Sky Digital

Tusky

howdy, just about to order sky digital tomorrow and im looking for some advice on what package/combination to get as its all a bit confusing.

They seem to do the trick of overpricing the small packages i.e 21 euro for two mixes of channels, so that the next one up, 4 mixes for 26 euro seems cheap. bastards!

Also, since when is sky sports or movies so pricey ? If I get 4 mixes of channels for 26 euro, it comes to 44 euro with sky sports 1. An extra 18 euro ? thats ****ing expensive for one channel.

Anywho, what are the most worthwhile channels ? Should I keep my cable or should I cancel it ?

Any advice welcome!

p~b

I ordered sky last week, i got the 6 entertainment mixes for 30.50euro. If i was you i'd cancel ntl as you only really get 2 extra channels (ch4 and setanta) and thats costing you 20 a month.

And sky is half price for the first 3 months.

p.s. its take sky ages to come out and install it, i have to wait 2 weeks from when i ordered it.
they charge you 40euro for a telephone socket if you dont have one hear your tv.

Tusky

p~b wrote:

I ordered sky last week, i got the 6 entertainment mixes for 30.50euro. If i was you i'd cancel ntl as you only really get 2 extra channels (ch4 and setanta) and thats costing you 20 a month.

And sky is half price for the first 3 months.

p.s. its take sky ages to come out and install it, i have to wait 2 weeks from when i ordered it.
they charge you 40euro for a telephone socket if you dont have one hear your tv.

I think im gonna go for the 4 package with sky sports 1. Its like 45 euro! Didnt think it was so expensive. We also have two cable subs..I'll have to cancel at least one of them.

omahony99

If you get Sky Digital and then after a few months you cancel it, can you continue to get some channels for free?
If so, which ones are free?

monkeyfudge

omahony99 wrote:

If you get Sky Digital and then after a few months you cancel it, can you continue to get some channels for free?
If so, which ones are free?

BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 News 24 and BBC Childrens channels and regional variations.
ITV 1, 2, 3 and regional variations...

possibly a few others too..

I pay Sky €63 a month... I get the basic package, plus all the movie channels and also Film Four... no Sky Sports, I don't have much time for sport... and it seems a bit pointless as all the major sporting events are pay per view anyway.

Tusky

monkeyfudge wrote:

BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 News 24 and BBC Childrens channels and regional variations.
ITV 1, 2, 3 and regional variations...

possibly a few others too..

I pay Sky €63 a month... I get the basic package, plus all the movie channels and also Film Four... no Sky Sports, I don't have much time for sport... and it seems a bit pointless as all the major sporting events are pay per view anyway.

youch...pricey. I think I was slightly naive in thinking I could afford sky digital! Premiership football isnt pay per view though is it ?

monkeyfudge

Tusky wrote:

youch...pricey. I think I was slightly naive in thinking I could afford sky digital! Premiership football isnt pay per view though is it ?

I really don't know too much about it... but don't they make the big matches Pay per View or something? I could be wrong...

I also get Sky+ for free as I subscribe to more than one premium package.

omahony99

The pay per view games are nearly always the ones on a Saturday at 5:15pm and sometimes the 12:45pm ones. The 4pm Sunday games and the 8pm Monday games are on Sky Sports1.

Skyuser

I got all the 6 category things with movies 2,4,6,8 and sports 1,3 with free sky+ subscription all for €45

Tusky

Skyuser wrote:

I got all the 6 category things with movies 2,4,6,8 and sports 1,3 with free sky+ subscription all for €45

how did you manage that ?

Mossy Monk

monkeyfudge wrote:

I really don't know too much about it... but don't they make the big matches Pay per View or something? I could be wrong...

quite the opposite
Sky Sports show the majority of big games

Tusky

Mossy Monk wrote:

quite the opposite
Sky Sports show the majority of big games

at 18 euro a month it had better...

Skyuser

Tusky wrote:

how did you manage that ?

erm...dunno, I think it's one of the packages, I know I was about 15mins on phone being told different packages.

Tusky

Skyuser wrote:

erm...dunno, I think it's one of the packages, I know I was about 15mins on phone being told different packages.

http://www.sky.com/skycom/article/0,,91069-1130664,00.html

cant see how you got all that for 45 euro.

Skyuser

Tusky wrote:

http://www.sky.com/skycom/article/0,,91069-1130664,00.html

cant see how you got all that for 45 euro.

o ya that's mad im only paying 46.50 for 1 premium but im gettin 2 premiums and free sky+ for that price ......hehe

Tusky

Skyuser wrote:

o ya that's mad im only paying 46.50 for 1 premium but im gettin 2 premiums and free sky+ for that price ......hehe

maybe if i ring them up and tell them what yer getting i can get it for that price.

Skyuser

yea maybe u cud try

Skyuser

Skyuser wrote:

I got all the 6 category things with movies 2,4,6,8 and sports 1,3 with free sky+ subscription all for €45

i upgraded from Sky digital to Sky+ and it's still costing me €64.50 so i don't know how your paying €45.

Mossy Monk

Skyuser wrote:

o ya that's mad im only paying 46.50 for 1 premium but im gettin 2 premiums and free sky+ for that price ......hehe

hmmmmmmmmm
for that i am paying €54.50

full forward

I going to wait and se what Sky Hi Definition will be like. We should know before chirstmas how much it will cost. Its expected to launched on Feb 14th 2006.

mickymg2003

full forward wrote:

I going to wait and se what Sky Hi Definition will be like. We should know before chirstmas how much it will cost. Its expected to launched on Feb 14th 2006.

Will you need a hdtv to take full advantage of that?

full forward

mickymg2003 wrote:

Will you need a hdtv to take full advantage of that?

Yeah, you will. A special connector called HDMI is required on the back of it.