Virgin V6 TV review: jack of all trades, master of none
by Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#4V4BE)
App-centric box is like a smart TV combined with a video recorder, with access to almost everything
Virgin Media is Sky's long-time rival in the pay-TV space, delivering TV coverage through its own cable network to its latest V6 box. Positioned as the king of the aggregators where you can get everyone's channels for cheaper, does Virgin deliver?
First things first, Virgin TV only works if you happen to live in a cable area, which immediately makes its availability smaller than Sky, BT or the others. Virgin currently covers over 50% of UK households with a target to reach 53% by the end of 2020.
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