Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
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Old 01-01-2016, 13:41   #50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
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Originally Posted by theone2k10 View Post
They won't apart from a new Tivo but give vm until around 2020 they should have a skyq equivalent box then
I hope that was a joke, theone.

The next TIVO will have to be pretty good if VM are to survive. I, for one, am determined not to be left behind if VM are to continue moving to the slow lane.

I am very close to making a complete re-evaluation of my options. I have already considered changing my TV package as follows:

Terrestrial with a recordable Freeview box.
Netflix (through smart TV and Roku)
Amazon (through smart TV and Roku)
Now TV (through my Roku)..

That provides me with a good deal of content and I would miss very little of what I currently watch. Apart from the set up cost of the Freeview box, all of this would cost me the small sum of £20.56 per month.

I won't make that move just yet and I could be persuaded not to if VM come up with the goods. I really hope they do and that they start offering their own packages of streaming services covering TV series, films (on subscription rather than PPV), music, nature programming, good stuff for children, etc. VM could offer a great deal if only they ditched their slow train for a bullet train instead. There's so much they could do with a bit of imagination.

It has taken only a year for optimism (with all those new channels launched on 2014), to turn to despair, with previously loyal VM viewers jumping over to the dark side. This alone should show VM the urgency of the situation.

If the new TIVO box turns out to be a disappointment, I think a lot more people will jump ship. I may even be one of them, and I never thought I'd say that.
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