Reply to: Sky TV

[Barriebazg]

I wouldn't be without it now thats for sure. Have it downstairs and also upstairs in our bedroom. Sky+ with Multiroom, can't beat it.

[premiere]

looks like i'm not missing much then. except - what is medium?

Medium...An american TV series with Patricia Arquette as some sort of Psychic go between for the cops...

As for Sky+...got this in 4 rooms in the house.

The Living room, plus all 3 kids have it in their bedrooms...2 dishes, 2 sky+ Multi-room subs...

[DS23]

I dont know what it is you dont like though: -

battlestar gallactica
heroes
lost
24
desperate housewives
top gear
soccer am
medium
friends/frasier pretty much any time you want!

whats not to like?!!!!!

looks like i'm not missing much then. except - what is medium?

[Buffoon]

But bittorrent is slow isn't it? From my experience it doesn’t mater how fast your connection is I still only get 100kbps max via P2P and often as low as 6kbps.

I downloaded 24 series one the other week and it took me 5 days! but to be fair it is 24 hours long.

Speed varies enormously. It depends on the number and connection speed of the seeders. I’ve seen speeds up in the high hundreds. For example an episode of CSI is about 360M it will take anything between 30 and 60 mins on the day after broadcast, but older stuff will take many hours.

[gingerjedi]

ADSL2+ from Be I get something like 16M. TV shows like CSI, Heroes, Rome, etc come in avi format normaly. Films, I download the DVDR format which I burn onto DVD. Normally need a TV/DVD player that can handle NTSC though. I also use winDVD.

But bittorrent is slow isn't it? From my experience it doesn’t mater how fast your connection is I still only get 100kbps max via P2P and often as low as 6kbps.

I downloaded 24 series one the other week and it took me 5 days! but to be fair it is 24 hours long.

[where did my id go?]

Carnal, old chap, carnal...

could try taquilla x, xx, xxx
premier erotic 1&2
hustler
xdream
etc
etc

thats from a quick look at a thread on another bb - Oh and lots of the french channels go x rated overnight.

TV Gusto among others for pinkness of a culinary nature.

[Buffoon]

Do you have superfast broadband? You would need to download good quality movies to be able to view them on your TV.

What do you use to watch a downloaded movie on your TV?

ADSL2+ from Be I get something like 16M. TV shows like CSI, Heroes, Rome, etc come in avi format normaly. Films, I download the DVDR format which I burn onto DVD. Normally need a TV/DVD player that can handle NTSC though. I also use winDVD.

[Ennui]

Pick up a DVD player that can play DivX. It's pretty quick to burn downloaded content and then pop the disc into the DVD player.

I think I saw one on eBuyer the other day for <£30.

[ChimpMaster]

If you are going to consider that then why not just use BitTorrent? I download all the US TV shows the morning after they are broadcast.

The films can be good too. Many are crap, but now and again someone uploads what is called a 'screaner' which is supposed not to get out. I've seen the Illusionist, Notes on a scandle and Hannibal Rising that way in the last couple of months.

Do you have superfast broadband? You would need to download good quality movies to be able to view them on your TV.

What do you use to watch a downloaded movie on your TV?

[Buffoon]

for a cheapish solution I would buy a technomate 1500 and a motorised dish. Patch the technomate and get access to lots of films.

I see ppv and movie channels from Premier, TPS and Digital+ . OK you might loose one of the packages when the encryption changes. Most of the films they show are broadcast with several audio streams, generally including English.

dunno what counts as good films/up to date because Im not much of a tv watcher
but last week I watched Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Aeon Flux and HHGTG.

If you are going to consider that then why not just use BitTorrent? I download all the US TV shows the morning after they are broadcast.

The films can be good too. Many are crap, but now and again someone uploads what is called a 'screaner' which is supposed not to get out. I've seen the Illusionist, Notes on a scandle and Hannibal Rising that way in the last couple of months.

[ChimpMaster]

I have the full set of channels from Sky, with multi-room in 2 reception rooms and Sky+ in both rooms. Hence we can use the 2 Sky+ boxes independently of each other. I also have a TV link from one of the Sky+ boxes up to my bedroom, so that I can watch Sky and use Sky+ in the bedroom. This Sky+ box I have uprated to a 160Gb hard drive.

Currently paying about £55 a month.

I barely watch the damn thing.

[wobbegong]

Mmmmmmmmmmm...

Looks interesting that... do the films have lots & lots of pink in them?

. . . er, from a carnal or a culinary standpoint?

[gingerjedi]

Too true, my mate was going on about sky+ for years and I just couldn't see the point, I read somewhere that you could get it cheap by threatening to cancel so I thought what the hell and rang them and made a story up about how I work nights and I don’t get to see the programs I want so they suggested sky+, I said I didn't want to pay anymore so they said they could do a special deal of £100 installed, I said that I thought it was too much and they agreed to £60!

Never looked back, It has changed my TV life! ...Most the films/programs are tulip but just spend a little time each week sifting out the good stuff and you will find that you hardly ever watch live TV.

[VectraMan]

They've got me on Sky+. I really couldn't cope without it. I think I actually watch less TV, but get much more value from what I do watch, if that makes sense.

[where did my id go?]

for a cheapish solution I would buy a technomate 1500 and a motorised dish. Patch the technomate and get access to lots of films.

I see ppv and movie channels from Premier, TPS and Digital+ . OK you might loose one of the packages when the encryption changes. Most of the films they show are broadcast with several audio streams, generally including English.

dunno what counts as good films/up to date because Im not much of a tv watcher
but last week I watched Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Aeon Flux and HHGTG.