Current VirginMedia customer who wants PVR....best way?

da_murphster

I have been on the Medium TV package for VirginMedia for a couple of months now (reasonably impressed - esp by iPlayer).

I would like the PVR type ability that my Freeview recorder offered but it seems very expensive with Virgin.

From what I can gather although its not clear of teh costs fro current Virgin Customers....

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/cgi-...ng_customer.pl

V+ Service

• There's a one-off upfront cost of £150 to install your V+ set top box.
• More information

£5.00 a month for TV Size: M or L
£0.00 a month for TV Size: XL

The current £50 off discount does not seem to apply to existing cust.

So that’s £150 to install and then 12 months at £5 to 'rent' your V+ box = £210 a year.

That seems pretty steep to me when a Freeview PVR can be had to under £100.

Has anyone managed to get this cheaper, any wangles out there?

I got Virgin as my flat has no TV reception - might be cheaper to get my Ariel fixed!!

PS. I don't need extra channels but if the price was right would like HD
PPS. I live in listed building so unfortunately cannot have freesat.

Pikeyp

For that sort of price, I think you would be better of with a DVD recorder with hard-drive.
The advantage of that would be the ability to archive programs you want to keep by copying them to DVD's .. the latest Sony models are pretty good .. I bought a Sony RDR-HXD870 a few months ago and it's a brilliant piece of kit!
You could link it to your Virgin box and with the right set-up, get freeview through it too!