Companies that offer digital TV and home phone packages include: Sky, Virgin Media, BT and TalkTalk.

You could save money by bundling digital TV with your home phone package.

Not only could you save money on your home phone calls but you could also enjoy your favourite digital TV shows all from the same provider. This makes things easier and cuts down on paperwork from many different providers.

When you choose your digital TV and home phone package you want to get the best of both worlds.
You may find yourself in a situation where you have a great call tariff but not a lot of digital TV.
To help you choose the right package you need to work out how often you are going to use your home phone and how much digital TV you are going to watch.

In terms of HD TV - you can't go wrong with Sky. It has a huge offering of high-definition digital TV which will give your eyes a treat. But if its on-demand digital TV you're after then Virgin Media offers the best service.

You also need to work out what sort of digital TV you want to watch - movies, sports, entertainment or drama - the choice is yours. Of course, the home phone service may not be what you want - so do your research and weigh up the pros & cons as well as the overall cost to see if it saves you money - and gives you what you want.

Here are some examples of digital TV and home phone packages:

Sky - Sky+ Starter Pack
Sky currently offers a Sky+ Starter package for £18.00. This includes the Sky entertainment pack, a free Sky+ box - enabling you to pause, rewind & record live TV, and Sky Talk Freetime. Sky Talk Freetime includes free evening & weekend calls, and UK weekday daytime calls between 6AM & 6PM costing 5.25p a minute. This home phone and digital TV package also includes reasonable international and mobile rates. You also get free Sky Broadband Base with up to 2Mbps download speeds. There is a one off fee of £30 for this package.

Virgin Media - TV M+

With this digital TV and home phone package you get access to up to 65 digital TV channels including Sky1, Virgin1, Living and Eurosport. You also get free catch-up on-demand digital TV from the BBC iPlayer, Channel 4 and ITV. Virgin Media also offers a huge choice of on-demand movies, music and entertainment. The included M phone package offers unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines. The M phone package does not include international calls, calls to mobiles or premium rate/non-geographic numbers.

If you want to get a decent inclusive UK landline, international & mobile home phone package from Virgin Media take a look at the Virgin Media Talk Anywhere 200, 400 or 800 home phone tariffs.

One bonus for consumers choosing Virgin Media is that if they are not happy with your cable service they can return their service or swap it for another one within 28 days.