Sky deals anyone?

[Boom78]

Ditched sky quite a few years ago, their costs combined with costs of streaming services were getting silly. Now use the tiny virgin freeview/smart box (£40 one off payment) connected via Wi-Fi, gives me live TV and easy access to paid apps (Netflix, prime etc) plus the usual free ones. Everything I need plus no ugly rusting sky dishes or miles of cable. Perfect.

[bitchstewie]

Davie_GLA said:

Gaining year on year even with churn and general attrition . Q3 results are healthy and product development steady.

I'm genuinely a bit surprised at that

Each to their own but other than the sport monopoly I'm struggling with what they do that encourages people to sign lengthy contracts etc.

[number2]

bhstewie said:

Davie_GLA said:

Gaining year on year even with churn and general attrition . Q3 results are healthy and product development steady.

I'm genuinely a bit surprised at that

Each to their own but other than the sport monopoly I'm struggling with what they do that encourages people to sign lengthy contracts etc.

If the money doesn't bother, it's the best service out there.

F1, 4k, multiroom, interface, record etc.

[dickymint]

number2 said:

bhstewie said:

Davie_GLA said:

Gaining year on year even with churn and general attrition . Q3 results are healthy and product development steady.

I'm genuinely a bit surprised at that

Each to their own but other than the sport monopoly I'm struggling with what they do that encourages people to sign lengthy contracts etc.

If the money doesn't bother, it's the best service out there.

F1, 4k, multiroom, interface, record etc.

BT is much better

[bitchstewie]

number2 said:

If the money doesn't bother, it's the best service out there.

F1, 4k, multiroom, interface, record etc.

Fair enough it's a personal thing I guess.

No complaints since ditching though (just to give hope to others who have Stockholm Syndrome )

[number2]

dickymint said:

number2 said:

bhstewie said:

Davie_GLA said:

Gaining year on year even with churn and general attrition . Q3 results are healthy and product development steady.

I'm genuinely a bit surprised at that

Each to their own but other than the sport monopoly I'm struggling with what they do that encourages people to sign lengthy contracts etc.

If the money doesn't bother, it's the best service out there.

F1, 4k, multiroom, interface, record etc.

BT is much better

No way Dicky

Sky till i die!




(Just kidding, it just rhymes well. Saying that though... )

[dickymint]

bhstewie said:

number2 said:

If the money doesn't bother, it's the best service out there.

F1, 4k, multiroom, interface, record etc.

Fair enough it's a personal thing I guess.

No complaints since ditching though (just to give hope to others who have Stockholm Syndrome )

[Shaoxter]

dickymint said:

BT is much better

Can't get Sky Sports in UHD with BT last time I checked.

[FiF]

Let's just set aside the bin Sky off discussion for a moment.

Can anyone explain to me the pricing logic of this.
The other day setting something to record on the box using the phone app it ended up not on BBC1HD which was selected but on BBC Scotland SD, no idea why.
It recorded it, but overlaid on the recording was a message something to the effect that SD broadcast ending on date whatever and only HD in future.

So we now go to Sky pricing. We currently have HD add on £9.

Black Friday deals.
HD 4 months free then £9 pcm after that
UHD 4 months free then £4 pcm after that ( needs UHD box (?) and UHD TV. Presumably would display on an HD TV just not in UHD, no issue there. )

[Mikey G]

I think you need a HD package to then have a UHD package, I may be wrong but I remember it something like this when I signed up over 18 months ago.

[FiF]

Mikey G said:

I think you need a HD package to then have a UHD package, I may be wrong but I remember it something like this when I signed up over 18 months ago.

That could explain it, colour me not surprised.

[ukwill]

Our renewal will be up in the new year - going up from £95 to £154. Sod that.

Left and returned previously - been back 3yrs, but will leave again unless my bill stays the same.

Will probably switch to NowTV (I've read that you can now stream to 3 devices at once) and inc Entertainment & SkySports.

Not bothered about recording.

Then will probably return again when a decent deal is available.

This entire process is so pathetic.

[QuartzDad]

45 minutes so far on the webchat trying to cancel. Have said I don't want a better offer, just cancel please - the offer provided is

Signature £26
Sports HD £28
TNT Sports HD £25
HD £7
UHD £2
Multiscreen £12
Ultrafast BB £31

A bargain at £131 a month...

[bitchstewie]

Phone them.

I did this and had no problem cancelling - I was very polite but said upfront I wasn't interested in offers I just wanted to cancel.

They didn't try and persuade me at all.

[QuartzDad]

bhstewie said:

Phone them.

I incorrectly thought this would be less painful.

[leef44]

bhstewie said:

Phone them.

I did this and had no problem cancelling - I was very polite but said upfront I wasn't interested in offers I just wanted to cancel.

They didn't try and persuade me at all.

+1

This is what I did and they didn't even bother trying to get me a better deal.

[MissChief]

FiF said:

Let's just set aside the bin Sky off discussion for a moment.

Can anyone explain to me the pricing logic of this.
The other day setting something to record on the box using the phone app it ended up not on BBC1HD which was selected but on BBC Scotland SD, no idea why.
It recorded it, but overlaid on the recording was a message something to the effect that SD broadcast ending on date whatever and only HD in future.

So we now go to Sky pricing. We currently have HD add on £9.

Black Friday deals.
HD 4 months free then £9 pcm after that
UHD 4 months free then £4 pcm after that ( needs UHD box (?) and UHD TV. Presumably would display on an HD TV just not in UHD, no issue there. )

As a Free to Air channel you don't need to pay anything extra to receive BBC in HD. The same goes for ITV/STV and Channel 4. It's been a very long time so I'm not sure if CHannel 5 HD is still part of the Sky HD pack or not though.

[leef44]

MissChief said:

As a Free to Air channel you don't need to pay anything extra to receive BBC in HD. The same goes for ITV/STV and Channel 4. It's been a very long time so I'm not sure if CHannel 5 HD is still part of the Sky HD pack or not though.

I recall many years ago when I cancelled my basic Sky package after the discount period expired and then I bought a FreeSat box. I started enjoying free to air channels in HD which Sky would not provide for free. It's a joke how they are charging for free services.

[FiF]

Found this which provides an explanation of the situation.

In short if you've got the old kit which is still SD you need to upgrade. If going to SkyQ you will get the free to air HD channels like BBC without the extra subscription. The HD subscription covers channels such as Sky Atlantic in HD.

more here
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/sky-hd-changes-expla...

[MissChief]

leef44 said:

MissChief said:

As a Free to Air channel you don't need to pay anything extra to receive BBC in HD. The same goes for ITV/STV and Channel 4. It's been a very long time so I'm not sure if CHannel 5 HD is still part of the Sky HD pack or not though.

I recall many years ago when I cancelled my basic Sky package after the discount period expired and then I bought a FreeSat box. I started enjoying free to air channels in HD which Sky would not provide for free. It's a joke how they are charging for free services.

Freeview as a company were able to sign other deals with some channels to be shown on the Freeview service which differed to Sky’s deals. The channels are not Public Service Broadcasters so aren’t technically fully FTA.