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SkyTV and Xbox, megaton for UK/Ireland 360 owners.
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Steverulez
Member
meddow said:
Just read this and tried it, it works! Thanks for the tip, just watched the end of Barnsley v Man Utd on my 360... loving this, only TV I would want to watch is sports and with the parents having sky at home it makes it easier than using the lappy.
Gowans007 said:
It's no different from the current pricing I believe. If you want to watch Sky on your PC, it costs extra.
Word of warning if you intend to subscribe to Sky. It's a fucking nightmare to cancel. Took us 3 phone calls over the space of a week, each phone call lasting 30 minutes. Their customer service is wank and will try to refer you, repeatedly, to Customer Retention.
InaudibleWhispa
Member
It's always cost more to have Sky work in more than one room of your house. The same applies to streaming. A Sky Player multiroom subscription is £5 a month for current customers to stream their subscription content. It also works if you have a standard multiroom subscription which is £10 a month and also allows access to Sky via a second box in another room.
Meus Renaissance
Member
Now that the Sky Player is up and running, how about we Sky Sports subscribers get together at 7.30pm in a Party and watch the game together in the Avatar Lounge for the Sky Player?
If anyone is interested post here
If anyone is interested post here
lochnesssnowman
Member
Can you get this when your Sky account is registered at another address? I moved north earlier in the year and my wife is still down south at the moment where our Sky account is registered. Can I use that account to watch Sky on my 360 at my new address?
Meus Renaissance
Member
lochnesssnowman said:
All you need is a Sky ID and it will link that to your 360. I see no reason why the address of where you are right now is matched to the address of that ID. It would make no sense as to why they would do that because there are loads of people like you who away from home but a 360. So I'm sure it would work mate
Steverulez
Member
lochnesssnowman said:
Yes you can, i go to university in Canterbury but my parents live near Reading, it just wanted the login details for the sky stuff, didn't ask me anything else.
lochnesssnowman
Member
Grand, cheers for the answers. I'll maybe hit it up since I can't actually get a TV reception of any sort through conventional means (wall aerial is dead, portable aerial's produce snow, I'm in a conservation area so a new Sky account is out and I don't want to tie myself into Virgin when we'll be bringing Sky up when my wife moves).
Meus Renaissance said:Now that the Sky Player is up and running, how about we Sky Sports subscribers get together at 7.30pm in a Party and watch the game together in the Avatar Lounge for the Sky Player?
If anyone is interested post here
Is it Liverpool v Arsenal tonight? may be up for that
TheGreatDave
Banned
So if you're a Sky subscriber, is there any on demand stuff for free? There's no way I'm ever spending a penny on shitty SD streaming video.
Steverulez
Member
Is the Sky Player down for anyone else? I was watching the Cricket earlier just fine and now it won't work 
InaudibleWhispa
Member
Looks like the on demand stuff is free 30 days after it's aired, then they charge.
TheGreatDave
Banned
Wow, Sky 1's lineup of catch up stuff is so pathetic. And it's kind nice they have movies to watch, but really...I'm not watching a movie in SD streaming video quality.
Been playing with the Sky Player a little..
So far it looks pretty good. I'm a Sky subscriber and a XBL Gold member and i get all the on demand stuff FOR FREE!!! .. All the documentary series look pretty good (not hd, but is it really that important when its all about the content). All the sports were what i expected. I was only a little disappointed with the selectiopn of programs available on Sky 1. Hopefully that will change.
I really liked the speed of the interface: from chosing the channel, scrolling through programs, to starting to watch. Takes literally a few seconds.
The only think i cant do is watch Live, but thats no problem right now as the Xbox is connected to the main TV.
Not bad for FREE!!!!!!!!!
So far it looks pretty good. I'm a Sky subscriber and a XBL Gold member and i get all the on demand stuff FOR FREE!!!
.. All the documentary series look pretty good (not hd, but is it really that important when its all about the content). All the sports were what i expected. I was only a little disappointed with the selectiopn of programs available on Sky 1. Hopefully that will change.I really liked the speed of the interface: from chosing the channel, scrolling through programs, to starting to watch. Takes literally a few seconds.
