Cheapest for Sky Sports?

emcwill

My husband, who is a rugby fanatic, has just announced he wants to get Sky Sports. He's not that into football, or much else, it's really the rugby he wants it for; beyond that we're not huge TV watchers and Freeview meets all our needs really (plus, our Freeview box includes a PVR). We have an absolutely ancient cathode ray TV (it was the cheapest stereo TV in Comet or somewhere about a decade ago!) so much as I'd like to have an enormous plasma with home cinema and high def, this isn't really an issue since we can't afford it. Having never entered the murky world of satellite/cable before (we don't have a dish) I feel utterly at sea! Can anyone recommend the cheapest way for me to keep Mr emcwill happy?!

(I checked out the Sky site and this seemed to suggest that the cheapest option, including a Sky+ box, would set us back £79 upfront and £26.50 a month. This is WAY more than I wanted to pay, am I missing any tricks? Quidco c/b of £65 only seems to be available for those taking out a Sky+HD box.)

Thank you so much for any advice.

jamespir

emcwill wrote: »

My husband, who is a rugby fanatic, has just announced he wants to get Sky Sports. He's not that into football, or much else, it's really the rugby he wants it for; beyond that we're not huge TV watchers and Freeview meets all our needs really (plus, our Freeview box includes a PVR). We have an absolutely ancient cathode ray TV (it was the cheapest stereo TV in Comet or somewhere about a decade ago!) so much as I'd like to have an enormous plasma with home cinema and high def, this isn't really an issue since we can't afford it. Having never entered the murky world of satellite/cable before (we don't have a dish) I feel utterly at sea! Can anyone recommend the cheapest way for me to keep Mr emcwill happy?!

(I checked out the Sky site and this seemed to suggest that the cheapest option, including a Sky+ box, would set us back £79 upfront and £26.50 a month. This is WAY more than I wanted to pay, am I missing any tricks? Quidco c/b of £65 only seems to be available for those taking out a Sky+HD box.)

Thank you so much for any advice.

you wont get it cheaper than 26 pounds a month but you cna get a free sky +hd box from sky at the moment

underlay_guru

Hi,

You really haven't got any choice other than Virgin Media or Sky. Sorry. BT Vision offer a TV service, but most of the sport content is not live coverage. From Sky and Virgin you cannot simply buy the Sports channels. Here are the cheapest of your only two legal options:

VIRGIN MEDIA
With Virgin Media, you must subscribe to a TV channel deal (M, M+, L, XL), and have a cable phone line installed in order to add sports channels.

TV M pack with cable phone line= £11.00,
Sky Sports Collection= £26.00,
V Viewing Box: FREE,
= £37 per month and no extra costs.



SKY
With Sky, you must subscribe to at least one other entertainment channel pack for 12 months (@ £17.50 per pack) in order to subscribe to the Sports Pack. Their Sky+HD box is free at the moment, but only if you subscribe to the HD service at an extra £9.75 a month.

TV with one viewing pack=£17.50
Sports Pack=£18.00
Standard Sky box & installation = £60.
=£35.50 per month with a £60 one-off installation fee.

devils_advocate

I used to have sky sports on Virgin, but am changing to Sky. I don't watch football, only rugby.

be aware that many rugby matches are on the sky red button, which you can't get on Virgin. Similarly, I understand taht you can get BBC2 Wales and S4C on sky, but not on Virgin (if you live outside Wales). And I've also just fallen out with Virgin on price. If you do go with them, check prices carefully as their web advertising can be misleading, in that the price goes higher than that quoted if you don't take other packages such as broadband and phone.

and edited to add, if your husband wants to see whats on, http://www.livesportontv.com/rugby-union/all-fixtures

McKneff

Sky + is brilliant - you'll wonder how you ever did without it.

With Sky you can also have free broadband and free telephone calls evening and weekends. Line rental with Sky is also £1.00 a month cheaper than BT

davemurgatroyd

underlay_guru wrote: »

SKY
With Sky, you must subscribe to at least one other entertainment channel pack for 12 months (@ £17.50 per pack) in order to subscribe to the Sports Pack. Their Sky+HD box is free at the moment, but only if you subscribe to the HD service at an extra £9.75 a month.

TV with one viewing pack=£17.50
Sports Pack=£18.00
Standard Sky box & installation = £60.
=£35.50 per month with a £60 one-off installation fee.

No longer true - you no longer need one mix, they now do a "no mix" option for £1 per month less

Pokerlad

davemurgatroyd wrote: »

No longer true - you no longer need one mix, they now do a "no mix" option for £1 per month less

Never heard of this and the website still says one mix minimum at £18 and £1 each additional pack. Where did you see this (and surely 'no mix' would just be FreeSatFrom Sky??).

davemurgatroyd

Pokerlad wrote: »

Never heard of this and the website still says one mix minimum at £18 and £1 each additional pack. Where did you see this (and surely 'no mix' would just be FreeSatFrom Sky??).

The "no mix" option is the baseline to which premium packages can be added - Movies or Sports

underlay_guru

davemurgatroyd wrote: »

No longer true - you no longer need one mix, they now do a "no mix" option for £1 per month less

Really? I can't find any mention of a 'No Mix' option on the Sky website, and Skys online ordering system does not allow a premium pack to be ordered without selecting an entertainment pack first.

If you can direct us where this option is, let us know. Cheers!

macman

McKneff wrote: »

Sky + is brilliant - you'll wonder how you ever did without it.

With Sky you can also have free broadband and free telephone calls evening and weekends. Line rental with Sky is also £1.00 a month cheaper than BT

The 'free broadband' is a miserable 2MBps capped service with an inadequate 2GB data allowance.

guymetcalf

are there actually any decent deals around for tv, broadband and phone? It seems that there is not one company that can give you a decent deal at a decent price.
Overall in peoples minds, who are the best for the whole package regarding quality of service, customer service and price?
Sky? Virgin? BT?
Or is it still cheaper to get your phone and broadband from someone like Plusnet and get basic tv package through sky?
Please help as im now buying a house and cant decide what to do.
Also, if you already have a sky+ (i do, from when i had multiroom at home), box, do you still need to pay for one if you're starting a new contract.
Many thanks

confused-as-hell.com Guy