It used to be �10 a month but they scrapped that.
Tell your mum that once she has Sky+ she will love it.
Recording a program is a simple as pressing the R button on the remote control. Sky sorts out when the program starts and stops.
Setting up "series link", where you record every episode of a program, is just a case of pressing one button.
Finding a list of programs you have recorded is easy.
Playing a program you have recorded is easy.
Deleting a program once you have watched it is easy.
If you have a DVD recorder, then copying a program from your Sky+ box to a DVD is easy.
Go for it. Good luck.