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Originally Posted by irishguymcr
Below is a comparison of HD on Sky and Virginmedia.
The channels which Sky don't own that Virginmedia currently don't have is only 6 and none are really that popular.
Available on both Sky HD and Virginmedia HD
Channel 4 HD
BBC HD
ITV 1 HD
SyFy HD
E4 HD
MTVN HD
Eurosport HD
Discovery HD
National Geographic HD
FX HD
ESPN HD (included in Virginmedia XL package but premium channel with Sky HD)
Exclusive to Virginmedia HD
Living HD
Sky HD only
History HD
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A few points:
Firstly your list of HD channels available on VM is incorrect, as some, such as Sci-Fi, Discovery, E4, and Eurosport are only available to some VM areas, not all. Maybe that will change this year, maybe not. I'm not holding my breath.
Obviously this is a little subjective, but Living HD is total sewage. Sorry, but it just is. Any channel which devotes much of it's time to so called 'psychics' and 'ghost hunters' is a total joke. It's pathetic and VM should either radically change it's line-up, or bin it. That it's watched by an apparently reasonable amount of people does not make it a quality channel. Lots of people read 'The Daily Mail' and that's about as intellectually stimulating as toilet paper.
Sky One HD is obviously Sky's jewel in the crown and the biggest, most obvious hole in VM's line-up. They have many of the big US drama imports exclusively. VM need to fix this problem soon.
Personally I find VM's HD line-up to be pretty weak, and while the addition of Discovery HD, History HD, and Sky One HD would be nice, I think the larger problem is the lack of BBC One, Two, and Four in HD. BBC HD merely shows a scattershot selection of BBC programming, and I'd like to see the BBC fully embrace HD this year. Not VM's fault obviously, just a geneneral grumble about the poor state of HD in this country, even on Sky HD.