I left Sky, which only offered a 36mb connection, got 220mb broadband from Virgin for £28 a month, got a Firestick for under £40 and use it with Pluto, Plex and others for free. There are stacks of TV available for free including sports. My smart tv has loads of channels and apps that I use all for free. I went from £68 a month down to £32 a month, as I subscribe to the Discovery channel which is £4 a month, and have a much faster broadband. (I know you can do lots more with a Firestick but I am keeping it simple.)
Some great points in video. 2 things though. IMO the difference between hd & sd is huge, everything looks fuzzy (good example is Formula 1 on C4, the sd version looks terrible by comparison) & Re the Sky Q Lnb, our other tv is a Samsung with with built in satellite reciver and it had no issues picking up the free to air channels. as you stated that might not be the case for everyone. Best of luck everyone
After 28 years of sky tv and 4 years of Sky Broadband, I am out of contract and have cancelled service. Moved back to BT for broadband along with new new tv pro box, includes Netflix and Now TV (entertainment) 50mb download, on a 24 month contract, taking into consideration reductions and rebate works out at £29.00 per month, as a comparison sky’s best (haggled) price was £63.00 per month, no brainer.
Thank you very much for these Brilliant tips & by the, your tips are accurate. I however, Hate Sky but it does an excellent job of keeping me alive because of all the entertainment I enjoy no longer available on terrestrial telly & Sky F1 HD is totally invaluable to me. Sky F1 HD is literally saving my life. My package is expensive but is it really? I have the ultra Fast Fibre Broadband because I have a streaming gaming channel under a different ID & channel so I need the Package but you have shown me how to get my mobile bill down. Nice 1 matey. Stay safe.
Thank you, its always worth Haggling with sky to see if you can get your bill down further, perhaps when you are sorting out your Mobile ask them if you can make any savings on your TV package, they can only say no!
I notice on my Q box now most channels are go to HD now and there cut off lot SD version channels sky cinema is left with only HD now apart from 3 SD channels in that genre I don't notice much diffence for HD
I was with Sky for over twenty years and was paying £130 a month for Sky Q and two additional boxes and the internet and Netflix and Sky Sports I Switched to Virgin earlier this year and with the main box and two additional boxes (the boxes do have less storage than Sky), Gigabit internet, all the channels I had already (although Sky Atlantic isn't on there plus a few other Sky exclusive channels), Netflix (but not the HD version like I had with Sky), phone line (not sure what it offers for calls as I don't use it), an O2 sim card (unlimited calls and texts but not certain how much data), BT Sport and Sky Movies (which I didn't have), all this was £90 a month for eighteen months. Definitely worth it for the price and I know it will go up when this contract runs out. The weird thing was that if I didn't take the phoneline as part of the deal, it was going to be £30 more If I had the fastest internet from Sky (which was nowhere near what I'm getting now), the movie channels and BT Sport and a sim card, I'd be paying twice what I pay now In terms of channels, there are ones like CNN, That's TV and the Ultra HD versions of Sky Sports being the main ones not available. I also don't get Paramount+, which is free if you have Sky Movies. There are some apps not available as well (nothing I can't get elsewhere, although Disney+ is now available. They offered me six months free when I signed up to Virgin which I never got (and it wasn't even available on their service then). I already had a paid subscription
I pay £150 month of my sky bill I tried to cancel my sky sports subs and the told me I couldn't because it was still in contract so they said it runs to December thi s year and told me to phone back in December but a few days later I received a email saying they had renewed the contract for another ,18 months so what could I do
It's about time sky dropped the HD charge. With the closure of the BBC SD channels and itv closing some of theirs, Sky launched Sky Mix in HD only, HD is gradually becoming the standard. Sky Q box I have is non UHD
it didnt last long with bt sport being cheaper than sky sports lol. its like 30 quid now bt sport used to be a tenner. now as usual coz its warner brothers or going to tnt sports it'll go up to 35 or 40 probably next year
@@cwtek1 yes probably, seems confusing that they say there will be more sports with this merger, but then they are reducing the number of channels between bt sport and eurosport. also saw i dont think as far atm they will have it on sky and virgin its going to be discovery+
@@cwtek1 yes coz now its included with the standard sky package but then you will have to pay after to watch cycling and olympics etc etc what ever else is on eurosport
@@matthewella8280 Yes that’s correct and I am sure you will have to pay a premium because of all the other TNT sports channels which show other major sports events.
@@OriginalSkaMan Some people are not technically minded like us or have the patience to find these services, they just want to switch on and go and if it doesn't go then they can call VM or Sky and get them to sort it out.
