SD : TV price rises

[tridens]

Hi
If you look at virginmedia shop the prices have gone up between £ 1 and £3
on tv L £18.50 now £19.50
Im on TV L + Tivo and BB L it used to be £36.50 now its £39.50

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well everyone there is always Freeview..

My freeview is best

Police drama's -Friday and Saturday Nights in the town?

Hospital drama -Every night in the A&E Dept?

Jeremy Kyle type shows -All the time during the day in Barnsley

[LexDiamond]

Originally Posted by alwaysabear

freeview/freesat should not be dismissed , there is plenty of choice and now 4 HD channels. I have just brought a freeview+ HD box as back up to VM, I have to say having tried it out I am pretty impressed.

Freeview/Freesat are great. I had both for a few months last year but only problem was I really needed a good pvt and neither platform had one that I got on with.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Jeremy Kyle type shows -All the time during the day in Barnsley

Well here in Wakefield, the Jeremy Kyle show is known as 'The Barnsley News'

Cheers

Grim

[Hugh]

I thought it was South Yorkshire's equivalent of "Made in Chelsea"?

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well everyone there is always Freeview..

Plus Netflix and Lovefilm. I can see a Freeview-YouView-Netflix-Lovefilm combo being very attractive to those not ready signed up for Pay-TV platforms.

[bubblegun]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I understand both sides - people don't want to pay any more, and VM want to make some more money.

Market Forces - people can move to an alternative supplier; however, it will be interesting to see how Sky customers who were moved to the Entertainment Plus package at no extra cost (when they moved from six mixes to two packages) will react when they get the uplift of over £5 in September of this year....

This Sky customer explains it better than I could....

the link seems to not be working, now.

what did it say?

nevermind. found it on google cache.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Well here in Wakefield, the Jeremy Kyle show is known as 'The Barnsley News'

Cheers

Grim

Originally Posted by Hugh

I thought it was South Yorkshire's equivalent of "Made in Chelsea"?

Thanks for the vote of confidence

[andrewstevenson]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Considering the equivalent Sky Package (Entertainment Extra and HD) is £35.25, it's still comparible

We'll true but for £5.25 more they get 30 more hd channels

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

Wish they would say price rise is coming soon !!!! lol

Amazing the only thing they can give a definite on is price increases never channels

[richard1960]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

We'll true but for £5.25 more they get 30 more hd channels

True, but no ESPN if you follow sport which is about a £10 extra with sky.

But is included on VMs XL TV pack.

[andrewstevenson]

Originally Posted by richard1960

True, but no ESPN if you follow sport which is about a £10 extra with sky.

But is included on VMs XL TV pack.

I know but if you dont watch there is a difference that all I mean

[richard1960]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

I know but if you dont watch there is a difference that all I mean

Yes thats true enough,its the same with everything its hard to please everybody my self i would rather have ESPN included in my TV XL sub then pay £10 for more HD channels,just my personal preference though.

[Blizzard]

Looks like most things are going up now. Changes on Virgin's site:

Broadband:
L from £13.50 to £14.50
XXL from £25 to £25.50

Phone
L from £4 to £4.60

[Superblade7]

I've always been a big believer in VM and have been with them for over 5 years now sticking with them through the loss of Sky Basics, the seeming endless sagas of new channels "coming soon", etc.

I also love TiVo but think like many others on here that whilst the box is amazing, it is seriously let down by content. Obviously extra HD channels, Sky Atlantic , etc, would be nice but the big lead it had on competitors was it's connectivity and the endless possibilities this could bring. VM however serve us up some tripe with poor quality YouTube and Ebay apps and all the others are generally rubbish apps which are more like adverts promoting Sky Sports & Movies and the latest Harry Potter film.

The apps section could bring endless possibilities by adding the likes of Facebook, Netflix, LOVEFiLM, Google, a web browser and many more. Whilst I appreciate these might take away from VM's pay-per-view selection, they now claim to be a content provider and with this in mind should provide additional content for customer choice.

Sky have just announced the addition of BBC iPlayer and ITV Net Player along with improved Anytime+ and up to 40Mb fibre broadband in the near future.

VM then offer to increase our broadband speeds for 'free' yet suddenly increase the prices on all their products.

I think VM have seriously lost their strategy as Sky are quickly catching the up now with VOD, BB for general users (obviously VM will still be better for heavy downloaders) and obviously Sky's channel content is king.

This current price rise has seriously annoyed me. I have for the first time in a long time considered leaving VM and going to Sky. I priced up a few different packages with Sky and realised I could save (post VM price rises) between £5 and £20 a month dependant on which package I opt for.

I therefore need VM to pull something out of the bag to keep me as I am a pretty basic users who wants to watch linear or recorded tv, have plenty of content, broadband that allows me to surf, check email, shop and a telephone line is a telephone line.

Superfast 30Mb + internet and endless VOD is not necessary for me personally and therefore (although I hate to say it) I may seriously have to consider the switch to Sky as for my needs their packages and prices are looking increasingly attractive.

Superblade7

[pk1]

As i left Sky last year, for the far better Tivo box, i am hoping that better content not just VOD but more channels will be added. (to be funded by price increase)

Sky keep sending me half price offers to come back to them, one day i may just return. But will stay with Virgin to give them a chance to increase the channels to ones that keep them competing with Sky.