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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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Sorry - but you're not comparing like with like.
If you want a box
capable of HD television - then
Sky £299 purchase price
Sky £10 per month rental
Sky £60 installation (unless you take multi-room)
Source:
http://sky.com/hd/what-does-it-cost-existing.htm
NTL:Telewest £0.00 Purchase Price
NTL:Telewest £10.00 per month rental
NTL:Telewest £75 installation (on existing customers unless you have multi-room)
First year's cost Sky £419
First year's cost NTL £120
Both assume multi-room.
After the second year, you become liable for repairs to the Sky box, so you need to cost in a replacement for that over say three years and would need to allow an additional monthly cost of £10 per month to cover for this.
(inserts a smugger wink here)