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Old 16-03-2013, 14:15   #2643
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

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Originally Posted by Superblade7 View Post
Virgin can still market the fact that they give HD for free. The XL pack contains about 60+ extra channels than the L pack only about a third of which are HD. You also get some HD channels with M+ and L too. So whichever TV pack you choose, you get HD channels for no additional cost to that pack.

If you wish to have a wider channel selection which includes more HD then yes you do have to pay more for the XL pack but you do not (with the exception of Sky Premium HD) have to pay any additional fee solely for HD.

I'm sure this argument will run and run as everyone has differing opinions but if VM were falsely advertising free HD then I'm sure the ASA would have come knocking long before now!
Thing is. If you get the SD channel in your bundle. But the HD channel is in a higher bundle then how can you say you are giving HD for FREE?

You can't. Virgin is not free HD when the SD and HD variants of the SAME channel are not in the same bundles.

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Originally Posted by Joedm45 View Post
Regarding the free HD debate I think of it like this:

Customer A has an all singing HD TV and subscribes to XL TV
Customer B has an old CRT TV and also subscribes to XL TV.
End result is both would pay the same to VM, hence HD is free
Thats a really pointless comparison - you're talking equipment, not service.
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