To not understand why people pay for sky?

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Due to technical issues, I'm running my tv through an old sky box I found in the loft. I don't have a subscription so can't watch any of the sky channels. However, I can see the listings.

It's so much poo it's unbelievable. Why do people pay for this?? Are they mad?

I agree my DM and DstepD pay £90 a month for sky in 3 rooms and all 3 are hd sky plus boxes multi room blablabla thingys. Utter madness but then I'm not really a tv person.

We've had our sky box for 11 years, and DH reckons if we tell them we've got a bit of a shit picture (which it has, it's gone a bit pixilated) that they'll give us a new all singing all dancing new box at no cost to us.

Does anyone know whether they'll laugh us off the phone what they'd give us if this one's fucked and how much it'd cost?

Pausing tv.
Modern Family
The Middle
The Following
Dexter
Friends
Moto gp
Superbikes
Movies

Because the shit you get on sky is superior shit to the shit you get on freeview.

You have a wider spread of shit to choose from.

^^ this.

We've moved house recently and had a choice of Sky or Freeview. We came from Virgin Media so feel miffed we couldn't have Virgin again (no cable in the new house!) DP wanted HD channels as we have a HD TV and the freeview choice was naff.

It does still pain me how much I pay for Sky each month and I watch Ugly Betty on E4 and re-runs of ER on Sky Atlantic!

Two words. The cycling.

Sky plus costs me about 30 quid a month (cheapest package and internet), I get to use the internet as much as I want, get to record the sole four programmes I watch and movies are free or very cheap to rent. Works out much better than separate internet, boxsets and buying dvds.

Why do people pay for this?? Are they mad?

No, Im not mad, I just like the programmes on Sky ..plus we dont get greta reception being ina valley and would have to have a roof top ariel to get normal TV, no freeview here.

Currently top is definitely The Following, closely followed by Criminal Minds. Plus I love all the music channels. The on demand is excellent for watching movies of all sorts to.

great reception obviously

Sky Sports

If you want the sports channels then by the time you've got a package that includes Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3 you have most of the other channels anyway. And Sky keeps buying up exclusive rights to sporting events.

Glee and Supernatural.

Now if we could opt out of having to pay for a Tv licence then I'd be front of the queue to drop the Bbc channels.

Can't get Virgin and the reception for free view is terrible.
I like the sport on sky, DP likes to watch documentaries, DC2-5 like the children's channel and DC1 likes all the American programmes like csi.

The cycling and the rugby. OMG would die without the rugby.

Oh and Law and Order Special Victims, forgot about that. We do spend a lot but it includes Sky plus, HD and various multirooms, telephone and internet.

We have a package so have sky TV, broadband and phone landline.

DH pays extra into the joint bills account to cover all of that just because he wants the F1. There is nothing about sky that I would choose, I only ever watch channels available on free view, but I figure I'm on to good thing so I don't complain.

We've had Sky+ since the days when it was the only recording option apart from VCRs, we can't get Virgin and until last year couldn't get Freeview so it was Sky or terrestrial only.

We can get Freeview now, but it seems very limited, we'd have to buy new boxes if we wanted to record, we watch Sky Sports a lot, so we're happy with it.

Sport!

Sky Atlantic too

Agent Zigzag phone Sky to enquire about how to terminate. Say there is no point you still paying as box is faulty now. You'll have a new box before you know it.

The crime and investigation channels can be pretty interesting at times too.

Agree about beeb 1 and 2, confronted with having to compete with the satellite channels, they seem to have given up. Although beeb four can have some good shit on.

Is watching BBC4 the same as listening to Radio 4?

In other words, does enjoying the programs mean I'm old?

The bbc bit of my last post was about Dogs post.

I hope not as I really like a lot on BBC4 !

But why pay to watch tv?

I'd have to sit on my arse in front of a tv for the rest of my life to justify paying for the bloody thing.

There's lots of free shit to watch. Actually I'm sitting here watching The Green Mile on ITV4. Fantastic film.

The following
Sky arts
Da Vinci's demons
Glee
Sky Atlantic

Because I like shit tv

Sky Arts is bloody fantastic. 99% of the TV I watch is on Sky Arts. I mean did you see Hugh Jackman earlier?? Liam Neeson night before?

Plus, DS gets to record a gazillion episodes of Care Bears. Such fun.

Hehe NotIn

I've done a similar thing with cancelling the movies, they offer it at £1 a month for three months and when I ring up to cancel they offer another good deal. If they don't, I cancel it and after a few more months they offer the £1 deal again

It only lasts for so long though and we've got it all the time now, which of course means their marketing ploy worked

DH reckons I'm going to make the call though because 'I'm better at it', not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not.