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    Anyone use Sky On Demand?

    They've a cracking deal on which includes On Demand, which I understand is their competitor to YouView... but is it any good, or no better than just using iPlayer/4OD apps on the PS3/XBox?
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    They've a cracking deal on which includes On Demand, which I understand is their competitor to YouView... but is it any good, or no better than just using iPlayer/4OD apps on the PS3/XBox?
    it's OK just another streaming service and useful for the catch up stuff, most of the good stuff is in their "store" which is chargeable

    What is the cracking deal as I'm considering dumping Sky as over priced tosh..
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #3
      Sky == Utter crap. And expense crap at that.

      HTH BIDI

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        #4
        It downloads to your Sky box, where you can then watch it as any other recorded programme. Which is good as it means you can always watch the highest quality HD version without worrying about any issues of the streaming being able to keep up. And you can stop half way through, and watch the rest later.

        My TV has iPlayer etc., but is lower quality.

        But for the most part, these things are all the same.
        Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Troll View Post

          What is the cracking deal as I'm considering dumping Sky as over priced tosh..
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          Sky == Utter crap. And expense crap at that.

          HTH BIDI
          As an O2 broadband customer Sky are offering me free Sky (including dish + box) with all channels except sports/movies but including 3D, catchup, Atlantic, and free unlimited broadband for 12 months if I switch - £14/month line rental for phone+internet+sky. It's a 12-month contract so I can leave after the free period and keep the box for free channels.
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
          Originally posted by vetran
          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #6
            Originally posted by d000hg View Post
            As an O2 broadband customer Sky are offering me free Sky (including dish + box) with all channels except sports/movies but including 3D, catchup, Atlantic, and free unlimited broadband for 12 months if I switch - £14/month line rental for phone+internet+sky. It's a 12-month contract so I can leave after the free period and keep the box for free channels.
            Including HD?
            How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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              #7
              I've got the full Sky package with HD+ (I've not got 3D yet) and it costs £65pm. I use Anytime quite a lot as it's now got BBC iPlayer and most of the other catch up services - a lot of which are in HD. I like it but it but I can see how non-contractors would baulk at the cost.
              ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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                #8
                The way they have set up on demand and store is feckin annoying.

                Take for instance the afternoon film on sky thriller movies the two jakes, it is the 1990 sequel to chinatown, so I think I will go on demand and download that then watch both films tonight, the cheeky feckers have put chinatown on as pay per view when they were allowing it for download a few weeks ago for free. Charging for a 1974 film is just chancery.

                The other week they moved ironman 1 + 2 to pay per view as the ironman 3 was coming out.

                I realise it is a business but they have become sneaky coonts at it now and I am moving off SKY for that reason.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Troll View Post
                  Including HD?
                  Yeah, it's the Entertainment+ package... 3D, HD, everything but movies & sport.

                  I'm gutted that F1 channel is no longer available outside sport package though... that would cost £26/month extra

                  Brilliant deal though - bizarrely if I don't want Sky TV it costs more, obviously they are pushing very hard to get people hooked.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    Yeah, it's the Entertainment+ package... 3D, HD, everything but movies & sport.

                    I'm gutted that F1 channel is no longer available outside sport package though... that would cost £26/month extra

                    Brilliant deal though - bizarrely if I don't want Sky TV it costs more, obviously they are pushing very hard to get people hooked.
                    Isn't it still available if you buy HD by itself.
                    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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