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Originally Posted by MaverickJesus

Sorry to jump back to this, but I have had the 'honour' of having both full packages for a short period while I transition to Sky, and I don't necessarily agree with most of these points.

Sky Broadband - The ADSL offering isn't really a match for cable broadband unless you live in a horrifically over utilised area, but the Sky Fibre/Fibre Pro offerings are far superior.
Skys STB - I thought I would hate it, but in all honesty its not that different to TiVO. Its a bit annoying having one less tuner, and the layout of the TV guide/EPG in particular isn't as comfortable as the Tivo for me, but the rest of it is fantastic, especially since the upgrade to replace the horrible looking sky blue/white EPG with the swish looking new one. Very nice to navigate, and more responsive than the Tivo, which is still sluggish even after the UI performance improvements. Haven't had chance to compare the tablet/smartphone integration yet so I can't comment on that.
Skys VOD - Anytime stuff is decent, although not quite as good as available on VM.
Skys TV - This was the swinger for me - I get SS3 HD, SS4 HD, SSF1 HD, Sky Atlantic, the whole suite of A&E channels in HD (sans Bio?), BT Sports already inked and a couple of other extra decent channels I haven't had before.

Between the sports channels I desperately wanted and my cable broadband being so dire, and a 50% deal/12 months for the lot, its a no brainer.

While respecting your opinions l think our minds differ on this but then again if we all shared the same sheep like views then life would indeed be very boring.