Comments on: Virgin Media HD is a scam

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:48:02 +0000

Hi does anyone know if virgin hd will be upgraded to 1080p anytime soon??

By: Kane

Kane — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:51:51 +0000

virgin tv is ok but you get what you pay for, fibre optic broadband is slow and somtimes dont respond at all…

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:20:41 +0000

I think they have sorted out some channels now and added SKY movies HD and few free HD channels as long as you are on XL package.They are trying but the boxes still limited to 160GB HDD. They will do well if they get 1tb boxes as their boxes can record two and watch or pause third live TV. Three tuners. I dont think they will have as much channels as SKY as its cheaper for companys to run channels on sky. The Samsung box is smooth and works as good as a box should but if they have choice of boxes with different storage they will smile in the market. I am not against anyone but i think we all have different preferences and views.

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By: shirley

shirley — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:04:56 +0000

I have been loyal to virgin media (telewest) for about 24 yrs but the last 3yrs of HD v+ been total rubbish think i am on my 3/4 box told them i want to cance to go to sky they said if i leave befor october i will be liable as my contract is until them as everytime you change the package the clock starts ticking again for 12months WHAT BEEN WITH THEM 24 YEARS BUT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER TO LEAVE WHAT A JOKE beat that anyone if you can even the tech came out and when i said i can’t tell the difference with hd and normal tv he said it is hard to tell what idiots i pay £90 a month and need to leave anyone tell me another alternative maybe just a top up box

By: ric lawes

ric lawes — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:43:46 +0000

I have been with Virgin and its predecessors for more than 20 years. I lose internet connection whenever it rains. The junction box, 50 yards from my study window has been damaged by a careless driver. It is held together with tape. From time to time kids pull the connectors and a few days later an engineer tries to fix it. I did not believe some of these contributions prior to upgrading to Virgin HD+. Wish I had! Instructions for making box controller to control volume on TV are not correct! Found the answer by googling. Unbelievably you cannot guarantee to have HD picture and be able to use your existing surround sound (HK) – either HD picture OR HD audio not both! There are phono sockets on the SCART lead but what is the point if this is not used for HDMI? An optical out lead is available but produces no signal. What is its purpose? Discussions with technical support were not helpful. After some round-about attempt at some technical stuff the manager concluded by suggesting that they do not guarantee providing anything other than a picture and sound to your TV. Who buys an HD tv (Philips reviewed best in class some time ago) and expects the small speakers to compete with a dedicated external speaker and amplifier? She was very well trained in anodyne reassurances but not technical at all. Conclusion? Move to Sky HD plus broadband and to my amazement will save £110 a month! Thanks for making the decision so easy Virgin and goodbye.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:23:53 +0000

Have been a cable customer for the past 15 yrs from comtel to NTL to virgin media. The sky + box is a pig of a box compared to the latest V+ box. I was one of the few Tivo owners and was very sad to see it go but financialy it made sense to move to V+. The play again service is truly outstanding, reliable and fast and compared to Sky+, I find channel changing faster too. I pay a substantial less for Virgin media than the equivalent of sky and the broadband is totally reliable – internet radios on almost constantly with no drop in signal. Sky cannot achieve the same as they lack cable technology. Even though Virgin is just rebranded NTL, vast improvements in customer service and stability have been seen. Maybe I have got lucky but £45 a month for all my phone calls, line rental, 2 Virgin media boxes ( one of which is V+), free HD channels (unlike Sky) and 10Meg broadband seems good to me.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:30:19 +0000

Have been a customer of Sky for 8 months never again, I have been getting 1MB service despite paying for 10meg. Tv, far from adequite, Expensive highly volitile in all weathers, and yes new dish and cables were used. Customer service is a swear word for sky. Outraged that ESPN is not covered by Sky without charge and I could go on, they are nothing short of thievs. Mr Murdoch keep your box modem and phone line and shove it right up your arse!