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Title: Sky TV
Post by: Jimbob on 06 November 2007, 17:12:59

Can't believe it, but contemplating getting sky.

Been offered (from a neighbour with sky)
Free installation and a sky plus box, so just need to pay the monthly rate for the package we choose (£19-£21 depening what we go for)

Does this sound like a good deal?

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 06 November 2007, 17:19:03

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Can't believe it, but contemplating getting sky.

Been offered (from a neighbour with sky)
Free installation and a sky plus box, so just need to pay the monthly rate for the package we choose (£19-£21 depening what we go for)

Does this sound like a good deal?

I have free Sky here..
























I just look out the window and upwards.. :D ;)

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Kevin Wood on 06 November 2007, 17:23:38

You don't need to pay for the box anyway unless you refuse to sign the interactive discount license which requires you to connect it to the phone line so they can snoop for the first year. (I didn't pay for mine, and then my phone extension kept "going faulty!". Fancy that. ::))

I think I paid a small fee for some gibbon to come and install the dish. 50 quid or so, so the savings are minimal compared to the subscription you'll pay over the first year.

Oh, and they make sure all the decent channels are split across the packages amongst thousands of channels of sh!te so you need to subscribe to a load of packages to get a couple of the good channels.

Kevin

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Jimbob on 06 November 2007, 17:26:07

This was the sky PLUS box, ie PVR, which I dont think you normally get without parting with £150

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Jimbob on 06 November 2007, 17:28:35

To be honest, half the appeal is the pvr aspect.
Our dvd recorder is intermittant at best, so looking at a couple of hundred for a decent pvr....or the sky subscription.

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: miggy on 06 November 2007, 17:30:30

Hmmmmmmmmm

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Kevin Wood on 06 November 2007, 17:33:10

Hmm. Does make it more attractive in that case, although the sky+ adds another tenner a month to the subscription IIRC?

Never used a Sky+ box so not sure how "defective by design" they are. I'm sure it'd be fine for general time shifting, etc.

Kevin

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Jimbob on 06 November 2007, 17:36:57

from what ive read, its only sky HD or multiroom that have a higher subscription

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: STMO123 on 06 November 2007, 17:43:06

Good deal PP, go for it :y

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 November 2007, 18:22:24

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Hmm. Does make it more attractive in that case, although the sky+ adds another tenner a month to the subscription IIRC?

Never used a Sky+ box so not sure how "defective by design" they are. I'm sure it'd be fine for general time shifting, etc.

Kevin

If you stop paying they stop recording - even FTA stuff

Title: Re: Sky TV
Post by: BazMV6 on 08 November 2007, 09:54:41

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Been offered (from a neighbour with sky)
Free installation and a sky plus box, so just need to pay the monthly rate for the package we choose (£19-£21 depening what we go for)

I have a couple of these offers if anyone wants one?  
PM me with address details and I'll stick an invite in the post..

Cheers,
Baz.