Posted by pmerryman
Right, I am currently with Cable getting BB,TV and Phone, and was thinking of getting the V+ box. Up to now cable have been ok, but I am having some issues with the Tv picture +sound glitching at the moment.
Do I stay with Cable and get the V+ box, or should I move to Sky and get there Sky+ box.
I have never been with Sky, but I have heard people rave over them.
Posted by fatreg
sky every time... their BB is supposed to be pretty good too...
Posted by pmerryman
The only bad thing I have heard about Sky, is their picture goes snowy in bad weather. How true is this.
Posted by fatreg
I've never had any issues and me/my family have been with Sky since 1989...... granted in the early days it wasn't brilliant and now sky has anytime tv like v on demand you canny beat it.. imo anyway!
Posted by larry 68
We have sky+ and I love it, never lived in a cable area so dont have anything to compare with.
We do get the screen freeze problem in heavy rain though.
Posted by pmerryman
Thanks for your replies guys.
I am after someone who has been with one and gone to the other also, so I can get a comparison from them.
Posted by Berry
I have had Sky, Cable and now with BT Vision.
For service, i dont thik Sky can be beaten, however i think they are the biggest rip off.
Cable is good value for money but i think it depends on service and provider.
BT Vision is great but it works in an ass around face way and although its good, sometimes feels a bit retarded.
Having said that for £13 a month, i get everything included except Movies, but even that is cheap.
Posted by Stinger151
Fibre Optical cables will provide you with the best quality tv.
Posted by Daedalus85
And FYI, the 'free' broadband they give you is abismal, 2mbps if you're lucky, and a low download limit.
Better off paying someone to do it properly in my eyes. Jack of all trades master of none.
Posted by shelly58
the broadband with sky is rubbish and if you want to go online at a weekend! you'll be lucky to even get a page up its that slow!
have always been with virgin media for broadband and as far as im concerned there's no other provider to beat them yet. ...but saying that there's nobody to beat sky when it comes to tv
Posted by Topscooby
I used to get my tv services via Sky+ (i changed the hdd inside it to give me double the capacity) but i've now moved to V+.
This move now means that i get the xl tv package, phone and cable bb for £35 a month.
I prefer the v+ box as it has three tuners which means i can record two programmes on diferent chanels whilst watching a third programe on yet another chanel as opposed to only being able to record one side whilst watching another with the sky+ box.
However, sky currently have better/more hd channels than virgin which only has bbc hd. Also, the sky epg is better in my opinion than virgin.
However, all in all i think the virgin deal i have is much better value than what sky can/have offered me.
HTH
Andy
Posted by pmerryman
Thanks guys for all the replies, I think I may give Virgin a ring to see what deal they can offer me with the V+ box.
Posted by Caspa
got sky hd with phone and bb... cant beat it for hd channels and i've had no issues with bb and play ps3 online... bad weather does effect it tho and it is more expensive...
Posted by max99
if you deciede to go with sky pm me and i'll get you some money off !
Posted by pmerryman
Cheers Max99, but I think i am going to stay with Virgin media.