Moved from Sky to Virgin (TV)? Do you miss anything?

artyboy

After 15 years with Sky for TV, I think this might be the renewal where I actually move over to Virgin. Economies of scale with O2 SIMs and BB etc, but Sky have got to the point where haggling is just exhausting and unproductive.

So, for those of you that have made the switch over fairly recently - what do you miss about Sky's TV offering that isn't available or not as good on Virgin? Starter for 10 is obviously lack of Sky Atlantic, but anything else?

Conversely, are there any things that are better?

Looking for any thoughts across the entire spectrum - channels, HD/UHD quality, record capability, app integration, user interface, whatever!

Keithy13

I am currently switching from Virgin to Sky. (Broadband,TV and phone) Virgin contract has ended. At the start of the contract the price was £39, it's now £65 with a further increase due in April. I arranged the switch in January and I am waiting for Openreach to install Full fibre.
 The switch is due to go live on March 24th.
 Sky sent their Skystream box the day after I applied for the switch. This works well with many more TV channels and includes Netflix and Discovery+.
Sky price is £39 per month. However, because of the waiting time for Openreach I am still paying Virgin £65 per month and a reduced £22 to sky for the TV package.
I have found Virgin's Broadband excellent, however the TV package is poor but reliable with a good quality picture, the landline call charges are extortionate.

Bigphil1474

We switched to VM about 9 years ago. The bundle packages are best value IME. We currently have a slightly varied Volt package with 2 Tivo boxes, Sky Cinema, Sky Sports, TV Mix (?), all HD,  Free Netflix, 500mb BB, anytime calls etc. for £70 a month. We ditched the O2 sim as we didn't need it, but it seemed good value.

Like you say, the only channel we've really missed is Atlantic. The Tivo boxes have a catch up function as well as on demand programmes and movies. The functionality is good. It has the main built in apps - no Disney or Apple as of yet, but has Prime, Netflix, BBC, ITV. C5 etc.. The Tivo box is a lot better than the old box we had, but that was years ago. We moved house last year and the switch was very good. They are the only high speed provider in our street at the minute as well.

steven141

Virgin TV 360 is quite decent. There are some quirks which aren't great though like not being able to undelete recordings and recordings re-recording their self and if you set to new only it doesn't always record new episodes.

We have gone the opposite way from Virgin to Sky Q and Sky Q is great. We miss MTV Live channel though which is exclusive to Virgin Media and miss being able you type in 204 for Netflix and 205 for Prime Video (to watch Neighbours) 😊

Overall both are decent I find and failing that the next best thing is EE TV although you lose quote a lot of channels for a similar price.