[themelon]

imo ntls service is superior

10 years of uselessness from Sky, and deteriorating customer service on an 0870 number year by year, I moved 2 years ago an havent looked back. I have just moved house and finally got away from the mess Sky made of my previous front room, needless to say i wouldnt let any Sky monkey near my new house.

Sky+ is great if you like that kind of thing and want/can afford to shell out £199 up front, presonally VOD with no extra equipment is more appealing to me...........Perhaps meaning I could lower my subscription and just order films or TV shows instead of subscribing to endless channels i dont need everyday. Will have to see how it works though. I would like to see a form of pay as you go tv, ie pay when you watch.........say someting is good on UK gold you order it and stream it from the server for the evening instead of paying for it on the offchance something might be good.!

On Sky I had very poor picture quality, frequent loss of service in adverse weather conditions, the red button isnt all its cracked up to be the only good stuff is the BBC and we have that, Sky Sports would be nice but the only reason we dont is because sky wont cough up. The EPG on both systems is to be honest rubbish........TV Pages by far better or use some internet tool. The search and Scan is miles better on ntl, it doesnt disappear if you press 'tv' if you pause for a few seconds or have to answer the door, meaning you need to return to the starting channel again.
You can also find info about programs on later without the hassel of the EPG. Ordering movies on Sky is a complete mare compared to ntl, where you just select the movie, the time and enter the pin. On Sky you have to arse around trying to find the correct channel and start time, and clicking the little 'i' for a synopsis on the film.......yuk.