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Originally Posted by themelon
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.
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You always seem to appear and try to rubbish Sky whenever someone says anything positive about it, but just stop and think about what you have just said. I, and many others have had a good Sky install and never get the problems you talk about during inclement weather. What is the difference between our experience with Sky and yours?
The answer appears to be that you failed to instruct the Sky engineer that did the installation about your requirements, talking him through where you wanted cable runs, etc, and the let him go, probably signing his documentation to say that you were satisfied with the installation.
Every Sky installation that I have had, and that's a few, the installer has asked me what I want and gone over the installation with me before starting and I have ended up with a very good installation with very good picture quality no matter what the weather. I know that there is always a possibility that you get an installer who is in a hurry and nor bothered about the quality of the installation, but you, the customer should dictate to him exactly what you want and not let him leave until you are absolutely satisfied with everything.
Saying that you had a rubbish blocky picture which went during adverse weather conditions begs me to ask why you put up with this and why you did not get it sorted well before the first 12 months were up.