ive been itching to get some HD since i got my hd tv at the start of the year, now i was going to plain go for sky hd but with the costs involved and the fact that atm we seam to be loosing sky nearly everyday due to weather( i know they cannot control it but i still dont want it interfearing with what i watch) ive been looking at virgin.

as there v+ service is HALF the cost of the sky and consinder 99% of the channels we use are avalible on virgin were considing the change.

whats ppls opinions of virgin im guessing some ppl are on it ??

am i missing something that makes sky worth well over twice as much

 

Good thread, will be interested in finding out peoples thoughts on this myself!

 

moved to virgin after 15yrs+ of sky wish i hadn't.

 

I have got the v+ box 12 months now its brilliant.. sky is just a rip off..

Plus any virgin kit goes wrong they fix or replace it not like sky

 

Virgin - BBCHD is the only visible channel. Other HD stuff on demand. No Sky Movies/Sports/One on HD on Virgin. V+ is cool, can record 2 and watch a 3rd. Think its only 2 with Sky+

Sky HD - Cant comment as I have never had it.

 

If it's the HD you are wanting it for then it has to be Sky. Virgin only had 1 HD channel (don't know if they've anymore yet)

Freesat is another option, They have more HD channels (I don't know how many) and they are just a one off payment with no subscription as far as I know.

 

Never had any probs Rob

V+ is great. HD is even better


Next door are ditching their Sky as they keep loosing signal.


And you get Setanta sports

 

only sports i watch is f1

fingers crossed bbc go hd on that shit next year lol

 

ive got the v+ virgin hd box had telewest/ntl/virgin for 7 years now and apart from 2 outages which they reimbursed the month free ive never had a problem love the fact you can record 2 and watch a 3rd.

a few friends have sky and they always locking up and the most anoying thing is when searching the channel list you cant carry on watching / listening to what you were you get the stupid screen and stupid hold style music

 

virgin is the bollox,million times better then sky esp. with all the music on demand ect the + is pukka,sky are a bunch of arses to deal with,virgin always been perfect in 15 years of having them

 

I got Sky HD on Tuesday......AWESOME

Just watching Plant Earth on it now.................I never realised there was so much detail in Bat Shit

 

virgin for HD is shite,,,,,,, everything else is great though

apart from i cant use the V+ remote to turn my TV off

 

have you got the ..THE BOX version ..or the normal version

if you get my drift

 

HD Content is there, you just have to go into the on demand and select it. As an XL customer its free also.

Was watching Planet Earth the other afternoon in HD

Only thing that annoys is that I cant get Sky Sports in HD and Sky One.

 

i got a V+ hd box and remote, i can do the volume now after trying every single code avaulable,,,, but no way to turn the TV off on the remote

 

1st off dish could be slightly out of allignment, lnb geting worse slowly failing, or you require a bigger dish, zone 2 job maybe.


2nd ly virgin is crap, crap software, crap boxes , little hd content, but its free

skys just over priced, imo

 

furry muff ..but you know what i mean ..