The only think i cant do is watch Live, but thats no problem right now as the Xbox is connected to the main TV.
Not bad for FREE!!!!!!!!!
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
toff74 said:
free is a highly relative cost evaluation here for very specific conditions
radioheadrule83
Banned
I updated my flatmates Xbox last night and just couldn't get on...
I couldn't get on via my laptop either for the Liverpool game, which I never have trouble with, ever. I'm assuming it was because everyone was trying to get on the XBox version or something. Infuriating.
Managed to get an alternative stream of the game though in the end.
I couldn't get on via my laptop either for the Liverpool game, which I never have trouble with, ever. I'm assuming it was because everyone was trying to get on the XBox version or something. Infuriating.
Managed to get an alternative stream of the game though in the end.
MrNyarlathotep said:
May well be, but i really dont understand why its a problem. I'm paying for 2 services which opens up others for free. Nothing really wrong with that. It works for me. If you dont pay, you dont get.
I know very few people who dont pay for 1, broadband 2, TV packages..
Sky and broadband is still cheaper than multiple DVD boxsets of TV series, and a few games a year. The only way to get these for free is not a legal route.
radioheadrule83
Banned
When the hell are they putting this back up for download?
Chittagong
Gold Member
So if I live in UK, have got a FIN Gold account and an UK Silver account am I SOL?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's already back up. They're doing it in waves.radioheadrule83 said:
I've been able to download it since Wednesday.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Am I not looking for it in the right place or something?
I'm new to 360 / Marketplace
I'm new to 360 / Marketplace
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's the 2nd box under Video Marketplace on the main dash screen.radioheadrule83 said:
Big, dark blue box, with a giant Sky logo.
radioheadrule83
Banned
haha I don't have it then
Seems like its available again now. Downloaded it last night.
Really impressed on the whole, there are significant loading times when things start up, seems like whenever you select a menu option it goes and gets EVERYTHING in that menu, unlike say netflix which seems to be able to stream items in, so it can take a while. But once its running it's smooth as silk and the picture quality is pretty good.
Why do i even need a sky subscription though? If I've got a friend with multiroom cant I just use their Sky ID?
Really impressed on the whole, there are significant loading times when things start up, seems like whenever you select a menu option it goes and gets EVERYTHING in that menu, unlike say netflix which seems to be able to stream items in, so it can take a while. But once its running it's smooth as silk and the picture quality is pretty good.
Why do i even need a sky subscription though? If I've got a friend with multiroom cant I just use their Sky ID?
J Tourettes
Banned
Ghost said:
Yes you can, provided they've got multi-room or a top Sky package so that the Sky player is included in their sub. If not, chuck him a tenner a month to subscribe to it.
supermackem
Banned
Wow they just killed this, now the only way to watch live channels even if you have a full sky sub is to also have sky broadband, or a sky multi room sub as well. Been using it now for a year or so without issue as i pay £70 a month to sky, now to have this working i would need a live sub, a sky sub, and a sub to either sky broadband or sky multi room adding even more cost. Well sky just lost themself £50 a month from me today because of this move.
snoopeasystreet
Member
supermackem said:
Didn't you always need multi room to watch live TV? I could never watch any channels other than Sky News because I didn't have it.
Speedymanic
Banned
I thought you always needed a mulitroom sub to watch Live TV via the SP?
£70 a month? And you don't have multiroom? What?
£70 a month? And you don't have multiroom? What?
Dead Man Typing
Member
Where did you hear/read this!? I don't watch a lot of live TV on there, but I was using it more recently.
As long as I still get the On Demand stuff, this isn't a giant deal, but still a bit of a chump move on Sky's part.
Edit: In fact, I think that even though I don't have a second sky box, as a premium subscriber I'm entitled to free multi-room which is why I get live streaming now. I thought the new post was saying we would need to be Sky broadband customers for streaming to work at all. I should read more carefully.
As long as I still get the On Demand stuff, this isn't a giant deal, but still a bit of a chump move on Sky's part.
