Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
14-05-2007, 22:11
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Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
SkySports News is one of my favourite channels. I have freeview built into my tv but i have been told that freeview will lose sky sports news. V+HD only has 4 channels in HD, I have read that people are having problems. should i just cancel it and go back to sky+?
I had broadband and telephone and paying £24 a month, With the V+ ill be paying £43 though I wont have movies or sports
Whats the benefit of VM?
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14-05-2007, 23:10
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
I briefly thought about V+ but dismissed it due to the lack of HD content and all the inherent problems with it.
I think they should be paying folks to put up with it.  But I wouldn't bother with it even if they were, TV generally is so poor it is a chore to watch it with out having to wrestle with a PVR that seems still chock full of bugs. 
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14-05-2007, 23:18
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
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Originally Posted by TeessideKeith
SkySports News is one of my favourite channels. I have freeview built into my tv but i have been told that freeview will lose sky sports news. V+HD only has 4 channels in HD, I have read that people are having problems. should i just cancel it and go back to sky+?
I had broadband and telephone and paying £24 a month, With the V+ ill be paying £43 though I wont have movies or sports
Whats the benefit of VM?
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V+ only has 1 channel in HD (BBC HD), although there is some HD content available via On Demand
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15-05-2007, 02:26
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
The poor picture quality issues in general are enough to put anyone off, go SKY if I were you.
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15-05-2007, 03:41
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
V+ is, first and foremost, an excellent PVR. The HD is a bonus for me.
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15-05-2007, 10:33
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
I was a bit hesitant in getting a V+ box at first and i took the plunge last October and I couldn't be without my V+ box now
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15-05-2007, 14:21
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
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Originally Posted by Web-Junkie
The poor picture quality issues in general are enough to put anyone off, go SKY if I were you.
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Poor picture quality ? I've moved from sky to the V+ and think the picture quality on the V+ is far better.
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15-05-2007, 14:54
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
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Originally Posted by dayloon
Poor picture quality ? I've moved from sky to the V+ and think the picture quality on the V+ is far better.
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See this thread in the V+ section:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...poor-feed.html
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15-05-2007, 21:33
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
I think making them HD is just to 'future proof' them for when they do get HD channels. Its main feature is the PVR and I think that the fact that it has some HD shows AND is a PVR makes it better than sky+ and sky+ HD just for the simple fact that it is cheaper
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15-05-2007, 21:43
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
It is a good box still has some problems .As for the picture mine is great i have 2 one a 42" plasma and a 26" lcd both on hdmi
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15-05-2007, 21:50
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Re: Booked V+ Today but having 2nd thoughts
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Originally Posted by ben_b
I think making them HD is just to 'future proof' them for when they do get HD channels. Its main feature is the PVR and I think that the fact that it has some HD shows AND is a PVR makes it better than sky+ and sky+ HD just for the simple fact that it is cheaper
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I agree. I upgraded to V+ with Telewest 12 months ago and though they later claimed to be negotiating for HD content, I don't think that they had intended it to be anything other than a PVR at launch. The inclusion of HD capability could just be a by-product of choosing an of-the-shelf PVR from SA.
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