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Alternative to SKY as my bills are high
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By *aucylad OP Man
over a year ago
Dublin |
In as simple terms as possible can anyone recommend a way to have sky tv without necessarily paying crazy prices.My sky is rising and rising in terms of price.Yes I like Sky but the bills are mad and it's hard to justify the cost of them given the time I actually spend watching it.I have sports and movies And the HD but my bills are close to €100 per month.I do record alot of programmes as I never know what time I will be watching so the record function is important to me.I've heard about dodgy boxes or the likes but I've no idea how I go about it or what is required to get it..or indeed how good the reception is or if I can record etc.Bare in mind I don't have great IT knowledge so I will need explaining!
Some will say suck it up and pay but I'm hoping someone may have some suggestions.Thanks |
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By *ilderMan
over a year ago
dublin |
Get freeview with a recordable box. You pay a little upfront for the gear but the only bills you'll have after that will be for the electricity you use, no ongoing rental costs. The only sky channel on Freeview is sky news I believe but if you can do without that then look into it. Get saorview on top of that if you want the Irish channels too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sky have clamped down on dodgy boxes using the satellite dishes and as a result, you can no longer use these to get subscription channels.
You can however get an android box, or smart tv's come with the app, and buy a subscription for a year (anywhere between 60 - 150 euro for the year) and this will give you all the sky channels, in HD, however, it does not have a record function.
The above streams the channels to your box / tv. This means that your broadband must be capable of handling that speed of download. Normally about 8mb download would be enough.
The android boxes can be loaded with movie apps like kodi etc mentioned above
Hope that helps op! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Do you have a smart tv? If so i have a simple answer for you. I wont say too much but if anyone wants to know feel free to pm me and i will happily let ye know. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ive got an android box and use kodi. A loads of series and movies. Have found anything I wanted to watch on it. The box itself was 120 off eBay. The only thing I'd say is kodi is always updating it's app and then some links won't work. For me I just use YouTube to find out how to install the newest kodi. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Theres a great alternative to kodi for live tv for free"cough cough""
I had that as well although I paid a small fee for it. It's gave me all the sky channels. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Theres a great alternative to kodi for live tv for free"cough cough"
I had that as well although I paid a small fee for it. It's gave me all the sky channels."
ahhh yes i know what your talking about but not what i use, what i use is 100% free and gives a lot of what sky has. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Theres a great alternative to kodi for live tv for free"cough cough"
We're all ears  "
hahaha feel free to pop me a pm and il explain. Ive told a few people already, well when they check my reply lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do any of them have the record function ?"
unfortunatly the one i use doesnt. Its live feeds so its not possible to record from it without a 3rd party recording software... sorry showing my techy side now lol
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Theres a great alternative to kodi for live tv for free"cough cough"
I had that as well although I paid a small fee for it. It's gave me all the sky channels.ahhh yes i know what your talking about but not what i use, what i use is 100% free and gives a lot of what sky has. "
Same here. It gives all the big fights and matches that you have to pay to watch even with sky. |
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By *ohng69Man
over a year ago
athenry |
If you want to stay with sky you should ring them and threaten to leave and they will give you a discount to keep you. Ask for their loyalty department and keep asking for more when they offer you a reduction. You are entitled to a reduction as a loyal customer |
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By *ohng69Man
over a year ago
athenry |
"I did that...they offered 8 euro and a new contract...so I said no...they were increasing my bill by 26 euro and then said we will take 8 euro off that...what a joke."
I'm currently getting 46.50 in discounts each month. I negotiate regularly with them and there are always offers they will give to loyal customers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Theres a great alternative to kodi for live tv for free"cough cough"
I had that as well although I paid a small fee for it. It's gave me all the sky channels.ahhh yes i know what your talking about but not what i use, what i use is 100% free and gives a lot of what sky has.
Same here. It gives all the big fights and matches that you have to pay to watch even with sky."
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By *aucylad OP Man
over a year ago
Dublin |
I'm with them 10 years....they ain't offering much discounts to me at all.Ive been pleasant all the way through.id a fella from sky today try to convince me that the dodgy boxes are from drug dealers and organised crime and that I'd be supporting the drug trade by doing that.I wonder where they get their staff from because that's rather terrible to be hearing from a so called trained member of staff who is meant to reward loyalty. |
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By *aucylad OP Man
over a year ago
Dublin |
I'm with them 10 years....they ain't offering much discounts to me at all.Ive been pleasant all the way through.id a fella from sky today try to convince me that the dodgy boxes are from drug dealers and organised crime and that I'd be supporting the drug trade by doing that.I wonder where they get their staff from because that's rather terrible to be hearing from a so called trained member of staff who is meant to reward loyalty. |
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By *ajobMan
over a year ago
Newtownabbey |
Iptv is the way to go folks...any smart tv...android box...firestick...will work...u wont be sble to record on these but if u have a tv box like an f5s or a zgemma box that you used gor the card sharing before sky blocked it all..
Iptv can be installed via certain apps that certain ppl have it all sorted for running off..what your paying a month gor sky tv could be for the yr on iptv..works a treat..you get all sky channels plus more..look into that |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I asked for a discount and got nowhere. I signed up to eir and when I rang to cancel they offered big discounts then.
Get an android box. Download showbox for every movie ever and get every station steamed. Picture isn't perfect but you can download movies and use the 1200 a year you save on a holiday |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Probably can't say much on here but I use IPTV on an Amazon Fire Stick (can also use Chromecast, Android Box etc...)
Have a Google for Brian Gannon Flawless IPTV, I'll say no more... |
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Wextronix, it's a shop in Wexford and one in Gorey, in Wexford town it has been open 2+years, a brilliant service, simple setup, non subscription or subscription service @€10 per month €50 -6 months, everyone in work has one, check it out. |
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I have the sky basic package for about €26 per month I think it is. I bought an MXQ Android Box so can get all the latest movies through showbox, box sets, live sports etc too. If you have Eir broadband you can get BT sports,Eir sport, at the races etc all free through the sky box |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Get a firestick and put Kodi on it. The free add ons are fine for tv shows and movies but for live sport there are various subscriptions that are very cheap which works great. Some also give you the sky channels aswell. |
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