Sky Sports

[timewilltell]

I'm thinking of taking out Sky Sports this season. £25 per month, whats everyone's advice?

[HendoDelivered]

I'm thinking of taking out Sky Sports this season. £25 per month, whats everyone's advice?

Get yourself a fire stick instead 😉

[green day]

I'm thinking of taking out Sky Sports this season. £25 per month, whats everyone's advice?

IPTV - and there's better devices than Firesticks out there.

[Alex Trager]

IPTV - and there's better devices than Firesticks out there.

What devices?

[Irish_Steve]

What devices?

Suspect ones,ask Jake Burns

[green day]

What devices?

Android media boxes. Can get faster processing and more memory than Firesticks.

Massive upgrade imo.

[Eyrie]

Suspect ones,ask Jake Burns

:greengrin

[LancashireHibby]

Phone and cancel if you can

Negotiate

Off course it helps if your in a cancellation period, but you can cancel months in advance I put 4 months notice in, got a letter offering better deals through the door.

Haggled now got sky sports all channels for a reduced £12 per month.

Don’t accept their first offer

Ex sky employee 🤝
Is there a link between your last sentence and the rest of your post?

[Nicho87]

Is there a link between your last sentence and the rest of your post?

Sod off?

[cameronw-hfc]

Is there a link between your last sentence and the rest of your post?

Yep, he clearly knows how it works. If my mum didn't work for Sky, I'd have no idea they have a whole department set up to stop people cancelling and offer them deals to stay.

I doubt most people would.

[Coco Bryce]

Android media boxes. Can get faster processing and more memory than Firesticks.

Massive upgrade imo.

Formuler Z8 Pro is really powerful.

[MelbourneHibees]

Virgin Media have some really good Volt deals that get you BT and Sky just now.

[Scouse Hibee]

I'm thinking of taking out Sky Sports this season. £25 per month, whats everyone's advice?

Just got rid of my whole package, I had the lot with Virgin, replaced with a fire stick should have done it years ago.

[CL0762]

Firestick or other alternate device is the answer here.

Pay over £100 a month for everything or £70 a year for everything? No brainer.

[grunt]

Firestick or other alternate device is the answer here.

Pay over £100 a month for everything or £70 a year for everything? No brainer.Are they legal?

[Mcbizz1998]

Are they legal?

Legal to own but not to stream content you should be paying for.

All my mates have them and rave about it but, as I’m not a thief, I have never bothered.

What I will say is I went round to one of their houses and he was trying to watch a man United game on it and the thing kept losing signal and the picture was all pixilated.

[CL0762]

Are they legal?

Pretty sure when you get down to the bare bones of it, they’re not.

However, same as back in the day you’d get 3 DVD’s for a tenner off a boy down the boozer or getting your PlayStation chipped or buying a T-shirt ‘off the back of a lorry’.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Legal to own but not to stream content you should be paying for.

All my mates have them and rave about it but, as I’m not a thief, I have never bothered.

What I will say is I went round to one of their houses and he was trying to watch a man United game on it and the thing kept losing signal and the picture was all pixilated.

I’ve had a few of them and they’ve been crap.

Work fine for a few weeks then go to ****. Streams are often nowhere near the standard of watching it legitimately and there’s often loads of channels that simply don’t work at all. Sound and picture often out of sync. Don’t really get the hype other than they’re cheap as.

[Phil MaGlass]

I dont have problems with my firestick, I have a very good provider and can take the stick everywhere I go.Thousands of sport channels, films, series etc. €90 a year bargain. Regular updates. Now and again a bit of buffering but reliable. Alot more reliable than Hibstv.

[greenlad]

Legal to own but not to stream content you should be paying for.

All my mates have them and rave about it but, as I’m not a thief, I have never bothered.

What I will say is I went round to one of their houses and he was trying to watch a man United game on it and the thing kept losing signal and the picture was all pixilated.

I tend to agree. I've found you can't rely on these services for any length of time and you have no comeback if they fail. Without being too highhanded about "theft" etc (as I have watched illegal streams myself) it also devalues the value of the SPFL Sky deal (which is low as it is). Putting yourself in their shoes why should they bother paying even what they do when their rights are being breached left right and centre?

I do find it quite strange that these IPTV services can be openly discussed on Hibs.net (when it's obvious what the intended use is) yet the minute anyone tries to give out equally "illegal" links (for 3pm games not on TV at Ibrox or Celtic Park this would be pre-Covid PPV) it used to get shut down.

[HendoDelivered]

I dont have problems with my firestick, I have a very good provider and can take the stick everywhere I go.Thousands of sport channels, films, series etc. €90 a year bargain. Regular updates. Now and again a bit of buffering but reliable. Alot more reliable than Hibstv.

