General : Returning from the darkside

[ase001]

Guys, I went over to the dark side (Sky) 18months ago for a better deal and to be honest I have very little to complain about.

However, virgin are offering everything for £85, Sky Movies, Sports (Sky&BT), 200 Mb BD, all the channels except Sky Atlantic, and 2 Tivo boxes.

Ponding whether to return to Virgin?

Is anything significantly new, have the box sets improved?

[Khenryashley]

Just this

https://keepup.virginmedia.com/befirst

[jb66]

You might get the new v6 box. They are handing out 10000 this year

[ase001]

Originally Posted by Khenryashley

Just this

https://keepup.virginmedia.com/befirst

Yes I've have been following the news on this new box for a week or so. The Virgin rep tells me that it will be offered to existing customers and will be a premium service initially. So it won't be offered in any new customer deals until the new year. Apparently Virgin are trying to keep existing customers happy as priority? Of cause that could be sales talk

[bubblegun]

Originally Posted by ase001

Guys, I went over to the dark side (Sky) 18months ago for a better deal and to be honest I have very little to complain about.

However, virgin are offering everything for £85, Sky Movies, Sports (Sky&BT), 200 Mb BD, all the channels except Sky Atlantic, and 2 Tivo boxes.

Ponding whether to return to Virgin?

Is anything significantly new, have the box sets improved?

If you have multiscreen with Sky then cancel it and get your end of offer discount for another 10 months and then upgrade to Sky Q. Then you won't need to get that crappy Virgin box, which is technologically inferior to Sky Q.

[trickytree]

Originally Posted by ase001

Yes I've have been following the news on this new box for a week or so. The Virgin rep tells me that it will be offered to existing customers and will be a premium service initially. So it won't be offered in any new customer deals until the new year. Apparently Virgin are trying to keep existing customers happy as priority? Of cause that could be sales talk

Actually the only confirmed people I have seen that do have a V6 box on both this forum and the official one have been new joiners from Sky in the past week.

There may be some other existing customers who have to be quiet about it but the ones to speak openly are definitely new joiners to Virgin.

[ase001]

Originally Posted by trickytree

Actually the only confirmed people I have seen that do have a V6 box on both this forum and the official one have been new joiners from Sky in the past week.

There may be some other existing customers who have to be quiet about it but the ones to speak openly are definitely new joiners to Virgin.

That is interesting, I will ask the question next time the Virgin guy rings?


Thanks you all for you comments, as usual always constructive and helpful.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by bubblegun

If you have multiscreen with Sky then cancel it and get your end of offer discount for another 10 months and then upgrade to Sky Q. Then you won't need to get that crappy Virgin box, which is technologically inferior to Sky Q.

Do you really think that anyone is able to make such a bold statement like that?

Virgin have yet to tell us exactly what their new box can do, and I have even been reading that the box may not look anything like the one that we have seen.

I think we should all reserve our judgement until we have all the information.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by ase001

Guys, I went over to the dark side (Sky) 18months ago for a better deal and to be honest I have very little to complain about.

However, virgin are offering everything for £85, Sky Movies, Sports (Sky&BT), 200 Mb BD, all the channels except Sky Atlantic, and 2 Tivo boxes.

Ponding whether to return to Virgin?

Is anything significantly new, have the box sets improved?

Can I ask if, when you moved over to Sky, you received anything to cap off your VM connection?

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/s...7#post35869317

[ase001]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Can I ask if, when you moved over to Sky, you received anything to cap off your VM connection?

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/s...7#post35869317

No, just packaging. Then I took it to a local Spar shop, which had a collection point for the Currier used by VM.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Do you really think that anyone is able to make such a bold statement like that?

.

Unless they have had V6 box, no they can't. I doubt that the poster has.


Some people seem to, for some reason, have grudge against VM, and that seems to blind them so much that all common sense and rational reasoning deserts them. Best to ignore them OB.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Unless they have had V6 box, no they can't. I doubt that the poster has.


Some people seem to, for some reason, have grudge against VM, and that seems to blind them so much that all common sense and rational reasoning deserts them. Best to ignore them OB.

Yeah because OB never does that in relation to Sky and other competitors does he.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yeah because OB never does that in relation to Sky and other competitors does he.

As usual the voice of reason on this forum comes to the rescue.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yeah because OB never does that in relation to Sky and other competitors does he.

As if...

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yeah because OB never does that in relation to Sky and other competitors does he.

I'm surprised that you don't get the point I was making MM. Yourself. or I would never make a judgement on a bit of new kit without experiencing it or at least knowing the performance and functionality details of that kit.