VM vs Sky

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If you want movies and sport, who offers the cheapest solution?

Sky World Package £45 a month

VM
Sky Sports & Movies
Get ALL Sky movies (1 & 2) & Sky Sports channels (1, 2, 3 and Xtra)
£37.00 a month with TV Size:M
£31.00 a month with TV Size:L
£25.00 a month with TV Size:XL

Virgin tv XL
£20.50 a month when taken with phone
Phone
£11.00 a month


=£56 per month
 
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Don't forget you're getting Setanta with Virgin XL, if you stick Setanta on top of the Sky package it goes up to £54.99/month.

Virgin are cheaper but Sky have better service.
 
neocon said:
If you want movies and sport, who offers the cheapest solution?

Sky World Package £45 a month

VM
Sky Sports & Movies
Get ALL Sky movies (1 & 2) & Sky Sports channels (1, 2, 3 and Xtra)
£37.00 a month with TV Size:M
£31.00 a month with TV Size:L
£25.00 a month with TV Size:XL

Virgin tv XL
£20.50 a month when taken with phone
Phone
£11.00 a month


=£56 per month
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I'm now on the XL package where I get 20mb broadband and free anytime calls, all for £33...it's not bad :D
 
And you need bt line rental as well which is stupidly expensive. If you just want TV virgin is cheaper. Unless you can get a deal.
 
To be honest when I was with NTL aka Virgin Media I never had a bill below £65 a month.

With Sky I have the same telephone deal, more TV channels and the same speed internet for about £40 including BT line rental.
 
neocon said:
i think VM has far better pic quality

is this right
vm 6mbits per sec
sky 2-3mbits per sec
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Picture quality over the past few days has been horrendous.

Coupled with the fact that any time after 6PM and weekend the cable internet service is all but unusable. When you do want to download something (i.e. I schedule stuff for 3AM to start) then the traffic shaping they have in place is even worse.

Unfortunately they have you over the barrel and so do Sky!



M.
 
The Sky planner is the deal breaker for a lot of people, can you handle the crap interface of the VM box?
 
Im about purchase Sky HD, but is it worth me waiting, are there any deals in the pipeline for new customers???
 
.Kencs said:
I'm now on the XL package where I get 20mb broadband and free anytime calls, all for £33...it's not bad :D
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How did you get this deal? I've just updated in sept but its not as good as yours. Will I be able to get this kind of price if I give them a ring?
 
I have SkyHD and my parents have the VM+ box, it is awfully slow to do everything, especially change channels. Also as mentioned above the planner is poor, but there is a decent on demand service. You can get BBCHD on virgin but thats it for the minute. Personally I havent had any problems with the sky box but others have. So really its just down to which is the best deal you can get
 
One other thing that may be a consideration for sports fans is that you can't get Sky's interactive sports services with VM. It's a big deal for NFL and Rugby fans who will want the choice of multiple games via the red button.
 
EVH said:
The Sky planner is the deal breaker for a lot of people, can you handle the crap interface of the VM box?
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Nope, which is why I use MCE instead, which kicks both VM and Sky's EPGs in the nuts :D

Regards VM, bear in mind that, if you want everything, i.e. 20Mb broadband, all the channels, movies, sports, free calls anytime & a mobile, then the VIP package is actually very good VFM.
 
Since Ntl, and even worse with Virgin, their hardware, software and everything about the layout and setup is appauling. For example all channels that should be grouped one after the other differ by hundreds of numbers, then don't even get me started on the slowness, freezing 5-10 times a day, hard freezing requiring 15 mins of rebooting. HORRIFIC.

That was all at uni, now at home the sky+ has frozen about 3 times in 2 years, a reboot and all is well again. Sky is still the king, it's way telly is meant to be. I can't wait until i can pickp a HD box xheap and watch the free-to-air HD channels without the subscription.
 
AsaTDi said:
Im about purchase Sky HD, but is it worth me waiting, are there any deals in the pipeline for new customers???
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Check out http://www.avforums.co.uk, a few members have found some good deals on Sky HD boxes (£75 IIRC) for new customers.

I think it's a new year offer, and it's not a direct deal from Sky. Can't say where it is because of the competitor rules :cool:
 
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