Same here never had an issue. Never buffers or glitches and its all im HD too. Think it depends on how strong your wifi is in relation to it buffering or not. 10/10.

[I'm Spartacus]

IPTV all the way. I have a firestick and never had any problems, had it for nearly 4 years now, take it on holiday too!

[dphibs]

I have a fire stick and as others have said i take it on holiday to watch the football. I have a great provider that I have been with for four years with perfect streams all for £50 a year.
Skys a rip off that pumps an obscene amount of money into English football and a pittance into Scottish football in comparison.

[04Sauzee]

I have a fire stick and as others have said i take it on holiday to watch the football. I have a great provider that I have been with for four years with perfect streams all for £50 a year.
Skys a rip off that pumps an obscene amount of money into English football and a pittance into Scottish football in comparison.

As a complete dafty when it comes to this, if I took a firestick on holiday and apartments had a smart TV I could take the firestick on holiday and watch the football and UK TV or is that to simplistic?

[WhileTheChief..]

Never managed to watch a thing with ipTV.

Gave up and just subscribe via Virgin now. Renew every 18 months to get the same deal.

£70pm for fibre broadband and all the sports channels in HD.

[WhileTheChief..]

I have a fire stick and as others have said i take it on holiday to watch the football. I have a great provider that I have been with for four years with perfect streams all for £50 a year.
Skys a rip off that pumps an obscene amount of money into English football and a pittance into Scottish football in comparison.

It you’re still watching Sky and now you’re ripping off Scottish football!!

[RoxburghHibs]

Are they legal?

No they aren’t legal.

However providers don’t seem to be overly concerned. When they do they will start blocking this traffic. I know Virgin Media used to send “warning letters” that they would cancel your subscription if you continue however that was a few years back.

[NC1875]

Every firestick I’ve ever tried buffers or is a few minutes behind the actual game which is crap.

Rather pay sky and BT and be able to watch what you want when you want with no problems.

[Big_Franck]

As a complete dafty when it comes to this, if I took a firestick on holiday and apartments had a smart TV I could take the firestick on holiday and watch the football and UK TV or is that to simplistic?

Yeah, you can do that. My dad takes his firestick to Spain with him. As long as your IPTV provider doesn't block usage of their firesticks outside the UK (I've never heard of them doing this) then it'll work fine as long as your WiFi is decent wherever you're going.

[beensaidbefore]

I see what folk are saying about firesticks, but I have been offered one for £90 for the year, where we pay £100 to virgin every month. For savings of around £1k a year I think I could cope with some buffering.

[dphibs]

As a complete dafty when it comes to this, if I took a firestick on holiday and apartments had a smart TV I could take the firestick on holiday and watch the football and UK TV or is that to simplistic?

Yes as long as you have good WiFi.

[GreenGray]

I see what folk are saying about firesticks, but I have been offered one for £90 for the year, where we pay £100 to virgin every month. For savings of around £1k a year I think I could cope with some buffering.

Spot on, it’s also about finding the right provider. Anyone who has Issues with buffering might be down to poor Wi-Fi connection


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[Big_Franck]

Spot on, it’s also about finding the right provider. Anyone who has Issues with buffering might be down to poor Wi-Fi connection


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Can also just be poor streams. I had two previous IPTV providers who were unreliable and uninterested when the streams were poor. Been using the same guys for years now and you're lucky if it buffers once a month.

[cabbageandribs1875]

anyone with buffering problems should buy a fire TV stick ethernet adaptor for £13, it may not cure all buffering problems but wired is ALWAYS better than wireless

[Hibbyradge]

I've got a 4k firestick.

It works with my provider pretty seamlessly.

[ScottB]

You can get sky sports on now tv for 20 quid a month and then bin off for the months there’s nothing on

[overdrive]

anyone with buffering problems should buy a fire TV stick ethernet adaptor for £13, it may not cure all buffering problems but wired is ALWAYS better than wireless

Not necessarily with the Fire Stick. Yes, it'll be more stable and not prone to interference but it might actually be slower than WiFi. I think the adapter is restricted to max 100MB/s download even if your wired broadband speed is higher than that. I used the adapter and it ended up being slower than WiFi.

[Hibby70]

Suspect ones,ask Jake Burns

Don't believe them

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Is there a link between your last sentence and the rest of your post?

Key part of the last sentence is “ex”, why would he give a shiny ***** if someone renews or that?

Kind Regards
“EX” eSure employee, give me a shout for car insurance related queries more than happy to advise (as I’m no longer bound by FCA regulations)


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[DH1875]

Think you can get it through NowTv for £11 a month just now.

[Tricla]

IPTV - and there's better devices than Firesticks out there.

What devices are better?