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Archives for December 2012

Downgrading Sky to FreeSat
Hi All, We have Sky @ £45'ish per month, for the Sports Package but no movies. Wanting to cancel and step down to freeSat. Do we need to change anything to get just freeSat, or if we cancel the paid service, will box still work with the card we have? I see that to get freeSat service from scratch, you need to pay a one-off…
Can anyone please recommend a new TV for us ?
Our current old CRT TV is playing up (we keep getting a gentle intermittent banging noise on one the surround speakers and the TV's internal speakers are no longer working) so we are now looking to get a new TV. We sit approximatley 10-to-12 feet away from the TV, which is next to a South-facing window. A friend has…
Sky
Hello guys, getting rather addicted to this site! I'm coming to the end of my 1 year contract with Sky and just looking for some tips on driving down the cost as much as poss. I phoned them up 2/3 months ago to haggle with them but when I threatened to cancel they said "you're in a 12 month contract so you can't cancel…
Sky + PIN puzzle.
My wife recorded a restricted 12 programme from Sky and when she tried to watch it at 13:00 yesterday, it asked for the PIN. Of course no one could remember what it was, it wasn't the last 4 digits of the viewing card, or of even changing it from the default. So after spending ages on saynoto0844 looking for alternative…
Cancelling Virgin before contract finishes
At the moment, I'm living on my own. However, I'm thinking of moving back to my parents - where we already have sky. Therefore I need to cancel my virgin. However, when I cancel it I will still have around 12 months on my contract. Is there anyway out of my contract? what can I do? What's the worse that will happen? Debt??…
best & cheapest way to get streaming
Hi guys just upgraded sky to hd package and was offered multi room offer but we cant have telephone wires going to the room because it looks a mess and they said you cant have it without being connected to a phone line, seems stupid to me as loads dont have land line anyway what would be the cheapest way to get either some…
Buying Freeview TV but have BT Vision (Freeview) Box
Hi Guys I'm not exactly tech-savvie so apologies if this is a silly question: We need a new TV and a lot of the ones we want already have Freeview installed. Will plugging our BT Vision Box into the TV (as we have with the current non-Freeview one) work, or are we going to have to mess about with all sorts of cables?…
Good deal from Sky?
I think I have just got a good deal with Sky? I rang to come back to Sky just for Entertainment+ package for TV at £26.50 a month. They offered me Entertainment+ and Sky Sports for £23.75. I was transferred to be connected but they couldn't get my old box to recognise my card. I was then offered a new HD+ box free with…
Virgin Media.........disgraceful con merchants
UNBELIEVABLE Virgin Media are supposed to be supplying 3 months premium Spotify FREE, downloads are NOT available. I have spoken to 6 different operators including their so called level 2 idiots and have told them OVER AND OVER that Spotify says it no longer provides downloads, THEY DIDN'T KNOW, none of the operators knew…
how do I get the cashback from MSE?
Hi, just ordered sky through the link on MSE... how do I get the cashback?
Trying to join Sky phone and BB but computer says "no"...
My attempt to join Sky as a new customer. My parents are currently with Virgin Media. There were previously customers of Sky from 1989 for over 20 years. Having received an offer through the mail to come back to Sky at a discounted monthly cost, we decided to take up this offer and take the full TV, Sports, Phone &…
iplayer on sky+ hd box not working.
Have freesat on sky with no account on sky. Have box correctly setup, latest firmware downloaded, and showing as ondemand No menu icon for iplayer appears, or any other ondemand service. Does ondemand need activated by sky customer services, and how do you do this without an account, and not giving a credit card number to…
Remote TV - HDMI ?
We are getting an upgrade to an HD sky box - next week Our downstairs TV is an old CRT set (so no HD) Upstairs we have an HD ready TV - connected to the downstairs + box by UHF cable/magic eye - From what I understand - even though we are not subscribing to HD - We will still get terrestrial (BBC1, 2, ITV, CH4) HD…
Netflix question.....
Hi all :) I cannot see the answer so hoping someone can help..... If we sign up to netflix can anyone in the house watch it? (as in can you view from multiple consoles?) 2 boys in different rooms plus us downstairs on 1 membership watching at the same time? Thanks
digital pvr question
I have freeview on my tv and want to buy a box that records any of the digital channels I receive. I am confused with the choice as the majority of the boxes have freeview 'built in'. Will this complicate things (as my tv already has it) OR should I be buying a box with freeview plus digital recorder? I see I can choose a…
I can hear live tv when watching a recording?
I'm using a quite-old Pansonic box with built in hard-drive to watch and record tv. It is connected up to a Hitachi TV. The problem I am having is that when I am watching something I have recorded, I can hear whatever is on live tv playing in the background! It is fainter than whatever is playing, but is still very audible…
Which TV to buy
Moving in to a new flat so will have to have Virgin TV offering (no choice I'm afraid). I want to buy a new 42in TV but I am bewildered by the choice - plus I don't want to spend a fortune. I have a dvd player but not blueray. Do I go LED or plasma ready? How necessary id smart tv? I saw this in John Lewis - is it any…
cheapest sky+ /unlimited adsl bundle?
hi have moved into a new house and thinking about getting sky for the first time to get the satellite but also to use for unlimited adsl and phone but can't seem to see cashback for this offer ( i think what would suit me is the £21.50 for six months, £28 for the next six) after which i'd revert to freesat i think. i dont…
Virgin Nightmare! ! !
I applied to go with Virgin to have tv, internet and phone line set up and was promised it would be done in July. After coming out to do it three times I still didn't have any services and then on the fourth visit the installer dry installed me (said he did it but didn't) and Virgin started billing me. They new of the…
Changing sky dish lnb
Just bought a Humax Foxsat HDR box as Freeview signal in our area is terrible. Live in a 2 bed rented bungalow which already had a dish and cable in place. It is a more modern style elliptical dish but only has a single lnb and single cable running into the living room. We are using the Humax box on this single cable at…

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Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
All State Pensioners in England and Wales will receive a Winter Fuel Payment this winter, though those who earn over £35,000 will see it clawed back through the tax system. It means nine million pensioners will get the £200 or £300 top-up. Here MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis shares his instant response and analysis, and we include answers to your key questions.

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