Just moving house and Sky make a big deal of no cost for moving. However, there's a catch. I currently have my broadband, sky Q tv and Sky Talk with them in an 18 month contract that expires end of December 2024. When I tried to arrange the move date but was surprised when the Sky rep insisted that for the move I would need to recontract my broadband for a further 18 months. Why on earth is this? I simply wanted to move my complete package as it stood. Come December I may have wished to shop around for my broadband particularly since in my area Sky cannot provide full fibre to the house. I might add that the property I'm moving to had broadband previously with the same speeds I get at my current property and they had sky HD with a dish. Accordingly, all I would need is a new fish and for the engineer to change the LNB. Anyone else who has moved house come up against this money grab?
I left Sky, which only offered a 36mb connection, got 220mb broadband from Virgin for £28 a month, got a Firestick for under £40 and use it with Pluto, Plex and others for free. There are stacks of TV available for free including sports. My smart tv has loads of channels and apps that I use all for free. I went from £68 a month down to £32 a month, as I subscribe to the Discovery channel which is £4 a month, and have a much faster broadband. (I know you can do lots more with a Firestick but I am keeping it simple.)
Thanks for the tips, hopefully this will help others reading this.
I renewed my sky contract as a platinum customer and got sky signature for £17 month only im happy with just that
That’s great news another great saving! Thanks for letting us know.
The Free sat box you showed in the video is compatible with Sky q wide lnb.. I am running it no problem
That’s great, thanks for letting us know.
@@cwtek1 nice to see you are replying to people, good work 👍
@@inserter400 Thank you.
Some great points in video. 2 things though. IMO the difference between hd & sd is huge, everything looks fuzzy (good example is Formula 1 on C4, the sd version looks terrible by comparison) & Re the Sky Q Lnb, our other tv is a Samsung with with built in satellite reciver and it had no issues picking up the free to air channels. as you stated that might not be the case for everyone. Best of luck everyone
Thanks for sharing about the LNB, the picture quality of HD can vary depending on the size of your screen and the quality of the screen itself too!
How can you get Skytv on the cheap on the costa del sol ?
Is it better on line or satellite dish ? 🤔
You would need a rather large dish to get a good reception, if you have a decent broadband connection of 15mbps or more then I would go online.
Its even more now it's March 24 and everything is through the roof 😢
Don't have Sky but nice to know about this👍👍
Thanks!
Do you use K O D I instead ?
@@sticky59 Yes as a media centre not for live stuff.
After 28 years of sky tv and 4 years of Sky Broadband, I am out of contract and have cancelled service. Moved back to BT for broadband along with new new tv pro box, includes Netflix and Now TV (entertainment) 50mb download, on a 24 month contract, taking into consideration reductions and rebate works out at £29.00 per month, as a comparison sky’s best (haggled) price was £63.00 per month, no brainer.
Wow, that’s such a great saving, that’s over £800 saved during the 24 month contract. Well done and thanks for letting us know.
Ok I will do this leave the sky
I have sky Q with BT broadband +fire cube monthly sky bill about 60 quid.....do I really need sky
I think if you are out of contract then cancel Sky see if you miss it? You can always resubscribe if you do.
Thank you very much for these Brilliant tips & by the, your tips are accurate.
I however, Hate Sky but it does an excellent job of keeping me alive because of all the entertainment I enjoy no longer available on terrestrial telly & Sky F1 HD is totally invaluable to me. Sky F1 HD is literally saving my life.
My package is expensive but is it really? I have the ultra Fast Fibre Broadband because I have a streaming gaming channel under a different ID & channel so I need the Package but you have shown me how to get my mobile bill down. Nice 1 matey.
Stay safe.
Thank you, its always worth Haggling with sky to see if you can get your bill down further, perhaps when you are sorting out your Mobile ask them if you can make any savings on your TV package, they can only say no!
I notice on my Q box now most channels are go to HD now and there cut off lot SD version channels sky cinema is left with only HD now apart from 3 SD channels in that genre I don't notice much diffence for HD
I think may channels are going to make the switch to HD in time, hopefully Sky will drop the charge for HD at some point in Future!
Contract ends Nov ,wanted £107 a month inc sport,broadband,cinema,hd, after 40 minutes got it down to £63 for 18 months
That's a great saving! Well Done!
Don't bother with sky.... Just too dear Chris! Happy with me off stick etc!!!!!
Yes its not for everyone, but some people like the reliability and convenience of having a legal service.
I was with Sky for over twenty years and was paying £130 a month for Sky Q and two additional boxes and the internet and Netflix and Sky Sports
I Switched to Virgin earlier this year and with the main box and two additional boxes (the boxes do have less storage than Sky), Gigabit internet, all the channels I had already (although Sky Atlantic isn't on there plus a few other Sky exclusive channels), Netflix (but not the HD version like I had with Sky), phone line (not sure what it offers for calls as I don't use it), an O2 sim card (unlimited calls and texts but not certain how much data), BT Sport and Sky Movies (which I didn't have), all this was £90 a month for eighteen months. Definitely worth it for the price and I know it will go up when this contract runs out. The weird thing was that if I didn't take the phoneline as part of the deal, it was going to be £30 more
If I had the fastest internet from Sky (which was nowhere near what I'm getting now), the movie channels and BT Sport and a sim card, I'd be paying twice what I pay now
In terms of channels, there are ones like CNN, That's TV and the Ultra HD versions of Sky Sports being the main ones not available. I also don't get Paramount+, which is free if you have Sky Movies. There are some apps not available as well (nothing I can't get elsewhere, although Disney+ is now available. They offered me six months free when I signed up to Virgin which I never got (and it wasn't even available on their service then). I already had a paid subscription
I am glad you got a great deal from Virgin and o2 just make sure you shop around again when your contact is up. Well done!
