Virgin HD....

philnicandamy

Nope you still have to pay as part of your subs to use the recording functions of the V+

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/dtv/vplus/

donnajunkie

johng_uk wrote: »

Does anyone have any opinions on this service?

What is it like compared to Sky HD?

What channels do you get?

How much does it cost compared to Sky?

I'm going to try to get Sky to drop their HD price below the £75 + £30 installation. If they don't I will threaten to go to Virgin. Am I cutting my nose off to spite my face?!!

Thanks in advance.

i think the £75 + £30 installation is quite reasonable. i doubt they will lower it considering that is already a special offer. is that offer for existing customers as well? the reason we havent upgraded to sky hd is the extra £10 a month they charge for it. if they get rid of that we will be getting it straight away especially if the box is still only £75 when it happens.

johng_uk

Donna,

There are people on here who manage to get Sky down to £49 for Sky HD box + £10 install. On top of this they've either got free phone line rental or 1/2 price HD for 6 months (i.e. £5 instead of £10).

I'll try to dig out the thread and post it here. From what I remember it's quite long and you'd need to sift through it though!

johng_uk

Donna,

Here's the thread as promised:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1190993

donnajunkie

i'm surprised because i thought they had stopped giving out deals. you might as well give it a try. personally even if the box was free i still wouldnt get it with the extra £10 a month charge.

johng_uk

I know what you mean - It's an other con.

£5 p/m might be worth it though if you watch a lot of fimls or footy. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth upgrading at all. I think the channel selection needs to be far larger, although this will come with time.

sebastianj

Well I tried to get a better deal with SKY but did not work out so I am leaving them on this month. I have been paying £16 per month for the old box and horrible remote for the past 4-5 years, just for some basic channels and nothing else, no broadband, telephone etc.
seb

donnajunkie

i heard somewhere that another 7 hd channels are starting this month. i dont like the extra £10 for 3 reasons.
1. they are mostly channels that already exist but with a better picture.
2. we dont see anything we cant see on other channels.
3. the subscription is already very high without having to pay more.

DCFC79

CLLC wrote: »

ahhhhhh , so you do have to pay extra?

We dont pay any extra for having the v+ plus box, i think you can pay a bit each month, it was half price installation which was £150 but we got it for £75 but then im on the XL package

DCFC79

philnicandamy wrote: »

Nope you still have to pay as part of your subs to use the recording functions of the V+

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/dtv/vplus/

Unless you get the XL package