Anyone have SkyTV, or MySky HDI?

[sunhuntin]

looking into getting either regular sky, or my sky. anyone have it, and is my sky any good? would get freeview, but would only watch the standard 1, 2 and 3, whereas sky has the crime channel and cartoons etc. i applied to go back to the warehouse as part of nightfill over xmas, hence why im considering my sky to record programmes i will miss during those hours.

opinions appreciated!

[wbks]

It's not *that* great, but definitely worth getting

[marty]

we folded and got mysky/HD after having digital for 7 years, we upgraded to a 46" samsung HD tv last year, were happy watching that in scart/component.

how we have coped without mysky i'm fucked if i know.....

[mashman]

I'm still on the standard sky and can't see me changing in future. As far as i'm concerned the only reason to have mysky is if you've got a full HD tv and must MUST MUST have a crystal clear picture... I've hooked my PC up to record TV if i need to. Might be worth waiting for a bit as i believe TIVO is making an arrival soon, if it hasn't already and may be cheaper and/or could drive the price of mysky down to a justifiable level...

just my .02

[Mort]

With the number of spamming adverts on NZ TV we record everything we want to watch on Mysky. I couldn't watch with out it. Its TV recording solved as far as I am concerned.

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Mysky is ace, record all the kids movies and bike racing, Mrs records the Aussie soaps. Then we watch them when it suits us. Its paired up to a 42" HD samsung, wouldn't be without it now.

[boman]

Yup Mysky Rocks. Records the bike racing when I forget it is on. A pleasent surprise when you check the planner. How I survived prior to getting Mysky. ??

[steve_t]

+1 Mysky HDi is worth it.... my only wish would be for the recorded shows to be able to be downloaded on to an external hard drive or USB drive to copy to my computer

[sunhuntin]

good responses so far. thanks. seems like my sky is the way to go. i forgot that you can skip the adverts.
im only on bunny ears right now and dont get a perfect picture, but ive got a 32" [i think] lcd, as opposed to the old 36cm rear projection telly. we tried the external aerial, and couldnt even get a picture. lol. its kool now that when i watch a movie i can actually see it!

mashman, i did want tivo, but telecom have taken it over and its running about $900. too much for me. also stinks cos if you have broadband with any other provider, it looks like you also have to get telecom bb to be able to download movies.

[Usarka]

Was looking at it, but fucked if I'm goint to pay near $90 a month to watch tv.

[Jizah]

Was looking at it, but fucked if I'm goint to pay near $90 a month to watch tv.

This ^^

I would prefer to pay that for a decent internet plan and just download my shows. You don't even need to fast forward the ads, they're already deleted.

[TerminalAddict]

TiVo gets released in November
I'm gonna biff the sky digital, and go freeview/TiVo
currently I have sky digital/TiVo (series 1 imported)

TiVo changes your life .. I always laugh quietly when I hear ppl rave about mysky/digital recording .. I've been doing for 7 years with my TiVo

[Patrick]

We got a bigger Samsung.... 50 incher.

And mysky... its worth it. Good for recording etc while yer out. Hi def is great.

[Hoon]

TiVo changes your life .. I always laugh quietly when I hear ppl rave about mysky/digital recording .. I've been doing for 7 years with my TiVo

Yep I had a Tivo since 2004 but once I made the change to Hi def, the Tivo just didn't cut it anymore.

I bought an HD TV a year ago, that started my HD addiction and now I can't bear to watch anything in SD. The Tivo got replaced by mySkyHDi. The Xbox (XBMC) got replaced by a Windows7 Media PC. My cheap DVD home theatre setup got replaced by Onkyo/Wharfedales with Sony subwoofer. I was going to get a PS3 for Bluray but now it looks like the winner of the HD format war is streamed/downloadable content.