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Originally Posted by denphone
Sky Broadband - My experiences have been very poor with Sky's broadband
Sky's STB - Clunky and quite ancient compared to the TiVo STB
Sky's VOD - Not bad but second rate still compared to VM's huge libriary
Sky TV - More channels but their only advantage is SA in my opinion
Overall Virgin beats Sky both on price and the better all round quality of its package but with Sky dangling those offers for some l suspect it will be very tempting.
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Sorry to jump back to this, but I have had the 'honour' of having both full packages for a short period while I transition to Sky, and I don't necessarily agree with most of these points.
Sky Broadband - The ADSL offering isn't really a match for cable broadband unless you live in a horrifically over utilised area, but the Sky Fibre/Fibre Pro offerings are
far superior.
Skys STB - I thought I would hate it, but in all honesty its not that different to TiVO. Its a bit annoying having one less tuner, and the layout of the TV guide/EPG in particular isn't as comfortable as the Tivo for me, but the rest of it is fantastic, especially since the upgrade to replace the horrible looking sky blue/white EPG with the swish looking new one. Very nice to navigate, and more responsive than the Tivo, which is still sluggish even after the UI performance improvements. Haven't had chance to compare the tablet/smartphone integration yet so I can't comment on that.
Skys VOD - Anytime stuff is decent, although not quite as good as available on VM.
Skys TV - This was the swinger for me - I get SS3 HD, SS4 HD, SSF1 HD, Sky Atlantic, the whole suite of A&E channels in HD (sans Bio?), BT Sports already inked and a couple of other extra decent channels I haven't had before.
Between the sports channels I desperately wanted and my cable broadband being so dire, and a 50% deal/12 months for the lot, its a no brainer.