General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by denphone

Or plan C where we are still waiting patiently.

lol, "may" launch or "May" launch.
Actually, I have a feeling the HD sports channels will launch this month.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by azbazlol

any dates or months yet?

No dates yet but hopful to have something more before end of the month.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by nicko

Not quite, you need the basic HD first which costs £32 a month before you are allowed anywhere near the HD sports & movies.

Making the true cost to be able to obtain these channels as £37.25 a month on top of whatever it costs to take movies and sport

Originally Posted by theone2k10

I've done a bit of poking around on the site and found this.

Thanks for that, it was a good find. This confirms the intention to offer a mid pack between M and M+. Unfortunately, on this tablet, whenever I try to enlarge the image it disappears! From what I could see there weren't any prices quoted, were there any?

Originally Posted by Media Boy

My rumour poster told me that the following channels may launch on the same day when more Sky Sports HD Channel launch.

-Pick +1
-Sky1 +1 (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).
-Sky News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
-Sky Sports News HD (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).

Yay! Pick TV +1 will be useful for me during recording clashes if that arrives

[denphone]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

No dates yet but hopful to have something more before end of the month.

Oops it won't take long for Dave to slip back into his pessimistic ways again.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by denphone

Oops it won't take long for Dave to slip back into his pessimistic ways again.

theone2k10 was talking about the missing Disney HD Channels.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by nicko

Not quite, you need the basic HD first which costs £32 a month before you are allowed anywhere near the HD sports & movies.

My god

This isn't a comparison of cost for full tv packages between the two services

VM's basic package and Sky's basic package is totally irrelevant , people were asking about the HD cost for Sky Sports/Sky Movies which is currently £5.25 on Sky my point was VM already charge a HD fee thats greater than this , people were speculating it would have to increase WHY ?

Is that simple enough to understand ?

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

My god

This isn't a comparison of cost for full tv packages between the two services

VM's basic package and Sky's basic package is totally irrelevant , people were asking about the HD cost for Sky Sports/Sky Movies which is currently £5.25 on Sky my point was VM already charge a HD fee thats greater than this , people were speculating it would have to increase WHY ?

Is that simple enough to understand ?

well said MM

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

theone2k10 was talking about the missing Disney HD Channels.

Oh dear my usual dopey self as usual.

[nicko]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

My god

This isn't a comparison of cost for full tv packages between the two services

VM's basic package and Sky's basic package is totally irrelevant , people were asking about the HD cost for Sky Sports/Sky Movies which is currently £5.25 on Sky my point was VM already charge a HD fee thats greater than this , people were speculating it would have to increase WHY ?

Is that simple enough to understand ?

But my point is Sky isn't £5.25 for HD sport movies it's £10.25 like it's always been, but now £5 of it is inclusive within the Family pack, without this pack you can't get HD movies sport (£5.25 bit), this is not the case with Virgin, so your comparison is meaningless.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Tonight could be a possibilty then in time for the final day of the Premier league.

lets hope so getting pray mat out

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by nicko

But my point is Sky isn't £5.25 for HD sport movies it's £10.25 like it's always been, but now £5 of it is inclusive within the Family pack, without this pack you can't get HD movies sport (£5.25 bit), this is not the case with Virgin, so your comparison is meaningless.

I take your point that the family pack is a prerequisite of having HD Sports/Movies but people were discussing an increased HD charge on VM as you know HD is included in XL on VM which with a TIVO costs £31 or a £1 cheaper than Sky's family pack and of course Sky Sports/Movies can be added to lower bundles on VM thus costing less which wasnt even being debated. As we were discussing pay HD channels both basic pay and premium pay it was natural to look at XL which is needed for all the basic HD channels.

Posters were mentioning a £10 HD charge on VM my viewpoint is VM already include the basic HD channels in its XL TV package , the Sky Sports/Movies HD charge is a completely separate charge which is currently £7 do you disagree with me and think this should increase on VM ?

[nicko]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I take your point that the family pack is a prerequisite of having HD Sports/Movies but people were discussing an increased HD charge on VM as you know HD is included in XL on VM which with a TIVO costs £31 or a £1 cheaper than Sky's family pack and of course Sky Sports/Movies can be added to lower bundles on VM thus costing less which wasnt even being debated. As we were discussing pay HD channels both basic pay and premium pay it was natural to look at XL which is needed for all the basic HD channels.

Posters were mentioning a £10 HD charge on VM my viewpoint is VM already include the basic HD channels in its XL TV package , the Sky Sports/Movies HD charge is a completely separate charge which is currently £7 do you disagree with me and think this should increase on VM ?

No I don't disagree but they could increase it because HD sports is available to anyone on any pack unlike Sky, and I believe this charge is dictated by Sky themselves also.

What if Virgin say that you must have the XL pack now to qualify for HD sports movies then there would be a fair comparison with Sky, what would Virgin subscribers think about that?

[Media Boy UK]

More TV added to Virgin Media 'TV on Demand'.

More TV has been added to Virgin Media 'TV on Demand' with Sky1, Sky Living and Sky News listed.

[blue666666]

good sigh getting more sky on demand maybe virgin and sky getting on better

[zantarous]

What is More TV?