Edit: In fact, I think that even though I don't have a second sky box, as a premium subscriber I'm entitled to free multi-room which is why I get live streaming now. I thought the new post was saying we would need to be Sky broadband customers for streaming to work at all. I should read more carefully.
supermackem said:
Eh? I have a full Sky HD subscription and can still watch live tv?
Is it something they are rolling out?
EDIT: Just seen this
Sky TV customers
If you subscribe to Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, you can watch live TV on Sky Player at no additional charge. Sky Movies subscribers can watch live Sky Movies without subscribing to Sky Broadband Unlimited or Multiroom. Sky Sports Pack Subscribers can watch live TV on Sky Player in line with their Sky TV packs without subscribing to Sky Broadband Unlimited or Multiroom until 30 June 2011. All other Sky TV customers can subscribe to watch live TV on Sky Player with Sky Player Multiroom for £10.00/15.00 a month, with no need for additional Sky boxes or installation.
supermackem
Banned
Speedymanic said:
Nope been watching live tv on it for a year or so, just popped up this morning that you need sky broadband multi room or something else to watch live when ive been doing so for a year. Was a little pissed so phoned sky when they asked why i was downgrading my sub i told them because they just changed live tv on 360 off and they asked what sky on 360 was so i knew i was fighting a losing battle there.
supermackem
Banned
Smeghead said:
Looks like it mate, someone else on avforums just posted the same thing he couldnt watch live tv.
Speedymanic
Banned
supermackem said:
That sucks, fortunately I have multiroom, but that's not cool at all on part of Sky. :/
Adamm said:
Madness, I haven't paid more than £50 for the full package for almost a year. ESPN adding £20 a month is insane. (I thought it was £10?)
supermackem said:
I'll repost again but looked into it and found this
Sky TV customers
If you subscribe to Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, you can watch live TV on Sky Player at no additional charge. Sky Movies subscribers can watch live Sky Movies without subscribing to Sky Broadband Unlimited or Multiroom. Sky Sports Pack Subscribers can watch live TV on Sky Player in line with their Sky TV packs without subscribing to Sky Broadband Unlimited or Multiroom until 30 June 2011. All other Sky TV customers can subscribe to watch live TV on Sky Player with Sky Player Multiroom for £10.00/15.00 a month, with no need for additional Sky boxes or installation.
From http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/live-tv.html
Pretty sneaky of them to do this. Ah well i only really watch the odd thing live anyway on sky player, i usually watch it downstairs. As long as they keep the on demand stuff i don't mind.
The new anytime thing that they have now annoyed me because you have to have sky broadband. I think if you have a full Sky sub you should get everything imo...
MarshMellow96
Member
So no more live football on my 360, even if we've got the sports package at home?
Fucking shit..
It must have really caught on.
Fucking shit..
It must have really caught on.
supermackem
Banned
Mines just started to work again, yeah just read about that charge at the end of june, fucking hell that would take my sub to over £80 a month.
supermackem
Banned
Speedymanic said:
It is, its also £10 a month for hd. I think when this new sub comes in i will knock the hd on the head and add the player in its place. I like hd but not for £10 extra a month and the sky player is huge for my house.
Speedymanic said:
Full entertainment pack + sky sports + movies is £52
HD = £10.25 extra a month
ESPN = £9 extra month
Unless you got some special offer
EDIT: The biggest joke is the 3D channel, you can only get it if you have the full package. I want the 3D channel, but no way am i playing for sports + movies for it.
Dead Man Typing
Member
Adamm said:Full entertainment pack + sky sports + movies is £52
HD = £10.25 extra a month
ESPN = £9 extra month
Unless you got some special offer
Threaten to leave, they'll sign you back on for a huge discount. Actually leave and you'll get offers through the door for months asking you to come back. They'll tell you that you can't come back for 12 months, which is a huge lie, to try and get you to stay.
I tried giving up and going with Freeview/Freesat HD, but came crawling back to Sky when they offered a big saving. (50% I think, I'd have to double check)