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Replacing Sky tv - when no cable tv available. Not prepared to give any more momey to New International.

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 20:43

This comes in the light of the NOTW journalists hacking Millie Dowlers phone,and deleting messages off it, and thus providing more heartache and false hope to the Dowlers that their daughter was still alive.

There a few ( well me and Ponders so far) who need advice on how to access digital services for TV. Ponders is a bit restricted due to poor reception from a transitter, me by the fact that nickelodeon AFAIK is only available in the UK on the Sky dish set up ( no cable out here).

Is there someone wit hsome expertise in this field. Appreciate it's a bit of a wide question and experts probably charge for this sort of thing. But any help would be appreciated.

By Ponders aand me in any event.

tia.

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 20:45
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OhYouBadBadKitten · 05/07/2011 20:48

no idea, but what a good idea. Well done.

babyocho · 05/07/2011 20:51

I have a foxsat. I used to have sky+ but it packed up and I loathed paying monthly.

The foxsat recorder is 'like' sky+ (ovb, not the sjy channels). It's all the digital chanels, plus i have it hooked in so if I want i can watch the iplayer from it as well and it upscales it so dont lose quality.

As it uses the satellite to receive the channels the quality is great, I would say it was better quality than my old sky set up.

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 20:57

small question babyocho but does the digital channels include nickelodeon ones? I am trying negotiate a leaving of sky, not not cause a war with my 11 y.o dd.

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babyocho · 05/07/2011 20:58

No, it has the following childrens channels:

cbbc
cbeebies
citv
pop
popgirl
tiny pop
kix!

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 21:00

thanks but still gulp. I will let Ponders know of this option.

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babyocho · 05/07/2011 21:00

With the money you would be saving even after 1 month, you could bribe with a box set of something?

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 21:00

gooooood thinking!!!

We like!!

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TimeWasting · 05/07/2011 21:02

Tell her she's too old for kids tv.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 05/07/2011 21:03

I have BT Vision. You can pause live broadcasts, record series and so on, but it doesn't have Nickelodeon.

Indith · 05/07/2011 21:04

You can get Nickelodeon on BT vision, check the packages, it doens't come with just the bog standard one, that just gives you the Box (which does all the recording, pausing live TV gubbins) and the normal freeview channels but you can get it with other packages.

HarrietJones · 05/07/2011 21:05

I just have freeview with a booster. We can't get cable & planning is awkward regarding satellite dishes.

Indith · 05/07/2011 21:07

Had a closer look, you get Nickelodeon stuff as TV on demand. £13 a month gives you all the on demand stuff included so she wouldn't get the channel as such but could watch the shows as and when she wanted anyway.

ThisIsANiceCage · 05/07/2011 21:09

Yep, another one with our old Sky dish plugged into a Freeview box. Ours is a Humax with hard drive.

Quality is fantastic, of course, as is all satellite. And it's more reliable than our old Sky box.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 05/07/2011 21:13

Thanks, Indith, I didn't know that; no-one in my house of Nickelodeon age. :)

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 21:17

indith - I have just been looking at BT vision at your prompt. I thought it was cable only, but then it indicated it used a freeview -style thing sans nickelodeon, then when I looked further it siad BT Vision does carry nickelodeon.

so a large thank you,and I will get on with being signed up.

and "no more momey to New International"..

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mozette · 05/07/2011 23:42

But BskyB part own Nickelodeon so you indirectly would be giving them money

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AwesomePan · 05/07/2011 23:43

I am trying very hard to not read that. But thanks.

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Ponders · 05/07/2011 23:50

oh thank you for starting this, Pan! Smile

will look in tomorrow to see what's suggested (going to bed now)

MmeLindor. · 06/07/2011 09:34

Would a sat dish with digital receiver not work then? We had a dish in Germany that picked up the freeview channels at least. Would be no use to those wanting extra channels but for basic BBC/ITV/CH4 etc it is fine.

MollysChamber · 06/07/2011 09:38

I've just signed up to BT vision. Full TV, broadband and phone package with any time calls is £56 a month.

HarrietJones · 06/07/2011 09:40

You can do free sat. Keep the sky box/dish & get freeview but no nickolodean

GrimmaTheNome · 06/07/2011 09:41

If you stop your sky subscription there's still quite a bit of free content still available - we did that for a while because we'd really only had sky for some of the kids channels DD had outgrown.

RubberDuck · 06/07/2011 09:42

Does BT vision or any other option have Disney HD? That's our most used channel atm.

Ponders · 06/07/2011 14:55

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions Smile

Sadly it looks, from the googling I've done, as if none of them offer the channels that I we watch most - grown-up DSs watch a lot on Sky1, & I mostly watch Discovery & Nat Geo (& things about houses!), & I can't seem to find those anywhere else.

I think Virgin would come closest but like Pan we're in the sticks with no cable.

I'll pay to keep paying Murdoch Sad