91 euro a month for sky hd with sports and movies.

Scanlas The 2nd

Do you think that's too much?

Jesus Shaves

YES.

PogMoThoin

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you think that's too much?

Yes. Madness

irishbucka

if you have been with them for more then a year, you should ring em up and say your off to ntl and they will offer you a discount for maybe 6 months but you have to be with them more then a year.
in fairness sky are much better then chorus or ntl IMHO

keithsfleet

Not if you earn as much as me

If you want it and can afford it then its not too much. I would be expecting 100mb broadband and free calls to anywhere to be included for that price!!

bandit197

3 eur a day. :eek:

PogMoThoin

bandit197 wrote: »

3 eur a day. :eek:

And that's for a single TV :eek:

I'm glad I'm not the paying type

Scanlas The 2nd

Yea I can afford it but if it's ridiculously overpriced im ringing sky. What does everyone else pay for sky?

SalteeDog

Ask yourself what you like to watch and how many hours a day you wish to watch TV? You could buy quite a few DVDs /Box sets for that price although I agree you have fewer options if you really need live sports. (I don't)

Cantona's Collars

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Yea I can afford it but if it's ridiculously overpriced im ringing sky. What does everyone else pay for sky?

Mine should cost that but I'm paying half that for a year.

How long do you have Sky? If it's a couple of years it's worth ringing them & getting a reduction.Cancellations/Retentions can give deals.Mention that you are considering cancelling and you can bet your bottom dollar that they'll give you a deal.

muffler

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

What does everyone else pay for sky?

I have the entertainment pack + sports at half price (€29.50) and multiroom at €15 so I pay €44.50 a month.

ftakeith

its €55 for sky's entertainment, sports and movies through the sky go monthly ticket

Cantona's Collars

SalteeDog wrote: »

Ask yourself what you like to watch and how many hours a day you wish to watch TV? You could buy quite a few DVDs /Box sets for that price although I agree you have fewer options if you really need live sports. (I don't)

False economy,I gave up doing that as they ended up taking up space having been watched once or twice at a push.I know one woman who spends roughly €25 a week on dvds between buying them for the kids & renting them for herself & her partner,strange thing is she does this as she thinks Sky is too expensive.

Nonoperational

Not at all. It's a fantastic package. I watch it for hours every day. €90 a month divided between the 3 people in the apartment. For nothing.

muffler

ftakeith wrote: »

its €55 for sky's entertainment, sports and movies through the sky go monthly ticket

Why do you feel the urge to mention this in most of your posts?

dnme

I always wonder about those that pay Sky for their TV. Paying is one thing but you still have to put up with the ads which in my mind is crazy. If your paying cash for a few channels then you should be ad free, a bit like the HBO model. Not only that, bu the ad's themselves are getting longer and more annoying, not to mention the fact that a lot of the ads are either UK consumer based or channels advertising themselves.

Freeview/Freesat ? - fair enough, I just hit mute during the ads and actually use the glorious breaks to talk to people or the dog. But if I were to ever pay some Joe money for my TV, I'd want ad free, and that doesn't seem to exist so I simply don't.

SalteeDog

zerks wrote: »

False economy,I gave up doing that as they ended up taking up space having been watched once or twice at a push.I know one woman who spends roughly €25 a week on dvds between buying them for the kids & renting them for herself & her partner,strange thing is she does this as she thinks Sky is too expensive.

Debatable - depends on viewing habits and whether you have niche or mainstream tastes. Personally I rarely watch a movie more than once anyway - although I haven't rented a movie in years.. I also like the luxury of deciding what to watch and when (even leaving dvds on the shelf for 2 years before getting around to watching them. Granted PVRs (Sky+) give you some of that too.

PogMoThoin

I pay £100 sterling for a full year And I get Setanta

Tarabuses

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I pay £100 sterling for a full year And I get Setanta

I suppose there is always a catch with any deal

irishbucka

dnme wrote: »

I always wonder about those that pay Sky for their TV. Paying is one thing but you still have to put up with the ads which in my mind is crazy. If your paying cash for a few channels then you should be ad free, a bit like the HBO model. Not only that, bu the ad's themselves are getting longer and more annoying, not to mention the fact that a lot of the ads are either UK consumer based or channels advertising themselves.

Freeview/Freesat ? - fair enough, I just hit mute during the ads and actually use the glorious breaks to talk to people or the dog. But if I were to ever pay some Joe money for my TV, I'd want ad free, and that doesn't seem to exist so I simply don't.

adds are thing of the past if your watching on sky plus. just hit the fast forward button and there gone in 10seconds:rolleyes:

MrFrisp

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you think that's too much?

Yes..

It's a rip-off...





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snaps

theres a lot more out there than just Sky. HAve a look on the foreign tv section. A lot of English/American stuff can be gotten for free, or for some pay TV it starts off quite reasonable.

Cyfra+ (Canal+ Poland) Subs start from €170 a year (Most films, series are in English, EPL is only in Polish)
Al Jazzera sports €100ish a year. (90% of content is in English)

Forest Demon

I rang them up to cancel about a year ago as I had a similar package and I was made redundant. I was given 3 months full package free to reconsider. I then rang up to cancel and I was given a permanent price of 27 for the entertainment, kids and discovery (not sure what its called) bundle. 27 is what I pay in direct debit including vat.

To be honest I am still thinking of getting rid. The adds on Sky are unbearable to me. I mainly use use the beeb, netflix and downloads as there are no adds every five minutes. With the sky box you get a good few free to air stations BBC, UTV, C4 etc.

Scanlas The 2nd

Just had a look on the UPC website and correct me if I'm wrong but the equivalent package is about 80 euro. I wouldn't bother switching for a tenner a month as I prefer sky. I'll see if I can get sky cheaper though.

ftakeith

muffler wrote: »

Why do you feel the urge to mention this in most of your posts?

its the cheapest way to get pay tv
its not €55, its €27.50 as I split the cost with another household

Jesus Shaves

ftakeith wrote: »

its the cheapest way to get pay tv
its not €55, its €27.50 as I split the cost with another household

So it's €55 to do it legally.

muffler

ftakeith wrote: »

its the cheapest way to get pay tv
its not €55, its €27.50 as I split the cost with another household

and whats in it for you then seeing as you're intent on pushing it at every given opportunity?

Burning Eclipse

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Just had a look on the UPC website and correct me if I'm wrong but the equivalent package is about 80 euro. I wouldn't bother switching for a tenner a month as I prefer sky. I'll see if I can get sky cheaper though.

Surely that price includes Broadband and Phone no? EDIT: No, it doesn't... F*** me, Sky Sports is so expensive

I'm with UPC... Their TV service is a piece of crap in comparison to Sky, but I'm not a big TV fan.

Their BB, on the other hand, is the best in the country.

gman2k

irishbucka wrote: »

adds are thing of the past if your watching on sky plus. just hit the fast forward button and there gone in 10seconds:rolleyes:

adds are thing of the past if your watching on Freesat+. just hit the fast forward button and there gone in 10seconds:D

Jesus Shaves

snaps wrote: »

Cyfra+ (Canal+ Poland) Subs start from €170 a year (Most films, series are in English, EPL is only in Polish)
Al Jazzera sports €100ish a year. (90% of content is in English)

which one has all the premiership games? can you subscribe if you're using a sky box for freeview, is there a thread on it?