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Getting rid of SKY - what are my options.

omega99 · 2019-01-04 21:18:15

Hi All, I have been a SKY customer for years and paying almost €60 per month I dont think its worth it anymore. My package includes the Discovery and History channels (which are now all rubbish) HD, and Box sets. I dont need Sports pack or SKY Movies. I have Netflix which I seem to watch more content on than SKY. I dont…

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#32 11-01-2019 01:11AM

NewClareman

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The high horse brigade wrote: »

That just reminded me of something of completely forgotten about. On a previous box I had the forward increment set to 240s upon pressing number 9, it was perfect to skip the majority of the ads in one jump on a recording

That’s exactly it. I generally press 9, 6 and then keep pressing 3 until I get to the start of the program. If watching live tv I generally pause it for about 10 min, at the start. That allows me to zip through the ads.

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