sky vs freeview

immoral_angeluk

We cancelled our sky way back when in nov 06 and went with freeview.
Trouble is our aerial isn't great so at certain times of the day and in bad weather the tv is unwatchable.
We noticed that Sky are giving new customers £110 through quidco.. and we're seriously considering it.. especially now as you can get 4 mixes of channels for £19 a month which is a bargain compared to when we had it before. They're also offering £10 credit and half price installation at the moment..

Is it worth it?

davetrousers

You could always consider getting a new aerial. Look in Wilkinson's they have the high gain type for freeview for about £20, which is about 1 months subscription.

Could also consider a signal booster too.

JET34

My sky doesn't work if the weather is bad so I would stick to freeview.

Mindspace

Though I'm not on freeview, recieve tv, internet and phone for £25/month from tiscali. Switching to sky will be more or less the same cost, tempted to pocket £110 they are offering! same idea as u!

If i were u i would go for it, benefits being you get extra channels, no more weather problems and 110 cash. on downside you'll be spending £150/year for their service(first year) and more the next year. If you can afford without compramising your repayment targets it is a good idea!

immoral_angeluk

JET34 wrote: »

My sky doesn't work if the weather is bad so I would stick to freeview.

Our old sky worked fine in bad weather unless it was absolutely torrential dangerous kind of weather..

immoral_angeluk

Mindspace wrote: »

on downside you'll be spending £150/year for their service(first year) and more the next year.

Why £150? i worked it out as £19 a month x 12 months = £228 - £110 cashback? = £118??

immoral_angeluk

Mindspace wrote: »

Though I'm not on freeview, recieve tv, internet and phone for £25/month from tiscali. Switching to sky will be more or less the same cost, tempted to pocket £110 they are offering! same idea as u!

If i were u i would go for it, benefits being you get extra channels, no more weather problems and 110 cash. on downside you'll be spending £150/year for their service(first year) and more the next year. If you can afford without compramising your repayment targets it is a good idea!

Well the way i see it is that the cashback would make up for any shortfall at least until we're debt free...

tigtag02

You can also bring down your phone and BB costs once your out of contract with your current provider to £26 pcm total (still need to pay BT £11) AND - if you let me refer you before the 30th we can BOTH get £50 M&S vouchers.

Me
xxx

trying-very-trying

IA, why did you get rid of your sky dish and box. We don't get freeview where I live, but I do get all the free to view channels form sky. We don't even have a tv aerial, just the sky dish. having said that you do get more channels free with freeview, than you get on sky.

immoral_angeluk

tigtag02 wrote: »

You can also bring down your phone and BB costs once your out of contract with your current provider to £26 pcm total (still need to pay BT £11) AND - if you let me refer you before the 30th we can BOTH get £50 M&S vouchers.

Me
xxx

That's a point.. we're with tiscali at the moment and pay them for the line rental.. would that be a problem even though it's technically a bt line?

immoral_angeluk

trying-very-trying wrote: »

IA, why did you get rid of your sky dish and box. We don't get freeview where I live, but I do get all the free to view channels form sky. We don't even have a tv aerial, just the sky dish. having said that you do get more channels free with freeview, than you get on sky.

we've still got the dish.. we just sold our sky+ box on ebay for £60