I pay £150 month of my sky bill I tried to cancel my sky sports subs and the told me I couldn't because it was still in contract so they said it runs to December thi s year and told me to phone back in December but a few days later I received a email saying they had renewed the contract for another ,18 months so what could I do
Call Sky and talk to them any new contract made over the phone should be subject to a 14 day cooling off period so you should be able to cancel.
I was told if you don’t have hd, when you come to record HD programs you cant
Thats correct you can't record something you don't subscribe to, however, I am sure you can still record the free HD channels.
It’s disgusting that SKY charge you to watch HD as if it were new, virtually all programs are now in HD, at least Dick Turpin wore a mask
cheers
Your Welcome!
It's about time sky dropped the HD charge. With the closure of the BBC SD channels and itv closing some of theirs, Sky launched Sky Mix in HD only,
HD is gradually becoming the standard.
Sky Q box I have is non UHD
it didnt last long with bt sport being cheaper than sky sports lol. its like 30 quid now bt sport used to be a tenner. now as usual coz its warner brothers or going to tnt sports it'll go up to 35 or 40 probably next year
No doubt Sky Sports will rise too at some point.
@@cwtek1 yes probably, seems confusing that they say there will be more sports with this merger, but then they are reducing the number of channels between bt sport and eurosport. also saw i dont think as far atm they will have it on sky and virgin its going to be discovery+
@@matthewella8280 I think Eurosport viewers will end up having to pay a lot more when they merge into TNT Sports.
@@cwtek1 yes coz now its included with the standard sky package but then you will have to pay after to watch cycling and olympics etc etc what ever else is on eurosport
@@matthewella8280 Yes that’s correct and I am sure you will have to pay a premium because of all the other TNT sports channels which show other major sports events.
They use old tech as in a poxy dish I cut all ties with digital platforms
Sky Stream and Glass do not have a dish!
Still wouldn't use Sky/VM plenty of other ways to stream content I stream everything
@@OriginalSkaMan Some people are not technically minded like us or have the patience to find these services, they just want to switch on and go and if it doesn't go then they can call VM or Sky and get them to sort it out.
Just moving house and Sky make a big deal of no cost for moving. However, there's a catch. I currently have my broadband, sky Q tv and Sky Talk with them in an 18 month contract that expires end of December 2024. When I tried to arrange the move date but was surprised when the Sky rep insisted that for the move I would need to recontract my broadband for a further 18 months. Why on earth is this? I simply wanted to move my complete package as it stood. Come December I may have wished to shop around for my broadband particularly since in my area Sky cannot provide full fibre to the house. I might add that the property I'm moving to had broadband previously with the same speeds I get at my current property and they had sky HD with a dish. Accordingly, all I would need is a new fish and for the engineer to change the LNB.
Anyone else who has moved house come up against this money grab?
Anybody want firesticks or android boxes, have 640 left , had 1120 in May, tell sky to stick it, all you'll pay is €80 for year & in UHD
but bbc HD itv HD CH 4 HD CH 5 are Free to air. on sky and freesat
They are.
I have a better way. Cancel now ..Cut the cord… Ask on You Tube. They have been too long at the trough👍
Yes, I say cancel go cold turkey and see if you really miss it.
Your point’s aren’t really HOT SECRETS are they ? More like use your common sense, if you don’t use it cancel it 🤷♂️
They are secrets to many who don’t seem to have any common sense.😂
Çan get sky sports for £21 a month but don't want to
Thanks for letting us know, is this from Sky themselves?
@@cwtek1 yes it was although I'm a platinum customer I don't if I was offered it at that price because oh that or not
Get a dodgy box ...much easier
Its certainly cheaper but not easier for most people that like it to work 100% of the time!
ITV2 ITV3 ITV4 HD became Free-To-Air as of today.... Finally
Yes the Encryption came off just before 11am today, should be on freesat soon!
What number are they ? I've got hd box but can't find them.
Will Freeview have these on HD to
@@nathanwilliams9169 It's doubtful as there is limited capacity on Freeview.
I be switched to Virgin media and got 200mbps for only £17.99 per month
That’s great, what was you paying before.
@@cwtek1 I was with Sky for broadband and phone £28
@@AdamHumorHaven That’s great, that’s over £120 a year saved, well done.