Virgin v Sky

[Spursman]

Hi

I had a leaflet from virgin media come through today. Decided to have a look at it.

There TV package they have is pretty much the same thing as sky so looked at costing.

Currently for broadband, phone line and sky TV i pay £123.15 per month, i have the full package, espn, HD and multiroom. We only have HD for the lounge not in my bedroom.

Virgin will do the same thing for us for £96.90 per month (£81.90 for the first 3 months)

Saving £26.25 a month which is a whopping £315 a year!


Pros of switching over to Virgin.

Cheaper
2 HD boxes
can record 3 things and watch a 4th
the boxes hold MUCH more than sky boxes
if the box goes wrong they send an engineer out FREE.

Cons:

Sky is what we are used to.


At the end of the day all we watch it, football, documentaries and general stuff. All the channels I watch are on the virgin network.

It’s a big saving,, has anyone else considered changing?? is it any good?

I will call sky about my findings and see what they can do.

 

[DHSF]

I used to have sky we changed to Virgin about three years ago

No difference whatsoever. Take the saving but I think you could get Virgin to lower it to 90 easily. All about market share innit blud.

 

[southstand1882]

Aren't some of the channels SD only versus Sky?

 

[mjc23]

Am I right in thinking that Virgin only have sky sports 1&2?

 

[mjc23]

Also sky are pretty good at out retention deals when you suggest that you'd like to leave to save money.

 

[DHSF]

Some of them are I guess I never noticed because I dont really watch much TV.

Virgin doe have the important channels on HD and all seem to be the ones I normally watch - comedy central, sky sports 1/2, E4 etc

 

[Spursman]

does virgin have Sky sports news? cant see it listed

Does it have 3D channels??

 

[Spursman]

They have all the sky sports channels but only ss1 and ss2 are in HD.

 

[southstand1882]

So you don't get Sky Sports News girls in HD?

 

[Spursman]

So you don't get Sky Sports News girls in HD?

dunno if it even has it.. if not its a no go for me.

 

[DHSF]

I have forgotten - what it doesnt have are the 900 channels - you know the ones im talking about and if you dont youre just a fudgein liar.

 

[Spursman]

I have forgotten - what it doesnt have are the 900 channels - you know the ones im talking about and if you dont youre just a fudgein liar.

i dont know what your talking about what so ever! :ross:

 

[yiddo2786]

Call Sky and tell them you're considering switching to Virgin because it's much cheaper. They'll knock a fair bit off your price.

 

[Spursman]

Call Sky and tell them you're considering switching to Virgin because it's much cheaper. They'll knock a fair bit off your price.

yeh was going to do that... what ive noticed is they do it for a period like 6 months.. Will call them tomorrow and see what they can do for me.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Having had both the differences are such for me

Virgin
- Cheaper
- Better customer service (by far)
- More reliable (endless outages wth Sky)
- tivo better than Sky HD box

Sky
- 3D channels
- Sky Atlantic
- And any other new channel they get they tend to with hold for some time

 

[ArcspacE]

Out of interest - how many HD channels do you lot receive that side?

 

[DHSF]

Having had both the differences are such for me

Virgin
- Cheaper
- Better customer service (by far)
- More reliable (endless outages wth Sky)
- tivo better than Sky HD box

Sky
- 3D channels
- Sky Atlantic
- And any other new channel they get they tend to with hold for some time

You may have Sky Atlantic but we have Virgin Atlantic - so lets just say we win that one

 

[Crawley]

You may have Sky Atlantic but we have Virgin Atlantic - so lets just say we win that one

:tumbleweed:

 

[DHSF]

:tumbleweed:

Come on that was funny dude........

It was witty.

 

[Crawley]

Come on that was funny dude........

It was witty.

If wit was brick......etc


And don't take the name of my wonderful employer in vain, ok? :barnet: