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Superblade7 · 13-05-2014, 23:12

I'd agree with everyone else on here that Sky Atlantic is definitely overrated.

Just before Xmas I looked into getting an additional V HD box for my bedroom thinking it would be an extra £6.50 per month but due to Virgin's strange bundle structure they said I would have had to upgrade from Essential Family Collection to Premiere Collection at a cost of an extra £13.00 per month to have an additional STB.

At the time I'd recently bought a Now TV box for £10 as I had a Groupon offer for the movies and instead of the extra Virgin STB decided to take out the Now TV Entertainment pack and put the Now TV box in the bedroom (which has saved a little money, so thanks VM!).

Since then I've hardly watched anything on Atlantic as like most people have said, there are a few great shows on there (GoT being my personal fave) but also an awful lot of 'filler' content. I've actually found it more useful to be able to watch a lot of catch up stuff from Sky 1, Sky Living and Fox as well as having access to the Sky basic channels on my tablet.

So despite me previously thinking I'd desperately want Atlantic to come to VM, now I've had access for a few months I can honestly say I'm no longer that fussed. Don't get me wrong, it'd still be great to have it on VM so that we all have access but if Sky were demanding silly money for it, I think VM were correct in their decision to play hardball rather than paying over the odds and having to pass that cost on to us.

Just my thoughts but I think it's like a lot of things that when you don't have them, you really want them. Once you've got them, they just become 'normal' and the excitement dwindles.

13-05-2014, 23:12	#21
Superblade7 cf.geek Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Sheffield Services: Sky Q 2TB & Sky Q Mini (Box Sets with Cinema & Sports HD) with VM VIVID 100Mbps Broadband & M Phone Posts: 582	Re: No Sky Atlantic on VM for a "long long time"... I'd agree with everyone else on here that Sky Atlantic is definitely overrated. Just before Xmas I looked into getting an additional V HD box for my bedroom thinking it would be an extra £6.50 per month but due to Virgin's strange bundle structure they said I would have had to upgrade from Essential Family Collection to Premiere Collection at a cost of an extra £13.00 per month to have an additional STB. At the time I'd recently bought a Now TV box for £10 as I had a Groupon offer for the movies and instead of the extra Virgin STB decided to take out the Now TV Entertainment pack and put the Now TV box in the bedroom (which has saved a little money, so thanks VM!). Since then I've hardly watched anything on Atlantic as like most people have said, there are a few great shows on there (GoT being my personal fave) but also an awful lot of 'filler' content. I've actually found it more useful to be able to watch a lot of catch up stuff from Sky 1, Sky Living and Fox as well as having access to the Sky basic channels on my tablet. So despite me previously thinking I'd desperately want Atlantic to come to VM, now I've had access for a few months I can honestly say I'm no longer that fussed. Don't get me wrong, it'd still be great to have it on VM so that we all have access but if Sky were demanding silly money for it, I think VM were correct in their decision to play hardball rather than paying over the odds and having to pass that cost on to us. Just my thoughts but I think it's like a lot of things that when you don't have them, you really want them. Once you've got them, they just become 'normal' and the excitement dwindles.