Sky+ Alternatives?

[robert+petal]

I've just been told my bill is going up yet again and I've had enough. Are there any decent alternative options available? All I want is Eurosport, freeview or similar, and the ability to record. I would go online only but my broadband isn't really fast enough. What can I do?

[Mark39]

You might struggle with Eurosport, if you can't receive it online.

[oj01]

@robert+petal Assuming that you are out of minimum term contract (otherwise you couldn't leave without paying anyway), the best thing to do is to ring up and negotiate a new contract at a price you're happy with. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@robert+petal wrote:

 All I want is Eurosport, freeview or similar, and the ability to record.

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Freeview / Freesat and recording is easy through buying an appropriate box, but as @Mark39 indicates Eurosport isn't carried on either of those platforms, so if you don't have the bandwidth for getting it online, only Sky by satellite is an option.

[robert+petal]

After a lot of confusing research I think the Humax Aura can get the Discovery/Eurosport app, but I understand that it can only record off the TV channels, not any apps. Anyone know if that's true?

The only thing keeping me at Sky is Eurosport, if I lived somewhere else I could get everything I want for just £7 a month instead of £50+. Maybe moving house would be cheaper lol.

[TimmyBGood]

@robert+petal 

Multiple smart devices can host the app, but it only works with sufficient internet bandwidth: having satellite or digital terrestrial reception doesn't help with that.

[robert+petal]

So you can't download slowly and watch it later then? That would be my only option.

Thanks for all the help guys, I used to be up on tech stuff but I'm about 10 years out of date now.

[Mark39]

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@robert+petal wrote:

So you can't download slowly and watch it later then? That would be my only option.

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That's how Sky boxes manage with poor broadband speed. To my knowledge, other devices simply stream so you need broadband speed sufficient to accommodate it.

[TimmyBGood]

@robert+petal 

As @Mark39 indicates, that only works for on-demand content requested from a Sky user interface and served to a Sky box with a Sky subscription.