On the other hand if something goes wrong with your Sky box out of warranty, they charge you a fortune to fix it. With VM, since you rent it, it's totally free and they just repair or replace straight away.
In any case, if and when you leave Virgin Media, they never ask you for it back because they've long since written it off and it's not economical to get it shipped back to them, etc.
Two sides to most stories.
£65 for a service call, all inclusive and chances are if you say you're going to cancel they'll waive the fee anyway. Sky are giving away free HD boxes atm, although you need the HD sub for 12 months. What Virgin also don't say is it's normally £15 for an extra box and you need to be on a certain package to get the recording free, otherwise it's an extra charge AND HD is extra unless youre on a certain package as well!
