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

[Mobes]

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

I wasn't moaning either...I thought it was a little strange, but I can laugh about it. It's not going to make me throw the remote in anger or do the worst possible thing.....MOVE BACK TO SKY!!

You can rest assured I won't be doing any of that either lol

[DaMac]

So if I buy the big kahuna bundle with sky movies and sky sports season pass, does that work out a lot cheaper than having the sky movies/sports bundle? You used to get a discount for both, but I presume you have to pay full price for movies with the season pass.

[neilo]

Big kahuna was £60.99 with each additional tivo costing £11.50 on top of that. That's what I was told anyway.

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by neilo

Big kahuna was £60.99 with each additional tivo costing £11.50 on top of that. That's what I was told anyway.

Does the £60.99 include the phone line of £15.99 too?

I'm on the VIP, but looking at the Big Daddy package, I'm not sure it's worth changing. Has anyone else found this too?

[Khenryashley]

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj

Does the £60.99 include the phone line of £15.99 too?

I'm on the VIP, but looking at the Big Daddy package, I'm not sure it's worth changing. Has anyone else found this too?

I've just posted this on another thread.
It a bit smoke and mirrors this offer.
If you are with VM on the top package you probably won't see any benefit by switching. I don't anyway. It's states £84.21 but without Sky movies or hd or any additional boxes. I have 3 boxes (inc 1 TiVo), Sky Sports and Movies all year round, 152 Mb broadband and talk unlimited extra on my phone and I don't pay a great deal more than this offer.
Yes compared to sky it does make huge savings.
Yes for people who just want to watch the football for the season and want to upgrade to this then it's an ok deal.
It's probably worth a call to retentions.

[nick.king]

Originally Posted by Dave42

maybe the iphone are easier to do apps for don't know

I think it's more to do with the variation of Android devices, different screen sizes, specs etc.

[Ultimate.Conj]

Originally Posted by Khenryashley

I've just posted this on another thread.
It a bit smoke and mirrors this offer.
If you are with VM on the top package you probably won't see any benefit by switching. I don't anyway. It's states £84.21 but without Sky movies or hd or any additional boxes. I have 3 boxes (inc 1 TiVo), Sky Sports and Movies all year round, 152 Mb broadband and talk unlimited extra on my phone and I don't pay a great deal more than this offer.
Yes compared to sky it does make huge savings.
Yes for people who just want to watch the football for the season and want to upgrade to this then it's an ok deal.
It's probably worth a call to retentions.

Thanks, I'll give them a buzz and see what they say. My contract is up 1st Aug. I'm definitely not going anywhere, but if I can save myself some money, it's all good

[smallclone]

2 questions:

1) After the 10 month £150 upfront runs out - what price is sky sports per month?
2) Have VM said whether this offer will be repeated every year? or will I then be paying the normal rate again.....so in effect it's just 10 months discounted and no more.

Thanks

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by smallclone

2 questions:

1) After the 10 month £150 upfront runs out - what price is sky sports per month?
2) Have VM said whether this offer will be repeated every year? or will I then be paying the normal rate again.....so in effect it's just 10 months discounted and no more.

Thanks

goes back to normal rate here link

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...-on-sky-sports

[smallclone]

Originally Posted by Dave42

goes back to normal rate here link

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...-on-sky-sports

Thanks, so if you take up the offer of the discount plus HD, you'll effectively be paying £22 for HD sports for 10 months, then £34 after.

Better than nothing I suppose. I have until September to decide.

[Gavin-D]

New GOLD logo now live about time it had a make over the old one was rather outdated

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[Doug P]

Originally Posted by Horizon

I know, I know... it's premium sports and films that drive subscription numbers, not the order of channels. But I expect that is what may lie behind this numbering decision, though.

VM may think that having the "in the clear" Sky Sports News channel in such a prominent position on the EPG may drive new Sky Sports subscriptions. What other reasons can they have for putting a minority channel right in front of the premium channels?

No it's channels that drive subscription numbers not just HD ones imo. The channel numbers matter not one jot to me am glad to say.

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Originally Posted by DaMac

So if I buy the big kahuna bundle with sky movies and sky sports season pass, does that work out a lot cheaper than having the sky movies/sports bundle? You used to get a discount for both, but I presume you have to pay full price for movies with the season pass.

Doesn't seem so no. I am paying £7 per month for Sky Movies....

[OLD BOY]

I don't see the point in obsessing over the channel numbers myself, it doesn't bother me at all. Maybe the EPG could be split into more sections to make the identification of the channel you want easier (for example, general entertainment, reality, period channels, etc) to break up the lists.

The actual order of channels you can decide for yourself, so frankly I don't know what the fuss is all about. VM would not be able to satisfy everyone in any case, we all have our personal preferences.

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Originally Posted by blue666666

Virgin should have just said nothing about news channel coming would of be easier that way. to wait like 7+months for the channel seems a bit long to me when virgin say it will follow others channels launch but it's months away.

How does this square with the constant cry that VM don't keep us informed about future plans, blue? Surely, the more we know about what's coming, the better, no matter how far away such launches are.

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Originally Posted by neilo

I've changed my channel order on Freeview to get into this Sky Sports business. BBC1 is now on 2. BBC2 is now on 3. ITV is on 4. 4 is on 5 and so on. I've put BBC News on channel 1.

Perfect.

You see, this makes no sense to me at all! BBC1 should be on 1!

Just makes my point that everyone is different and no method will please everyone.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by nicko

I'm glad to see someone's into this new fad that Virgin have started

Can you imagine trying to explain where the channels are to someone moving over from Sky? It would be enough to send em running back to Ruperts arms.

I set up a poll to gauge opinion on aligning the VM EPG with that of Sky. Approx 2/3 of respondents said no, with the main reason being that the Sky EPG was a mess itself!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...pg-page-3.html

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

The actual order of channels you can decide for yourself, so frankly I don't know what the fuss is all about. VM would not be able to satisfy everyone in any case, we all have our personal preferences.

The ability to change the order of the EPG was lost when VM took over from NTL (don't know if this was ever available on Telewest- was it?)

Unless you meant 'favourites'

[MalteseFalcon]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

New GOLD logo now live about time it had a make over the old one was rather outdated

Yes, and it is about time they updated the shows on offer during the day. I mean, who wants to watch Jeannie and Bewitched back to back all day long? I don't, and I seriously doubt any fan of the show does either.