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General Forum - Sky+ HD vs V+ HD... - Page 1
Reviewer
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...
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Si Wooldridge
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Elite
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.
Elite
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' 
Elite
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 !!
Elite
Forza Ferrari, Felipe & Fernando = flop
Elite
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...
Elite
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. 
What I'm listening to...
Elite
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.
This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 22:23
Elite
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).
What I'm listening to...
