Virgin Media broadband and TV bundles: £200 bill credit or 4K Hisense TV

Dan Howdle | September 16th, 2024

They're at it (yet) again! We first published this piece on Virgin Media's generous offer of either a £200 bill credit or a 43" Hisense Smart 4K TV back in August. But we certainly didn't expect to see it relaunched quite so soon. However, that is indeed the case, and Virgin have made it available for a very limited period, with the offer expiring at midnight on the 22nd September. It's about as good an offer as we ever see from Virgin, so we think it's a great time to consider switching to them. So, at the risk of repeating ourselves, let's again go into more details on exactly what you'll get.

Virgin Media broadband and TV special offers

These deals are only available up to and including 22nd September 2024 (so just seven days), so if you see one that suits your needs, you'll need to jump straight in and grab it. We don't know if they'll be repeating this offer any time soon.

It's available on a total of seven of Virgin Media's broadband and TV bundles. Here we'll take a look at four of them, but if you want to check out the others, you can head to our fully-featured Virgin Media bundle comparison tool.

Virgin Media Bigger Combo Bundle + Movies

£200 bill credit or Hisense TV, free setup

Virgin Media's Bigger Combo Bundle + Movies is priced at £60.99 per month and currently comes with download speeds of about 132Mbps (you can switch it at checkout if you want something faster). To get some sort of idea how fast that is, we typically recommend around 60-100Mbps is a good speed for most households, unless it contains a lot of gamers. Gaming itself doesn't actually require much speed at all, however the slower your package the more time you're going to spend downloading games and updates. On top of that you have Virgin TV with over 200 channels, including all Sky Cinema channels. The TV 360 box provided by Virgin Media is excellent, and this package offers a lot for the money.

Bigger Combo Bundle + Movies

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0333 210 1175

£200 Bill Credit

• £200 Bill Credit or a 43" Hisense TV

New customers only 200+ channels Sky Cinema HD Virgin TV 360 box

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• 132Mb average speed
• Unlimited monthly downloads
• Zero one-off cost
• 18 month contract
• Inclusiveweekend calls

£200 Bill Credit

£60.99 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

Saved

£200 Bill Credit

£60.99 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

order by phone

0333 210 1175

Virgin Media Bigger Combo Bundle + Sports

£200 bill credit or Hisense TV, free setup

This is another variant of the Bigger Combo Bundle we talk about above. This time, the broadband as standard with the bundle is 362Mbps (we swear Virgin Media just spins a wheel to deide which broadband goes in each bundle, but as before, you can change it as you please). On top, we have Virgin TV again with the excellent TV 360 box, but instead of movie channel options in the form of Sky Cinema, here that's replaced by the full range of Sky Sports channels, including both Sky Main Event and Sky Sports F1. Virgin Media used to also include what was then BT Sport (now TNT Sports), but since the brand changed hands, the deal with BT that Virgin Media had is no longer in place. You can, however, add TNT Sports to this bundle as you please once you're up and running with your package, it'll just cost you extra on top of the package's price of £69.99 per month.

Bigger Combo Bundle + Sports

order by phone

0333 210 1175

£200 Bill Credit

• £200 Bill Credit or a 43" Hisense TV

New customers only 195+ channels 8 Sky Sports inc Main Event & F1 Virgin TV 360 box

More Info

• 362Mb average speed
• Unlimited monthly downloads
• Zero one-off cost
• 18 month contract
• Inclusiveweekend calls

£200 Bill Credit

£69.99 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

Saved

£200 Bill Credit

£69.99 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

order by phone

0333 210 1175

Virgin Media Biggest Combo TV Bundle

£200 bill credit or Hisense TV, free setup

Priced at £79 per month, Virgin Media's Biggest Combo TV Bundle providers download speeds of around 362Mbps. If that's not fast enough for you, worry not. You can select any speed you desire to go in the bundle by clicking 'Customise my bundle' during the sign-up process. The 'Biggest' part of the bundle refers to the TV offering, where you get over 210 channels that includes both Sky Sports and Sky Cinema, as well as all Sky Entertainment channels in HD (except Sky Atlantic). You'll also get a Netflix subscription, which you can make use of even if you already subscribe to Netflix thanks to the ability to connect your existing account to the Virgin Media version, thereby either getting it free or if you're on a high-tier Netflix subscription currently, getting a substantial monthly discount.

