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Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
I'd like to get my parents onto digital TV so they can benefit from
widescreen TV and the greater channel choice. As they are not in a freeview area I have worked out that the cheapest way for me to do this is not the £150 via www.freesatfromsky.com but rather to take out a Sky package taking advantage of two offers and cancelling after 1 year. Offer 1: First 3 months half price So over a year, the total cost is £7.50 x 3 months = £22.50 and then 9 months x £15 bringing the total to £157.50 Offer 2: Join On-line for a £10 credit Applying this credit reduces the yearly cost to £147.50 which is £2.50 cheaper than FreeSatFromSky. Plus, the advantages of this approach is that you get 1) Extra channels for 12 months (I would go for News and Events Mix and Knowledge Mix) 2) A brand new Sky Box rather than a re-conditioned one Before I go ahead and ordered, have I calculated this correctly - is this the best/cheapest way to get my folks digital TV, or have I missed some T&Cs or are there offers that beat even this. Advice would be appreciated. David |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
On a sunny day (16 Apr 2006 05:24:01 -0700) it happened "Dave"
wrote in .com: I'd like to get my parents onto digital TV so they can benefit from widescreen TV and the greater channel choice. As they are not in a freeview area I have worked out that the cheapest way for me to do this is not the £150 via www.freesatfromsky.com but rather to take out a Sky package taking advantage of two offers and cancelling after 1 year. Offer 1: First 3 months half price So over a year, the total cost is £7.50 x 3 months = £22.50 and then 9 months x £15 bringing the total to £157.50 Offer 2: Join On-line for a £10 credit Applying this credit reduces the yearly cost to £147.50 which is £2.50 cheaper than FreeSatFromSky. Plus, the advantages of this approach is that you get 1) Extra channels for 12 months (I would go for News and Events Mix and Knowledge Mix) 2) A brand new Sky Box rather than a re-conditioned one Before I go ahead and ordered, have I calculated this correctly - is this the best/cheapest way to get my folks digital TV, or have I missed some T&Cs or are there offers that beat even this. Advice would be appreciated. David If your folks have a PC, a digital TV card costs 40 pounds or so, and a dish + LNB say 30 more. The PS has a video out. BBC1, 2, 3, 4, ITV 1, 2, 3 , 4 all on Astra FTA plus a LOT more other channels. And, with the PC, you can record and timeshift too, edit it, perhaps burn to a DVD. |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
"Dave" wrote in message
roups.com... I'd like to get my parents onto digital TV so they can benefit from widescreen TV and the greater channel choice. As they are not in a freeview area I have worked out that the cheapest way for me to do this is not the £150 via www.freesatfromsky.com but rather to take out a Sky package taking advantage of two offers and cancelling after 1 year. If your DIY skills are up to it a 2nd hand digibox box from ebay is probably cheaper. Just make sure that you really can cancel the contract so that it ends after exactly 12 months The Freeview reception predictors are not always accurate. You may find that reception is in fact possible, see uk.tech.digital-tv. -- Michael Chare |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
Dave wrote:
I'd like to get my parents onto digital TV so they can benefit from widescreen TV and the greater channel choice. As they are not in a freeview area I have worked out that the cheapest way for me to do this is not the £150 via www.freesatfromsky.com but rather to take out a Sky package taking advantage of two offers and cancelling after 1 year. Offer 1: First 3 months half price So over a year, the total cost is £7.50 x 3 months = £22.50 and then 9 months x £15 bringing the total to £157.50 Offer 2: Join On-line for a £10 credit Applying this credit reduces the yearly cost to £147.50 which is £2.50 cheaper than FreeSatFromSky. Plus, the advantages of this approach is that you get 1) Extra channels for 12 months (I would go for News and Events Mix and Knowledge Mix) 2) A brand new Sky Box rather than a re-conditioned one Before I go ahead and ordered, have I calculated this correctly - is this the best/cheapest way to get my folks digital TV, or have I missed some T&Cs or are there offers that beat even this. Potentially more expensive in the long run when they don't want to give up the 300 channels of crap ;) -- |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
