doesn't involve any sort of paradigm shift like the Zones thing (probably) does, but it does introduce some new features, and although it was rather late it wasn't VM late, since (you may want to sit down for this bit...) it actually arrived*.

I certainly don't like being in a 12 month contract with a company like Sky, but VM have somewhat forced me into it. The lack of even a basic search feature is completely and utterly unforgiveable, and I wonder whether, by the time my 12 months is up, VM's guide will have changed one iota.

I don't really mind the graphics - they need to get the features sorted first!

Sam

*I'm going to cut VM a tiny bit of slack here by pointing out that they're a company with huge debts incurred by having to build a massive network while completing against the virtually monopolistic Sky whose network consists largely of thin air.

12-06-2009, 14:06	#6
sammyjayuk Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Plymouth, PL1 (ex-TW) Age: 38 Services: M TV (SA V+), XXL BB, M phone, Pace Sky+HD (HD, Variety, Movies) & O2 iPhone 3G 35 Posts: 191	Re: Virgin Extends Liberate contract until Jan 2011 Meanwhile, in the land of those who finally gave up hope about 2 weeks ago, my Amstrad Sky+HD box ought to be getting Sky's new HD EPG soon. Fine, it doesn't involve any sort of paradigm shift like the Zones thing (probably) does, but it does introduce some new features, and although it was rather late it wasn't VM late, since (you may want to sit down for this bit...) it actually arrived. I certainly don't like being in a 12 month contract with a company like Sky, but VM have somewhat forced me into it. The lack of even a basic search feature is completely and utterly unforgiveable, and I wonder whether, by the time my 12 months is up, VM's guide will have changed one iota. I don't really mind the graphics - they need to get the features sorted first! Sam I'm going to cut VM a tiny bit of slack here by pointing out that they're a company with huge debts incurred by having to build a massive network while completing against the virtually monopolistic Sky whose network consists largely of thin air.