Anyone dropped SKY for Freeview etc?

[Timelord]

Don't do it. Don't switch to freeview. Don't make me say I told you so in 2 months! lol. If you stick with sky, then make sure you have a sky plus box and you can pre-record everthing you wish to watch (except news) and also series link loads. Then it is easy enough to fast forward at 32x speed through the adverts. takes maybe 20 secs to do. Not too bad really. freeview is pretty dire. I know loads who didn't believe me - mainly family & friends and they ALL wanted to switch back to sky after just a few months. The best thing about freeview is their advertisng of how great it is. After that - it isn't.

Every now & again, I look into the BT service in depth. It works out v.costly for anything like the same amount of interesting programmes and thats not including any of the mass of other stuff. They can't even tell you on the phone exactly what documentary channels they have on. I think it is one channel only interspersed with social type low budget documentaries. The whole viewing choice seems to be swung towards Drama and stuff you would find on the sky entertainment channel + historical epic drama's and lots & lots of old reruns - I mean years old stuff.

AS Jackson said, using a PC is good. Problem with iplayer as far as my limited knowledge of it goes - its just BBC stuff?? I think anyway - but not sure. The choice like sky offers just isn't there. I wish there was a better alternative. If cable reached past my house, I would try that, but they aren't expanding any of the old networks - just concentrating on new build estates out of town and flat developments in the inner urban areas.

I hope your back/associated problems improve soon. You could always try a bit of HAM radio to relieve the boredom. That shouldn't involve moving around too much and could be a useful skill to pick up. Regards, TL.