SKY VS Virgin Media

[gadge]

Originally Posted by jane

as long as sky movies or sky sports dont go then im happy

they wont be going anywhere.

[HaroldT]

Hi All...
I have, at this time,a 'Famity TV', 'Unlimited 4 Mb Broadband' and 'Telephone Connection' together with a 'Samsung'. The cost is between £55 & £60.00 per month. I've had this for the past 4-5 years, inproving my Broadband as it became available.

Believe it or not I have never had any hassle out of NTL, and I have no need for Sky - in fact I haven't ever switched on a Sky channel yet [is this a record'

Advice from our experts - what is the best way of getting an improved deal out of our lords and masters ?

And in terminology that a seriously ol codger can understand.

Thanks in anticipation....

Ht

[Media Boy UK]

Here is the new Sky ad about Virgin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXy1n1_rkUQ

[flick650]

The only thing I will really miss is the SG-1 and Atlantis.

I'm staying however, my 10mbit internet is awesome, theres nothing more uplifting than seeing your downloads go at 1090kbps.

And with all of that speed I could probably get those shows in other ways :-P

[welwynrose]

Originally Posted by flick650

The only thing I will really miss is the SG-1 and Atlantis.

I'm staying however, my 10mbit internet is awesome, theres nothing more uplifting than seeing your downloads go at 1090kbps.

And with all of that speed I could probably get those shows in other ways :-P

well there's only about 3 episodes of SG-1 left before they go over to making movies so maybe VM will get the rights to show them

[fizgog]

Hi,

First time post and I have the following packages Broadband , phone and tv paying about £60 a month.

I watch sky one, wife watches uk gold and kids watch sky one and kids channels.

We are waiting to see what happens before deciding but if we lose sky one then we will scrap virgin tv and go with sky for tv

PS

has anyone tried channel 119 as I think it is a joke

[AndyCambs]

Originally Posted by fizgog

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has anyone tried channel 119 as I think it is a joke

It's great - I watched the episodes of Spooks that I'd missed the other night - and paused the television for a phone call.

You did press the red button I presume, and not just watched the trailers??

[fizgog]

Yes I did press the red button, This is not new this is another name for the on demand service which ntl had.

Why switch to channel 119 and then press red button when you can just press the on demand button?

or can do both

[AndyCambs]

Originally Posted by fizgog

Yes I did press the red button, This is not new this is another name for the on demand service which ntl had.

Why switch to channel 119 and then press red button when you can just press the on demand button?

On Demand was pay per view - this has been extended to include a number of other programmes, and as per the press information this morning will include Lost.

On Demand movies are available at a cost, TV catch up is at a cost, unless you are on the XL pack.

Virgin Central is free to all - I'm fairly certain that's correct and no doubt someone will correct me.

Mind you - if you do move to Sky, remember they have a large hole in their accounts (as per the profits warning this morning) so I would think it likely they would want to recoup the losses from somewhere - the only place left for them is their subscribers.

[fizgog]

Don't get me wrong I don't like sky and I would hate having a dustbin lid on the side of the house.

As I said I we will wait and see (about a month should give the kids at virgin and sky to see if they can play together)

Without Sky one I can't see me staying unless someone gives me a good reason to stay with virgin tv.

Virgin Central may be free but there's not much there, unless you like what they give you and not what you want.

[andrewbrown]

TV catch up is at a cost, unless you are on the XL pack.

Virgin Central is free to all - I'm fairly certain that's correct and no doubt someone will correct me.

TV catch up is free. TV Choice has been made temporarliy free (for 3 months I believe) and VC is free. Movies and music are still ppv.

[Davey]

I'm an NTL customer and have been for years! We used to have sky but they are complete rip off merchants IMHO.. Now I watch alot of SkyONE and to be honest its probably the only premium channel I watch, everything else I could watch on FreeView.. I do how ever use the Broadband service and OnDemand..

When I heard about SkyONE being withdrawn I came ever so close to signing up with Sky because I could get Sky+ and keep the good channels, then I thought NO that's what Sky want VM/NTL/TW customers to do!

I do however thing Virgin need to re-acess the customer care short-comings that are NTL legacy, we've still got one of the early PACE boxes and its rubbish, I asked about the V+ box but they want £15/month and £75 up-front.. Now If I could buy the box I would have one but I'll be b*ggered if I'm paying £15 a month for a PVR box

Anyway, we'll be staying with VM as I have my suspicions they will be bidding with vengeance against Sky for shows like Lost, Futurama, Simpsons etc. next time they are up for grabs.

[videodj]

Originally Posted by Davey

I'm an NTL customer and have been for years! We used to have sky but they are complete rip off merchants IMHO.. Now I watch alot of SkyONE and to be honest its probably the only premium channel I watch, everything else I could watch on FreeView.. I do how ever use the Broadband service and OnDemand..

When I heard about SkyONE being withdrawn I came ever so close to signing up with Sky because I could get Sky+ and keep the good channels, then I thought NO that's what Sky want VM/NTL/TW customers to do!

I do however thing Virgin need to re-acess the customer care short-comings that are NTL legacy, we've still got one of the early PACE boxes and its rubbish, I asked about the V+ box but they want £15/month and £75 up-front.. Now If I could buy the box I would have one but I'll be b*ggered if I'm paying £15 a month for a PVR box

Anyway, we'll be staying with VM as I have my suspicions they will be bidding with vengeance against Sky for shows like Lost, Futurama, Simpsons etc. next time they are up for grabs.

The V+ is £10 p/m if on XL, and no install fee if you keep 2nd stb @ £5 p/m. The reason there is a fee is because it v+ has 3 tuners, it's like having 3 stb. like sky currently charge £10 p/m for sky + unless you have movies or sports.

[Kaychsea]

Originally Posted by fizgog

Yes I did press the red button, This is not new this is another name for the on demand service which ntl had.

Why switch to channel 119 and then press red button when you can just press the on demand button?

Where's Shawty when you need him?