Biggest Combo TV Bundle

order by phone

0333 210 1175

£200 Bill Credit

• £200 Bill Credit or a 43" Hisense TV

New customers only 210+ channels Sky Cinema HD & Sports Sky Entertainment Netflix

More Info

• 362Mb average speed
• Unlimited monthly downloads
• Zero one-off cost
• 18 month contract
• Inclusiveweekend calls

£200 Bill Credit

£79.00 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

Saved

£200 Bill Credit

£79.00 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

order by phone

0333 210 1175

Virgin Media Mega Volt Bundle

£200 bill credit or Hisense TV, free setup

Our pick of this bunch (if you can afford it at £84.99 per month) is the Mega Volt Bundle. Yes, it's not cheap, but hold on a moment, because 'value' and 'price' aren't always the same thing. You'll get ludicrously fast 1130Mbps broadband (Gig1), and every channel under the sun in the Mega Volt Bundle, including Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, Sky Entertainment and a free Netflix subscription. You'll also get an O2 SIM with unlimited data you can easily transfer your existing number to. So if you're already paying for a mobile package and a Netflix subscription, the price of the Mega Volt Bundle starts to look rather small, and represents the cheapest possible way to get that sort of broadband speed and indeed the full spread of premium Sky channels.

Mega Volt Bundle

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0333 210 1175

£200 Bill Credit

• £200 Bill Credit or a 43" Hisense TV

New customers only 230+ channels Sky Cinema HD, Sky Sports HD Netflix Virgin TV 360 box 5G Unlimited SIM

More Info

• 1.1Gb average speed
• Unlimited monthly downloads
• Zero one-off cost
• 18 month contract
• Inclusiveanytime calls

£200 Bill Credit

£84.99 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

Saved

£200 Bill Credit

£84.99 per month (prices may change during contract)

Get Deal

order by phone

0333 210 1175

£200 bill credit cashback of 43" Hisense TV with Virgin Media bundles

The advantage of bill credits is you get the benefit right out of the gate. Unbeknownst to most people, cashback reward cards have to be claimed by the customer within a tiny window of time months after your deal has started and if you forget, you lose the reward. Not so here. You'll just get the £200 taken off your first few months' bills. That means that for at least one of the lower priced packages, you'll actually have nothing to pay until the fourth month.

Or a free 43" Hisense TV

We believe the Hisense TV in question here is the catchily named 43A6KTUK, which has a retail price of about £229. So it could be argued you're going to get slightly better value out of this deal if you plump for the TV instead of the bill credit, but Virgin Media is no doubt getting these at a discount, so we imagine it's all the same to them. And of course, it all depends if you really need or want a small-ish 4K TV. You can take a closer look at the specifications for this TV on the Hisense website.

No set-up fees

There are currently no set-up fees on any of these Virgin Media bundles. It's been a while since Virgin Media charged for this, but when they do, it's usually £35.

Each of these deals comes on an 18-month contract and, depending on whether you already have a Virgin Media cable coming into your home, will in most cases require an engineer visit to install. That 18-month contract provides a bit more flexibility than you'll find elsewhere as many providers are now locking users into two year contracts. Typically set-up takes around two weeks and please bear in mind that you're renting your home, you will need permission from your landlord as installation requires running a cable through your exterior wall and into your home. So some slightly messy drilling is needed.

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Virgin Media offers high speed satisfaction

The Cable.co.uk broadband customer survey asked 6,000 UK broadband customers what they thought of their broadband provider. Virgin Media came out near top for speed satisfaction. That is, how close to the speed promised its customers actually received.

Virgin Media is not available everywhere

A final note – something worth mentioning if you're not aware. Unlike most other providers, who use the Openreach infrastructure and are therefore available to almost everyone, Virgin Media operates on its own distinct network. For this reason it's not available to everyone. Currently around three out of five homes can get it. You can check if it's available at your address using out Virgin Media postcode checker. The are constantly rolling out to new areas though, so if it's not avaiable to you now, that doesn't mean the situation won't change in the near future.