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1. DezB - Member 

   Just found this out by accident... maybe others who aren't aware (Sky hid this info when they changed the channels! I'm sure it's not just me being thick )
   You only have to have 1 Sports Channel! I'm sure I read before that you couldn't have Action & Main Event without the other channels, so I kept Golf, F1, Cricket, Darts, Football.. even though I never watch them!
   Just saved £10 by dropping all those and just keeping Action & Arena. Main Event just repeats the other channels, so missing nothing.
   (It was me being thick, wasn't it)

   Posted 43 minutes ago #
2. esselgruntfuttock - Member 

   (It was me being thick, wasn't it)

   Yes, by the simple fact you have Sky at all.

   I'm just as thick but have no sports channels & wev'e only got Sky cos Mrs Egf wants it.

   Posted 37 minutes ago #
3. DezB - Member 

   I like Sky. But it really costs me too much. I mean paying extra for HD is a bit of a joke. Everything should be HD by default by now.

   Posted 25 minutes ago #
4. IHN - Member 

   Have you done the 'I'm leaving' call to Sky Dez? I did and now have the HD boxset pack for a tenner a month.

   Posted 23 minutes ago #
5. sbob - Member 

   Does your local pub not have sky, thus saving you a subscription?

   Posted 19 minutes ago #
6. hodgynd - Member 

   Did that call..got Sky Q and a reduced price for a little bit of wheeling & dealing ..was paying close to £100pm ffs..
   Now down to £70ish ...worth having a chat ..

   Posted 17 minutes ago #
7. Drac - Moderator 

   Ditched Sky a few months back and not looked back.

   Posted 16 minutes ago #
8. hodgynd - Member 

   Sbob..that saves you nothing by the time you have had a skinful..
   

   Posted 16 minutes ago #
9. DezB - Member 

   sbob -
   Does your local pub not have sky

   Maybe, but it's a shit-hole and boxing is usually on a 3am when they're shut.

   Posted 16 minutes ago #
10. whitestone - Member 

    There's a lot of cost to HD from production through to transmission. A typical SD mux will have a dozen services(channels) whereas a HD mux will have half that so to have everything in HD would mean more broadcast frequencies (they are at 8MHz gaps) and they have to be reserved for TV as there's limited space in the frequency spectrum.

    £70ish/month for TV!

    Posted 15 minutes ago #
11. wrightyson - Member 

    You have to play sky to get the deals. See a thread I started a good while ago on the subject. I get full hd sports, movies, boxsets, entertainment, phone line rental, and 35mbps (most recent test) fibre bband for 55 quid a month which I don't think is bad.

    Posted 14 minutes ago #

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12. DezB - Member 

    IHN -
    Have you done the 'I'm leaving' call to Sky Dez? I did and now have the HD boxset pack for a tenner a month.

    Keep bottling it in case they call my bluff
    Also, I do need to change to BT, but.. I have Virgin broadband and they've just upped it to 200MB! No-one can match that. But do I need it?

    Posted 12 minutes ago #
13. sbob - Member 

    hodgynd - Member

    Sbob..that saves you nothing by the time you have had a skinful..

    A pox on your logic.
    To the supping rooms!

    Posted 12 minutes ago #
14. sbob - Member 

    DezB - Member

    Maybe, but it's a shit-hole and boxing is usually on a 3am when they're shut.

    Come to my local, we'll have a lock in.
    Superbowl night is good, if you're that way inclined.

    Posted 8 minutes ago #
15. IHN - Member 

    I have Virgin broadband and they've just upped it to 200MB! No-one can match that. But do I need it?

    I dunno, how fast can you w***?

    Posted 8 minutes ago #
16. the-muffin-man - Member 

    Keep bottling it in case they call my bluff

    You don't have to go the all-out I'm leaving routine. I find a simple 'what can you do' phonecall helps.

    I did and now have the HD boxset pack for a tenner a month.

    So the £2/month more than you would pay on NowTV and be able to cancel any time - good deal that!

    Posted 8 minutes ago #
17. IHN - Member 

    So the £2/month more than you would pay per month on NowTV and be able to cancel any time - good deal that!

    Yerwhat now?

    Posted 6 minutes ago #
18. P-Jay - Member 

    So the £2/month more than you would pay on NowTV and be able to cancel any time - good deal that!

    I'm a massive NowTV fan, it's great.

    TBH most of the cost of sky is leasing the equipment and recouping the fitting costs, if you're still paying them the rrp with a 5 year old box you're over paying.

    Posted 3 minutes ago #
19. DezB - Member 

    Yerwhat now?

    Indeed. And what sports can NowTV offer me?

    Posted 2 minutes ago #
20. IHN - Member 

    Can you record with NowTV, or is everything available via catch-up/on-demand?

    If the latter, how long is stuff available for?

    Posted 1 minute ago #
21. the-muffin-man - Member 

    Yerwhat now?

    http://www.nowtv.com/watch-tv-shows-online

    Posted 1 minute ago #

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