Virgin Media customers have days left to access premium TV channel upgrade at no extra cost

VIRGIN Media customers have a few days left to access a free TV upgrade on their accounts.

Throughout December, the broadcasting giant has provided access to its Ultra HD channel and the content shown on it at no extra cost.

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The free festive offering for Christmas includes a number of big name movies as well as musicals.

But the offer ends on New Years Day, so now is the final opportunity to benefit from the titles available.

Even if you don't manage to watch the films as they're shown on TV, you can still access them on demand for now.

Musical titles include Kinky Boots: The Musical and The Wind In The Willows: The Musical.

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And the family films available range from Goosebumps to The Emoji Movie.

For those that still fancy a bit of seasonal cheer, there's Christmas On The Vine.

As for the box office movies, you'll find classic sci-fi comedy Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and psychological drama Whiplash.

If you want to tune into the Virgin TV Ultra HD channel, you can find it on number 175/999.

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It can be accessed from Virgin TV V6, Virgin TV 360 or Stream - but it's not available on older TiVo boxes.

The full list of musical titles:

• Titanic: The Musical
• An American In Paris: The Musical
• 42nd Street: The Musical
• Kinky Boots: The Musical
• The King And I: The Musical
• Hetty Feather: The Musical
• The Wind In The Willows: The Musical

The full list of family titles:

• Cinderella
• Christmas On The Vine
• Smurfs: The Lost Village
• The Star
• My Girl
• The Swan Princess
• Goosebumps
• The Emoji Movie
• RV: Runaway Vacation

The full list of movies:

• Whiplash
• All The Money In The World
• Call Me By Your Name
• As Good As It Gets
• In The Line Of Fire
• Last Action Hero
• Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
• Holmes And Watson
• Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
• Mulholland Drive
• Money Monster
• The Girl In The Spider’s Web
• The Pianist
• Black Hawk Down
• Chappie
• The Others
• The Last Vermeer

Virgin Media - picture quality tip

Ensure you're getting the best quality picture every time on your Virgin Media box.

Press the Home button on your remote, followed by Help & Settings,  Settings, then Video Output.

Check the aspect ratio - this determines the size of things that appear on your TV screen to ensure it's proportionate.

There's full, which fills the entire screen, Panel which is ideal for watching a film in widescreen, and Zoom to choose from.

The other useful setting that may improve picture quality is the Video Output Format.

This lets you choose the resolution your content is broadcast in.

You can tap on Test Formats to identify the formats your television is capable of displaying.

But the best option is probably Auto Detect.