Getting rid of Sky

[miniman]

I don't have movies or sport, other than F1 on the old grandfathered "everyone that has HD" thing.

Aside of the F1, what am I really losing by ditching it and getting a Humax Freesat DVR?

Best part of £700 is a lot of Now TV passes for the F1 I actually want to watch...

[AWRacing]

I’m actually thinking of doing the same at the end of our contract. My kids watch more stuff on youtube than they do on the kids channels. Ill miss some of the crap thats on Sky like goldrush but im guessing you can get some of these channels on nowtv etc.

[miniman]

Exactly. Oddly, Freesat seems to be missing a few channels compared to Freeview but I suspect the majority will be on demand somewhere.

[psi310398]

I don't think there's anything that can't be bought on PAYG subscription. I stopped Sky and went Freesat a year ago.

The only issue I've found is that my Humax HDR interface/scheduler is clunkier than the Sky box's, and not half as reliable when set for recordings.

You will also need to find a way of gaining access to 4OD because Freesat and C4 seem to have fallen out. But most Smart TVs will let you get to 4OD.

[heisthegaffer]

psi310398 said:

I don't think there's anything that can't be bought on PAYG subscription. I stopped Sky and went Freesat a year ago.

The only issue I've found is that my Humax HDR interface/scheduler is clunkier than the Sky box's, and not half as reliable when set for recordings.

You will also need to find a way of gaining access to 4OD because Freesat and C4 seem to have fallen out. But most Smart TVs will let you get to 4OD.

After years of sky and Virgin, when we moved we bought a Freesat box and streamed anything we wanted.

Still do this and have a roku box which has everything we need, Netflix, Amazon prime, Now TV, you tube, Spotify. BBC, ITV, C4 etc

Brilliant. A really handy feature is plugging headphones in to my phone and streaming to my TV for picture and sound to my phone when on my noisy exercise bike.

[m3jappa]

It really winds me up, the mrs insist on having it when all i seem to watch is the same few episodes of only fools.

Sometimes i think oh ill watch a film, have a search and generally anything decent is sky store for something like £12 to buy it or £3/4 to rent.

i think they are seriously on borrowed time and are extracting every penny out of the people who use it.

[doogle83]

psi310398 said:

The only issue I've found is that my Humax HDR interface/scheduler is clunkier than the Sky box's, and not half as reliable when set for recordings.

I'm finding that browsing the TV guide on my phone and setting recordings from there actually feels more intuitive.

We stream most things via the Chromecast anyway. Live TV is more of a backup these days!

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

We ditched Sky a few years ago and don't miss it at all.

[borcy]

Got rid of sky 7/8 years ago i don't regret it. Never thought of going back to it. Got Netflix and now TV, more than enough tv.

[noopets]

Not had sky for 5yr or so.

Anything I want to watch I stream/download.

The days of being tied to programme schedules are long gone, I prefer to watch stuff in my own time when it suits me.

Must’ve saved ££££s over the years