Get Sky or DVD Rental?

[MentalSarcasm]

Moving to a new place soon and the room comes with a Freeview box, but the other current flatmates (can't afford my own place, sadly) currently have basic Sky multiroom, which I can be added to for a bit extra a month on top of my rent (because all bills are included in my rent).

Now the main difference that I can see between Freeview and basic Sky is that the Sky option has lots of shopping channels and a bunch of foreign language channels, none of which I'll use.

Can anyone confirm that this is infact the case or am I missing something on the various websites?

I'm now looking at using one of the DVD rental sites that have now sprung up, instead of going with Sky. Currently it's a choice between Tesco DVD Rental which is powered by Lovefilm.com, or Lovefilm itself. Anyone used these? Which would you recommend? Or should I skip both and go for Blockbuster? Do you get DVDs fairly regularly or will I be paying £10 a month to get one DVD if I'm lucky?

Or should I give renting the DVDs a miss and go for the basic Sky thing and use it to learn to speak a different language and spend money on cheap crap on TV?

[henrycrun]

Save yer money, Sky - believe in blather.

[N Dentressangle]

Freeview

+

http://isohunt.com

=

job done.


Sky. Believe in bks.

[RacingPete]

I moved into a new flat and had choice of getting sky, and went for freesat and lovefilm. Apart from the sport I do not miss the world of pointless channels one bit, and with on demand through my tv I can watch my pick of lovefilm, iplayer, 4od, or five catchup. Best savings (or not spending) I have made.

[dudleybloke]

N Dentressangle said:

Freeview

+

http://isohunt.com

=

job done.


Sky. Believe in bks.

this!

[ajprice]

At the moment I'm setting a few nights a week when there's not much on telly to watching DVDs that have sat on the shelf since I bought them and never been watched. Once they're done (and it may take a while ) I might go for Lovefilm. What's the quality like of their streaming service? I've got the option on my PS3 and my Samsung TV.

[durbster]

N Dentressangle said:

Freeview

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http://isohunt.com

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I suppose that is an option but there's too much faffing about for me. I'd rather save that time, spend a fiver a month and use LoveFilm instead.

Online streaming movies are the future but most of our broadband connections aren't really up to realtime HD streams yet. I know mine certainly isn't.

[Morningside]

I Love Lamp said:

dudleybloke said:

N Dentressangle said:

Freeview

+

http://isohunt.com

=

job done.


Sky. Believe in bks.

this!

Or just stream the legal movies online, rather than having to download.

Cable into TV, or stream it via a media box. Job done.

Google 'watch movies online' - First result

I am using XBMC. If you dont want hidef its the best re-use of an XBOX.

[RacingPete]

ajprice said:

At the moment I'm setting a few nights a week when there's not much on telly to watching DVDs that have sat on the shelf since I bought them and never been watched. Once they're done (and it may take a while ) I might go for Lovefilm. What's the quality like of their streaming service? I've got the option on my PS3 and my Samsung TV.

The quality is pretty good, and haven't had an issue with block pixels as yet. Though I had a voucher for Sony's Qriocity and they can stream in HD, which was noticeably better than LoveFilm.

[Bungleaio]

I had Love film for a couple of months. I had quite a few discs that turned up damaged and some skipped when they got 3/4 of the way through. I gave up and cancelled but they are constantly sending please come back to us letters and offers but I'm sticking to buying my own dvd's.