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Originally Posted by speedski
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 channels are not in the same bundles.[COLOR="Silver"]
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Virgin provide three TV packs which contain various channels. Depending on what channels you want, you choose the appropriate one to meet your needs. The SD and HD variants of a channel are two individual channels and Virgin can choose which packs each one is put into. The more channels you want, the more you have to pay. Yes, the HD charges are factored into the cost of the packs but at no point will you or any VM customer pay any extra charges for HD channels alone (again with the exception on Sky Premium HD) and hence they can advertise them as 'free' within your chosen pack. So yes you do pay for them, but as part of the price for the pack you choose.
Sky on the other hand charge an additional £10.25 for their customers to obtain the HD variants of the majority of channels. So you have an advertised additional fee with Sky.
So either way you do pay for HD, I'll agree with you on that. However, VM do nothing wrong by advertising that HD is 'free' with you chosen TV pack.
