Sky TV hits Xbox 360 On October 27

NeuroticSarge · October 21, 2009, 06:14:00 AM

Quote from: nCogNeato on October 20, 2009, 01:50:05 PM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on October 20, 2009, 06:34:38 AM... On another note,I pay £50.00 a month for our sky and broadband.In the USA,that's about $80.00. Yet again,we are being ripped off!

That's about the average for the USA as well. Until now I was paying $100 (£61), but that was because I have the highest broadband available in my area (16Mbps). Now I'll only be paying $70 (£43) for broadband, and still be able to watch all of my favorite shows (including premiums like HBO and Showtime).

The older I get, the more excited I get about being thrifty. I'm not so sure that's a good thing.

Welcome to the club!

TaraJayne · October 21, 2009, 12:53:37 PM

Sarge your so not thrifty

How many times have you been on holiday in the past 12 months

nCogNeato · October 21, 2009, 02:13:11 PM

Quote from: TaraJayne on October 21, 2009, 12:53:37 PM
Sarge your so not thrifty

How many times have you been on holiday in the past 12 months

He just calls it a holiday. He's actually travelling the world to complete "hit jobs". His family is none the wiser ... shhhh.

NeuroticSarge · October 21, 2009, 02:34:14 PM

I'm actually off again this Saturday. Going to the Isle of Wight for a week with the family! He He.

reaper79666 · October 21, 2009, 03:37:28 PM

I would get the xbox sky thing if i could just get wwe without having to get the sports bit as well

NeuroticSarge · October 22, 2009, 06:01:30 AM

Quote from: nCogNeato on October 21, 2009, 02:13:11 PM
Quote from: TaraJayne on October 21, 2009, 12:53:37 PM
Sarge your so not thrifty

How many times have you been on holiday in the past 12 months

He just calls it a holiday. He's actually travelling the world to complete "hit jobs". His family is none the wiser ... shhhh.

Argh,crap .Busted. I can curve a bullet for real too!
I pretend I'm going in hospital when just like Arnie in True Lies,tackling the worlds bad guys.Uzi 9mm!!!

GamerMan316 · October 27, 2009, 10:19:14 AM

Prices officially announced

Microsoft has revealed how much you can expect to access the Sky Player via your Xbox 360 in the UK.

First off you'll need an Xbox Live Gold membership. Then it's £15 per month for the basic Entertainment Pack, which includes G.O.L.D., Sky Real Lives, Sky Arts 1, Sky News and MTV One.

You also get National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, History and Eden, while for sports fans there's Sky Sports News, British Eurosport and ESPN Classic. Kids get Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Nick Jr.

You can get more channels if you front up more cash each month, as follows. (All packages include the Entertainment Pack as standard.)

* £25 - Sky Sports 1 OR Sky Sports 2 + Sky Sports Xtra
* £34 - Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 + Sky Sports Xtra
* £24 - Sky Movies Screen 1 OR Screen 2
* £32 - Sky Movies Screen 1 + Screen 2
* £33 - One movie channel + one sports channel + Sky Sports Xtra
* £38 - One movie channel + all sports channels, OR vice versa, + Sky Sports Xtra
* £41 - All sports and movie channels
* From £9 per month extra - ESPN

You can also access further movies and TV show episodes via Sky's on-demand service. Some of these will be free while others will be paid for, with prices starting at £1 for a single TV show.

If you've already got Sky, you can access on-demand content for the channels you already pay for. If you've got Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, you can get live channels too.

To celebrate the launch Microsoft is releasing a special bundle pack for £29.99. That gets you a three-month Gold subscription, a one month Sky Player subscription (Sky Sports Pack) and a Media Remote.

Failed · October 27, 2009, 10:24:32 AM

Cool. On-demand will help me catch up with the 1 TV show i actually watch, True Blood. Which i don't think i could miss unless Aliens steal me for a week.

GamerMan316 · October 27, 2009, 10:33:37 AM

True Blood is great, i watched the first season on FX, Season 2 is on in the States, might have to watch them online instead of waiting until next year.

nCogNeato · October 27, 2009, 07:47:44 PM

Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 27, 2009, 10:33:37 AM
True Blood is great, i watched the first season on FX, Season 2 is on in the States, might have to watch them online instead of waiting until next year.

After watching the first few episodes, I called everyone "Sookie".

If you're interested in catching up on newer episodes, there's a website I frequent whenever I miss something.

TV-DOME.net

I'm not sure if this site only works with US ip address, but it worth a try. The site is full of pop-ups and Adware, but my antivirus (Avast!) blocks it all.

GamerMan316 · October 27, 2009, 07:48:44 PM

I normally use tv shack to catch up on stuff i've missed

NeuroticSarge · October 31, 2009, 07:29:01 AM

Didn't watch true blood,can't stand vampires or anything like that.Just dross. Nor twilight,crap.
I like dexter and burn notice and of course,NCIS.Quality! Not sure about NCIS : LA though.Jury still out.

bobbus74 · October 31, 2009, 01:37:13 PM

Shame this has been delayed:

Quote from: sky.comFollowing an unpredicted technical issue at launch on Tuesday, the Sky Player on Xbox 360 service was suspended.

We would like to apologise to those who have been unable to access the service but we can assure them that Sky Player engineers are working to resolve the problem.

sambo · March 15, 2010, 05:58:31 PM

I brought the introduction sky offer from game last saturday.

Included was: DVD controller
1 month sky entertainment package
1 month sky sports package
3 month xbox live gold

All for £15. I thought that it was a good deal. I also took out the movie package for £7. Sky movies on demand.

Now I wonder if i could just keep buying these every month? £15 pound for a month of sky plus 3 months gold would be a nice deal every month.

TaraJayne · March 20, 2010, 09:11:41 AM

It is a good deal but I dont really watch TV so there is no point in me getting it. I just steal....I mean borrow Box set series off Craig