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B@Th*nG

B@Th*nG

B@Th*nG

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Hi guys,

Have recently got a 40" HD TV and am a little disappointed with the number of HD channels and the general quality of some of the SD channels. My mate has virgin and, for example, Dave looks much better on his than it does on my freeview. Can i just pick up a 2nd hand virgin box and plug it in?

Muchos gracias!

B@
 
B@Th*nG said:
Hi guys,

Have recently got a 40" HD TV and am a little disappointed with the number of HD channels and the general quality of some of the SD channels. My mate has virgin and, for example, Dave looks much better on his than it does on my freeview. Can i just pick up a 2nd hand virgin box and plug it in?

Muchos gracias!

B@
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not a normal box. the boxes dont do anything unless they have a connection back to virgin.
 
I suspect this will be down to the fact Virgin, Sky and FreeSat use higher bitrates on their broadcasts than Freeview does, so the picture can look better.

As realBablefish has said, the set top box alone wont be sufficient, you need to get the optics back to virgin or a satelite dish +cabling on your house (+Free-to-view card if SKY without subs)
 
i have a virgin wall box in the front room, so if i got a second hand virgin HD box and plugged it in would i get the HD channels?

B@
 
i imagine you would still need another virgin card for that second hand box, so its likely you'd have to contact virgin to get one. i think virgin charge quite a bit for adding "multi-room" to the setup.
 
it wouldn't be multi-room, there's a wall-box in the front room and one upstairs. the one upstairs is used for the net so just wanted to buy a 2nd hand box and plug it in; no joy no?

B@
 
sja360 said:
i imagine you would still need another virgin card for that second hand box, so its likely you'd have to contact virgin to get one. i think virgin charge quite a bit for adding "multi-room" to the setup.
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they didnt charge us any more when we added tivo, apart from £3/mth for tivo. the v+ box went in the bedroom. they did use to charge £5 a month for additional boxes.
 
I think you might get freeview on it. Ask Virgin, there shouldn't be any boxes as its all virgins equipment. Its owned by them.
 
PhillyDee said:
I think you might get freeview on it. Ask Virgin, there shouldn't be any boxes as its all virgins equipment. Its owned by them.
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well, i bought my V+ box back when they came out :)

you cant even watch stuff on the HDD on V+ without a connection and account with them.

we recently moved house and for a week we couldnt even watch recorded programs on our V+ box until they had setup the account.
 
HeX said:
You can get a Virgin HD box for free as long as you have at least the M+ TV package:

http://shop.virginmedia.com/digital-tv/set-top-boxes/v-hd-box.html

Just give em a call and they'll send you one out.
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I've been looking at doing this for a while but if you are already a customer it seems that there will be a charge:


"We’re offering all our TV customers free V HD box activation* – normally £49.95. It’s your chance to get up to 19 channels in spectacular HD.

The number of HD channels you receive will depend on your TV package. If you have our M+ or L packages you’ll receive 6 HD channels or if you have our XL package, you’ll receive 19 HD channels.

*Only a V HD box can be HD activated. If your TV box looks like the one in the picture above, then for a limited period you can activate HD for free, only online. If your TV box does not look like this one, we'll send you an HD activated VHD Box to replace it, and a £20 self-installation fee will be charged to your next bill. If you don't know which box you've got, don't worry, we'll work it out for you, and we'll only send you a replacement box if we need to.

Already got a VHD Box?

You can activate the HD channels on your V HD box now for free, saving £49.95.


Don't have a V HD Box?

For just a £20 quickstart installation fee, you can upgrade your current V box to a V HD box with free HD activation."
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Some of the small print:
"Save £49.95 with VHD: 12m contract applies. Existing customers who have a VHD box without HD activated can activate HD for free (normally £49.95). Existing customers who want to upgrade to a VHD box must take a quickstart installation for £20 to get the VHD fee waived (normally £49.95). Offer only available online, for a limited period, while stocks last."
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you need it activated ;) but depending on which channels you viewing some still look crap in sd .

my hd+ box was free and nothing. to activate took about ten mins to install and phone up and activate
 
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