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Originally Posted by Safcftm21
In an effort not to get banned from going off topic in Media Boys thread about what's coming soon to VM I thought I'd start a specific thread about the poor choice of channels, and also what tripe is alleged to be coming.
Channel 5+1 - A poor channel to start with now delayed by an hour
The Africa Channel - Don't know what to say about this so I won't
ITV HD channels - supposed to be coming soon but really if a company has to haggle to get these then it's not really trying is it
A decent 3D channel would be nice - if you look at VM's advertising you would and most probably will be fooled into thinking they have one
A very poor choice of HD channels
I now know why it's cheaper than Sky because it's a very poor second best to it
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Most honest Virgin customers will concede that when it comes to linear channels, SKY are the best in the UK. Anyone who claims otherwise is simply deluded. I wouldn't say what Virgin offer is poor, they carry something like 99 of Britain's top 100 popular channels according to Barb. That's excellent compared to Freeview, Freesat, Talk Talk and BT Vision
As long as Virgin TV customers aren't leaving in huge numbers, what incentive is there for Virgin to pay big money to add more channels? Virgin are very happy up selling to their current TV customers, and getting them onto TiVo and mobile contracts etc...
At the end of the day we are all free to chose our own TV providers. If your current provider doesn't meet your needs go somewhere else. It really is that simple. Why stay with a TV provider who doesn't provide what you want? I'd say that's bordering on madness. Sure some people can't get SKY because of poor reception, or their landlord won't let them have a dish on the property. These people should be grateful that Virgin offer such a competitive alternative service. These people would be screwed for top quality TV without Virgin.