Ditch the dish! Sky Movies 'NOW' practically given away on the internet.

There was a time, not long ago, when one had no choice but to subscribe to a gazillion entertainment channels one did not desire just to see a handful of few film channels one did. A time when subscribers were denied said channels in HD unless they stumped up an additional £10 fee.

Well friends, that time is over.  Now NOW TV is here Sky Movies is as cheap as it was in the 80s. NOW, the Sky-by-broadband service has seriously undercut the Sky-by-satellite service. And, the oddest thing about all this is, they're both the same company!

So, how much cheaper is Sky Movies on NOW? Glad you asked! Here ya go...

Sky Movies, per month, in HD on one TV:

• On Sky, £53
• On NOW, £9 

Sky Movies, per month, in HD on two TVs:

• On Sky, £65
• On NOW, £9

I've rounded prices to the nearest pound and haven't taken into account any special offers. For further savings, if you only watch on demand programming and no broadcasts, you can stop paying £145 a year to TV Licensing. And, if you're watching Sky Movies on NOW TV's dinky box, you can expect lower electric bills than those using a Sky+HD box.

At the moment, retailers such as Argos are offering the NOW TV set-top-box - bundled with 3 months Sky Movies - for £25. And additional boxes can be bought for £10 direct from the NOW TV site. More on the box and what other goodies it delivers in my next post.

At a glance, pros and cons...

Pros:

• Content is in 720p HD. On Sky's satellite service there's a £10 HD fee on top of the subscription cost
• Content can be viewed on any two of four registered devices at the same time. On Sky's satellite service there's an £11.25 'multiscreen' fee, again, on top of the subscription cost
• NOW TV remembers where you stopped watching and lets you continue where you left off on any one of those four devices

Cons:

• No subtitles
• No audio description for the visually impaired
• Netflix offers better quality pictures and apparently allows limitless registered devices

Comments

[Nhick]

Not until those cons will be improved.. nice to have options though.. thanks for the heads up..