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Sky price hikes - twice in a year??
Like everyone who has a Sky subscription, we have received a letter advising of price hikes taking effect in June. However, having looked through all of my documentation for my Sky subscription, we had an increase on TV in September 2014. Having looked at the Terms and Conditions of the TV, it states that: Will the price…
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Sky "live chat"
Has anyone successfully used Sky Chat recently? It is permanently engaged as far as I can see !! I am trying to negotiate a discount on my package ...
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TV Licence Court Threat
I've recently moved into a new property and a few days later received a letter from TV licencing. Normally I ignore them but this one seems more threatening than normal... It says: "You have not responded to our previous letters. We want to ensure you have the information you need before a hearing is set at your local…
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Sky haggling fail
i fear I have been trying to push for too much and have now failed in my attempts to beat Sky's prices down. Currently on variety bundle with HD, sky talk and free broadband for £55 per month. I've been a customer for 13 years and never asked for a discount before, except getting free broadband last year. I called…
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sky's screwing me-help please
Hi this is the situation as it stands, spoke to sky to cancel due to £2 hike on top of the £24.75 I pay for using a sky+box courtesy of brother as mine will not operate my new Seiki TV due to the need for HD connection. My Sony DVD recorder and TV have remained inoperable since December using their Sky controls which since…
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Samsung UE32H6400 TV - or wait for new model?
I've read the reviews on Which and the Samsung UE32H6400 looks the best 32" Smart TV. I looked at the 6410 but there didn't seem much advantage for the additional spend. However, it looks like the UE32H6400 is getting low in stock so presuming it's coming to the end of it's life and will be replaced. Anyone know roughly…
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MSE Team Blog: Only got Sky Sports or BT Sport for football? How to net a saving
We’ve had many people ask whether they can cancel their Sky Sports or BT Sport subscription to cut costs during the summer and start it again in August. Well, if you’ve only got it for the football, the simple answer is ‘yes’. Read the blog here Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.…
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Sky Sports
just got Sports in for one month for the Premiership and just amazed at how poor the quality the picture is in SD. It's a good job it was half price !!
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Thinking about dropping Virgin TV and getting a streaming stick
We're currently paying around £60/month for broadband, phone and TV with Virgin plus a Netflix subscription. We can't get digital TV through our aerial. I've just seen Amazon Fire stick advertised on TV and was thinking about dropping the TV part of the Virgin package and just keeping the broadband and streaming instead.…
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Dropping BT TV Package
I currently subscribe to BT for internet TV and sport. I want to drop the package as I only watch one internet TV channel and don't watch their sport. If I stopped paying for the package, would I lose all the internet TV channels?
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Self set up of a free Sky HD box question
Hi all I was lucky enough to get a used Sky HD box from Freecycle and my question is this... I have an old Sky+ box and it is going faulty on its pause/playback If I remove the old faulty set and just plug in the HD box and put my viewing card in will it just work or will there be some sort of... 1) any setup? 2 any extra…
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Bargain HD projector
Anyone know if this is any good? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-3D-Movie-HD-Projector-Video-2800-Lumens-Native-1280x800-1080P-2HDMI-2USB-VGA-/251873364949?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aa4d28bd5 Looking for something to project onto a 100" screen (for a community film club, not in my lounge!!) Em
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Sky Atlantic The Following
Been forced to switch to virgin as landlord will not allow a dish. I am hooked on Sky Atlantic's The Following and wondered if there was anywhere online I could catch up with the current series?
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MSE News: Virgin Media to up prices for customers with Sky Sports or Movies
Virgin Media customers with Sky Sports or Sky Movies subscriptions will see prices rise by up to £24/year from 1 June... Read the full story: Virgin Media to up prices for customers with Sky Sports or Movies Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works,…
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New Sky HD EPG
Has anyone got the new Sky HD EPG yet? My box was updated last week, and I now have a Tab called All, which confusingly only contains recorded programmes, and they are in the reverse order to what they were previously, ie newest first. Another Tab contains all planned future recordings. It also has 10 pages of 'Next…
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Sky Variety +HD vs Family bundle
Hi, I have just realized that Sky have been charging me for the Variety pack and HD subscription when I could get the same benefits for £5 or so less with the Family pack. I have now fixed this and moved to the family pack but am unhappy that I have been paying more than I needed to. I phoned them today and they can't go…
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New tv and Sky
My problem is sorted, but in case it helps anyone: On installing our new tv, everything worked, except Sky. Switching on the box , unlike with the old tv (same brand) had no effect on the screen and selecting the HDMI channel via the AV button just gave a blank black screen. However, when tried back on the old set Sky…
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Sky increase
Hi Guys Signed up to Sky in November last year and have just had a letter advising £3.50 a month increase Movies - 0.50p Family Bundle - 2.00 gbp I dont intend to move Sky but i am a little peeved it can go up in the first 12 months , before i go through the pain of live chat or call centre , is it normal and am i just…
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SKY monthly fee increase - promised not to!!
Hi, I cancelled my Sky subscription a year ago, I was thinking of going to Virgin. In the last few days of contract, I received a call from Sky, who asked me why I was leaving. I told them I was cheesed off with the increases to subscription. They offered me a good deal, and promised it would not rise for 5 years. So i…
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Chromecast with free NOWTV 3 month entertainment pass ?
NOW TV 3 month Entertainment Pass included when you buy and set up a Chromecast Visit chromecast.com/offers and activate at NowTV.com. Excludes Tesco Partners. Offer ends 31/08/2015 SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ? Any draw backs or conditions, no contract ? Anyone used this offer from Chromecast please :beer: Just found more…
