General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3

[Arthurgray50@blu]

We were told by the woman in the Phillipines, that our Tivo box was NOT HD and needed to be changed.

Its about time VM got there act together, as l am certain that they didn't have a clue of what l was talking about.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

We were told by the woman in the Phillipines, that our Tivo box was NOT HD and needed to be changed.

Its about time VM got there act together, as l am certain that they didn't have a clue of what l was talking about.

Neither did the rest of us Arthur.......

[nicko]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

Wish you could just take the sports channels and the free-to-air channels,no other subs required. Bet loads of others do too!

You can do, you can even have HD sports, I think it costs about £40 for sky sports HD with nothing else but FREEVIEW.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Chad

Whilst we're talking about the possibility of Amazon Instant Video coming to TiVo, I just signed up for a 30 day trial of the service last night. I thought you have to pay £79.00 up front if you wanted to keep the service however I noticed when signing up that Amazon also offer the video service on it's own for £5.99 per month.

Must admit the service is pretty good. Some surprises I didn't expect to see as part of the subscription like every episode of the Borgias and HBO's Deadwood.

Starting to seriously consider Freeview along with Netflix and Amazon Instant rather than an expensive TV subscription.

I did this back in February, partly due to the Feb price increase, and partly due to my viewing sources having already become mainly via the internet (having to pay for BT Sport also niggled me).

Using Unblockus gives me access to all Netflix regions, Hulu (for US Network TV shows) and I also have a paid subscription to HBO Nordic. I did take advantage of the Amazon Prime £49 offer, though I've not watched much via Prime so far, but liking the free next day delivery.

Because I have a VM phone, it was cheaper to keep one Tivo with the basic Freeview channels than just have phone and BB, so that takes care of UK Freeview channels. I would have been happy to go without TV from VM and just use catchup via the web if there hadn't been the cost advantage of keeping a Tivo.

This setup works great for me.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

We were told by the woman in the Phillipines, that our Tivo box was NOT HD and needed to be changed.

Its about time VM got there act together, as l am certain that they didn't have a clue of what l was talking about.

id rather virgin media closed the contact centres after 6pm and during the weekend. no point having them open with the foreign call centres. no offence but they dont seem to understand what im saying and dont seem trained in much at all.

Im yet to ever hear anyone say "i had a superb call to vm over the weekend. helpful staff. got a great deal"

it just damages vms reputation keeping them open...

[Arthurgray50@blu]

But wht annoyed me so much was the fact that. I kept saying 'are you there' she kept replying, yes, waiting for the system to come up.

You could clearly hear people in the background, talking in a language that l could not understand.

I wasn't rude, but its frustrating that you are trying to explain a problem, and they have no idea what l am saying.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by Chad

Wonder if this is the deal which could lead to Amazon Instant launching on TiVo?

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...he-kindle-fire

They've made it official now then, it's been working fine on my Kindle Fire the day after release, i sideloaded it.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Chad

Whilst we're talking about the possibility of Amazon Instant Video coming to TiVo, I just signed up for a 30 day trial of the service last night. I thought you have to pay £79.00 up front if you wanted to keep the service however I noticed when signing up that Amazon also offer the video service on it's own for £5.99 per month.

Must admit the service is pretty good. Some surprises I didn't expect to see as part of the subscription like every episode of the Borgias and HBO's Deadwood.

Starting to seriously consider Freeview along with Netflix and Amazon Instant rather than an expensive TV subscription.

No it's £5.99 a month for the streaming video service.

The £79 a year is for amazon prime unlimited next day delivery for purchases which also includes the video service and a kindle service.

[blue666666]

Does amazon uk prime have anything good on it

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Chad

Whilst we're talking about the possibility of Amazon Instant Video coming to TiVo, I just signed up for a 30 day trial of the service last night. I thought you have to pay £79.00 up front if you wanted to keep the service however I noticed when signing up that Amazon also offer the video service on it's own for £5.99 per month.

Must admit the service is pretty good. Some surprises I didn't expect to see as part of the subscription like every episode of the Borgias and HBO's Deadwood.

Starting to seriously consider Freeview along with Netflix and Amazon Instant rather than an expensive TV subscription.

I take it that your Sky 50% discount has ended. Could you not now return to VM as a new customer again with the associated discounts?

Originally Posted by vincerooney

id rather virgin media closed the contact centres after 6pm and during the weekend. no point having them open with the foreign call centres. no offence but they dont seem to understand what im saying and dont seem trained in much at all.

Im yet to ever hear anyone say "i had a superb call to vm over the weekend. helpful staff. got a great deal"

it just damages vms reputation keeping them open...

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

But wht annoyed me so much was the fact that. I kept saying 'are you there' she kept replying, yes, waiting for the system to come up.

You could clearly hear people in the background, talking in a language that l could not understand.

I wasn't rude, but its frustrating that you are trying to explain a problem, and they have no idea what l am saying.

Exactly. I refuse to deal with the idiots abroad and have been given a special number to call.

[nicknewark]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMnAJ2y1kU

[trublue]

I refuse to deal with the idiots abroad and have been given a special number to call.

Can you divulge this special number(Pretty Please)

[nicknewark]

just started on Prime.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by Stephen

No it's £5.99 a month for the streaming video service.

The £79 a year is for amazon prime unlimited next day delivery for purchases which also includes the video service and a kindle service.

It's only £7 a year more for the whole package then.

I took the £49 offer in February as i thought it was too good to turn down and it helps that i have a Kindle so get a free ebook a month.

I'd only rarely bought things off Amazon so didn't think i'd get much use out of the next day delivery but i've bought 2 things in the last month so i think i'm getting my moneys worth, i'm also watching a lot of series i missed first time around. Currently have 1 more season of Battlestar Galactica to watch.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

it just damages vms reputation keeping them open...

Remember this which happened on a Friday evening a couple of weeks ago? Imagine the uproar if customers couldn't even report it until Monday morning