Cable Forum - View Single Post - I'm Finished with CABLE sky and BT for me

gazzzman · 02-03-2007, 16:50

I have sky+ & a standard samsung cable box.
I also have 10 Mb cable internet and ZEN ADSL
(I need multiple fixed ip addresses and that is not an option with cable)

firstly.. TIVO is better than any of the other current systems in just about every way except having multiple tuners.

sky plus? AtoZ listings? it is quicker to wait for the program to come on air than find it here!
series links? yea right! at least 5 failures a week! give me my tivo!!
no satellite signal! seen several times a week!
(I have two sky+ boxes on the same dish at any one time only ONE box says this so it must be internal to the box!!)..

Broadband...

cable 10Mb consistent day night day.. had a problem with the modem a few weeks ago.. got it replaced (within 24 hours) not one disconection since (connection monitord 24.7)

ADSL at least 5 disconects a day!
speed sync at 6.2Mb
download speed varies between 5.6 & .2Mb's! (yes that IS 200Kb's!!)

no complaints about my BT phone line..

so internet.. if cable where to provide multiple fixed IP addresses I would scrap ADSL in a heartbeat!

TV.. I would miss sky one.. but I would not miss the sloww buggy and unreliable sky+ box! it is more like a PC than a domestic appliance!
I am going to get v+ box to compare soon..
I just wish Virgin would do a deal with tivo to give us G3 tivo boxes
then I would kick sky+ in the head!

as a personal note I was never a big fan of NTL..
But SKY have done sooo much harm in the uk!
they have all but killed the independant satellite dealer (the way the sky deal works is a real pain for anyone with limited cashflow)
they killed uk tivo
they murderd BSB! (though that was pretty well doomed from day one)
and consistently worked to reduce the quality of both their transmissions and the majority of their programs!
I work in the entertainment trade (mainly projection TV) and the complaints we used to get after the switch from analog to digital was awe inspiring!
we dont get too many about this now.. not because things have inproved more just people have got used to it! (and it is relativly hard to see the problems with sky's quality when you are watching one of those ghastly DLP projectors LOL!!)

so if the V+ box is at least as good (from a hardware prespective) as sky+
I can see me ending my subscription with sky real soon!!
Just my prespective!!

02-03-2007, 16:50	#34
gazzzman Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: merseyside Services: 10Mb NTL 8Mb ZEN ADSL Posts: 58	Re: I'm Finished with CABLE sky and BT for me I have sky+ & a standard samsung cable box. I also have 10 Mb cable internet and ZEN ADSL (I need multiple fixed ip addresses and that is not an option with cable) firstly.. TIVO is better than any of the other current systems in just about every way except having multiple tuners. sky plus? AtoZ listings? it is quicker to wait for the program to come on air than find it here! series links? yea right! at least 5 failures a week! give me my tivo!! no satellite signal! seen several times a week! (I have two sky+ boxes on the same dish at any one time only ONE box says this so it must be internal to the box!!).. Broadband... cable 10Mb consistent day night day.. had a problem with the modem a few weeks ago.. got it replaced (within 24 hours) not one disconection since (connection monitord 24.7) ADSL at least 5 disconects a day! speed sync at 6.2Mb download speed varies between 5.6 & .2Mb's! (yes that IS 200Kb's!!) no complaints about my BT phone line.. so internet.. if cable where to provide multiple fixed IP addresses I would scrap ADSL in a heartbeat! TV.. I would miss sky one.. but I would not miss the sloww buggy and unreliable sky+ box! it is more like a PC than a domestic appliance! I am going to get v+ box to compare soon.. I just wish Virgin would do a deal with tivo to give us G3 tivo boxes then I would kick sky+ in the head! as a personal note I was never a big fan of NTL.. But SKY have done sooo much harm in the uk! they have all but killed the independant satellite dealer (the way the sky deal works is a real pain for anyone with limited cashflow) they killed uk tivo they murderd BSB! (though that was pretty well doomed from day one) and consistently worked to reduce the quality of both their transmissions and the majority of their programs! I work in the entertainment trade (mainly projection TV) and the complaints we used to get after the switch from analog to digital was awe inspiring! we dont get too many about this now.. not because things have inproved more just people have got used to it! (and it is relativly hard to see the problems with sky's quality when you are watching one of those ghastly DLP projectors LOL!!) so if the V+ box is at least as good (from a hardware prespective) as sky+ I can see me ending my subscription with sky real soon!! Just my prespective!!