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Alex Knight

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Hi. Really sorry but need advice as we have always had cable.

We have a big family and looking to see if we can save some money by changing to Satellite.

Currently we have 5 boxes in five rooms, we have Sky Sports, BT Sports and pay monthly for film streaming as well cost is over £140 a month. We dont get Sky Atlantic etc as we are with Virgin

Is there a way we can get all sports and what we have with Virgin on 5 boxes for less than £140 a month please?

Many kind thanks in advance
 

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Hi Alex welcome to the forum.

There are currently 2 Sky products - the legacy stuff every has had for years & the new boy on the block SkyQ

On the legacy stuff you pay the base pack rate PLUS £10/month for each additional box you want plus £10/month for additional HD services. Plus you are going to have problems if you wantv record in all rooms - lnb's (the bit on the dish the cables connect to) only have 8 outputs so if you want 10 you are going to need some specialised multiswitch kit.

So if you want everything mirrored across 5 rooms you could easily end up paying £150/month or more.

Sky TV bundles - the latest in Digital TV, 3D TV and Movies on Demand

SkyQ is brand new and allows multi tuners on one special lnb. However Im unsure how many extra boxes you are currently permitted under the scheme.

You need to have a poke around the Sky store and decide what sort of packages you want.

Plus dont forget to factor in what sott of broadband provision you want if you are ditching VM completely..
 

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Hi. Many thanks for the reply

Im being a bit thick. So really there is only the big boys like Sky, Virgin, BT etc and no independent players out there like you get abroad to source programs from?
 

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Well theres Freesat, but you wont get all your encrypted entertainment channels, sport or movies with that.

Thats its really. Its possible to buy legally foreign subscription packages - many of which have English soundtracks on some of the channels, but to be honest if you want entertainment stuff like Sky One, Sky Atlantic, ScyFy & the sport & movies etc then your only real option is Sky or Virgin.
 

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do you mean there are channels exclusively on satellite not available on cable? What are they? (he mentioned sky atlantic)
 

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No idea - seeing as the nearest cable service is 30 miles from here AND its never going to come to this remote corner of the country the channel line up is of no interest whatsover. :D

Its up the the OP to decide which option to investigate - no point trying to second guess where his interest lie
 
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