"Cable, Sky or Ondigital"

[shubhi]

Is it best to subscribe to cable, Sky, or ONdigital?

[janed]

Digital cable is the best investment in terms of what it will offer you in the future - hundreds of TV and radio channels, interactive TV, fast Internet access and video on demand, so if you can, I'd advise you to wait for that. It is also likely to be the cheapest option available. The problem with Sky Digital and ONdigital is that you will have to still connect your box to a telephone line in order to get the two-way services. Also the modem in these boxes is really slow. If you have to choose between Sky and ONdigital, however, Sky's choice of channels will be greater and it much depends on your football preference. ONdigital offers some of the Sky Sports channels, which show the premiership games and it also has the rights to the UEFA championships.

[Jas_Sanghera]

I've got all three !! Cable is very regionalised based so check what you local Operator provides (is it Digital etc..). Sky is very good & has the best channel range. However if you want to receive European Champions League Football, it's only avaialable on On-Digital. (Likewise the Nationwide League Fixtures from next season). If these do not interest you, then I'd forget this & go for Sky or Cable.(Both have superior picture quality as well). However Sky will need Dish & Cable requires digging your garden up, OnDigital requires neither.

[Foxyminx]

Sky coz you get more channels.

[aurelia]

I think cable is good - which is what I have - digital cable that is - but it depends on who your local operatoir is - for instance - I can't program channels for the week ahead unlike Sky which my father has and it has a planner where you can programme for the week ahead and it has a series option so it automatically turns to the channel you have selcted so you never miss anything - I would go for this if it weren't for the money - it is much cheaper on cable as your telephone line is included in the pricing whereas with sky you have to pay for the line on top of the channels

[Benroy5]

I have cable at the moment, NTL, which is ok. At time though the information guide that tells you what on TV does not appear, which is disspointing. Sky is good, my friend has it and it hardly goes wrong. The only promblem is that when its windy or raining heavy the picture freezes. I think if you are only going to watch a couple of channels i would by a set top box. You can buy them for around �30 and alot more programs are on these boxes now.

[Postdog]

Just found this thread. It's amazing that the question was asked so long ago but still got an answer last November. WHY????