Virgin or Sky TV?
basic package, what's better?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:24, 5 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I think Virgin is more appropriate for you

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:24, Reply)

Virgin assuming you can get cable.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:24, Reply)

all i have is too cables stcinking out of the wall. I can't even get normal telly

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:26, Reply)

that's cable then
get Virgin. Package is generally better and telly and broadband falls down less often. Plus broadband is way faster.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Might not be, might be two cables from a satellite dish.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

Oh yeah.
Al's got a point. Check for a dish first.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:35, Reply)

YES I WAS RIGHT! I WAS FUCKING RIGHT AND BADGER ACKNOWLEDGED IT! FUCK YOU ALL! I WAS RIGHT!

(Bazongaloid, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:40, Reply)

It's a block of 40 flats, I wouldn't know where to start

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:49, Reply)

The roof would be a good place?
Ask your next-door neighbour. If it's flats though it's probably cable.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:53, Reply)

I go to the cinema to see films.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:25, Reply)

Virgin.
Sky are wankers.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:26, Reply)

So is Richard Branson.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)

I went to a party at one of his houses.
He seemed alright.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:29, Reply)

I went to one at the Virgin HQ.
It was for my BEST PALS the Chemical Bros 1st LP. My pal Lushy fell in the pond and I did a wee-wee on Noel Gallagher's shoe.

I may have mentioned this up to twenty times before.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

I liked the Chemical Brothers first two albums
I think they got a bit shit after that.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:34, Reply)

They were Out Of Control

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:36, Reply)

Their best music was produced under the Dust Brothers name.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:43, Reply)

I LOL'd most heartily when I heard that he ran naked into a cactus when his house caught fire

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:30, Reply)

I didn't know that.
That made me chuckle.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:30, Reply)

That's not The Luggage

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)

Virgin for internet
Sky for television.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

Why use both?
what does Sky TV have that Virgin doesn't?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:36, Reply)

Clouds

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:37, Reply)

The interface is better and more reliable
and also Murdoch can't cut his own service off from his own channels if there's another dispute over money. I can happily live without Virgin1 or whatever it's called now, but all the good shit's on the Sky channels.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:38, Reply)

the second part is true.
Although Virgin carries ESPN, eurosport and all the HD channels for free, which Sky doesn't. So as long as it isn't cut off, Virgin is better.

I disagree about the interface. Yeah, Virgin is a touch more clunky, but the Virgin on demand is a better setup and I'll take any level of clunkiness over not losing my TV in snow or really heavy rain, which you always get with Sky.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:41, Reply)

Actually, now that you mention it
my reception has been a bit shit, but I'm putting that down to the crappy old dish on the side of my flat.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:42, Reply)

admittedly, since I live in Scotland
snow and heavy rain is more of a concern for me. But rain has always fucked Sky dishes. And I had to have a special long duster for getting snow off the dish focuser thing at my last place.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:54, Reply)

I have a CRT so HD channels are probably pointless
This whole thing is irritating as I don't want satelitte/cable at all, but apparently have no choice. I guess I could get a free sat box
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:45, Reply)

My sister has one of them.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:47, Reply)

I think the picture looks better much of the time
you never get that "digital boxiness"
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:48, Reply)

That's from upscaling. You don't get it with HD signals.
Or indeed SD that was filmed after flat panel TVs were invented in the 19th century or whatever, you dinosaur.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:51, Reply)

I mostly download stuff now
so I'm thinking of ditching cable entirely, too. Freesat boxes are fine.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:49, Reply)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
CRT, you fucking loser.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:52, Reply)

Retro, innit
He's like steampunk, or something. I expect it has vacuum tubes and a remote control with a wire.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:54, Reply)

steampunk is just fashion for ugly people who don't have any friends.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:55, Reply)

Stop bullying poor Cavy

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 12:08, Reply)

the remote is a stick I stab at the control panel with

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:57, Reply)

Not unless you've got an aerial or a dish you can't.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:55, Reply)