[Omen]

It's too dear, (whatever it costs).

Look at all you get for your license fee (whatever it costs) and all the free comercial TV on Freesat and Freeview. And what do you get for the hundreds and hundreds of pounds you have to pay Sky?

[arista]

You can Also get Sky Free
SkyFreesat has Sky 3 and E4 and all the Freeview channels
with more News Stations.

You only pay once to get it Fitted
then forever it is Free.

[Omen]

E4, I get that on Freesat and all the others. Sky 3, wouldn't want it for nothing, some of the free stuff is awful too.

I have

RTE 1 & 2
TV3 and E3
BBC 1,2,3,and 4
ITV 1,2,3, and 4
c4 and e4,
lots of news channels, BBC etc

you know the rest

I have 47 channels in my non-Sky satellite box.

Plus I have a second motorised dish which enables me to watch all sorts of premium content, but that's another story.

[arista]

FreesatHD
has the 2nd most news channels.

I have
FreesatHD
SkyHD
and
VirginHD.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by arista

You can Also get Sky Free
SkyFreesat has Sky 3 and E4 and all the Freeview channels
with more News Stations.

You only pay once to get it Fitted
then forever it is Free.

Errr no its not free, you still have to pay a TV licence if you have TV equipment including satellite system that is capable of reciving television programs.

You also require a licence to receive TV programs via your computer if they are received at the same time as they are transmitted or via cable systems.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Errr no its not free, you still have to pay a TV licence if you have TV equipment including satellite system that is capable of reciving television programs.

You also require a licence to receive TV programs via your computer if they are received at the same time as they are transmitted or via cable systems.

In the UK at this time
we are all paying the TV Tax
until it goes.


So SkyFreesat
is a Free Service
you only pay once to get it fitted and of course, as everyone knows,
you pay the BBC tax.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by arista

In the UK at this time
we are all paying the TV Tax
until it goes.


So SkyFreesat
is a Free Service
you only pay once to get it fitted and of course, as everyone knows,
you pay the BBC tax.

Never mind Arista, not long till sky 3D rolls out for home use across the UK. just need to have a 3D ready TV.

Then after they intend to bin the dishes and you receive sky through your phone line.

[Omen]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Errr no its not free, you still have to pay a TV licence if you have TV equipment including satellite system that is capable of reciving television programs.

You also require a licence to receive TV programs via your computer if they are received at the same time as they are transmitted or via cable systems.

So you can watch the iplayer and 4OD witout a license then? 4OD is great. Why would you want Sky unless you were getting it free?

The future of TV is going to be Youtube boxes and similar, not Sky.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Omen

So you can watch the iplayer and 4OD witout a license then? 4OD is great. Why would you want Sky unless you were getting it free?

The future of TV is going to be Youtube boxes and similar, not Sky.

If you havent got a TV license and no TV but do have an internet connected computer, TV licensing has the right to ask for your permission to contact your ISP within the UK to confirm you havent watched live TV programs online.

They would have to obtain a court order to ask without your permission. There has been cases of people watching TV on their work computer without the firm having a TV licence.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Omen

So you can watch the iplayer and 4OD witout a license then? 4OD is great. Why would you want Sky unless you were getting it free?

The future of TV is going to be Youtube boxes and similar, not Sky.

I hate to burst your bubble but in a couple of years time, sky wont be installing satellite dishes all their content will be through either your phone line or your internet connection.

[Omen]

Why is that bursting my bubble? I don't care.