BT TV (aka dropping Sky and lowering costs)?

[bitchstewie]

I've had Sky for years and pay £80/month for basically all the channels plus a Sky Plus HD box.

I've got BT Infinity Broadband plus BT Sport (paid via BT but viewable through Sky in HD) which comes to about £70/month as I'm out of contract.

So basically £150/month for TV & Broadband.

I'm finding I watch a lot on the computer these days with the "proper" TV basically being for a couple of house in bed.

Sports (via Sky or BT) is really just football, little more than that.

If I price up BT Broadband with BT TV it looks like I can get everything except Sky Sports for £58/month and £90 with Sky Sports - so the Premier League is fking expensive

What do those of you with BT TV make of the service please?

[steviejasp]

We just done the same. Apart from the un-intuitive remote, everything's been perfect. Broadband speed has trebled too!

[alorotom]

We scrapped SkyQ in favour of NowTV and their top box which has an aerial receiver built in

Fibre BB, entertainment pack, movies pack £27mth...12mth contract

There is a sports add on as well you can do either daily or monthly but not sure on the costs off the top of my head as the sports are irrelevant to me

The only minor downside is the lack of recording facility but everything’s on demand anyways so largely irrelevant as long as you can remember what you wanted to watch lol!

[surveyor]

I've just cut Sky. Not missing a thing so far

[clockworks]

I've had BT TV for about 2 years now, having previously been with Sky for many years.

As mentioned earlier, the remote isn't as intuitive as the old Sky+ unit, but better than the latest Humax PVRs. I use a Logitech Harmony Smart Control, and map the buttons how I want them.

Content and picture quality is fine for me, and the box itself is fine - when it's working. I'm on my third box, as they seem to mess up when BT send out a major software update. BT have been good though, sending out replacements in a couple of days. Since finding out how to do a full factory reset, the old boxes are being used in the bedrooms. I can only get the subscription channels on one box at a time, but it's simple to switch which box is the subscription one, then switch back again. Subscription channels will record on all the boxes at the same time though.

I had problems when it was first installed. BT didn't tell me that I needed a direct ethernet connection to the router, so I had it connected up via the gigabit switch that runs my home network. I had problems with HD channels. Running a direct cable sorted it. The powerline adaptors that BT sent me didn't.

I'm currently having "unable to connect to your broadband" dropouts, which last a few seconds. 4 or 5 a night. Not sure it that's the latest box playing up, or a real broadband issue. I haven't noticed it on any other device.

For what I pay for it, I'm happy with the service.

[Wings]

Scrapped BT, SKY, now just with John Lewis Broadband/Telephone and Kodi, £40 per month, watch SKY and BT on Sportsdevil.

[MissChief]

Wings said:

Scrapped BT, SKY, now just with John Lewis Broadband/Telephone and Kodi, £40 per month, watch SKY and BT on Sportsdevil.

Nice of you to admit breaching copyright. Can I borrow your car? It's not really stealing, I'm only borrowing it for an extended period.

Or how about I take a service from your place of work and don't pay?

[Prohibiting]

BT and Sky have agreed a deal.

In 2019 you will get BT Sport included within the Sky Sports package. In return, BT will include NowTV.

If you feel you’re paying too much for Sky and your contract is rolling over month by month, ring up to renegotiate and they’ll tie you into an 18 month contract but they’ll bring your cost back down.

The BT TV box is terrible.

[bitchstewie]

Hadn't realised how little appears to be HD outside of Sky i.e. even BT who have Sky Cinema don't have it in HD

[crankedup]

Double page spread in ‘The Mail on Sunday’ today, how to save cash on tv bundles. Well worth reading and acting upon imo.

[alorotom]

MissChief said:

Wings said:

Scrapped BT, SKY, now just with John Lewis Broadband/Telephone and Kodi, £40 per month, watch SKY and BT on Sportsdevil.

Nice of you to admit breaching copyright. Can I borrow your car? It's not really stealing, I'm only borrowing it for an extended period.

Or how about I take a service from your place of work and don't pay?

It’s not worth the hassle ... I brought up breach of copyright, etc... plus the moral side and was shot down in flames a few mths back on a different thread

[AJB88]

I cut Sky completely, replaced it with a mixture of Amazon Prime, Netflix (friend of mine has given me his paid login) BBC iPlayer, Channel 4 on demand and Kodi.

