Got my dish fixed and was thinking UPC vs Sky

Ranicand

I was with Sky and changed to UPC for the broadband phone and TV in one bill.

I have UPC TV in 3 rooms full pack plus movies not interested in sports.

Two HD plus boxes and a regular plus box.

€79.84 per month.

I asked Sky for a quote for the same all Mixes plus the movies with two HD boxes.

€30 or €40 more expensive per month depending on how I haggled.

€15 charge for HD and €15 euro extra per additional room what a joke.

There are loads of channels on free to air satellite and using UPC for my subscription channels makes financial sense.

If I changed over to Sky for my sub channels I would still need a separate provider for my broadband and phone.

Sky being greedy has lost them my custom I pay UPC €80 per month for multi room TV.

Sky can not do me a deal for a similar price their loss.

I agree Sky has the better TV service but I think they are overpriced.

Opinions?

John mac

Dont spoil the kids . get sky hd for your main tv and freesat boxes for the other tv's.
(just my opinion. )

Ranicand

John mac wrote: »

Dont spoil the kids . get sky hd for your main tv and freesat boxes for the other tv's.
(just my opinion. )

I was thinking that however I have Sky Movies in 3 rooms with UPC as is.

Plus I am a geek and I have HD nature and wildlife in two rooms as is.

If Sky did not rub in the multi room and HD charges I would go for them.

I am use to having the full selection of channels in 3 rooms and I am not paying between €30 to €41 extra a month a possible €492 per year.

My TV costs €960 per year if Sky do not want this sum fine.

John mac

still be a bit less expensive to buy the series on Blu ray , blue planet, life on earth , etc..

still a lot to pay out just for tv though..
anyway thats just me:D
you could still have freesat hd receivers for the usual channels.

(btw i pay a sub to sky each month)

Minstrel27

Sky are soon dropping the mutiroom HD charge. So you pay for HD on one box you will have it on all your multiroom boxes.

stimpson

Dump em and get freesat boxes all round.

I did this last year when I realized that Sky Movies showed sh*te films. Never looked back.

Ranicand

John mac wrote: »

still be a bit less expensive to buy the series on Blu ray , blue planet, life on earth , etc..

still a lot to pay out just for tv though..
anyway thats just me:D
you could still have freesat hd receivers for the usual channels.

(btw i pay a sub to sky each month)

I like my National Geographic stuff and she likes the Sky Movies going 100% free to air is not going to happen.

I would be shot if I bought a Blu ray series.:D

Ranicand

stimpson wrote: »

Dump em and get freesat boxes all round.

I did this last year when I realized that Sky Movies showed sh*te films. Never looked back.

Your right Sky Movies is rubbish however I like the Discovery channels.