Sky deals anyone?

[MattS5]

dickymint said:

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

My contract with sky is up in sept. Been a customer for 23 years, but I've decided I'm switching to EE for TV and broadband, regardless of what I get offered from sky.
I think the mesh system with Q is rather limiting, and would rather use my own mesh system, just with pucks connecting to that.

[BenS94]

MattS5 said:

dickymint said:

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

My contract with sky is up in sept. Been a customer for 23 years, but I've decided I'm switching to EE for TV and broadband, regardless of what I get offered from sky.
I think the mesh system with Q is rather limiting, and would rather use my own mesh system, just with pucks connecting to that.

Try Sky Stream. We've moved from Q to Stream. Much better.

[dickymint]

MattS5 said:

dickymint said:

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

My contract with sky is up in sept. Been a customer for 23 years, but I've decided I'm switching to EE for TV and broadband, regardless of what I get offered from sky.
I think the mesh system with Q is rather limiting, and would rather use my own mesh system, just with pucks connecting to that.

You may already know this. You can switch anytime and EE will cover any early leaving fee up to £300


https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/ea...


Go for the Youview pro+ box (no extra) as it records and you can stream everything plus use your aerial as back up if the internet goes down. Multi room is free for up to 3 rooms. If you get good signal on EE/Orange/BT mobile for a tenner you get unlimited data calls and texts. Well worth it.

[MattS5]

dickymint said:

You may already know this. You can switch anytime and EE will cover any early leaving fee up to £300


https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/ea...


Go for the Youview pro+ box (no extra) as it records and you can stream everything plus use your aerial as back up if the internet goes down. Multi room is free for up to 3 rooms. If you get good signal on EE/Orange/BT mobile for a tenner you get unlimited data calls and texts. Well worth it.

No way, I had no idea they'd cover switching fees!
Brilliant news, I'll get on that later this afternoon

Thank you

[dickymint]

MattS5 said:

dickymint said:

You may already know this. You can switch anytime and EE will cover any early leaving fee up to £300


https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/ea...


Go for the Youview pro+ box (no extra) as it records and you can stream everything plus use your aerial as back up if the internet goes down. Multi room is free for up to 3 rooms. If you get good signal on EE/Orange/BT mobile for a tenner you get unlimited data calls and texts. Well worth it.

No way, I had no idea they'd cover switching fees!
Brilliant news, I'll get on that later this afternoon

Thank you

You're very welcome........I hate Sly


I do have Bigsport (Sky) via EE though

[MattS5]

Got this sorted this morning after a bit of hassle with sky yesterday.
Saving £11 on my current sky subscription, but getting unlimited data on both of my EE Sims and a further tenner off each mobile account per month.
And free EE roaming which will save me at least another £50 a year.
Broken down per month, I'm gonna end up being £35 a month better off for TV, mobile and broadband by being with EE.
That doesn't sound a whole load, until you bundle that over a year, but £420 isn't really to be sniffed at

[Hilts]

We have Sky Q signature and Netflix which we are happy with, can anyone recommend what would be the best way of adding Sky sports until the Superbowl?

Contact Sky or try Now or something else?

[Scabutz]

Hilts said:

We have Sky Q signature and Netflix which we are happy with, can anyone recommend what would be the best way of adding Sky sports until the Superbowl?

Contact Sky or try Now or something else?

Now TV do it for £26/month for 6 months, then 35. Guess try Sky and see if they will do it for less.

I have Now after completely ditching Sky. I do find the app mildly irritating. The TV guide only shows you now and next. You cant see what's on later which is crap.

[Hilts]

Scabutz said:

Hilts said:

We have Sky Q signature and Netflix which we are happy with, can anyone recommend what would be the best way of adding Sky sports until the Superbowl?

Contact Sky or try Now or something else?

Now TV do it for £26/month for 6 months, then 35. Guess try Sky and see if they will do it for less.

I have Now after completely ditching Sky. I do find the app mildly irritating. The TV guide only shows you now and next. You cant see what's on later which is crap.

Think I'll try Sky then, do really like the Sky Q setup.

[dickymint]

Hilts said:

Scabutz said:

Hilts said:

We have Sky Q signature and Netflix which we are happy with, can anyone recommend what would be the best way of adding Sky sports until the Superbowl?

Contact Sky or try Now or something else?

Now TV do it for £26/month for 6 months, then 35. Guess try Sky and see if they will do it for less.

I have Now after completely ditching Sky. I do find the app mildly irritating. The TV guide only shows you now and next. You cant see what's on later which is crap.

Think I'll try Sky then, do really like the Sky Q setup.

Rumour has it Sky Q is to be scrapped in a couple of years.

[Forester1965]

dickymint said:

Rumour has it Sky Q is to be scrapped in a couple of years.

Not much point in the whole dish and satellite infrastructure once enough of your customers have access to fast internet.

No more fannying around with installers or manufacturing/supporting large set top boxes if you can effectively send out a Sky 'firestick' through the post, too.

[MissChief]

Forester1965 said:

dickymint said:

Rumour has it Sky Q is to be scrapped in a couple of years.

