Si Wooldridge(Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 8th March 2010, 17:26
Considering moving from my current Sky+ setup to HD but got a leaflet though the letterbox today showcasing V+ HD. Other than the fact you can watch a 3rd channel whilst recording 2, which you can`t do on Sky, does anyone have any feedback on how good the V+ HD box is?
I like the idea of having access to iPlayer, itvplayer and 4OD on the telly rather than through the PC as I`m forever missing stuff, but is it easy to navigate to find whatever you`ve missed?
My only other concern is clearing my Sky+ hard drive of all the stuff I`ve recorded but I could run the two in parallel until I`ve cleared it I guess...
Paull(Elite) posted this on Monday, 8th March 2010, 20:32
I know Virgin don`thave ITV HD at the moment. I have read they claim they will have it for the world cup. $ky can add the ITV HD channel on some HD boxes. Don`t forget Freeview is now broadcasting in HD & it shouldn`t be long before the main channels are all HD in Freeview.
RE: Sky+ HD vs V+ HD...
marksparks999(Elite) posted this on Monday, 8th March 2010, 20:54
just moved house and had Virgin HD... now on Sky HD... only because i cant get Virgin wher i now live! If i could would go back to Virgin tomorrow!
`i am going to live forever or die trying`
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tifoso(Elite) posted this on Monday, 8th March 2010, 22:33
Had Virgin HD for ages, my son works for Sky but I`d never part from my V+ box(or put another way, Mrs T wouldn`t) ;)
Forza Ferrari, Felipe & Fernando !!
RE: Sky+ HD vs V+ HD...
Paull(Elite) posted this on Monday, 8th March 2010, 22:41
Forza Ferrari, Felipe & Fernando = flop
RE: Sky+ HD vs V+ HD...
Mister Smee(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 09:18
Quote: just moved house and had Virgin HD... now on Sky HD... only because i cant get Virgin wher i now live! If i could would go back to Virgin tomorrow! Why`s that, Mark?
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Could someone please Remove these cutleries From my knees...
RE: Sky+ HD vs V+ HD...
bigfan(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 20:44
Had both. Started with V+ and moved to Sky+ because I was offered a staff referral discount (half price) which was too good to refuse.
The 3rd tuner on Virgin is very useful.
I`ll probably stay with Sky for the following reasons:
HD Sports and Movies I`ve installed a 1TB disk into my Sky+HD box and have loads more storage space than the Virgin box could offer (which I don`t think is able to be upgradable in the same way).
Sky is also much quicker at changing channels, more responsive when pausing / fast forwarding and also crashes much, much less than the V+ box (mine was averaging about once a day at one point!).
On the plus side for Virgin, if you`re not interested in Sports or Movies, it`s much cheaper. If I was going to ditch movies and sports, I`d go back to Virgin straightaway.
admars(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 22:22
the not being able to upgrade your box has pros and cons.
With Virgin, you don`t own the box, so you can`t upgrade it.
That also means with Virgin, if/when it goes wrong, yo don`t have to pay for it to be fixed/replaced.
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RE: Sky+ HD vs V+ HD...
bigfan(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 23:05
Yeah, the not owning the box factor with Virgin is a big appeal.
I still have my V+ box, it`s just had its recording features disabled. If I go back to using the service I just need to call them up and they`ll enable it all again (I have kept Virgin broadband as it is far better than any phone line based broadband I`ve used).