"Jan Panteltje" wrote in message ... If your folks have a PC, a digital TV card costs 40 pounds or so, and a dish + LNB say 30 more. The PS has a video out. BBC1, 2, 3, 4, ITV 1, 2, 3 , 4 all on Astra FTA plus a LOT more other channels. And, with the PC, you can record and timeshift too, edit it, perhaps burn to a DVD. nice as a bonus, but who would want that as their main solution - especially with the free to view card requiring channels. -- Gareth. A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond. http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/ |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
On a sunny day (Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:33:30 +0100) it happened "the dog from
that film you saw" wrote in : "Jan Panteltje" wrote in message ... If your folks have a PC, a digital TV card costs 40 pounds or so, and a dish + LNB say 30 more. The PS has a video out. BBC1, 2, 3, 4, ITV 1, 2, 3 , 4 all on Astra FTA plus a LOT more other channels. And, with the PC, you can record and timeshift too, edit it, perhaps burn to a DVD. nice as a bonus, but who would want that as their main solution - especially with the free to view card requiring channels. Never missed any of those. There are about 10 different movies a day thse days FTA. Count in Germany, and you have lord of the rings 2 right now (recording). OK in German, but you better know tha tfro the next invasion anyways... (Noticed the cross posting to uk.... I am on alt.satellite.tv.europe). Have fun. lord of the rings is on rtl hotbird. He could use the extra money to buy a motorized dish like I have. Have a look here for some softwa http://panteltje.com/panteltje/dvd/index.html |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
"Dave" wrote in message oups.com... I'd like to get my parents onto digital TV so they can benefit from widescreen TV and the greater channel choice. As they are not in a freeview area I have worked out that the cheapest way for me to do this is not the £150 via www.freesatfromsky.com but rather to take out a Sky package taking advantage of two offers and cancelling after 1 year. Offer 1: First 3 months half price So over a year, the total cost is £7.50 x 3 months = £22.50 and then 9 months x £15 bringing the total to £157.50 Offer 2: Join On-line for a £10 credit ----------------- Yes Dave, that is pretty much your best bet. I see some others have suggested more technical ways to get digital TV, but if your parents are anything like mine where techie stuff is concerned, the simpler the better is the best option : ) So yes, go for it...... A new system, a choice of channels for 12 months and the cheapest option overall. Good luck |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
Dave wrote:
Plus, the advantages of this approach is that you get 1) Extra channels for 12 months (I would go for News and Events Mix and Knowledge Mix) 2) A brand new Sky Box rather than a re-conditioned one AFAIK Freesatfromsky also gets you a new box. Before I go ahead and ordered, have I calculated this correctly - is this the best/cheapest way to get my folks digital TV, It looks like it. Don't forget to cancel after 11 months. -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5 UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/ Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-) |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
Hi guys,
I phoned FreeSatFromSky http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk on 0870 240 5651 to find out about how much it was for 'Free HDTVSat From Sky' to watch the World Cup in HDTV from the BBC and they told me about some offers on FreeSatFromSky. They offer a subscription of 2 Sky mixes for a one off payment of £120 for the year. This can be cancelled after month 11, so basically you are getting the minimum package for £10/month. I'm going to arrange this for my folks as that is £30 cheaper than FSFS. On the FreeSatFromSky phone line they also have some Sky beating offers, for example: 1. If you have been a Sky subscriber and since cancelled, you can re-join and get a half price subscription for 6 months. 2. If you have been a FreeSatFromSky customer for more than a year you can join Sky and get the same half price subscription for 6 months. Apparently these offers are better than those available from sky.com We also talked about HDTV and it seems even if you don't subscribe to Sky as well as a £299 box charge there payment of £10/month. Apparently this is because the HDTV box has a 160GB hard disk drive and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. The guy advised me if I just wanted HDTV for BBC TV then I would be better off going to the high street and buying a HDTV box from an independent satellite retailer. Hope others find this information useful. Cheers, David |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
