I'm cancelling Sky, too expensive for me!
 

I'm cancelling Sky tomorrow. I've got the full package and it's
representing poor value for money for me at the moment. Nearly everything
on my Sky Plus planner has been recored from channels available on freeview
so I'm going to pay £10 for Sky Plus as it's great! The only programs I'm
going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought the final
episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400 but hey,
they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I might have to
reconsider when the new series starts.

Is there anywhere on the Sky website that lists the channels I'll get with
Freeview? The least expensive option I can find is the Value Pack at
£13.50. There is no mention of Freeview anywhere.

Thanks in advance,

Sonars_UK

"Sonars_UK" wrote in message
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I'm cancelling Sky tomorrow. I've got the full package and it's
representing poor value for money for me at the moment. Nearly everything
on my Sky Plus planner has been recored from channels available on
freeview
so I'm going to pay £10 for Sky Plus as it's great! The only programs I'm
going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought the final
episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400 but hey,
they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I might have
to
reconsider when the new series starts.

Is there anywhere on the Sky website that lists the channels I'll get with
Freeview? The least expensive option I can find is the Value Pack at
£13.50. There is no mention of Freeview anywhere.

FreeSat is different to Freeview on DTT.

On DSAT (Sky) you won't get;

Sky Travel
FTN
UKTV Bright Ideas
Sky Sports News
The Hits
TMF
UKTV History
ABC1

................ as these are Pay-TV on Sky (except ABC1 that isn't available
on DSAT at all)

Simon

PS: You can still use the record facility of the Sky+ recorder, but it's
£10/month.

"Sonars_UK" wrote in message
...
I'm cancelling Sky tomorrow. I've got the full package and it's
representing poor value for money for me at the moment. Nearly
everything
on my Sky Plus planner has been recored from channels available on
freeview
so I'm going to pay £10 for Sky Plus as it's great! The only programs
I'm
going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought the final
episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400 but
hey,
they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I might
have to
reconsider when the new series starts.

Is there anywhere on the Sky website that lists the channels I'll get
with
Freeview? The least expensive option I can find is the Value Pack at
£13.50. There is no mention of Freeview anywhere.

Hardly surprising as Freeview is a digital terrestrial TV system.
Regards Mike.



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"Sonars_UK" wrote:

Is there anywhere on the Sky website that lists the channels I'll get with
Freeview? The least expensive option I can find is the Value Pack at
£13.50. There is no mention of Freeview anywhere.

You probably mean Freesat.

Remove the viewing card. With Freesat you will get the channels you
can see plus ITV 1 and 2, C4 and C5.

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"Sonars_UK" wrote in message
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I'm cancelling Sky tomorrow. I've got the full package and it's
representing poor value for money for me at the moment. Nearly everything
on my Sky Plus planner has been recored from channels available on
freeview so I'm going to pay £10 for Sky Plus as it's great! The only
programs I'm going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought
the final episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400
but hey, they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I
might have to reconsider when the new series starts.

remember that if you are patient, these series will likely appear on a
terrestrial channel at some point in the future anyway

Loz

Does the EPG change to only display the channels I can received on Freesat?
Or will I still be able to see all of the channels I'm not paying for?

Regards,

Sonars UK


"loz" wrote in message
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"Sonars_UK" wrote in message
...
I'm cancelling Sky tomorrow. I've got the full package and it's
representing poor value for money for me at the moment. Nearly
everything on my Sky Plus planner has been recored from channels
available on freeview so I'm going to pay £10 for Sky Plus as it's great!
The only programs I'm going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood
(althought the final episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting
into The 4400 but hey, they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot
about 24 but I might have to reconsider when the new series starts.

remember that if you are patient, these series will likely appear on a
terrestrial channel at some point in the future anyway

Loz

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:18:47 GMT, "Sonars_UK"
wrote:

I'm cancelling Sky tomorrow. I've got the full package and it's
representing poor value for money for me at the moment. Nearly everything
on my Sky Plus planner has been recored from channels available on freeview
so I'm going to pay £10 for Sky Plus as it's great! The only programs I'm
going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought the final
episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400 but hey,
they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I might have to
reconsider when the new series starts.

Is there anywhere on the Sky website that lists the channels I'll get with
Freeview?

You don't mean freeview

Here is the list

http://www.vowles-home.demon.co.uk/Sat/SkyFTA.htm

The least expensive option I can find is the Value Pack at
£13.50. There is no mention of Freeview anywhere.


