cheap sky sports please

marrittm

hello im looking for the cheapest way to watch prem games next season mainly Liverpool games, i know all about the virgin media and the sky packages but to be honest i think they a little expensive i have also looked into sky player which worked out cheapest at moment, what i wondered was is there a cheaper ''legal'' alternative to watch prem games for new season, any help or ideas very welcome.

thank you

taz121

legal? Then No, other than going to your mates or down the pub. You said you know all the options so well thats it, I think Sky is expensive but i pay for what i want to watch including the footy.

macman

Sky Sports 1 and 2 is now available on Freeview via Top Up TV.

marrittm

if anyone is interested i managed to buy 2 xbox skysports packs which had 3 months gold membership and 1 month free skysports 1&2 plus remote control in each box, they cost £14.99 each, so in total i got 6 months gold membership for xbox, 2 months sky sports 1 & 2 plus entertainment pack, plus 2 remotes for £30, but when putting in xbox live voucher i noticed xbox were doing a online offer for 3 months gold for £7.50. plus i called skyplayer and they doing a deal which gives skysports 1 and entertainment pack for £17 a month for 3 months.

so all in all im happy with what i found cheaper than virgin and sky direct anyway.

a27

marrittm wrote: »

if anyone is interested i managed to buy 2 xbox skysports packs which had 3 months gold membership and 1 month free skysports 1&2 plus remote control in each box, they cost £14.99 each, so in total i got 6 months gold membership for xbox, 2 months sky sports 1 & 2 plus entertainment pack, plus 2 remotes for £30, but when putting in xbox live voucher i noticed xbox were doing a online offer for 3 months gold for £7.50. plus i called skyplayer and they doing a deal which gives skysports 1 and entertainment pack for £17 a month for 3 months.

so all in all im happy with what i found cheaper than virgin and sky direct anyway.

I'm considering going your way.

1. You only got Sports 1 and 2. Why not the others?
2. What's the best total price to watch the games? I currently don't have xbox live.
3. I gather that HD is not available. What's the quality like?

Niv

You can always watch them in the pub, a pint of squash to drink while watching is around 20p! Its what I will be doing this season

macman

But they do appear on the Freeview EPG. I'm well aware that they're not free.

rapido

Just thought I would relay some information from the Digital Spy forum:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=43043055&postcount=3

Sky 3 and Sky News are the only Sky channels freely available on Freeview (if Sky Sports News hasn't gone already it soon will).

Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 are not on Freeview. They are only available as a subscription to TopUpTV on digital terrestrial, or Virgin cable TV or of course Sky satellite TV

-rapido

jamesprime19

marrittm wrote: »

if anyone is interested i managed to buy 2 xbox skysports packs which had 3 months gold membership and 1 month free skysports 1&2 plus remote control in each box, they cost £14.99 each, so in total i got 6 months gold membership for xbox, 2 months sky sports 1 & 2 plus entertainment pack, plus 2 remotes for £30, but when putting in xbox live voucher i noticed xbox were doing a online offer for 3 months gold for £7.50. plus i called skyplayer and they doing a deal which gives skysports 1 and entertainment pack for £17 a month for 3 months.

so all in all im happy with what i found cheaper than virgin and sky direct anyway.

Hi I also did this but only bought one. Just curious are you sure you only get these channels because I used thr code and am allowed to view movie channels as well as the movies on demand. I have checked and it says movies are not included in my package. If this is there mistake will the still charge me for it?

Gordon_Hose

Niv wrote: »

You can always watch them in the pub, a pint of squash to drink while watching is around 20p! Its what I will be doing this season

20p? It's not 1980 :rotfl:

But yeah, I was going to suggest find out which local pubs are showing the Liverpool game and pop down there.

Mancunian

topuptv (freeview with a card) have some offers at the mo', depends what u want exactly.

if u dont have a box then if u subscribe to sports 1 & 2 for 1 year they give u a free digibox recorder. u can also sign up thru TopCashBack and get £20 cashback.

so 12 x £29.99 = £359.88 - £20 TOTAL £349.88

NB. the box is free to keep and records with no subscription