I'm Paying £52.90 Per Month for Sky+

[chrissa1]

it's too much for me on my own now. Is there a cheaper Freesat that still gives me the pause/rewind/record facilities? Thanks.

[WHU010]

That's an awful lot to pay for Sky and I suspect you may have other packages with it such as sport or films. Why dont you give Sky a ring and see if you can negotiate a better deal.....they dont like the thought of loosing customers and it could well be you do have services you dont really need and save some money......we do like Sky+ and keep with sky because of that

[chrissa1]

I did do that a few months ago but they told me I would only be saving £1/ channel not wanted. Is this right? It didn't seem worth it at the time.

[Postdog]

Dunno what channels you want but a freesat digi could be connected to your dish, and with the digi you can pause rewind etc. One off payment and that's that. You can also opt for the sky freesat service, which gives more/different channels, but I am not sure how your box works with that (like whether it would be recieve only)

[B00]

Tell 'em you're cancelling unless it becomes a whole lot cheaper, that's an awful lot of money to shell out each month just for the goggle box!

[cupid04]

And your tv licence on top of that.

[chrissa1]

I've got a little Freeview box upstairs that just works through the aerial. Can I run a new Freesat+ box throught my existing Sky dish?

[chrissa1]

I know it's a lot but I rarely go out in the evenings now so it's my only company.

[ubasses]

If you have BT have a look at BT vision they do a basic package for £4 pm and a 1 off connection fee of £30

[chrissa1]

Does BT have everything Sky+ does ubasses?

[flobadob]

In Tesco I saw a 250GB Technik Freeview recording box. It will record and pause TV as you want but obviously you will only get the available Freeview channels and not all of the Sky ones. It cost around £90 for the box and there will be not further costs after that, provided you are able to set it up yourself.

[mccfluffy]

I've got virgin and paying 13.50 for basic channels (well have sports but not paying for that) it does me

[ubasses]

yes you can pause, fast forward, rewind and record. It also has bbc i player where you can watch something you have missed, some are free and others about £1 which gets addes to bill only when you watch something. They also have their own replay for the main channels which do not stay on there as long but are free. You can pay more and add different channels if you want. Worth a look at the BTVision web site.

[craft1948]

I just have a Freeview box with hard drive for recording..........does me okay especially as some of the sports I used to want Sky for are now available on the BBC Red Button.

[slinky.kate]

i am paying £64.78.a month but thats for the phone as well,why dont you phone them and ask if they have any offers on at the moment,if you have sky hd.that costs £10 a month,do you have sports,films,do you watch them,cut some things off your package,

[chrissa1]

No slinky, I don't have HD as I knew the cost of it.
What is the difference between Freeview and Freesat? I don't mind about paying a one off charge for a box.

[Yorky Lass]

Pull your card out of the box and you will be able to see the channels you will receive without subscription using your current equipment. You will loose all your pause/rewind and recording facilities but it sounds as though you know that already. You will also loose any already recorded progams too.

[Nummy]

I pay £21 per month...i don't have any of the movie or sports channels - they are the ones that really bump the price up...and if you want HD.

As the others have said, ring them and tell them that you're leaving cos you can't afford it, don't give in easily- t's amazing what they'll offer

[Buenchico]

Regarding your Freeview v Freesat question:

Freeview is a terrestrial service, received through a conventional aerial. The channels you can receive are shown here:
http://www.freeview.co.uk/Channels
(A basic Freeview set-top box will cost you around £20)

Any satellite receiver (including your existing Sky+ box, even if you allow the subscription to expire), attached to a normal Sky dish, can receive all of these channels free of charge:
http://en.wikipedia.o...channels_at_28%C2%B0E

So you don't need to buy anything extra in order to continue seeing many TV stations.

Freesat is a service from the BBC and ITV which uses a special set-top box. It basically gives you exactly the same channels as those listed in my Wikipedia link above but adds on 'red button' interactive services, plus some text-based services.
Channel list (page 1 of 3):
http://www.freesat.co...-you-get/our-channels
A basic set-top box will cost around £30.

There's also 'Freesat from Sky' (which, confusingly, isn't the same as 'Freesat'). With that system you'll get the channels listed in my Wikipedia link, plus a few interactive services thrown in by Sky. You could use your existing Sky+ box but with a special card which Sky sells for a one-off payment of £25.

Chris

[chrissa1]

Thank you for all your answers. Chris, really helpful as always. I'll ring Sky tomorrow. Now I come to think of it, I had Films and Sport for my husband.

[trt]

My average monthly bill is £63.00 which includes sky sport, HD, phone and broadband, not movies.

I phoned last month to cancel HD but they gave me it free for the next 6 months.

Still to much though but I need the sports channels.