Sky alternatives

sttony

Folks,

Just moved out into the sticks. Sky engineer said he was not allowed on the roof so no SKy!!! No big deal. It's all canceled, no headaches.

Just enquiring about alternatives as Freeview is so exciting. I would still prefer to have Sky, but not paying £150.00 for someone to go up the ladders. Sky would not offset the fee in case you were wondering.

Thanks for looking.

[Deleted User]

Does it have to go on the roof?

Robisere

Mine is on the side of the bungalow, about 10 feet up. But I understand what you say about Sky "engineers" and roofs. When they fitted my dish, the guy would not even go into my loft, just wound the cables around skirting, doors and walls. I dropped them after 12 months and used the dish for Freesat with a Humax box. Freesat my not suit you, as you obviously don't care much for Freeview, but Netflix and others are available via Freesat Humax. You could try a NOWTV box.

macman

Get an independent installer to fit the dish. Why does it need to be roof mounted?

Bigphil1474

OP, if your BB is any good, Now TV is a much cheaper option - main down side is that it isn't HD but quality is fine if your BB is good. Same content (streamed only), no contract, lower price.

Inner_Zone

Bigphil1474 wrote: »

OP, if your BB is any good, Now TV is a much cheaper option - main down side is that it isn't HD but quality is fine if your BB is good. Same content (streamed only), no contract, lower price.

Hardly a lot fewer channels to view.

worried_jim

Amazon Firestick with some "add ons". 500HD channels on mine for $20 per month.

https://www.setvnow.com/#5a415c4eeceb1

[Deleted User]

Inner_Zone wrote: »

Hardly a lot fewer channels to view.

It’s got the main ones and most popular ones though. Most of the excluded channels are rubbish.
The huge savings make up for that imo.

Mchambers

OP....Sky installed my box a few years ago. Have you tried asking the sky engineer to do a job with a little pocket money out of hours. I did this with my bedroom when they cabled it to my sky box. If I remember, it cost me £25.

jaybeetoo

sttony wrote: »

Sky engineer said ......

He was most definitely NOT an engineer!