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Virgin Media may be the new kids on the block when it comes to TV provision but they have in fact been around for years in their previous guises as NTL and Telewest. Virgin Media is only available through cable and to that end you need to check that you are in a cable enabled area before you make a purchase decsion. If not you would be better off trying Sky.

Virgin Media offer 3 TV packages :

• M - FREE with Virgin Phone - Over 40 Digital Channels
• L - £11.50 per month with Virgin Phone - Over 90 Digital Channels
• XL - £20.50 with Virgin Phone - Over 145 Digital Channels including Sentanta Sports which features 46 Live Premiership Games

Our Review :
"Virgin Media entered the digital TV market in a blaze of publicitiy in early 2007 and after initially teething problems seem to be providing a solid service to their 3.39 million plus TV subscribers. The V+ box is a nice addition as is the Virgin on Demand which we paticularly like as it gives you access to a large number of movies without having to go to the local Blockbuster!"

Virgin on Demand

• Films from £1.50
• Music Video's from 20p
• VM TV Pick FREE

As well as the number of channels mentioned above subscribers also have access to Virgin on Demand - which lets you choose programmes to watch when you want to watch it. Cost vary with Virgin Media's pick of the week costing nothing, music videos from 20p through to a selection of over 500 movies from £1.50.

V+ - Record, Rewind and Pause Live TV!

• £150 Installation
• £5 a month with M & L
• FREE with XL

V+ is the equivalent to the Sky+ box in that it enables you to pause, rewind and record live TV. You can also record two programmes whilst watching a third which is one more than Sky. The one off installation fee for this service is £150 and you then pay £5 a month unless you have the XL package in which case it is FREE!

Reviews

"I was initially an NTL user and was suprised when a Virgin Media bill came through my door! Having then realised that NTL had been taken over I awaited to see if Virgin could live up the hype! I upgraded to the XL package now apparently includes Sentanta Sports which means I'll have my mates piling round here for the footy! Loads of channels (some of which I've probably never watched but it's nice to have the option!) and I've never had any issues with the service. I've read a fair bit of bad press about the call centres but thankfully I've had no need to contact them.

I am planning to switch to Virgin Media cable broadband service shortly as my previous broadband contract runs out in a couple of weeks. A neighbour of mine has got their XL broadband package and he says he's not had any problems so I think it is worth a look as my phone line based broadband can suffer from fluctuations in speeds at times."

Mr E.
August 2007

Virgin Media TV Channels

As you can see from the extensive list on the right Virgin Media have access to a whole lot of channels, many of which are exclusive to Virgin Media!