Any point in normal TV with iPlayer and Sky Player

ArmyofHarmony · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:43

Just started using my parents Sky account to use Sky Player. I'm not a huge fan of the site but it has high quality versions of Lost, 24, Prison Break etc... is there any need to buy the DVD box set anymore?

I then noticed that Sky Player is now serving BBC iPlayer links:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1497794.htm

I thought BBC were in dealings with ITV for some random massive on demand service? Could Sky now be joining it?

I can't remember the last time I watched a TV at home, although I just signed up to Virgin yesterday on a 70 quida month deal!

shauncr91 · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:45

I'd say no. Quite honestly my TV could go tomorrow and I wouldn't care less as long as I had internet.

Irish_Tom · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:47

I use iplayer, my parents skyplayer account and 4OD, no need to buy a tv or a licence. Makes my monthly out goings a bit easier!

Panzer

[DOD]Asprilla · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:48

ArmyofHarmony said:
I thought BBC were in dealings with ITV for some random massive on demand service? Could Sky now be joining it?

I don't think Sky are joining Kangaroo, but I'm having dinner tonight with the BA looking after the backend payaways systems so I'll ask.

Swordfish · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:50

Panzerbjorn said:
I use iplayer, my parents skyplayer account and 4OD, no need to buy a tv or a licence. Makes my monthly out goings a bit easier!

Panzer

Even though you dont have a TV, if you can receive and watch TV shows over the Internet a licence is still legally required. IIRC.

EDIT: Just checked HERE

mangobreeder · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:51

shauncr91 said:
I'd say no. Quite honestly my TV could go tomorrow and I wouldn't care less as long as I had internet.

amen to that, i binned my tv, and havent regretted it.

Now if only the TV licencing people would get off my back

Confused · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:53

Swordfish said:
Even though you dont have a TV, if you can receive and watch TV shows over the Internet a licence is still legally required. IIRC.

EDIT: Just checked HERE

The link you provided said:
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.

So, unless any of these services allow you to watch these things live, you don't need a TV licence. Watching things retrospectively, whilst they're NOT being broadcast at the same time, you don't.

Andr3w · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:53

ArmyofHarmony said:
I can't remember the last time I watched a TV at home, although I just signed up to Virgin yesterday on a 70 quida month deal!

....so why have you just signed up £840 for a year of tv you won't watch :confused:

nikebee · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:02

Swordfish said:
Even though you dont have a TV, if you can receive and watch TV shows over the Internet a licence is still legally required. IIRC.

EDIT: Just checked HERE

You're not required a licence to watch BBC iPlayer. If your watching live TV online then your required to pay, watching recorded tv is perfectly fine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_not_require_a_tv_1.html

mangobreeder · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:02

Andr3w said:
....so why have you just signed up £840 for a year of tv you won't watch

0wn3d

Irish_Tom · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:05

prozactly, as long as it's not live i'm fine. Watching what I want, when I want is better than sticking to a scedule anyway!

Panzer

nikebee · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:06

ArmyofHarmony said:
I can't remember the last time I watched a TV at home, although I just signed up to Virgin yesterday on a 70 quida month deal!

£70... a month :eek:

And people say Sky are expensive, holy crap man!

LEK-89 · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:13

Panzerbjorn said:
I use iplayer, my parents skyplayer account and 4OD, no need to buy a tv or a licence. Makes my monthly out goings a bit easier!

Panzer

Despite what is being said i heard perfectly clear on the radio the other day that you still need a TV licence to watch programmes online such as BBC iPlayer, Sky Player & 4OD etc. which i think is a load of ***** and i don't get how they can impose this?? The things we watch on the internet on iPlayer etc are only previously aired programmes, nothing like the crap adverts we have on TV at the moment.

Liam

antijoke · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:15

xbox 360.

shauncr91 · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:15

anticonscience said:
xbox 360.

Plug into computer monitor.

Raymond Lin · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:16

I use my TV to watch movies/DVD purely these days, its only because its bigger than my monitor and hooked up to my stereo.

arknor · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:21

nikebee said:
£70... a month

And people say Sky are expensive, holy crap man!

i bet half of that is sky movie channels etc.

ITV do there own on demand thing aswell its called catchup, its nowhere near as good as iplayer though

-Ad- · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:29

Pay £3 to watch film, or just buy it for £2.99 on hd-dvd

Ok ok ok not all films are bargain hd-dvds

Freeview does its job for me, but won't be paying my tv license next year if I can't be bothered with tv.

Morba · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:32

nikebee said:
£70... a month

And people say Sky are expensive, holy crap man!

that will be decent BB speed, most channels and phone line to boot.
sky is seemingly cheaper because they dont include the BT phone line rental that you have to pay ;]

krooton · 22 Oct 2008 at 15:35

Let's see....

TV Licence, £110ish per year
Total number of us in the house, 5
Cost per person, per year, £22, or £1.83 a month

lol!

Obviously different if you live just 2 in the house, but even that is under a fiver a month.