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Am I the only person in the world NOT to have Sky Plus?

65 replies

PuppyMonkey · 11/10/2008 18:10

...everyone I meet says they have it.

And when I say something like: "Oh I missed XXX prog last night." They say: "Why didn't you Sky Plus it?" as if it goes without saying that I must have it.

I've got Freeview box and that's it. Am I the only one?

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BreevandercampLGJ · 11/10/2008 18:11

Yes..

Seriously we only got it last month, it is great.

compo · 11/10/2008 18:13

yes
must people I know have now got it
those that don't tend to not have sky and illegally download stuff....

BoysAreLikeRabidDogs · 11/10/2008 18:13

We have Sky for Poor Persons or whatever it is called.

No Sky Plus.

NotQuiteCockney · 11/10/2008 18:14

We have no sky at all. Freeview. Oh, and a hard-disk recorder thing. But we mostly watch stuff online, never really watch TV at all.

CarGirl · 11/10/2008 18:15

we only have the basic freeview box too, hardly watch it anyway far too addicted to the 'net

solo · 11/10/2008 18:15

I don't! I have cable tv. If I miss something I go to catch up on the pc.

slayerette · 11/10/2008 18:16

I'm with Boys...We have Sky Freesat, which I shall now be calling Sky for Poor Persons. You can't have Sky Plus unless you pay for a Sky package and we're not doing that so we can't have it! Can't get Freeview in our area either. We still have a...

...a VCR

PuppyMonkey · 11/10/2008 18:16

Hooray! I knew there must be others out there. I just don't think it's worth the money at the mo...

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mazzystartled · 11/10/2008 18:16

we sort of have freeview
but the digibox is bust
our 16 year old 14 " telly that we got for free and now flicks in and out of black and white is like a badge of pride for dh

DragonJota · 11/10/2008 18:17

No - we only have freeview too.

We had Sky before but got rid as we were planning our evenings around what was on television and we wanted to start doing other things.

beansmum · 11/10/2008 18:18

I don't have it, or freeview, or channel 5. And ITV is a bit dodgy sometimes.

muggglewump · 11/10/2008 18:19

I still have a VCR too slayerette and I don't own a DVD player or have Sky+
I do have Freeview though.

PuppyMonkey · 11/10/2008 18:19

Beans, don't worry - you haven't missed much..

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slayerette · 11/10/2008 18:23

Ooh, I don't know. No Channel 5, no House...

fullmoonfiend · 11/10/2008 18:25

no sky or skyplus in this house. But I am under seige...

fullmoonfiend · 11/10/2008 18:25

And our freeview is very hit and miss too.

Mercy · 11/10/2008 18:30

We don't have Sky anything and only discovered Freeview 3 years ago.

My mum has neither and can't even get Channel 5 on her tv.

In fact I remember when there were only 3 tv channels available - and they were part-time!

TooTicky · 11/10/2008 18:35

We don't even have a freeview box

glitterball · 11/10/2008 18:41

had cable at old house. am too mean to pay to have it installed in this (rented) house so have freeview.....but send most of evenings huddled upstairs in bed watching old portable with just the 5 channels

never had sky plus. cant stand rupert murdoch (deep seated resentment over how he treated print workers years ago ) so refuse to have sky in any form

Miyazaki · 11/10/2008 18:42

have freeview recorder.

no need for sky plus

maidamess · 11/10/2008 18:42

I havent got it! Don't want it either. My life does not revolve around watching telly.

SharkyandGeorge · 11/10/2008 18:42

We don't have Sky plus or even Sky just plain old freeview and we only got that in about June when we were given a free box.

Miggsie · 11/10/2008 18:43

I don't have sky plus.
I only watch about 3 programmes a week, and if I miss them, I miss them.
I prefer real life.

I work in television, so I'm thouroughly sick of it by the time I get home so I like doing other things.

hecAteTheirBrains · 11/10/2008 18:46

No, just got normal sky.

What is sky plus anyway? As far as I can work out, it is about recording a programme so you don't miss it.

We've been able to do that for years. They're called video recorders!

And so what if you miss a programme? it's only telly.

expatinscotland · 11/10/2008 18:48

we have Freeview.

the cheapest one, too.

not even the top up TV or what have you.

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