"Dave" wrote in message oups.com... Hi guys, I phoned FreeSatFromSky http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk on 0870 240 5651 to find out about how much it was for 'Free HDTVSat From Sky' to watch the World Cup in HDTV from the BBC and they told me about some offers on FreeSatFromSky. They offer a subscription of 2 Sky mixes for a one off payment of £120 for the year. This can be cancelled after month 11, so basically you are getting the minimum package for £10/month. I'm going to arrange this for my folks as that is £30 cheaper than FSFS. On the FreeSatFromSky phone line they also have some Sky beating offers, for example: 1. If you have been a Sky subscriber and since cancelled, you can re-join and get a half price subscription for 6 months. 2. If you have been a FreeSatFromSky customer for more than a year you can join Sky and get the same half price subscription for 6 months. Apparently these offers are better than those available from sky.com We also talked about HDTV and it seems even if you don't subscribe to Sky as well as a £299 box charge there payment of £10/month. Apparently this is because the HDTV box has a 160GB hard disk drive and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. The guy advised me if I just wanted HDTV for BBC TV then I would be better off going to the high street and buying a HDTV box from an independent satellite retailer. Hope others find this information useful. Hi David, I phoned to cancel Sky and it seems the *Half Price for 6 months* is offered to those as well (hoping they'll stay of course) Going off this being standard practise, We really know that Sky could do this with ALL subscribers (I guess that's the real price they'd charge if under pressure from competitors) So the price they charge at the moment is effectively double what Sky channels are worth!!! They gave me Sky+ sub for free though as well because I mentioned I've NEVER recorded an actual Sky One programme since being with them because of the on-screen graffiti :-))) When they mentioned the half price offer, I said "That'll give me time to put up my aerial for my freeview box"...At that point,They offered to drop the £10.00 recording fee as well...I just hummed and ahhh'ed and mentioned it's still expensive for on-screen logo's,Adverts and multiple repeats, I was passed through to another person in accounts who upped the offer to 12 months. LOL!, I then said "Oh that'll give me chance to get a freeview box with Hard disc recording for free", I took the offer obviously as I'm watching less and less TV as it is. T.W. |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
Dave wrote:
We also talked about HDTV and it seems even if you don't subscribe to Sky as well as a £299 box charge there payment of £10/month. Apparently this is because the HDTV box has a 160GB hard disk drive and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. If you pay £299 for the box then you have to pay the monthly HD sub. If you want the recording functions then you have to pay another £10 per month, though this is waived if you also subscribe to premium channels. If you pay £399 for the box then you don't have to pay either monthly fee and can receive the BBC HD service, though without the £10 recording sub you wont be able to use the recording functions. The DD5.1 is free. -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5 UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/ Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-) |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
"Jomtien" wrote in message ... Dave wrote: We also talked about HDTV and it seems even if you don't subscribe to Sky as well as a £299 box charge there payment of £10/month. Apparently this is because the HDTV box has a 160GB hard disk drive and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. If you pay £299 for the box then you have to pay the monthly HD sub. Which gives you access to HD channels and content not available anywhere else (UK programming, in English, legitimately) It isnt *just* for the box... Loz |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
loz wrote:
We also talked about HDTV and it seems even if you don't subscribe to Sky as well as a £299 box charge there payment of £10/month. Apparently this is because the HDTV box has a 160GB hard disk drive and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. If you pay £299 for the box then you have to pay the monthly HD sub. Which gives you access to HD channels and content not available anywhere else (UK programming, in English, legitimately) It isnt *just* for the box... You also have to pay a regular Sky sub for this. The total cost is enormous. -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5 UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/ Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-) |
Is this the cheapest way to Get Free Digital Satellite?
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