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To not want sky tv

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justaweeone · 30/06/2013 17:08

So far we have not had sky tv.
Dh suggested we get the family bundle but I think we have more than enough as have free view,love film and get some movies from blinkbox.Plus I feel that Dc aged 15 & 9 watch enough tv.Are we missing out on some fab viewing or not?
What do you think?

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cantspel · 30/06/2013 17:09

we have sky and i could never go back to just freeview.

GalaxyDefender · 30/06/2013 17:26

YANBU.
We have never had Sky. My parents have it, but even with their reams and reams of channels, there's still never anything to watch!

Unless there's a specific reason you want it, don't bother. Spend the money on something else!

ShirazSavedMySanity · 30/06/2013 17:28

We've never had it and tbh can't afford it. Don't have love film or anything along those lines, jut plain old freeview.

If you've never had it, you'll never know what you're missing, so why waste the money?

CrowsLanding · 30/06/2013 17:29

I have sky and there is still never anything to watch! Yanbu

SmiteYouWithThunderbolts · 30/06/2013 17:31

YANBU. I have Sky, the whole damn package and there's still fuck all to watch. Netflix is much better - and used far more frequently in this house. When my contract is up with Sky we'll be getting rid and going back to freeview.

DowntonTrout · 30/06/2013 17:34

We have it primarily for Sky Sports. Sport is DH's love and he would not be without it. He watches football, cricket, rugby, golf etc.

I love the Sky+ box, though I'm aware you can get differing versions of this with other companies or for Freeview. There are some things we watch, though, on Sky One or Sky Atlantic that aren't available anywhere else.

Of course we could live without it, after all we grew up with only 3 channels on the tv. But we like it.

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justaweeone · 30/06/2013 17:36

Downton what sort of things do you watch?

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Thatssofunny · 30/06/2013 17:38

Don't have Sky. Don't want Sky. Don't need Sky.
Find Freeview absolutely sufficient. Still not interested in tv a lot of the time. (It's running in the background at the moment and is switched to mute with subtitles a lot.) We've got millions of DVDs, though.

CommanderShepard · 30/06/2013 17:39

We had Sky but got rid when they wouldn't upgrade us to a 1tb box. We kept running out of disk! We bought a Sling box (can watch off phone/tablet/PC) and that and lovefilm instant via the Xbox do us fine.

LesAnimaux · 30/06/2013 17:41

I'm glad I'm not the only person who doesn't want sky.

As long as I have East Enders I'm happy. [shallow]

I did think of getting it for F1, but just thought it was ridiculously expensive.

I wasn't very impressed with netflix.

LesAnimaux · 30/06/2013 17:42

Actually we had lovefilm. Maybe I should try netflix.

Ragwort · 30/06/2013 17:44

We have Sky, DH and DS are sports mad so they love it, doesn't interest me but it keeps them quiet Grin.

Fairylea · 30/06/2013 17:44

We had sky but got really fed up with it. For us there seemed to be a LOT of repeats (same as normal tv really so why pay for the same)... the movie channels were good at first but once you've seen a few it seems samey as new movies don't come on often.

We went back to freesat (we are rural so the picture is better than freeview) and haven't looked back.

nemno · 30/06/2013 17:49

We have Sky. You sort of have to if sport is important to the family. And it is; very. We don't watch all the other stuff that we have to pay for apart from a few series that we would be happy to wait for when they air on freeview.

For films and DVD exTV drama we think Lovefilms is fine.

Parker231 · 30/06/2013 17:57

It's essential here - DH and DS are sport mad - they'd have it on 24/7 if DD and I didn't protest !

Burmobasher · 30/06/2013 18:05

We got Sky 6 months ago and love it, could never go back to Freeview.
We watch the movies and enjoy the drama eg G.o.T. The other day I did remark that there's still a load of shit on the telly but like my DH pointed out "yes, but now we have more shit"

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fuzzpig · 30/06/2013 18:13

We have no intention of getting it. We used to have cable in our first flat because it was a deal with broadband and phone, but when we moved the new place wasn't cabled IYSWIM so we just didn't have it, and we don't miss it. Recently replaced our ancient TV in time for digital and it has freeview in it - more than enough. We barely watch actual telly though, prefer DVDs.

fuzzpig · 30/06/2013 18:15

I say 'recently' but come to think of it it must've been over a year ago now!

Justforlaughs · 30/06/2013 18:17

We don't have Sky and I don't feel the need for it, I wouldn't justify the extra money tbh. Unless you feel that freeview isn't enough for you then why bother?

Crowler · 30/06/2013 18:17

It does fund the Rupert Murdoch empire.

MadameBlavatsky · 30/06/2013 18:44

We got rid of Sky and just have YouView and Netflix now, it's loads better. The sky on demand is shite!

LastTangoInDevonshire · 30/06/2013 18:48

We did have sky (just the basic package, no sport or films). We got rid of it because of all the adverts and repeats. We now have Freeview and are quite happy with just that. Plenty for all on there and you can record what you want and fast forward the adverts.

And saved £25 a month into the bargain.

WhereDoAllTheCalculatorsGo · 30/06/2013 18:51

I love Sky. I know it's each to their own but I wouldn't be without it, my sort of TV just isn't on the BBC or ITV enough.

longjane · 30/06/2013 18:54

were i babysit on a saturday has sky
telly is still dire