Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. I - Page 24

anap · 29-01-2010, 12:03

Last night both BBC Radio Bristol (938) and BBC Radio Gloucester (939) were 'Channel no longer available' although they were both still broadcasting.

Nook29 · 31-01-2010, 11:26

This weeks live sport on ESPN.

Arthurgray50@blu · 31-01-2010, 15:29

This is how far VM are behind Sky, They are showing the Arsenal v Man Utd game in pubs up and down the country in 3D, we are still waiting for a lot of HD channels to come.

This is not a whinge, but l find it really strange where VM are swopping and switching off channels, without letting the customer know, l know that by switching of the analogue signal, we will get more channels, but my god is it frustrating waiting for these things to happen.

Nook29 · 31-01-2010, 15:37

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

This is how far VM are behind Sky, They are showing the Arsenal v Man Utd game in pubs up and down the country in 3D, we are still waiting for a lot of HD channels to come.

Virgin can't really do any 3D sport though, considering Sky have their own sports channels and Virgin don't. Although it'd be nice to see Virgin try and compete with Sky and get some other exclusive 3D content.

Digital Fanatic · 31-01-2010, 15:41

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

This is how far VM are behind Sky, They are showing the Arsenal v Man Utd game in pubs up and down the country in 3D, we are still waiting for a lot of HD channels to come.

This is not a whinge, but l find it really strange where VM are swopping and switching off channels, without letting the customer know, l know that by switching of the analogue signal, we will get more channels, but my god is it frustrating waiting for these things to happen.

I can't see 3D TV catching on in a big way myself... the technology requires those stupid glasses..

Virgin Media are going to provide 3Dtv via On Demand with films and programmes at some stage for those interested in this... customers will also be required to purchase a new 3D capable tv for Sky's or Virgins 3Dtv service.

devilincarnate · 31-01-2010, 16:06

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

This is how far VM are behind Sky, They are showing the Arsenal v Man Utd game in pubs up and down the country in 3D, we are still waiting for a lot of HD channels to come.

This is not a whinge, but l find it really strange where VM are swopping and switching off channels, without letting the customer know, l know that by switching of the analogue signal, we will get more channels, but my god is it frustrating waiting for these things to happen.

No they are not they are just showing it at 9 selected pubs at the moment and they will be rolling it out to all the other pubs in APRIL !

This is from the article that iread and also the link is posted below :

To support the broadcast, the nine pubs â€“ located in London, Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin â€“ have been kitted out especially with some of the first â€˜3D Readyâ€™ TV sets to reach the UK and Ireland.

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/01/2...remier-league/

Fred Fish · 31-01-2010, 18:09

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

This is how far VM are behind Sky, They are showing the Arsenal v Man Utd game in pubs up and down the country in 3D, we are still waiting for a lot of HD channels to come.

This is not a whinge, but l find it really strange where VM are swopping and switching off channels, without letting the customer know, l know that by switching of the analogue signal, we will get more channels, but my god is it frustrating waiting for these things to happen.

3D football has been around for ages...... Its called going to the match!!!

Sorry. I dont mean to be scartastic, technology is all well and good, but untill it becomes mainstreme lets not loose sight of the fact that it is but a gimmic. Yes I agree that long term it may well become the norm, but I am happy with good quality television at a good price and reliable. I know that isnt always the case and when it isnt I am the forst to call VM and complain.

But there is such a thing called choice. I used to be with Sky and chose VM because the profile of services - taken in their entirety - suited me better. May not be the case for others, but it is for me. If I stop being happy with that then I will change back to Sky, simple as. Doesent mean I dont want new channels and new services etc. but it does mean that I acknowledge what positives there are, and for me that means that VM is better......

31-01-2010, 18:27

A little bird has told me its going to Radio3 HD and one of the shopping channels maybe in HD

i can't wait i think i'm going to explode.

Arthurgray50@blu · 31-01-2010, 18:28

I could not agree more, BUT l would say that by going to 3D are taking technology that bit further, and the customer will benefit in the long run.

But l would also say that broadcastor's must take that gamble, as it is the future we are looking at, to me sadly VM are still banging on the techn door, and are not prepared to take on the challenge, there is so much that VM could offer there customers, but won't.

I would like to see VM offer customers more channels, that are out there, l was told by a cable engineer, that VM can hold so many channels, but will only offer channels that benefit them, and not the customer.

Digital Fanatic · 31-01-2010, 18:33

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Originally Posted by bjorkiii

A little bird has told me its going to Radio3 HD and one of the shopping channels maybe in HD

i can't wait i think i'm going to explode.

Was the little bird high on drugs?

devilincarnate · 31-01-2010, 18:48

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Was the little bird high on drugs?

Yes they were have you heard the BOB MARLEY song three little birds sit on my doorstep E.T.C

31-01-2010, 18:56

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I could not agree more, BUT l would say that by going to 3D are taking technology that bit further, and the customer will benefit in the long run.

But l would also say that broadcastor's must take that gamble, as it is the future we are looking at, to me sadly VM are still banging on the techn door, and are not prepared to take on the challenge, there is so much that VM could offer there customers, but won't.

I would like to see VM offer customers more channels, that are out there, l was told by a cable engineer, that VM can hold so many channels, but will only offer channels that benefit them, and not the customer.

For a start Arthur, if VM have nothing to offer, why do you have both VM and Sky? Secondly I am sure VM do only offer channels that benefit them. It isn't hard to work out though that what benefits us also benefits them. If they don't keep us happy then there will be no VM.
The big difference between VM and Sky is that Sky have bags of money and VM are cash constrained. For the foreseeable future Sky will be ahead of VM as far as new technology is concerned. If Virgin tried to keep up they would soon be bankrupt. Why worry though? How does Sky showing 3d in a few pubs impact on us as customers? It doesn't does it? Even if they were showing loads of 3d on their satellite, how many of us are going to splash out on a 3d tv in the next couple of years. I think we need to stay focused on what matters to us.
VM will be embracing new technologies that will make a big difference to our service, Tivo for instance. Also with network upgrades and the removal of analogue they will be adding more HD and more sd channels. That makes more difference to us than them showing 3d in a pub.

Ben B · 31-01-2010, 19:03

Apparently it's looking like Â£3k for a 3DTV, no thanks...

Nook29 · 31-01-2010, 19:20

So it's the big announcement tomorrow, I wonder what time we'll hear what it is?

jtaylor06 · 31-01-2010, 19:28

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Originally Posted by Ben B

Apparently it's looking like Â£3k for a 3DTV, no thanks...

Considering this price, the target market would be very small, and Virgin are best to expand in HD and other services that have a larger target market as HD TVs are affordable to a lot more people than 3D.