Alternatives to Sky/Virgin Media

[Deleted Member 1156]

Would like a bit of help please folks, thinking of getting rid of my Sky subscription as it is £120 a month (for everything.....phone, BB, Sky tv)

What are my alternatives? I would like Sky Sports for footy and golf but don't watch much else, HID like films and box sets. Also have a 2nd box in the bedroom.

I really don't have a clue about Apple TV, Firestick etc so please be gentle with me!

Thanks in anticipation :cheers:

 

[Rooter]

now tv box.

 

[TheDiablo]

Negotiate, and negotiate hard. Do you really need HD content? Do you really need documentaries, lifestyle channels, family? Do you really need unlimited superfast broadband? There will be a package out there somewhere for you!

I was paying £95 a month with Virgin. I now pay £41 for Sky Basic TV (Freeview plus Sky 1, Atlantic, Living, Arts etc) and Sports, Phone line rental and unlimited top speed BB.

You can then buy a NowTV box for the second room.

It may take a little bit of time looking around, but will be worth it. Check BT as well.

 

[spongebob59]

Check the cash back sites for BT deals.

Think I got two years for free after cash back.

 

[NWJocko]

now tv box.

Thinking of getting one of these for the Ryder Cup, is the quality of Sky Sports streaming through the box decent?

 

[Fish]

I think my EE which is my landline phone and broadband is £19, I've got a Now TV box and have Entertainment package on constant renewal which gives me all the Sky 1, Atlantic, Living etc channels for only £6.99 p/month, so that's £25.99, dependent on how much sport is on the TV that I want to watch I will either pay £6.29 for the day's sport, £9.89 for the week, or £30.60 for the month, which I've never done to date.

I'd say I'm averaging under £35 p/month and watching plenty of golf and football.

 

[Fish]

Thinking of getting one of these for the Ryder Cup, is the quality of Sky Sports streaming through the box decent?

It's HD quality, when I switch from terrestrial TV to Sky Sports through the box the picture quality is amazing!

 

[HowlingGale]

Not sure if it will be much help but we were with virgin for 18 months. We got a new customer deal for around £50 plus line rental. Had bt sport, mega broadband and an extra box.

In august we moved back to sky on a new customer deal. £62 a month for everything (movies, sports, line rental bb etc) and a multi room box, which is our old sky hd box so we can record stuff.

Now that it's all wired for both we can freely move between the two as a new customer if they don't do a deal. The only time we've ever really got a deal was when moving back to sky this year. Virgin pulled out a belter of a deal to try and keep us but just wasn't good enough.

FWIW the sky box is way better than virgin's offerings, in my opinion.

 

[HowlingGale]

Forgot to mention I also have a kodi box but the live tv streaming isn't worth it. Its a monumental PITA as it dips in and out. The box set stuff is pretty good. NOW tv picture quality is superb.

 

[spongebob59]

now tv box.

If you've got a smart Tv, you don't even need the box. :thup:

 

[spongebob59]

Thinking of getting one of these for the Ryder Cup, is the quality of Sky Sports streaming through the box decent?

Anyone know what the cost of 3 days coverage is ?

 

[NWJocko]

It's HD quality, when I switch from terrestrial TV to Sky Sports through the box the picture quality is amazing!

Cheers Fish :thup:

I've a Kodi box but pretty poor for an event you really want to watch, not so bad on in the background.

Think I'll get one and buy the weeks Sky pass, take it you can do it pretty easily through the box anyway?

 

[garyinderry]

There is something called a dreambox. don't read up on them as they are possibly illegal.

 

[TheDiablo]

Anyone know what the cost of 3 days coverage is ?

£11 for a 1 week pass I think

 

[ScienceBoy]

PAYG TV has to be the future.

£120 a month for sky but you can only really watch one thing at once (per person). I understand its a lot more than that but think of all the stuff that goes out which you pay for and don't watch!

If I can turn on a TV to watch a sporting even or something and just get charged for what I watch I would be quite happy, it seems silly to buy in bulk and not use.

We have an Apple TV in our house and a Chromecast. We just cast everything from streaming services on our tablets or through the apple TV. We also have a NAS with Plex on it which is brilliant!

 

[Tashyboy]

Openbox 😉

 

[williamalex1]

now tv box.

With the Plex app:thup:

 

[Smiffy]

Anyone know what the cost of 3 days coverage is ?

They don't offer a 3 day pass.
You can get a 1 day pass for £6.99 (ideal for F1 if you're interested) or a full weeks pass for £10.99 which is perfect for something like the Ryder Cup, Masters, Open etc.

 

[rudebhoy]

With the Plex app:thup:

have been using this for a couple of months. Definitely better than kodi even with sportsmania, but not perfect. Big events can be problematic. Kell Brook fight last week was a good example, froze on my box a few times despite me having fast broadband.

inability to record stuff is also a pain, but for the cost , it's pretty good . VOD is flawless.

 

[williamalex1]

have been using this for a couple of months. Definitely better than kodi even with sportsmania, but not perfect. Big events can be problematic. Kell Brook fight last week was a good example, froze on my box a few times despite me having fast broadband.

inability to record stuff is also a pain, but for the cost , it's pretty good . VOD is flawless.

I think you might be able to record using a HDMI to Scart converter.