Market share counts for a lot

[kingandy]

Got Sky?

Considering switching to Freeview?

Sky will give you 200 channels for a one-off £20 fee. (£150 if you don't have a dish and box already.)

The channel selection basically amounts to Freeview plus a bunch of public access, special interest and home shopping channels - all the dross that you never wanted to begin with. Oh, and Sky 1/2/3/News. Whether or that's a factor in your decision-making process, it's still cheaper than Freeview...

ETA: Oh, not Sky 1 or Sky 2. Just 3 and News.

Still.

Comments

[arwel.livejournal.com]

As much as I hate giving my money over to Murdoch, I used to be adamant that we'd never get Sky, Sky+ means I get to watch TV instead of cursing myself for forgetting what day and time stuff that I want to see is on. Giving money to NTL may not be as moraly objectionable, but it's like paying to get kicked in the nuts.

[stsquad.livejournal.com]

You'll have to force Sky+ into my cold dead fingers. I'd rather have an open PVR platform where I control the hardware and not media company. How much of a premium is Sky+ these days anyway?

Until I build/buy such a PVR there are always torrents ;-)

[anne-l-davies.livejournal.com]

Sky+ is HUGELY expensive if you are an existing customer. For those of us like myself, who haven't got their heads round torrenting etc, the PVR box is a godsend.

I don't watch adverts any more. I watch what I want to, when I want to, and it's just fantastic.

Apparently people can 'do stuff' to and with my model of PVR box, and you seem to be able to download stuff from it as well? Paul's still working on that bit though!

[arwel.livejournal.com]

£10 a month or so, which for me is well worth it.