Fed up of paying for sky what are my alternatives

ubeonek

Looks like it will be a lean year for me so before i start to watch the walls what can I do

mjsmyth

Well the simplest option is to cancel Sky and to continue to use your existing Sky box to receive the FTA stuff that is out there. Obviously you will lose the Irish channels as they are not free.

mj

icjzfmq7ewon1t

Yes put the UK epg on your sky box and you'll receive all the ITV's and BBC's channel 4 and lots of others. You can tune channel 5 into other channels. RTE TV3 and TG4 can be received with an ariel.

billyhead

MJ smith,
If you had a sky digibox and cancelled Sky would you need to get something for the FTA channels or should they just work straight away. Oh bu the way I have an aerial as well on the roof so I am prusuming this would pick up the FTA channels

Cuchulain

billyhead wrote: »

MJ smith,
If you had a sky digibox and cancelled Sky would you need to get something for the FTA channels or should they just work straight away. Oh bu the way I have an aerial as well on the roof so I am prusuming this would pick up the FTA channels

Nope you need nothing extra. Remove your Sky card and see exactly what you can get. BBC, ITV, CH4, MORE4 etc etc. Your aerial will pick up terrestial stuff RTE, TV3 etc.

watty

If you go sky news (501)
press interactive
wait till loaded
take out card

backup to channels
DON'T PUT CARD IN
Ignore errors
WAIT.
type 101,
or Guide
you will see that "missing" BBC & ITV free channels have appeared and RTE /TG4 /TV3 gone,

billyhead

Thanks Watty. I have setanta sports. Will I lose this if I remove the card?

mjsmyth

Sorry, I am late getting back to the party

Yeah, if you remove your card, you lose setanta sports.

mj

albert-bundy

you could always read some books

watty

billyhead wrote: »

Thanks Watty. I have setanta sports. Will I lose this if I remove the card?

Only till you put it in again.

Then it comes back.