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Perfect Choice · 03-03-2011, 15:28

Agree, if you want HD Sports the prices are similar then.

However if you are not bothered about having Sky Sports like me, then I am paying £24.50 for XL TV with HD versus £34.75 for Sky with their 6 pack and HD. Now Sky have more HD of course but not on what I regard as essential channels so personally I'm happy with the VM approach and if VM wanted to introduce a "premium HD" channel fee for £5 say, they could still be cheaper than Sky for all but a few channels where Sky would insist (via charging a too high a price) on some form of exclusivity, as is the case right now with Sky Atlantic SD/HD, where exclusivity is determined by Sky taking the view the value of that channel is much higher than VMs view, but that is another debate and another thread on here!

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Perfect Choice cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Nottingham Services: Maxit TV, M phone, 200MB BB, V6 TIVO, Super Hub3 Posts: 701	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I. Agree, if you want HD Sports the prices are similar then. However if you are not bothered about having Sky Sports like me, then I am paying £24.50 for XL TV with HD versus £34.75 for Sky with their 6 pack and HD. Now Sky have more HD of course but not on what I regard as essential channels so personally I'm happy with the VM approach and if VM wanted to introduce a "premium HD" channel fee for £5 say, they could still be cheaper than Sky for all but a few channels where Sky would insist (via charging a too high a price) on some form of exclusivity, as is the case right now with Sky Atlantic SD/HD, where exclusivity is determined by Sky taking the view the value of that channel is much higher than VMs view, but that is another debate and another thread on here!