V+ now half price - £75 installation
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Second generation set-top box available this year
Virgin Media are again offering new and existing TV customers the option to upgrade to their V+ video on demand service for their TV packages. Subscribers who sign up for any of the £16, £25 or £35 per month will pay just £75 for the V+ Box, which had previously been £150 for installation fees, with all online orders qualifying for an additional £10 discount.
Virgin have announced that it will be trialling new software on existing V+ boxes, in a bid to clean up several problems plaguing viewers such as sound drop-outs and recordings ending early. It is also expected to re-enable the VCR SCART outputs when the box is in HDMI mode, something which has infuriated owners of expensive new HD enabled TV sets. Virgin plans to send the software update to PVRs in several areas shortly, after which it will be distributed nationally.
Virgin Media are also busy working on their new PVR, and it is estimated that the new V+ set top box could be released during the second half of this year.
