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Originally Posted by denphone
Well my experience of Sky comes from being down my parents place...
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Your post allows me to illustrate my earlier point perfectly...
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Originally Posted by denphone
...their broadband is of a generally poor quality with a very intermittent and poor signal happening most of the time...
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My Sky Broadband service was excellent and rock steady during my time with them. In fact, despite only hitting 8MB (which it stayed at no matter what), I could enjoy far better streaming and gaming during peak times than I can on my VM connection which is over 3 times faster.
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Originally Posted by denphone
...and really can you say overall that Skys TV service is that much better then Virgins as Virgin have by far the superior VOD service so overall it is just as good if not better...
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Yes I can.
Sky Anytime works. During my time with VM I have had issues with iPlayer and 4oD. I haven't used the other two.
With iPlayer and ITV Player being added to Sky Anytime (with the others being added later no doubt), one of the few USP's VM had is going to be quickly eroded.
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Originally Posted by denphone
...and then the there is a superior STB to boot as well...
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I like TiVo, but then I am a gadget freak. My Wife, who is probably far more representative of "normal" customers on either platform hates it.
To her it's just an over complicated TV box that is confusing to use and has far too many features that she will never need or understand the power of. Why? Because she just wants to watch some telly. That's it.
In terms of basic customer experience (not for those of us gadget freaks...), the Sky+ box and it's GUI is genius. Simple and does exactly what it says on the tin. That is why to me it is the better STB.
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Originally Posted by denphone
...thus making Virgins TV service overall the better package in my mind.
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And Sky's the best in mine.
I'm not picking on you specifically by the way, just trying to demonstrate that these Sky v. VM discussions are going to do nothing but go round in circles because we will all stick up for the platform we prefer or have the best experience of.