No such thing on Sateliite

http://www.vowles-home.demon.co.uk/Sat/Sky.htm#Freeview

The only programs I'm
going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought the final
episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400 but hey,
they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I might have to
reconsider when the new series starts.




BitTorrent is your friend.


Sky - TV the way they want it: adverts, red dots, DOGs, cuts, big bills.

BitTorrent - TV the way YOU want it: The content, the whole content, and
nothing but the content.




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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:41:21 GMT, "Sonars_UK"
wrote:

Does the EPG change to only display the channels I can received on Freesat?
Or will I still be able to see all of the channels I'm not paying for?

You still have to scroll through all the channels.

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Heracles Pollux writes
The only programs I'm
going to miss are on Sky One, they a Deadwood (althought the final
episode aired yestersday) and I was just getting into The 4400 but hey,
they're not worth £31 per month. Oh, I forgot about 24 but I might have to
reconsider when the new series starts.




BitTorrent is your friend.


Sky - TV the way they want it: adverts, red dots, DOGs, cuts, big bills.

BitTorrent - TV the way YOU want it: The content, the whole content, and
nothing but the content.





Too true, fast and reliable too (I use Burst! Client and it's great).
Any tips on good torrent sites, as everyone seems to have a different
favourite!
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Too true, fast and reliable too (I use Burst! Client and it's great).
Any tips on good torrent sites, as everyone seems to have a different
favourite!



Allegedly, not that I would know, http://tinyurl.com/3pvto but they
purportedly come and go every so often.


http://bittornado.com/ is an excellent client to use for legitimate file
transfers too. It allows the user to throttle one's bandwidth so one's
connection (and PC) does not crawl to a halt.


A party of developers, along with others, have considered releasing a
Sky-like EPG (Electronic Programme Guide), that would emulate the genius
and ergonomics of Sky's EPG but hook into the fantastic content that is
available without the limitations imposed by BSKYB. It's a dream... New
programmes, syndicated via XML just pop-up in the EPG.

If it existed in a cloud on the internet, and had no H.Q. and no head
for the lawyers to pursue, then it could liberate viewers from the
serfdom of broadcasters...



Assume Scottish ****wit patronising voice:

Bit Torrent... long pause... what do you want to watch your way, when
you want, without Sky crap, adverts, DOGs, RED DOTs, cuts, censorship,
stupid scheduling, endless repeats, bull-**** monthly magazines, content
makers signed into absurd content packages with Sky which does not
icentivise them to invest in quality programming nor reward them for
excellence, licence fees requiring you to pay for dumbed down rubbish
and biased news and over-paid "celebrities" and "tv personalities"
(SIC/oxymoron), Indian call centres, annual price rises, etc, etc.




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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:54:26 +0000, Alun Bell
wrote:


BitTorrent is your friend.



Too true, fast and reliable too (I use Burst! Client and it's great).
Any tips on good torrent sites, as everyone seems to have a different
favourite!

Best torrent site I've found is www.suprnova.org It's got totally
free access without the need for you to register with site or pay any
membership fees. Do not confuse it with suprnova.com or suprnova.net,
both of which charge for access. You'll find it has links to thousands
of files including, among others, games, movies, TV shows, audio
books, applications etc. It's the only torrent site I've bothered with
for months.



Regards

Mike K

If you really want to EMail me then use: chop177j at easynet dot co dot uk

Best torrent site I've found is www.suprnova.org

If suprnova goes down, donvitorrent.com is usually still up and running,
with almost identical content - ahh, it looks like it redirects here now
- http://www.bi-torrent.com


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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:01:33 -0000, Colin Wilson
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Best torrent site I've found is www.suprnova.org

If suprnova goes down, donvitorrent.com is usually still up and running,
with almost identical content - ahh, it looks like it redirects here now
- http://www.bi-torrent.com

Thank you, Colin. It's good to have an alternative. Supernova.org has
crashed a few times recently for me. Have noted your alternative.




Regards

Mike K

If you really want to EMail me then use: chop177j at easynet dot co dot uk

In message , Mike K
writes
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:01:33 -0000, Colin Wilson
wrote:

Best torrent site I've found is www.suprnova.org

If suprnova goes down, donvitorrent.com is usually still up and running,
with almost identical content - ahh, it looks like it redirects here now
- http://www.bi-torrent.com

Thank you, Colin. It's good to have an alternative. Supernova.org has
crashed a few times recently for me. Have noted your alternative.




Regards

Mike K

If you really want to EMail me then use: chop177j at easynet dot co dot uk

Thanks to both, I've been using supernova.org, but I always like
personal recommendations for alternates!

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