Kodi since got st so don't really use that anymore.

Only thing I do miss a little is the sports but if I really wanted I could get nowtv.

[bitchstewie]

Well step 1 is BT dropped for a storming Plusnet phone + fibre broadband deal @ £197 upfront for 12 months line rental + £6/month for broadband.

I can get BT sport from them for a fiver and the online player is fine for that.

So that's about £40/month saved just for bothering to do it - watching Martin Lewis on TV last night was a suitable kick up the arse and must have been for many others as Plusnet's website was totally broken until about 11pm

Am I right in thinking if I got a Now TV box I can get online access and the Cinema pass is all the Sky Cinema channels for a tenner a month pass?

Because if so I think that just leaves Sky Sports who do a app subscription for about six quid a month but I believe that only works on phones/tablets and not a computer - not sure if anyone can confirm that?

http://www.skysports.com/mobile/apps/9653846/sky-s...

[LeadFarmer]

Every time someone cancels their Sky contract, a puppy dies.

[anonymous-user]

Sky sports on now tv is about 30 quid a month and you can turn it on and off on a monthly basis. I have it from nfl and six nations then cancel for the other 6 months of the year

[hairyben]

That's a lot. Mind when you add it up..

Pay sky 44 a month for basic plus HD for F1, and netflix £8 and £120 pa for motogp.com

Max fibre via Vodafone 30 pm.

[RacerMDR]

I am similar - paying two subscriptions (one for parents) and it's costing me 150 pcm.

I'm out of contract (Sky)

My GF has NowTV and Amazon and gets all the same things I do as far as I can tell. Except for , crucially the F1 HD channel.

The internet is st slow too.

Although I do get access to newish films which costs me 5 quid a rental!

Is it possible to get F1 HD anywhere other than Sky?

[Funk]

bhstewie said:

Well step 1 is BT dropped for a storming Plusnet phone + fibre broadband deal @ £197 upfront for 12 months line rental + £6/month for broadband.

I can get BT sport from them for a fiver and the online player is fine for that.

So that's about £40/month saved just for bothering to do it - watching Martin Lewis on TV last night was a suitable kick up the arse and must have been for many others as Plusnet's website was totally broken until about 11pm

Am I right in thinking if I got a Now TV box I can get online access and the Cinema pass is all the Sky Cinema channels for a tenner a month pass?

Because if so I think that just leaves Sky Sports who do a app subscription for about six quid a month but I believe that only works on phones/tablets and not a computer - not sure if anyone can confirm that?

http://www.skysports.com/mobile/apps/9653846/sky-s...

I ditched BT Fibre (£50+/mo) for Plusnet (£31/mo) a while back. I even still use the BT Smart Hub 6 (which I've found to be very good) on the Plusnet connection. PN have been very good apart from not being able to change my DD date (I'd rather have it earlier in the month).

I can't help on TV packages as I ditched my TV licence years ago and only watch stuff online and nothing live.

[RacerMDR]

Funk said:

I ditched BT Fibre (£50+/mo) for Plusnet (£31/mo) a while back. I even still use the BT Smart Hub 6 (which I've found to be very good) on the Plusnet connection. PN have been very good apart from not being able to change my DD date (I'd rather have it earlier in the month).

I can't help on TV packages as I ditched my TV licence years ago and only watch stuff online and nothing live.

crazy considering BT own PlusNet really - even though it is it's own entity

incidentally - don't you still need a TV licence for that?

[Funk]

RacerMDR said:

Funk said:

I ditched BT Fibre (£50+/mo) for Plusnet (£31/mo) a while back. I even still use the BT Smart Hub 6 (which I've found to be very good) on the Plusnet connection. PN have been very good apart from not being able to change my DD date (I'd rather have it earlier in the month).

I can't help on TV packages as I ditched my TV licence years ago and only watch stuff online and nothing live.

crazy considering BT own PlusNet really - even though it is it's own entity

incidentally - don't you still need a TV licence for that?

It is odd; I'd have stayed with BT if they'd done a sensible deal but they wouldn't.

Re. TV licence - no, you only need a TV licence if you watch or record live TV as it's being broadcast (on any platform) or to watch iPlayer. I don't watch or record live TV and I don't use iPlayer so I don't require a licence.