MM, I could get Now TV today, but then how will the gf watch keeping up with the kardashians (not that I would be upset about not seeing that). How am I going to watch any of the Nat Geo channels, any of the Discovery channels, Universal, Alibi, CI or SyFy for example? What about the wonderful Eden channel? Lets not forget about the excellent stuff on Sky Arts either.
I also have full series of shows and films recorded from last year, which I can watch at anytime, not within a predetermined time frame on Now TV. I need not worry about buffering, have seemless ffw, rewind and play/pause.
Sky as a whole works much better for me. We also pay for Netflix, but did end our Amazon prime subscription because we did not watch enough on it.
I appreciate, we are lucky enough to afford such luxuries, but I see no point in ditching the full Sky package for Now TV, especially with the deals available from Sky. £18 for the full HD family package, including box sets makes it, for me, fantastic value compared to Now TV.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You're not wrong, muppetman but there are a number of posters on these forums that don't seem to have grasped this yet.
The Sky non sports/movie channels appear to have deteriorated of late, IMO. The only programme I am currently recording from their non premium pay channels is Madam Secretary.
Whereas, for example, Netflix are putting out new original series at an impressive pace.
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Lol, I think a number of posters grasp what cord cutting brings, but they do not grasp your ideas of what will happen in the next 10-20 years. We use Netflix, but we do not use Amazon because there simply is not enough we want to watch on there. I also refuse to pay for the few movie I may watch when I already pay a subscription.
Sky branded channels themselves do have a lot of dross, but they still get decent viewing figures. Also, I notice you don't mention the shows that launch on Universal, SyFy, Alibi and all the other non-Sky branded channels when comparing to Netflix.
Netflix don't release viewing figures, which is a shame because I have found a number of their original series to be quite bad. Frankie and Grace, Kimmy Schmidt the ridiculous 6 and Bojack Horseman to name but 4. They do show some top quality shows too. Also, don't forget a number of series they do add come from other content providers (BBC, C4 Fox, Universal AMC etc) and have, in most cases, all been shown before.
I really like Netflix, and the premise of Now TV, but I will not be cord cutting for some considerable time.