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Originally Posted by relegationmateri
Sky's equivalent of the NTL PVR has to be Sky+ and as is fact, is free per month to customers on the top package. So, for every tenner a month you pay NTL, you could have a Sky+ box which is miles better with a proper epg and no software cockups.
Over a five year period, here's a summary.
NTL user £600
Sky+ user £0
Should your Sky+ box break you'll have plenty of money left over to get plenty more after your guarantee runs out!
Even more so if this happens
http://www.media247.co.uk/skydigital/news.php
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LOL - you expect a sky+ box to last 5 years without failing ? What a joke. After 1 year you will have to pay ££ to get your box fixed. I don't see repair costs included in your little calculations.
REPAIR COSTS AFTER 5 YEARS :
SKY : £504 (Extended warrenty cover after 1st year at £10.50 / month which is what i paid)
NTL : £0
And on another note, if you have all your services with NTL you can get a discount. So yes, I pay £10 / month extra for the TVDrive but NTL are giving me a £15/month discount for having BB, phone and TV with them. So im £5 up ! Your calculations aren't looking so great now, all things considered.
Also, like you said - the sky+ box is free to customers on the
top package ! Most people are probably not on the top package. So it's a tenner a month and if i remember correctly £99 for the box upfront. You also have no chance of watching ANY HD broadcasts on it.
I've just moved from sky to NTL and the picture quality on the TVDrive is hugely superior to that of Sky.
Yes, the TVDrive is very buggy but it's only just launched. When Sky+ launched it wasn't exactly perfect either !!