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nialli · 24-11-2015, 12:50

I think there are three main things responsible for the despondency with the Virgin TV offering:
1. Price rises, including the mandatory one for XL customers regardless of whether we wanted BT Europe or not. News of yet another rise early in 2016 is hugely unpopular (see the poll on VMHD).
2. TiVo looking distinctly last decade now, with overall performance still laughably slow and Apps increasingly unreliable; iPlayer, YouTube and Netflix all still have issues.
3. Now TV now a reliable and cheaper option, offering pay per view Sky Sports and movies when you want them, rather than tying you into a minimum of a year's contract. Also it has the missing ITV Encore, Sky Atlantic, and with Sky box sets and on demand content it makes the VM TV offering overpriced and underwhelming by comparison.
I'm on Big Kahuna until February but will downsize sooner if I get the chance. I don't use the home phone line nor do I watch over 200 of the channels I pay for.

24-11-2015, 12:50	#34
nialli Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Greenwich, SE10 Services: Sky Stream, Sky broadband Posts: 865	Re: Could Virgin lose the right to offer Sky Sports 1 & 2? I think there are three main things responsible for the despondency with the Virgin TV offering: 1. Price rises, including the mandatory one for XL customers regardless of whether we wanted BT Europe or not. News of yet another rise early in 2016 is hugely unpopular (see the poll on VMHD). 2. TiVo looking distinctly last decade now, with overall performance still laughably slow and Apps increasingly unreliable; iPlayer, YouTube and Netflix all still have issues. 3. Now TV now a reliable and cheaper option, offering pay per view Sky Sports and movies when you want them, rather than tying you into a minimum of a year's contract. Also it has the missing ITV Encore, Sky Atlantic, and with Sky box sets and on demand content it makes the VM TV offering overpriced and underwhelming by comparison. I'm on Big Kahuna until February but will downsize sooner if I get the chance. I don't use the home phone line nor do I watch over 200 of the channels I pay for.