*** Sky TV Cancellation & Negotiation Thread ***
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Caporegime
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i am getting sky installed in less than 2 weeks now, do you think there is any point in me getting additional feeds put into the same room as the boxes?
my tv has a built in freesat HD tuner.
so would there be any point in asking the engineer to say put 3 feeds into the bedroom? so 2 of them go into the Sky+ HD box and one into the tv? or would that essentially be pointless?
i was thinking that if i just wanted to watch BBC1 HD, there would be no point in turning the sky+ hd box on reducing wear and tear, i could just use the built in tuner instead.
since the box in the bedroom was bought off gumtree it has zero warranty, although it only cost £25 for it plus a wireless connector, so would be cheap to replace should it fail.
would save a bit on electricity i suppose, but unsure if it's worth doing. i am guessing it would not be much of a hassle for an engineer to feed 3 feeds through instead of 2.
What wear and tear? turn off the live recording (rewind) so it's not constantly recording to the drive everytime you change the channel.
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I cancelled Sky months ago and never received any offers of any sort, be it via email/phone or letter, mind I am still waiting for my compensation due to their diabolical fibre product.
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I have Freeview HD (PVR + Catchup) and BT infinity.
Can't see what I'm missing really.
Can't see what I'm missing really.
Soldato
Just done all this and now have sky back but he said I would lose my recordings as soon as he paired the card to the old box unless they were free view ones
Soldato
Just seeing this has reminded me end of this month my F&F (friend and family is coming to an end)
Roughly paying £39.64 pm atm
Internet
Sky + Entertainment+HD - F1
Phone
when the discount ends £59.27 pppft!
Just going to get rid of the TV side as the BB+Phone is brilliant
Going to freeview ill just watch F1 highlights on the news
Roughly paying £39.64 pm atm
Internet
Sky + Entertainment+HD - F1
Phone
when the discount ends £59.27 pppft!
Just going to get rid of the TV side as the BB+Phone is brilliant
Going to freeview ill just watch F1 highlights on the news
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Caporegime
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( |-| |2 ][ $;24375468 said:
Sports? Movies? All the epic American shows on Atlantic? HD channels (freeview only has 4, sky have like 70+)? 3D? Proper channels like MTV instead of viva?
I can honestly say the number of shows I watch available on freeview can be counted on one hand. Therefore it's mostly full of stuff I do not watch like eastenders, etc. Would rather watch a game of thrones.
I still cannot get my head around how so many people can watch these soaps. Even the theme tune for Eastenders makes my skin crawl.
It's not thrashing the HDD really though and even without live record, the HDD is still spinning so I can't see it making any difference. If it wants to die, it will, there's not a lot you can do to persuade it not to!
( |-| |2 ][ $;24375468 said:
I guess that depends on if you use 'other' methods of acquisition or not.
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Soldato
Bit of advice. We are thinking of moving home, the property we would move to already has sky/ skytalk/ and internet, same as us.
Would we have to start all over again,get a sky engineer in to set the tv up,wait for 2 weeks for a BT engineer to sort the line before we could get 'net back, or could it all be switched automatically?
Or would it just be better to go in as a 'new' customer (in the wifes name) and end up with a new box and one of the deals?
Would we have to start all over again,get a sky engineer in to set the tv up,wait for 2 weeks for a BT engineer to sort the line before we could get 'net back, or could it all be switched automatically?
Or would it just be better to go in as a 'new' customer (in the wifes name) and end up with a new box and one of the deals?
Soldato
Yes, its occupied, and we are friends with the occupier already.