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Rather than add in the BT thread I was thinking about dumping Sky as its costing about £1500 PA and apart from the Golf, Sky1 and housey progs for SWMBO we watch mostly terrestrial TV in HD:thup:

Anyone switched to Freesat/Freeview and been happier or not?

I think I'd miss pausing live TV and series link or can I do all that as well.

Basically any pro's con's for switching apart from the massive cost saving?
 
DarthVega said:
Rather than add in the BT thread I was thinking about dumping Sky as its costing about £1500 PA and apart from the Golf, Sky1 and housey progs for SWMBO we watch mostly terrestrial TV in HD:thup:

Anyone switched to Freesat/Freeview and been happier or not?

I think I'd miss pausing live TV and series link or can I do all that as well.

Basically any pro's con's for switching apart from the massive cost saving?
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If you use your Sky box to access freeview then you lose the Sky+ facility unless you specify that you want to keep it (£10.25 PM IIRC) as a standalone element when you cancel.
There are freeview services that have PVRs now so you have all the mod-cons of Sky+ like EPG, Pause/Rewind and you also get PVR with record capability. The market has become more open now.

Added BT sport to my package on Thursday and cancelled Friday afternoon on grounds of failure to provide service as from adding it on I got nothing but dropped broadcast and audio/visual sync issues. Apprantly not alone as the guy did not sound at all surprised and cancelled it without asking too many questions.
 
just as a side, grieg commented saying you cancel sky and the PVR bits stop... I cancelled multiroom but my upstairs sky box still does everything (bar watch paid for channels, ie sky1 etc) not sure if its because i still have a contract with sky though..
 
Rooter said:
just as a side, grieg commented saying you cancel sky and the PVR bits stop... I cancelled multiroom but my upstairs sky box still does everything (bar watch paid for channels, ie sky1 etc) not sure if its because i still have a contract with sky though..
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That's exactly what it is i.e. Sky+ is a free feature as long as you have a contract with Sky. As soon as you don't you have to pay for Sky+ as a stand alone feature.
 
Rooter said:
just as a side, grieg commented saying you cancel sky and the PVR bits stop... I cancelled multiroom but my upstairs sky box still does everything (bar watch paid for channels, ie sky1 etc) not sure if its because i still have a contract with sky though..
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Yes, this is a side effect of the multiroom subs that Sky have never managed to get right. Effectively your secondary card is a mirror of the primary card, so everything you get on P you get on S but, and this is the important bit, not the other way round.
So if the primary viewing is cancelled on S, the functions friom P over and above the primary subs, still gets mirrored.

It's never been fixed as it's not really a major issue. It would only be problematic if it worked the other way and P was a function of S.
Hope that made sense.
 
I got rid of Sky must be around 10 years ago. Just have ordinary freeview now.

There might be programs on there that I'd really like, but how can you miss something you know nothing of?
There's plenty of choice on the free stuff now to find something interesting most of the time.

£4.99 a month for Sky Sports on my iPad :thup:
All I need.
 
Region3 said:
I got rid of Sky must be around 10 years ago. Just have ordinary freeview now.

There might be programs on there that I'd really like, but how can you miss something you know nothing of?
There's plenty of choice on the free stuff now to find something interesting most of the time.

£4.99 a month for Sky Sports on my iPad :thup:
All I need.
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Ok, so if I drop sky sports from my main package I can still pay to get it n my ipad? Given I'm the only one in my house who watches sport then this has to be the way forward for me.

Can you connect your ipad to the main telly to watch sports in full screen, I know skygo doesnt like this.
 
Freesat is my route with a Samsung PVR with all the Sky+ box features viz pause live casts, record two channels watch a third, instant record,etc. etc.
Watch sport on the laptop with Wiziwig and can hook it up to the tv with a 5m hdmi cable
 
My old man has freesat via Humax box has all the ability to pause, rewind and record live tv. Is able to get BT sports with it as well so not a bad option if you don't want a monthly subscription.
 
Just looked at wiziwig and yes there are downloads, certainly looks an option- cant be legal though......or is it, on second thoughts can't see why it wouldn't be if they subscribe and share with others
 
DarthVega said:
Just looked at wiziwig and yes there are downloads, certainly looks an option- cant be legal though......or is it, on second thoughts can't see why it wouldn't be if they subscribe and share with others
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I doubt it's strictly legal, otherwise why have this in your T&C's...

Article 6 Liability and indemnification
6.1 You expressly agree that use of the Website is at your sole risk.

Article 7 Indemnification
7.1 You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Wiziwig in respect of all damages as a consequence of claims by third parties relating to or connected with failure to abide by this user agreement, or claims otherwise connected with or arising from the use of the Website.
 
Always shocked to find people spending £75+ on Sky. Never had to pay that much, but cancelled now as I couldn't justify the cost as I hardly watched tv in the end.
 
Region3 said:
I got rid of Sky must be around 10 years ago. Just have ordinary freeview now.

There might be programs on there that I'd really like, but how can you miss something you know nothing of?
There's plenty of choice on the free stuff now to find something interesting most of the time.

£4.99 a month for Sky Sports on my iPad :thup:
All I need.
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Gary, are you watching this on the sky sports tv app?
 
Valentino said:
Gary, are you watching this on the sky sports tv app?
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I think it's the NOW TV app Val.

Another happy Sky customer here. Just recently moved my phone and broadband over to them too (BB free for the next year, plus free any time calls to overseas numbers, which comes in handy) and the transition couldn't have been smoother. Touch wood, never had bad customer service either in over 12 years.
 
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