Sky +

[Withnail]

For those of you that have upgraded to it - does it require a home visit or do they just send you the box?

[joey_turbo]

Home visit. I'm sure it could be done your self though.

[essexboy]

i got tivo. there really big in the usa. the same as sky plus, dont know which is better though. all i know is with tivo you can have alot more programs and films stored on it.

[T]

needs a home visit mate.

[Withnail]

needs a home visit mate.

Thought as much. Just noticed the installation has gone bac to £60 - I'm sure it was free not so long ago.

dont spose anyone on here is thinking of joining sky (so I can use you as a referral!)?

[essexboy]

dude research into tivo its really good. we got our tivo box from ebay.

[Withnail]

dude research into tivo its really good. we got our tivo box from ebay.

Thanks mate, I'll look into it. Did you install it yourself?

[aGeNt-OrAnGe]

Are you a current Sky user?
If so call Sky and the prices of the Sky +. Once you have them ask if they'll uprgade a loyal customer free. They will say no so simply show your unhappy and ask to be put through to cancellations. Explain you want to cancel as you have been a loyal Sky customer and they now want extra cash to upgrade to Sky + and a monthly subscription as well. Only the cancelation department have the power to do this but they should upgrade you with a free receiver and FREE monthly subscription to Sky +. You will have to pay £40 towards installation though.

Worked for me mate. Also I call every 3 month and ask to have my subscription reduced to a lower package. At this point they drop the fee of my total package from £42 to £20 for the following 3 month and then off we go again.

Let me know how you get on.

[T]

Thought as much. Just noticed the installation has gone bac to £60 - I'm sure it was free not so long ago.

dont spose anyone on here is thinking of joining sky (so I can use you as a referral!)?

sky's current offer is that the box is free and you just pay the standard installation cost of £60
you just want to upgrade your box or get multiroom? if you get multiroom that £60 is wavered so there will be no setup costs, however multiroom is an extra £10 a month but it gives you another complete standalone box.

[joey_turbo]

Isn't Tivo just a standalone HDD Recorder?
With the SKY+ you get to view all of their channels, and record them.