Not much point in the whole dish and satellite infrastructure once enough of your customers have access to fast internet.

No more fannying around with installers or manufacturing/supporting large set top boxes if you can effectively send out a Sky 'firestick' through the post, too.

They laid off hundreds of Engineers last year after Stream became the default selling option, but changing many millions of existing customer off Q or HD as some still have isn’t going to be easy. Or cheap.

[Hilts]

dickymint said:

Hilts said:

Scabutz said:

Hilts said:

We have Sky Q signature and Netflix which we are happy with, can anyone recommend what would be the best way of adding Sky sports until the Superbowl?

Contact Sky or try Now or something else?

Now TV do it for £26/month for 6 months, then 35. Guess try Sky and see if they will do it for less.

I have Now after completely ditching Sky. I do find the app mildly irritating. The TV guide only shows you now and next. You cant see what's on later which is crap.

Think I'll try Sky then, do really like the Sky Q setup.

Rumour has it Sky Q is to be scrapped in a couple of years.

Are Sky not under some sort of contract until 2028?

Obviously they are going to phase it out, no more dish engineers needed. I got the feeling when we moved earlier they were talking about having the puck instead.

[SunsetZed]

Hilts said:

dickymint said:

Hilts said:

Scabutz said:

Hilts said:

We have Sky Q signature and Netflix which we are happy with, can anyone recommend what would be the best way of adding Sky sports until the Superbowl?

Contact Sky or try Now or something else?

Now TV do it for £26/month for 6 months, then 35. Guess try Sky and see if they will do it for less.

I have Now after completely ditching Sky. I do find the app mildly irritating. The TV guide only shows you now and next. You cant see what's on later which is crap.

Think I'll try Sky then, do really like the Sky Q setup.

Rumour has it Sky Q is to be scrapped in a couple of years.

Are Sky not under some sort of contract until 2028?

Obviously they are going to phase it out, no more dish engineers needed. I got the feeling when we moved earlier they were talking about having the puck instead.

The ability to record live TV is the clincher for me and the reason I still have a cheap deal. As soon as it moves to Stream only I'll be getting a box and ditching sky.

[blingybongy]

SunsetZed said:

The ability to record live TV is the clincher for me and the reason I still have a cheap deal. As soon as it moves to Stream only I'll be getting a box and ditching sky.

I've had a Stream box for 23 months.
Programmes missed, zero.

[bad company]

blingybongy said:

I've had a Stream box for 23 months.
Programmes missed, zero.

I set a stream for a film on terrestrial tv. By the time I wanted to watch it it’d become payable. If I’d recorded it that wouldn’t have happened.

[SunsetZed]

blingybongy said:

SunsetZed said:

The ability to record live TV is the clincher for me and the reason I still have a cheap deal. As soon as it moves to Stream only I'll be getting a box and ditching sky.

I've had a Stream box for 23 months.
Programmes missed, zero.

I often go away for a week or 2 and then sometimes things aren't available. Match of the Day (at least not on iPlayer) being an example so I assume that they wouldn't be on Stream either?

Also how long are things that are on the likes of National Geographic and Discovery typically available and the wildlife programmes on BBC? I'll often have these recorded for months over the summer and then watch them over the winter when the weather and light has turned.

[FiF]

SunsetZed said:

blingybongy said:

SunsetZed said:

The ability to record live TV is the clincher for me and the reason I still have a cheap deal. As soon as it moves to Stream only I'll be getting a box and ditching sky.

I've had a Stream box for 23 months.
Programmes missed, zero.

I often go away for a week or 2 and then sometimes things aren't available. Match of the Day (at least not on iPlayer) being an example so I assume that they wouldn't be on Stream either?

Also how long are things that are on the likes of National Geographic and Discovery typically available and the wildlife programmes on BBC? I'll often have these recorded for months over the summer and then watch them over the winter when the weather and light has turned.

Yep, not everything is available on catch up or streaming.

For example was away when BBC screened Rogue Heroes. There was the drama series and the Ben McIntyre documentary giving the true story. We recorded both the drama and the documentary. When we got chance to watch the drama was still available on iPlayer, however the Ben McIntyre documentary had gone. Without the ability to record that would have been missed.

I need the opportunity to visit an EE shop and look at their system. If it's OK then Sky will be binned as currently can get more than Sky Q currently provides for less than Sky even after binning movies off.

[WrekinCrew]

Don't forget that you can get Freesat and Freeview recorders which can record at least one other channel while you watch another, and also do live pause / rewind, and series-link etc like Sky

Our LG TV can also record / pause / rewind if you plug in suitable memory to its USB port, and I suspect most other fairly recent ones do too.

[bad company]

WrekinCrew said:

Don't forget that you can get Freesat and Freeview recorders which can record at least one other channel while you watch another, and also do live pause / rewind, and series-link etc like Sky

Our LG TV can also record / pause / rewind if you plug in suitable memory to its USB port, and I suspect most other fairly recent ones do too.

Our LG also records but it’s fairly basic.

We have a Sky Streaming Puck but I’m fed up with paying monthly so going back to a recording box. The picture looks better through internet than Freeview so probably a BT Youview Bix.