V+ Is it any good.?

[AliasOmega]

As title, does it kick out all channels through the HDMI port, dont want scart.

What HD channels are available.?

 

[d4ve86]

yes we have the box hooked up via HDMI only, not sure what HD channels there are though, it will say on the V site

 

[Woodentop]

BBC HD was the only one i could see on mine. Not worth getting just for HD but worth it if you dont have a PVR.

 

[Tom]

its cracking, 3 tuners is a huge bonus.

 

[Scottydog]

its cracking, 3 tuners is a huge bonus.

+1 BBC HD is quite gd, watched the olympic opening ceremony on there recently, also there are some HD movies you can rent for 24 hours in 'Film flex' the on demand stuff on virgin is pretty good too.

Rumour is that channel 4 and ITV will be adding HD channels soon

 

[Griff]

1 HD channel.. PMSL why would anyone bother?

SKY HD ftwtbqh...

 

[sneeks]

The 3 tuners is better than any HD content, a major reason why I wouldn't bother with Sky HD. I've never been overly impressed with HD broadcasts either on Sky or Virgin, not worth the additional £10 per month charge on Sky.

 

[AliasOmega]

Dont have a BT phone line, been running though the price packages, bearing in mind, we dont have to pay £10.50 to BT, no line rental on cable for those that dont have it.

(prices per month, 12 month contract, V+ installation £75)

Package 1

2 MB BroadBand - £4.50
Medium TV Package - Free
Phone (basic) - £11

Total - £15.50 (£20.50 with V+)

Package 2

2 MB BroadBand - £4.50
Large Tv Package - £9.00
Phone - £11.00

Total - £24.50 (£29.50 with V+)

Package 3

2 MB BroadBand - £4.50
XL TV - £19.50
Phone - £11.00

Total £36 (£36 with V+)

 

[AliasOmega]

I was asking,

at the moment, we have a usual V box, into the 42" plasma using the scart lead. Its pretty poor.

We wanted the Virgin HD (V+) box, as it uses a HDMI cable out.

I was asking, if you have the V+ box, does the picture look any better with the HDMI cable, then the scart.

Does the V+ box upscale, improve picture quality etc..

 

[theduck]

its cracking, 3 tuners is a huge bonus.

+1 I love my V+

1 HD channel.. PMSL why would anyone bother?

SKY HD ftwtbqh...

There is more than one HD channel

Also, V+ is cheaper and remind me, who fixes your box when it breaks after the first 12 months?

 

[Scottydog]

we have a pretty good package with virgin at the mo for being a cable customer for 13 years:

Unlimited Phone Calls, 20MB Broadband, XL TV Package, V+ box and 2nd box upstairs all for £65/month.. :approve:

 

[Conway]

V+ deffo ftw, sky is good don't get me wrong but virgin offers more with on demand serives and as previously mentioned if it breaks its replaced for free, which is not the case with sky! the only downside is lack of HD channels but its only really sky sports and movies coz the rest of the channels available in HD are pretty borin anyway so your not actually missin out that much, HDMI output works wonders for me dunno bout everyone else but yer picture quality is great....

I have both Sky+ and V+ in my house for some strange reason and if I had to lose one it would deffo be sky

 

[sneeks]

I use the V+ on demand service lots, it's definitely far superior to the Sky service. Setanta for free is also handy.

 

[AliasOmega]

Setanta is free on XL TV.

The ideal thing is too have the V+ on the L TV Package we have now, then go with a Eurostar / Starview / Dreambox.

If these had a HDMI output, or even a good component this would be great. These are not illegal to own, just illegal to connect to a network / service you dont pay for....

 

[theduck]

I use the V+ on demand service lots, it's definitely far superior to the Sky service. Setanta for free is also handy.

tbf i use on demand more than i watch normal tv these days

 

[fulhamfcboy]

+1 I love my V+

1 HD channel.. PMSL why would anyone bother?

SKY HD ftwtbqh...

There is more than one HD channel

Also, V+ is cheaper and remind me, who fixes your box when it breaks after the first 12 months?

There is only 1 HD channel at present, BBC HD....Great if you like watching Torchwood looped in HD.... I do have V+ by the way, and the PVR rocks.....

 

[fulhamfcboy]

As also mentioned, the on demand is excellent, I too find I tend to watch more on demand as it suits more........

 

[Pep]

I've got it in my room, it is pretty good but not as good as sky in my opinion. The TV guide etc takes too long to load most of the time!

 

[kneebs76]

I was asking,

at the moment, we have a usual V box, into the 42" plasma using the scart lead. Its pretty poor.

We wanted the Virgin HD (V+) box, as it uses a HDMI cable out.

I was asking, if you have the V+ box, does the picture look any better with the HDMI cable, then the scart.

Does the V+ box upscale, improve picture quality etc..

Not sure about the difference between normal V box and V+ box connected via scart, however there is a difference between scart and HDMI via V+.....I regularly switch between the two (as I've got a video sender conencted via scart that I use if i want to watch tv in bed) and I can see the difference when watching via HDMI, albeit not much - you can really tell the difference with the menus though.

 

[The Hoff]

Anybody know of any good deals they're doing right now (bar £75 one) or any discounts. Will be placing my order in the next week or so.