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Arthurgray50@blu · 10-09-2011, 23:04

In regards to the comment about VM and Sky, l have both these systems, so lets compare:

Sky; The boxes you buy, are brand new, and if they break down you get a warranty with them and we pay £10.00 per month and that covers everything if it breaks down, for example if our dish has a problem it would cost £90.00 per visit, you can call them as many times and you only pay ten pounds.

We have multi room and pay £10.00 per box. HD cost £10.00 per month (which we don't pay). We get all the channels available, hassle free, If the system fails, we can repair from our own chair, if it requires an engineer, they normall arrive within 24 hours.

On VM, you don't get a new box, it will be a refurbished box, if there is a problem with the box, it will get repaired within a few days, BUT you will still get a refurb box.
VM decide what channels go on the system, price varies on what you want, HD channels are free, but there are limits, again VM decide what HD channels go on.
CS. is rubbish and sometimes they cannot answer the questions.

The cost is cheap on VM, but in bad weather you can lose some pictures, like today l was watching ESPN, free on VM XL, and all the picture went crackly and then disappeared.

There is a big difference between both the above, but to me you get what you pay for.

10-09-2011, 23:04	#1787
Arthurgray50@blu Inactive Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6,798	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III. In regards to the comment about VM and Sky, l have both these systems, so lets compare: Sky; The boxes you buy, are brand new, and if they break down you get a warranty with them and we pay £10.00 per month and that covers everything if it breaks down, for example if our dish has a problem it would cost £90.00 per visit, you can call them as many times and you only pay ten pounds. We have multi room and pay £10.00 per box. HD cost £10.00 per month (which we don't pay). We get all the channels available, hassle free, If the system fails, we can repair from our own chair, if it requires an engineer, they normall arrive within 24 hours. On VM, you don't get a new box, it will be a refurbished box, if there is a problem with the box, it will get repaired within a few days, BUT you will still get a refurb box. VM decide what channels go on the system, price varies on what you want, HD channels are free, but there are limits, again VM decide what HD channels go on. CS. is rubbish and sometimes they cannot answer the questions. The cost is cheap on VM, but in bad weather you can lose some pictures, like today l was watching ESPN, free on VM XL, and all the picture went crackly and then disappeared. There is a big difference between both the above, but to me you get what you pay for.