Continue with SkyQ or move to Stream, NOW or terrestrial/Netflix/Amazon

[sylsylsyl]

My SKY contract is up for renewal, and again they are increasing the price. It's annoying having to barter with them every 12/18/24 months. I have have had SKY TV in its various incarnations since 1990 (OK, I'm officially old). I currently have SkyQ having moved across a few years ago.

I have a Sony OLED TV that's about 12 months old and a 1GB internet connection with ethernet and WiFi available right behind it.

Thinking about what I watch, I don't know whether to bother! I have Sky (with Movies), Netflix and AmazonPrime (I get it  for the delivery). I have a free AppleTV promo that I haven't even bothered activating and I tried out Disney on a freebe but only watched StarWars and Loki so discontinued it.

I watch YouTube on the computer more than I watch TV. With TV, I watch terrestrial much more than anything else. Rarely (once a month) I watch a movie. The only series I ever watch from Sky is FBI. My main use of the Sky box is that I never watch anything live. It's all recorded. I record every new evening series on BBC/ITV, delete most of it and then watch some of it, often months later. I like the Sky planner.

So - should I move to Sky Stream or NowTV (what's the difference) and buy the occasional movie from time to time? Should I just get rid of Sky altogether? If I did, would I miss the ability to record everything, or is that not needed with Freeview Play - or is there analternate box with a good planner that records?

Current sub is:

Sky Signature £18

Ultimate TV Add on £3

Sky Cinema £0

Sky HD £9

Ultra HD £4

[PandJ2020]

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@sylsylsyl wrote:

My main use of the Sky box is that I never watch anything live. It's all recorded. I record every new evening series on BBC/ITV, delete most of it and then watch some of it, often months later. I like the Sky planner.

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An alternative is FreeSat 4K - you can get recordable boxes that you own without a subscription.

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So - should I move to Sky Stream or NowTV (what's the difference)

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NowTV is streaming version of Sky - you use your own hardware.  Your LG has a native app for it.

Stream is Sky's version - they supply the streaming device and you have a subscription of your choice.

[TimmyBGood]

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@sylsylsyl wrote:

 With TV, I watch terrestrial much more than anything else. Rarely (once a month) I watch a movie. The only series I ever watch from Sky is FBI. My main use of the Sky box is that I never watch anything live. It's all recorded. I record every new evening series on BBC/ITV, delete most of it and then watch some of it, often months later. I like the Sky planner.

 Remember that Glass/Stream has no local recording capability at all, playback of that kind of content will depend on it either being still available on the channels own catch-up app infrastructure, or on the maybe there /maybe not 'cloud' recording (which isn't really any such thing).

I suspect you'd find Glass/Stream very different and quite possibly extremely annoying in that kind of use model.

[TimmyBGood]

@sylsylsyl 

Both Freesat and Freeplay have receiver models with hard drives : the modern ones are branded '4K' although there's no actual transmission in that resolution.  Freeview Play is delivered online into such hardware.