Reply to: Apart from Sport, what you do watch on Sky?

[Pogle]

Don't watch it, would love to get rid of it, but my other half insists on having it.
Even my daughter says TV is rubbish and would rather read a book.

[Bob Dalek]

Discovery, BoxOffice, er, ....

[wurzel]

My sister is obsessed with that program!!!

Me too, Great show. Mine's a Labbatts in Sam's Monkey Tree Pub!

I also love all the repeats of Lovejoy. Best prog ever!

[vhadiant]

Sky broadband. It's a good value for £16 + £5 = £21 I have the basic Sky and rather good broadband (for my usage anyway).

Besides FreeView reception terrible in my flat. Oh yeah and I enjoy the occasional Air Crash Investigation in Discovery or Nat Geo channels.

[gingerjedi]

I could get 95% of my current sky recorded programmes on freeview/freesat.

Apparently Humax will have a HD Freesat PVR out by Christmas so sky+ will be no more for me (if it's any good).

Surely when people look to reduce their outgoings Sky has to be up there on the list of expensive but non essential costs? On the other hand I suppose a lot of people justify it to themselves as they can no longer afford to go out.

[d000hg]

I've got Freeview, the Sky channel I'd most like is UKTV Gold.

[voodooflux]

Do Sky dishes point to the same satellite being used by Freesat?

Yep.

If so to upgrade to Freesat, is it just a case of buying a Freesat card and continuing with the same dish?

You'll need a Freesat receiver.

What resolution is Freesat HD transmitted? e.g. 1080p.

I think that's down to the individual channel, but I'd guess most will be either 720p or 1080i.

[Sysman]

Agree about Film4, and it's available on Freeview and FreeSat

I've had Film4 for a year now and the films are starting to repeat themselves, but its not at the stage where it's unbearable. I normally record them, so can flit past the ads (or just junk the complete film if not interested in it).

[TimberWolf]

Do Sky dishes point to the same satellite being used by Freesat? If so to upgrade to Freesat, is it just a case of buying a Freesat card and continuing with the same dish?

What resolution is Freesat HD transmitted? e.g. 1080p.

[Xenophon]

Are you a woman?

He is a lesbian, trapped inside a man's body.

[GCR99]

I'm thinking of cancelling my Sky subscription, because I don't watch sport, plus I've seen every episode of Star Trek, Stargate, Simpsons, Futurama and Malcolm. As for movies, I have hundreds of DVDs and have rarely seen a movie on Sky that I haven't seen already.

So what gems will I be missing if I cancel and go to FreeSat / FreeView ?

Good luck trying to cancel, I called them when I was moving house and got the "cancellation department" who are presumably bonused on account retention. This arsey B'stard tried to talk me out of it for about 20 minutes before I threatened to put the phone down on him.
However if you need a new dish or are moving and want to install at your new place, just threaten to cancel. They'll offer you free installation and loads of stuff to keep you. Just pretend you;re about to bin it

[Moscow Mule]

I quite enjoy "the L word"

Are you a woman?

[DodgyAgent]

I quite enjoy "the L word"

[TimberWolf]

Like freeview but with more channels you won't watch.

http://www.uk-satellite-tv.co.uk/freesat.html

Plus HD.

[Moscow Mule]

What's Freesat like?

Like freeview but with more channels you won't watch.

http://www.uk-satellite-tv.co.uk/freesat.html