Has 2011 been the best TV year for Virgin so far? - Page 2

muppetman11 · 13-12-2011, 16:20

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Originally Posted by nashville

I still have Virgin in one room as I got Freesat in to save me some money. But This weather has moved my dish & I have to wait till next Monday for a call out to fix it. If it means every time we have a storm we lose our TV, I will be going back to Virgin full time.

You want to get someone to do a proper job we've had the same dish up for a good few years with no issue , since going back to Sky in March we've lost the picture for a few seconds once in a thunderstorm.

JMcB · 13-12-2011, 16:28

2011 VM's best year, but i would say that down to the 100Mb BB and TiVo

nashville · 13-12-2011, 16:39

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

You want to get someone to do a proper job we've had the same dish up for a good few years with no issue , since going back to Sky in March we've lost the picture for a few seconds once in a thunderstorm.

I hope this will be the last time, Thanks My son has Sky and this is the second time this year he has lost his picture. He is waiting for the football season to finish and he is going to Virgin, . He just loves his footbal

muppetman11 · 13-12-2011, 17:18

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Originally Posted by nashville

I hope this will be the last time, Thanks My son has Sky and this is the second time this year he has lost his picture. He is waiting for the football season to finish and he is going to Virgin, . He just loves his footbal

If you are losing your picture a lot its usually the dish isn't aligned correctly.

nashville · 13-12-2011, 17:31

Here.s hoping they fix it better this time.

andy_m · 13-12-2011, 17:43

I can't honestly say if this has been the best year for Virgin ever - until about this time last year I was still with Sky having been with them for years. What I can say is that I've been given loads of new channels in the last year, for free, I have a set top box that blows anything else out of the water, access to the best on demand library in the country which is better today than it was a year ago when I first had access to it and, for the first time ever, I have multi-room, and its cost me nothing. If this isn't Virgin's best year then it must be pretty close.

Rillington · 13-12-2011, 18:16

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Originally Posted by nstokes

why have 3 people voted no? After everything they have done in 2011, god some people. Just goes to show you cant please everyone

I also voted no, becoming the 6th person to do so.

The reason is because VM refused to add new TV channels for much of the year and everything seemed to be about Tivo, something I have no interest in and certainly not something I would ever pay for.

I agree that the launch of Sky Anytime has been an excellent addition but previous years seemed to have been a lot better than 2011.

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

For me personally last year was better as we had more major HD channels added. I have no interest in TiVo so that is why I voted no to it being VM best TV year so far.
I look forward to more HD content being added next year.

I agree with all those points.

Last year seemed to do more to add to the TV platform than this year and like you, and as I have already said, I have no interest in Tivo.

denphone · 13-12-2011, 18:18

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I agree that the launch of Sky Anytime has been an excellent addition but previous years seemed to have been a lot better than 2011.

You sure about that.

devilincarnate · 13-12-2011, 18:20

Has 2011 been the best TV year for Virgin so far?

I do not know as I do not watch those kind of channels.

Rillington · 13-12-2011, 18:20

Yes.

zekeisaszekedoes · 14-12-2011, 11:44

Yes, easily. But I voted no, just to pointlessly skew the results (nah, joking).

My household went from M package barely used to a TiVo on M+ which proved it's worth within days. It's a killer PVR, bugs notwithstanding, and next year it promises to get even better. Plus more HD channels etc, and BoxNation. Lots to commend, certainly a case where positive points outweigh the negative.

gcampbell · 14-12-2011, 13:23

No it hasn't been as VM have failed to show the best TV programme of 2011 - Game of Thrones.

Their performance in 2011 has been such that I handed them my 30 day notice yesterday as I can now get Sky who provide all the TV I want.

howardmicks · 14-12-2011, 13:31

Voted yes because of tivo,down side is for aquiring new channels.especially disappointed that we have not seen universal hd

Chad · 14-12-2011, 13:46

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Originally Posted by gcampbell

No it hasn't been as VM have failed to show the best TV programme of 2011 - Game of Thrones.

Their performance in 2011 has been such that I handed them my 30 day notice yesterday as I can now get Sky who provide all the TV I want.

So if Virgin didn't add all the other stuff this year, and simply got Game of Thrones then you would of voted yes?

gcampbell · 14-12-2011, 14:03

If they had got Sky Atlantic, yup - I rate them by the programming they show. I have missed many programmes I wanted to see thus 2011 has been a disappointment for me as a VM customer.

Hard as it may be for many VM enthusiasts to grasp, for some people, Tivo and unnecesarily fast broadband are of no interest.