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Old 08-05-2010, 08:51   #16
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Re: When exactly are Virgin putting on more HD channels?

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Originally Posted by moroboshi View Post
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.
Yes it is very subjective isn't it. To say that living is sewage and suggest that there is something wrong with the people who watch it and then call Sky 1 a jewel is hilarious. Since Sky 1 returned to cable I have watched one film on it and that's all.

As for the areas not getting their full quota of HD, yes that is unfortunate, but why exaggerate and suggest it probably wont be sorted by year end?
You must know when VM have said it will be completed and with new areas being converted every week have you any evidence that their claim is wildly optimistic? My area hasn't been done yet so I would be interested to know what your evidence is. I'm Northants what area are you?
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