Daughter has asked me to ask this one. Her cheapo Sky deal (£14) is coming to and end and the cost will double. She has a separate broadband package.
She is interested if anyone has any knowledge of a TV product/package which has similar functionality to Sky but at a lower cost than their offering.
The specific requirement is a consolidated programme guide so if you want to search for the Great British Sewing Bee it searches across all your available channels and gives you the choice where to stream it from.
Also some sort of reminder function when a program in your favourites is on and more particularly a new series appears in the schedule. She is happy to stream it rather than record locally.
TiVo (and maybe Sky) users will already be familiar with these functions but she can't afford Sky and she can't get Virgin. She's tried Roku which has something slightly similar but wasn't really very usable. She's heard that Firestick has recently implemented something similar (or maybe a 3rd party) but mixed reviews.
She doesn't know much about the likes of Now or Apple TV, or Plex (which is the one I will research). She has Netflix on a deal so it'd be nice to be able to include that.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Firestick will do what you want smokie.
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Not sure it does? We both have one already but we can't find any consolidated programme schedule.
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The SkyQ and Sky Streaming menu system is very good.
I do not think there is anything else that is as good.
The Op's daughter was paying £15, which she presumably could afford, BUT cannot afford £30.
If I was her I would phone up and cancel because she cannot afford it.
Put the phone down and await a call back - my 3 sons & I do this at every renewal.
The result is the same as last year, marginally higher or in some cases marginally less.
Sky are losing customers left, right & centre - they need £15 x 12 months. Just hold out!
Sky have had to write cheques to a total of £1.6Bn recently to US Studios for under reporting Advertising Revenue received since 2017 (IIRC). Sky therefore needs all the £180 fees it can muster.
Alternative
Buy a Saturday Paper and write down the programmmes she wants to see in the coming week.
I used a Fire Stick to access programmes not on SkyQ for a few years - Fire Stick was at best "awkward" but it did work.
PS
NOW is Sky owned.
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Virgin Tivo is also good but they are dumbing down the newer versions... but she can't get Virgin in her area.
I've done the cancelling trick with Virgin each year for about the past 25+ years and I'm probably paying not much more than I ever did for the package BUT I read somewhere recently they are both playing harder to get. I'm sure she will give it a try though!
Buy a paper? Write down? We've come on since then haven't we? :-) Digiguide is cheap, £2.99 a year might give her some of the functionality she wants digiguide.tv/products/premium.asp
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>> Buy a paper? Write down? We've come on since then haven't we? :-) Digiguide is
>> cheap, £2.99 a year might give her some of the functionality she wants digiguide.tv/products/premium.asp
WTF would you pay for something you can do for free?
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Newspaper & Pencil
It was said "Tongue in Cheek"
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TV alternatives - Zero
