I have a HTPC with Freeview and Freesat (7 tuners in total, meaning I could record 7 channels at once if I wanted to and watch another recording!). However, given how little TV I watch, with plenty of IPTV options and the odd US download, I pay no monthly sub and have more than enough TV options.
On 8 September 2010 11:57, Andy Clayton <andyclayto...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's plenty to rival Sky. > > I used to have it, but got fed up with them ripping me off. We paid more > than £50 too - we had dual boxes for different rooms. The push came to > shove > when my phone line that they'd installed wasn't working properly - hadn't > worked properly since day one. They then demanded another few hundred £ > from > me as I'd broken the terms and conditions. I pointed out to them that as > they'd installed the phone line and it hadn't worked since day one - their > fault - their problem. > > We sat down and over the course of two weeks and logged the channels we > watched, we then compared to what was available on freeview - and there was > minimal difference. Some movies, some footy. We bought a Freeview recorder > for about the price of one and a half months subscription and we too can > rewind, pause and record (sky doesn't have the monopoly on this!). And the > 90% of the programmes on freeview that are rubbish are also on sky! > > I used to miss the football league games, but not so much when we were > relegated, and besides, they're available for nowt on the net. There's also > BT vision. > > There's plenty to rival sky - and plenty cheaper. > > Andy C > > On 8 September 2010 11:23, <m...@leeds-united.net> wrote: > > > Not wishing to start any sort of camel/curry/bates list war but I think > sky > > is brilliant. > > > > I have had it since 1991 and have no complaints. > > > > Sure there is a lot of channels irrelevant to me but I can choose comedy > > music sport kids tv DIY holiday art stuff and so on whenever I want night > or > > day, a can now record it too! > > > > The 5 terrestrial channels mean I have to pretty much watch what some > > people in an office want me to watch. No rewind, no pause, no recording. > 90% > > of the progs are rubbish > > > > Freeview changes this a little and is a welcome limited step. Freesat is > a > > good product too, virgin is ok but its a closed system that is playing > catch > > up. > > > > There is noting to rival sky. > > > > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Robert Heath" <rhe...@mis-munich.de> > > Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org > > Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:45:22 > > To: Wayne<ws.callag...@live.co.uk>; Lee Jones<lee....@gmail.com>; > > AndyClayton<andyclayto...@gmail.com> > > Cc: LEEDSLIST<leedslist@gn.apc.org> > > Subject: Re: [LU] England on t'telly tonight? > > > > If you are prepared to pay 20p for shite, I can organise a regular supply > > for you. I'll even knock the price down to 15p (plus p & p). Send me your > > address, and I can start sending the shite to you right away. I'll give > you > > my bank details and you can pay at the end of the month. > > > > I think £50 a month for 900 channels of shite is quite reasonable, works > > out about 20p a channel.. > > As for watching england, i wouldn't watch those wankers if they were > > playing in my back garden > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
