Sky problems?

[entwisi]

you do have to question why its going up. its not like they have new satellites to send up or anything

still with Freesat now online maybe they are trying to screw as much as they can before people defect to that.

[Tin Monkey]

It'll be a long time before Freesat challenge Sky, especially with HD content. The only ones they're going to entice away from Sky are the ones on the most basic package.

Sky have just settled a pay increase action with their employees, so that's what the £2 per month will be going towards

[entwisi]

I'm glad they didn't hold out for more then!!!




As for freesat, I reckon as people get closer and closer to income < expenditure their 'need' for Sky One might become less important in teh scheme of things.

[lindsay ormerod]

Have tried unplugging and re plugging several times, nowt happening, if it's not back on tomorrow they will be getting the sharp end of my boot !

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by entwisi

As for freesat, I reckon as people get closer and closer to income < expenditure their 'need' for Sky One might become less important in teh scheme of things.

That may well be true.

I still find Sky to be good value for money and the £2 increase is still only the price of inflation on a full package (approx 3%). For the package I now have (I removed Sport until the new football season starts), it works out at about 60p per day, but even for a full package and HD it's still only around £1.70 per day. If you work out how much it costs per hour of entertainment, it's much cheaper than many other kinds of entertainment. It certainly costs me more than that for a couple of hours on The Stanley.

[entwisi]

If its an Amstrad box then they are far less reliable than teh ferguison and Pace ones. If they replace it demand anything other than Amstrad or threaten to cancel. We went through 3 amstrad boxes at first, ferguson box has been in for 2 1/2 years now with no probs.(occasional plug out and back in but thats all)

[Tin Monkey]

Good advice entwisi. I have a Pace v3 Sky+ box and it's been faultless for the last 3 years. I can't even remember having to reset it. If only the HD boxes were as reliable

[entwisi]

you want to be at bleeding edge you get unreliable stuff

Me, I'm a geek its normal for me

[Retlaw]

I put my own satellite dish up last September, took 1/2 day to find the bloody satellite, since then its worked a treat, don't subscribe to any thing. Every night every electrical appliance is uplugged, the only thing still on are the fridge and the alarm clock, you'd be surprised if you did a test with a wattmeter, how much juice things onn standy are consuming. unplug the lot, its safer an cheaper.
Retlaw.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Ours has been a bit wobbly with the weather but all fine and dandy now.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

you do have to question why its going up. its not like they have new satellites to send up or anything

Sky don't own any satellites. In fact Sky and Freesat share not only the 28.2 degrees east of south location but they even share transponders on the same satellites.

[entwisi]

see that thing on teh end

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

see that thing on teh end

Yes I did.

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

I put my own satellite dish up last September, took 1/2 day to find the bloody satellite, since then its worked a treat, don't subscribe to any thing. Every night every electrical appliance is uplugged, the only thing still on are the fridge and the alarm clock, you'd be surprised if you did a test with a wattmeter, how much juice things onn standy are consuming. unplug the lot, its safer an cheaper.
Retlaw.

Why didn't you buy a cheap satellite finder? Saved you hours of time and could be used again if your dish blew out of position.

As for unplugging, then it kind of defeats the object of PVRs doesn't it? Of course if you have a normal Sky box then it makes sense, but for Sky+ or SkyHD it undermines their purpose.

[Neil]

A sky box takes a long time to be usable when you plug it back in though.