I posted here a bit ago about leaving Sky as I had IPTV and wife watches terrestrial but it's taken me until this week to pick up the phone and do it.
Mike the Sky CS person was the only person I spoke to. In the past, it's usually at least 2 people. I said I wanted to leave because I couldn't remember the last time I watched Sky and also wanted to cut costs. I brought up the subject of getting a Freeview box to record stuff and he suggested Sky Essentials package.
Sky Essentials is £5 a month (or £10 because of extra box upstairs) and I can carry on using Sky to record. There's no tie in period so I can leave fully or come back
It was applied shortly after my call and he said I wouldn't be paying anything until January because of how they bill. Result!
Only downside I have seen is film four is SD and I've lost access to previous film four HD films. Sky news is SD. Subsidised Netflix is potentially £18.99 (or £10.99 I haven't decided yet) but I've got to add a payment method first before I can watch it so I'll wait until someone notices we don't have it first.
Mike the Sky CS person was the only person I spoke to. In the past, it's usually at least 2 people. I said I wanted to leave because I couldn't remember the last time I watched Sky and also wanted to cut costs. I brought up the subject of getting a Freeview box to record stuff and he suggested Sky Essentials package.
Sky Essentials is £5 a month (or £10 because of extra box upstairs) and I can carry on using Sky to record. There's no tie in period so I can leave fully or come back
It was applied shortly after my call and he said I wouldn't be paying anything until January because of how they bill. Result!
Only downside I have seen is film four is SD and I've lost access to previous film four HD films. Sky news is SD. Subsidised Netflix is potentially £18.99 (or £10.99 I haven't decided yet) but I've got to add a payment method first before I can watch it so I'll wait until someone notices we don't have it first.
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sorted bySo thats a 1Tb freeview recorder using an aerial and internet connection but with Netflix/Amazon Prime/Iplayer/Itv/etc apps all on there as well.
Its nothing to do with BT internet....any internet provider is fine to use it.
So that could replace your Sky essentials sub if you wanted to ...
OP is paying £5 for FV with benefit of facility to record,
thus saving £25 on not having to buy a pants FV recorder (or £60 for dogs danglies 4k FV recorder with four integrated tuners, plus apps)
and also not having to open door to wander outside to see if there is still some antiquated piece of metal attached to top/side of property silhouetted against sky.
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bit of a faff to set up, but now linked with Plex to watch TV and recordings from anywhere:
I don't recall saying proud; I'm doing this out of necessity. 18 years of paying for a service that I've slowly stopped watching. I'm trying to cut my cloth