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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Indeed you are correct , one package that's cheaper for one won't be for another , I've always swapped and changed however wouldn't consider VM at the moment personally the TV side is just to underwhelming for me , I enjoy Sky Atlantic , Sky 3D all my sport in HD and an excellent selection of smaller/niche channels like I say personal preference , we have no need for fibre BB so maybe thats how Sky stacks up better for me.
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As SKY continue to close the gap on catch up and on demand content Virgins 3 main unique selling points will be:
1) ESPN for free on XL
2) TiVo
3) Super fast broadband
ESPN is only a great selling point to sports fans who take XL. With BT launching their football channel who knows what the future of ESPN on Virgin will be.
TiVo has only been adopted by a 1/4 of Virgins customers so far and looks like the future for Virgin. SKY have the finances and resources to sit back just now and watch how the PVR's of Virgin and Youview take off. They can then at anytime throw their might and muscle behind launching their own answer to the "next generation" of PVR's. As we all know by now, SKY like to do things bigger and better.
Super fast broadband is overated. Most homes don't need more than a 20mb connection. I can't think of a time when I will legally max out my current 120mb connection meaning others in my house can't go online at the same time.
As a Virgin customer I'm happy with my current services but will be watching closely during the last 8 months of my current contract to see what their future plans are. Adding 8 or 10 HD channels just won't cut it. I'm looking for Virgin to offer:
1) A dedicated 3D channel of their own
2) All missing HD channels that are not owned by SKY
3) More on demand content
4) More catch up content
5) Live TV content on the move
6) 100 more TiVo apps
7) More innovation
8) Access to Premier Sports
9) Add as many missing SD channels as possible
10) Add SKY Atlantic in either SD, HD or both
11) Fix all bugs and other know problems with TiVo
12) Fix TiVo so it records 'recommended movies' automatically