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Originally Posted by Neil
Lo all.... 
I'm still offline for a while as I didn't get round to getting Pipex reactivated until today! 
So-Sky......
The promised phone call from the engineer before 9am occured at 8.45am.  He was polite, cohereant, knowledgeable, & professional on the phone (he was no different when he turned up to do the install either :tu )
He knew his stuff, & was quite happy to stay with me as long as needed to show the all the workings of Sky +.
All in all the install was first rate, & I cannot fault them in any way, shape, or form.
Sky + is the absolute bees knees IMO!  It knocks spots of ntl DTV, & it's only once you have paused live TV that you can truly appreciate the gulf that is so apparent between Sky & the cable companies.
It is absolutely 1st rate, the picture is excellent, & the EPG is just as good.
All in all, I would have tosay that so far the whole experience deserves 10 out of 10, & was a far cry from some of the cretins from ntl I allowed into my house.
If you don't have Sky +, get it now!
Thanks to all who convinced me that it was worth the extra £200, you weren't wrong!
I have seen the future of digital TV, & it's not ntl's ****** poor offering I can tell you!!
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All Personal Opinion and luck of the draw of course........
Being an Ex-Sky subscriber of 10 years before trying ntl after moving to a cable area......... I can say there are also plenty of Sky cretins who really screw up your house and fit a system that is utterly unusable.
Sky+ is great if you let television rule your life, which personally is something I will never do. I watch it if im in....if im out im out I aint gonna cry if I miss the latest episode of Corrie. There for me is not enough good stuff on television to warrant splashing out £200 on something to record something that is likely to repeated another 500 times on various channels anyway
For me the last Sky fitting was shocking, the wire still dangles from the outside of my house, the wall still leaked until recently when i managed to bung some silicone in the hole. The wire enters the house about 2 1/2ft off the ground, and a load of brick and ripped wallpaper is still visable.
I had a rubbish blocky picture which persistently went during poor weather conditions, I would call out Sky who duefully charge me £60 and tell me they had realigned my dish which made a difference for a little while. Eventually I find due to corners being cut the 'official' installer decided to use less nuts and bolts which meant the dish could move in the wind.
My experience of NTL engineer, polite on time, asked a choice of cable colours, showed me how to use the basic functions and introduced me to channel ntl which at the time was showing , before leaving he vacumed the dust he made whilst drilling. I look forward to a similar experience when I move in September if im lucky enough to move to a cabled area.
Ive seen the future of digital tv too..........its the one that doesnt go off air when it snows/windy/cloudy......which frankly is the time of year when you need TV the most.
Again its all down to personal preference and experience.