dan_m1les
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Registered: 8th May 06
Location: Burnham, Buckinghamshire
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Had my offer accepted on a flat yesterday and my mortgage accepted today with nationwide 
Looking at tv bundles for the future, what's the best bang for buck? I watch mainly discovery, universal then just the normal channels in HD.
Virgin with Internet and phone seems the best deal at about £50 a month? But I have no experience with it!
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I only have experience of Sky, but I keep getting flyers from Virgin who seem to have good deals.
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aj80
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Registered: 23rd Nov 13
Location: Chesterton, Staffordshire
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I have been with virgin for years and no problems with them also have them for my mobile provider
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Virgin are great if you'll never want sky movies/sports packs, so perfect for you. Reasonable price also.
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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virgin isnt available in some areas though
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dan_m1les
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Registered: 8th May 06
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Virign is avlaible in the flat i'm purchasing, but the HD pack is £63.99 including TV, 60mb broad band and phone.
Seem's quite good as the equivalent Sky is £55 and that internet is a max speed of 20mb. Plus it sounds like there are more features through Virgin with the box etc?
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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I'm in the same boat. I could probably Google this but what would be the cheapest/best way to get the Sky Sports channel's and BT Sports?
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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I have the virgin £63pm pack. They do some good deals worth every penny IMO. Loads of hd and documentary channels. The best internet and box too.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
The best internet and box too.
fastest != best 
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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£63 a month!? Fuck that.
Freeview/freesat and £20 broadband and phone.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Sky+ is great though, depends what you want/need.
I'm around £60 for phone/broadband/full sky package with 2 +HD boxes. I still watch it enough to justify it at the moment.
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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Anyone ever used the skybox f5?
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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I've got an M3 which is very very similar to the F5
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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What are they like to live with compared to say sky or virgin. Ie do they need updates a lot, or lose connection, do they bite.
Thinking of buying one.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Crap. They'll lose connection if there is a problem with the CS server or your internet connection.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Disagree tbh. OK, occasionally you have to update the channel list, and yes, if you're internet is down (??) it won't work. Not sure what cs server John was using but mine is fine. You just cannot argue with £90 worth of Sky for a tenner (or less). If you watched all the PPV stuff you get on top, the saving would be even greater.
[Edited on 07-12-2013 by Brett]
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Rob_Quads
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
What are they like to live with compared to say sky or virgin. Ie do they need updates a lot, or lose connection, do they bite.
Thinking of buying one.
Depends on what aspect.
In terms of picture, its fine, is it as good as my SkyHD box, Can't say as its in the bedroom. Does it need updating, No, does it loose the connection, in terms of normal signal no more than the SkyHD box. if you are wanting to do card sharing then it massively comes down to the reliability of the server you are using.
In terms of the box and its features, think of it as a Ford KA and the SkyHD as a Bentley. They are miles apart. No EPG, recording is crap, scheduling is rubbish, navigation is poor, no on demand etc etc.
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