Do I Need An Aerial

[jesmond]

I currently subscribe to sky and watch all my programmes through the dish (don't have an aerial) but as sky are yet again putting up their prices I am thinking of switching to bt/infinity as they seem a lot cheaper, I will obviously have to look into what programmes I will get to see if its as good value but would like to know would i have to get an aerial installed or would I be able to watch the channels through the dish as I already do

[Kathyan]

Ring Sky and tell them you want to leave, they will give you a better deal!

[Everhelpful]

DON'T go to BT,you will regret it.

[woofgang]

I have got BT infinity broadband and (pauses to touch wood) I am very happy with it. I have no aerial either and last time I checked, the answer is yes and no. The freeview bit of BT's deal needs an aerial but some of it comes as data down the phoneline. It sounded a bit complex to me so I have stuck with sky for my TV

[Buenchico]

If you keep your old Sky box but get rid of the subscription you'll still be able to receive all of these free channels using it as now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28%C2%B0E

That list is sufficient for many people but it doesn't, for example, include the free channels from UKTV (such as Dave, Yesterday and Drama). If you want those channels (without paying a subscription) you'll need an aerial to get them via Freeview. (That applies irrespective of whether you've got BT Infinity or not).

[boxtops]

We're 100% happy with BT Infinity, we don't have a dish, the home hub was installed via our BT fitter. We see dozens of channels via youview - even I can manage it.

[boxtops]

PS are there any particular channels you like to watch? Let me know and I'll check if we have them!

[jesmond]

thanx all, hubby had a look Saturday and says that we would be better off staying with sky as some of the channels we watch are available but you have to pay £3 a month per channel. I could of course try sky and they might (doubtful) give me a better deal

[boxtops]

Which channels are those then, jesmond? We do have some we can't access, but they are not ones we want to watch ourselves!