Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV

[mersey70]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Maybe they want to look after their existing customers and give them the best deal?

Having existing customers who stay longer and for some increase their ARPU, can only be good for VM in the long term, plus churn will be lower too.

Cindy Rose has already said she wants to do things differently.

Maybe a combination of what you and muppetman says.

I hope it delivers and that it's a success but it's not for me as i'll never be a Triple XL customer. £189 to loan a PVR and an ongoing sub is out of the question but I'm actually quite happy with V+ for now.

[cupcakes aka dd]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Hope your right mate great deal if its true.

Just a quick question
XL TV £23.50 XL BB £20 XL Phone £12.24 = £8.00 = £63.74
But on the VM Website it says a bundle of Triple XL is £46.56 + £12.24 = £58.80

which price would I pay ?

That £58.80 is only valid until the 30th Nov in the small print. So waiting until VM announce their pricing might price you out of the difference of £4.94pm. I think? I was gonna upgrade tommorow but DF said wait. Don't know what to do.

[DJ-SWITCH]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

That £58.80 is only valid until the 30th Nov in the small print. So waiting until VM announce their pricing might price you out of the difference of £4.94pm. I think? I was gonna upgrade tommorow but DF said wait. Don't know what to do.

Il say its up2 you but if you cant wait upgrade tommorow

[sidneysides]

Originally Posted by TheDon

Roll out starts end of the year.

region by region?

[Andy C]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Very soon

Here's hoping... still got my 10 year old tivo on freeview and would never get rid of it. I'm guessing the VM tivo code wont be running on linux tho?

Just thought, I wish i'd bought a lifetime tivo sub, £10/month they've been getting for 10 years!!

[blenky]

On the Build your Own Bundle page it tells me that my package - XL TV, XXL BB and M Phone is £60.74. So how come I'm paying £62.99?

[i love virgin]

Can i ask with the new box can you still get HD channels? and is it just better EPG?

whats better about it to the V+ box?

im asking as dont really know anything about it.

[DJ-SWITCH]

Originally Posted by i love virgin

Can i ask with the new box can you still get HD channels? and is it just better EPG?

whats better about it to the V+ box?

im asking as dont really know anything about it.

Its better and more new stuff 2do on it, and better EPG

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Originally Posted by blenky

On the Build your Own Bundle page it tells me that my package - XL TV, XXL BB and M Phone is £60.74. So how come I'm paying £62.99?

Do you have any of this added if you do thats why its £2.99 more

£2.05 per month
Voicemail Plus

Access your messages from anywhere, record your own greeting and more.
£2.05 per month
Call Divert

Divert your calls to another number.
£2.05 per month**
Ring Back When Free

Set your phone to ring when an engaged number becomes free.
£2.05 per month
Caller Display

Lets you see who's calling before you answer.
£2.05 per month
Call Waiting

Know when someone is trying to get through when you're on the phone.
£2.05 per month
3 Way Calling

Lets three people chat at the same time.
£2.05 per month
Quick Dial

No need to remember numbers you use often.
£2.05 per month
Call Barring

Bar different types of outgoing calls.
£2.05 per month
Reminder Call

[vtallandy]

Can I just say Well Done Virgin -

You've hit the nail on the head if this pricing is correct, for the first time in a long time this makes perfect business sense.

Both Virgin and Tivo need this to be a runaway success, this will be their flagship TV service and they need as many people as possible to upgrade to this.
Most current Virgin subscribers have already forked out between £50 and £200 to have their current boxes and if were asked to fork out another £200+, a great number of people would just stick with their current set-up. Especially in the current economic climate.

I fully agree that new customers should pay the same as we have in the past for their boxes.
Also on the back of this, the increase in revenue from most subscribers upgrading to the top tier packages to get this price gives another great boost to their numbers and revenue.

I am so excited by both the specs and pricing of Tivo I finally feel honoured to be an existing customer that will be looked after!

Thank You Virgin for listening!

[clinteastman]

Well, if those prices are right I think I will be upgrading my phone to XL for £8 a month so I have XL XXL XL.

That way my 12 month expenditure for TiVo would be (£8 x 12) £96 on top of my normal bill rather than (£149 + £40 + (£3 x 12)) £225 for the year. Then at the end of the year downgrade my phone back to M (I never use my landline) an just pay the £3 a month, costing me £36 a year for TiVo.

Not a bad deal really, and I guess at some point that £3pm will disappear too.

[tweedie]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Maybe they want to look after their existing customers and give them the best deal?

Finally

[hedgie]

Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

would be nice to know what the monthly fee will be after 12 months for triple XL subscibers like me and whether i'd be able to drop back down to V+ HD box for free after the 12 months are up.

So you think you could drop back After two(three?) years with a V+ box I know there is no way I could go back to to a non PVR STB.

Originally Posted by mersey70

Maybe a combination of what you and muppetman says.

I hope it delivers and that it's a success but it's not for me as i'll never be a Triple XL customer. £189 to loan a PVR and an ongoing sub is out of the question but I'm actually quite happy with V+ for now.

If you cant see any advantage to tivo and dont want a better box then the pricing is pretty irrelevant. To many people the box being on loan is irrelevent also. With VM's main competitor just getting a better box without tivo was initially twice that amount if VM allow a self install. The only advantage that box has is a larger hard drive which is pretty useless if you dont stay subscribed to their service. I think if people do want a better box with the tivo software they will be willing to pay that amount. Anyway it gives them another choice they can either stick with what they have got like you or pay for better.

[sidneysides]

I#ve just spoken to virgin and the cost to me as a VIP customer is a one-off fee of £60 per box. Its £75 for new customers. He said the price applies to XL TV and VIP customers, So nothing at all like the rumour on here. This is information that they have received this morning in Customer Services. Sorry!

[muppetman11]

Still not bad , so that's 60 quid for Xltv subscribers.