TV Advice please ?

[geo]

I have finally made the deciasion to get rid of Sky due to the outrageous monthly cost. My wife has now realised that the ability to pause, record,rewind tv will be no more in a months time.

So my question does anybody have Freesat or Freesat+ and what do you think of its programmes and features. A quick look suggests Freesat+ boxes are about £250 but thats it no monthly payments thereafter. All views good or bad greatly appreciated.

 

[fossala]

I don't have any "normal" TV. Just netfix. Works fine and I don't need to pay the thieving C#$& for a TV licence. Be ready for them to treat you like a criminal for not buying their product though...

 

[geo]

netfix ??? Thats a google job for me then, never heard of it !

 

[the_mikey]

Freesat+ boxes are ok, they come with all the record, pause and rewind features you expect, although freeview+ boxes are often cheaper and do the same job.

 

[fossala]

Sorry spelling mistake. Google netflix. It's 6 quid a month IIRC.

 

[geo]

Sorry spelling mistake. Google netflix. It's 6 quid a month IIRC.

now I'm with you, for a minute I thought you had developed a whole new way of viewing tv

 

[Maz]

I have finally made the deciasion to get rid of Sky due to the outrageous monthly cost. My wife has now realised that the ability to pause, record,rewind tv will be no more in a months time.

So my question does anybody have Freesat or Freesat+ and what do you think of its programmes and features. A quick look suggests Freesat+ boxes are about £250 but thats it no monthly payments thereafter. All views good or bad greatly appreciated.

I am thinking of going the same route because of the cost of Sky.
I asked this question not long ago:
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/humax-tv-receiver-easy-to-install.123042/
Hope it helps you.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I don't have any "normal" TV. Just netfix. Works fine and I don't need to pay the thieving C#$& for a TV licence. Be ready for them to treat you like a criminal for not buying their product though...

Agreed, we didn't have a telly for many years and they finally called in for an inspection and promised to leave us alone from then onwards. By pure chance we bought a telly a few months later and bought a license.

 

[skudupnorth]

I just watch all the stuff that is free but still use my Sky box without the cost other than the TV licence.As for films,we just buy DVD's which with some being at the £3 mark are a bargain which you can enjoy as many times as you want AND the ones you actually want to watch. We are wading through the Harry Potter 8 film box set at the moment......£20 from HMV.........BARGAIN viewing

 

[deanE]

By pure chance we bought a telly a few months later and bought a license.

No you didn’t! You bought a licence! Grrrhhh.

 

[mattobrien]

We canned Sky a little while back and bought a Humax Freesat box. Very pleased with it, especially the ability to watch iplayer through it.

I went for the larger capacity hard disc, so the box cost £300. It will take under a year to pay for itself in lack of sky fees.

It's a nice feeling not to be paying money to Murdoch.

 

[Maz]

We canned Sky a little while back and bought a Humax Freesat box. Very pleased with it, especially the ability to watch iplayer through it.

I went for the larger capacity hard disc, so the box cost £300. It will take under a year to pay for itself in lack of sky fees.

It's a nice feeling not to be paying money to Murdoch.

Did the HUMAX freesat box connect to the Sky dish? Was any realignment of the dish required?

 

[oldfatfool]

Got rid of sky years ago. now just have built in freeview hd. Anything we would have recorded is generally available on catch-up in anycase.
Step son as sky which we will watch when we babysit, usually its repeats of the same old crap we where watching years ago All the US series that swmbo does like (Bones, supernatural, fringe) are easily watched on the net or ss will bring them over on usb.

 

[mattobrien]

Did the HUMAX freesat box connect to the Sky dish? Was any realignment of the dish required?

It was just a case of unplugging sky and plugging in Humax, no faffing around or adjustment required.

 

[GM]

I have finally made the deciasion to get rid of Sky due to the outrageous monthly cost.




I did the same last week. Now looking at the alternatives, quite like the sound of the YouView box. Be interesting to read the other options on this thread.