Moving house - Want to Ditch Sky but have a few Questions

[HannsG]

Looking at all the options available.

BT is cheap and looks very reasonable. The main thing for me is the internet and thats a must in the package.

Also been thinking about having a Freeview PVR?? So i can record freeview channels etc. But just have BT Broadband...

Anyone have just Freeview here and use a PVR??

[944fan]

I don't personally but my in laws have freeview and Humax box. The store is more than most of the Sky boxes, although Sky do now do a 2TB. The user interface is ste compared to the Sky box. But other than that it does what you need. It costs about £200 I think, may be cheaper now but no monthly subscription.

[axgizmo]

When I moved I ditched Sky, got my broadband with 02 (Who have since been bought out by Sky - DOH!) bought a freeview+ box and haven't regretted it once. I don't miss the sky channels as it was all repeats anyway!

[HannsG]

Sod it just ordered BT. Its cheap enough...

Now onto multi rooma and Magic Eyes. BT Dont do a multi-room service do they? I cant see any info about one.

Magic eyes also dont seem to work with the BT boxes....hmmmm

Freeview should suffice for upstairs. Or maybe a PVR..

Edited by HannsG on Wednesday 13th November 12:11

[Mutley]

Am with BT and have Infinity, which is something I won't drop in a hurry, worth the extra.

BT don't do multi room, which is a pain. But a cheap box in another room works out for me. also, now you'll get the YouView box.

[Mr E]

HannsG said:

Anyone have just Freeview here and use a PVR??

Have a freeview tuner in a PC and use that as a PVR/Blu-RAY/streaming box.
Works well most of the time.

[decadent]

I've got Virign and downgraded to the freeview option as I still like getting the movies on demand and it costs £38/mth with BB and evening+w/end calls & line rental.

I don't miss any of the extra channels.

[Mr Will]

Ditch the telly entirely. Spend the extra on a decent internet connection and a netflix subscription. Between that and iplayer, itvplayer, 4oD etc you'll never run out of things to watch, it's all on any device you want exactly when you want it and you don't to mess about remembering to record things. Once you've tried it normal TV starts to feel extremely old fashioned.

[phil_cardiff]

Mr Will said:

Ditch the telly entirely. Spend the extra on a decent internet connection and a netflix subscription. Between that and iplayer, itvplayer, 4oD etc you'll never run out of things to watch, it's all on any device you want exactly when you want it and you don't to mess about remembering to record things. Once you've tried it normal TV starts to feel extremely old fashioned.

What's your HD content like?

[Mr Will]

phil_cardiff said:

Mr Will said:

Ditch the telly entirely. Spend the extra on a decent internet connection and a netflix subscription. Between that and iplayer, itvplayer, 4oD etc you'll never run out of things to watch, it's all on any device you want exactly when you want it and you don't to mess about remembering to record things. Once you've tried it normal TV starts to feel extremely old fashioned.

What's your HD content like?

Do you mean quality or variety?

[phil_cardiff]

Both.

[maffski]

phil_cardiff said:

What's your HD content like?

I've never had broadcast HD to compare it to, but put the picture/sound is good enough for me (and buffering is very rare, it works much better than iPlayer for me) - Netflix do a month free trial so it's worth giving it a go - although I think you need to get access to the US content for it to be worthwhile, not sure I'd pay for just what is on the UK site (unless it's improved recently)

[Ranger 6]

HannsG said:

Anyone have just Freeview here and use a PVR??

Yes, have never had Sky.

Freeview HD PVR in the front room and normal Freeview PVR in the kitchen, Freeview TV with DVD in the bedroom.

Bought the boxes over time so didn't need to spend loads to fit it all out and never felt the need for more.

Had Netflix for 3 weeks and have run out of things to watch, glad it's a free trial.....

[Mr Will]

maffski said:

phil_cardiff said:

What's your HD content like?

I've never had broadcast HD to compare it to, but put the picture/sound is good enough for me (and buffering is very rare, it works much better than iPlayer for me) - Netflix do a month free trial so it's worth giving it a go - although I think you need to get access to the US content for it to be worthwhile, not sure I'd pay for just what is on the UK site (unless it's improved recently)

Pretty much my thoughts regarding quality. The only thing I would add is that the UK version of Netflix has improved significantly. There are a couple of high profile shows missing but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle of getting the US version any more.

[T1berious]

Just wanted to add my £0.02

We trialled Netflix and were very impressed with the HD content we got (House of Cards being stand out). However movie wise there wasn't much that you'd call AAA content and the stuff they did have was an easy 7 years old if not older.

We do love Freview though. Picture wise I think Freeview has the edge but as stated its improved.

We switched to Love Film as it works better for us (Blu Ray in the post, havent used the streaming service at all).

If you can't be bothered with the monthly cost of Sky Freeview and Lovefilm is pretty hard to beat IMHO (the caveat being we don't watch much TV sport bar the stuff on Freeview or catchup TV).

Hope this helps.

T1b