BritChickx Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Is Foxtel worth getting? Or shall I give up on TV? There's nothing to watch ever on the free channels...and I'd like advert free TV :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 To be honest, I'm not sure. We have it but the way the packages are done we are on the top whack because we watch things on FX and Showcase, if we could only get those two channels we would be happy. Can you not download? Or JBHiFi in central were selling TV series on DVD 2 for $30 and if you have a dvd player I probably have some box sets I can lend you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Well... Paul's work mate has a load of movies and tv series for us we just need to buy a hard drive to copy them to. I just miss watching Channel 4 documentaries mostly....and things like 8 out of 10 cats :laugh: won't matter so much when i'm working I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 We have it because my son pays for it BC. Just about the only thing we watch is sport though, maybe the odd National Geographic show. We find we still watch the free to air channels through the foxtel box. It's good for recording stuff though and skipping through the adverts. Too much American, TV by numbers, shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Well... Paul's work mate has a load of movies and tv series for us we just need to buy a hard drive to copy them to. I just miss watching Channel 4 documentaries mostly....and things like 8 out of 10 cats :laugh: won't matter so much when i'm working I guess. I use a bit torrent client and a cheap media player I bought on-line for film and series downloads. You would be able to download most documentaries, series and films from there if you're desperate. Media player is very small, cost about $40 and you can put a hard drive in it. Has a HDMI connection and a USB port and I've not found any format it won't play. You just connect it to the TV and use the remote. Great little box. A lot of Channel 4 documentaries are on ABC1 and 2 and sometimes SBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiralx Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Just abandon it. Aus TV is even worse then UK TV. We just watch films and series on bluray - most people seem to happily exchange illegally downloaded films and TV shows quite openly as if there is nothing wrong with it, even though they would frown on other types of dishonesty. I suppose they just regard it as 'victimless'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Just abandon it. Aus TV is even worse then UK TV. We just watch films and series on bluray - most people seem to happily exchange illegally downloaded films and TV shows quite openly as if there is nothing wrong with it, even though they would frown on other types of dishonesty. I suppose they just regard it as 'victimless'. tbh I found UK TV to be worse than TV here when we were back there in September. I was the last one up one night and my Sister doesn't have Sky. The only thing I found that was remotely worth watching was an old repeat of Only Fools and Horses. Dell boy looked about 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpo1971 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 We have Foxtel, although I can't exactly bring myself to recommend it. It's good for Sport and the docos are pretty much the same as are on Sky. The Entertainment and Movie sections are pretty poor though. The terrestrial TV is like ITV on steroids, on every channel i.e. diabolical. All I watch on free-to-air is the news and some sport e.g. The Ashes are on 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibbs Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Didn't rely on terrestrial in the UK, wouldn't rely on it here. It's only $130 a month, and means we get HBO stuff, a few films, and the sports channels. Don't think I watch anything, that is not sport, 'live' any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Is Foxtel worth getting? Or shall I give up on TV? There's nothing to watch ever on the free channels...and I'd like advert free TV :laugh: We have far more channels than we actually watch, but I definitely prefer to have it and never / hardly ever watch the free channels. We find things we like on UKTV, Lifestyle and the news and documentaries channels. We also have the sport package although I personally do not watch any sport. Initially we had movies not sport, but there were never any decent movies so we swapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest26012 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 We have foxtel. Mostly because hubs watches the sport, me too sometimes. I could survive without it though as I'm not a big tv watcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b14ck Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Have a read of this thread http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/household/201057-sky-tv.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Have you tried SBS BC?They sometimes have good doco's on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 I haven't but ill keep an eye on that one now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I wouldn't bother personally. More than enough on free tv with ABC and SBS. The cricket was free on 9 but I preferred to attend in person. Enough also with internet without further solitary pursuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pob Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 We have Netflix. we can watch series from the US and it has loads of movies and it is only $7.99 a month. No adverts!!! Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 We don't have Foxtel because I refuse to pay for loads of stuff we don't want just to get the one or two channels that have a couple of programs on each that we do watch. We have a set top box with a hard drive and two tuners and we record everything so we can fast forward the ads. Plenty of choice on free to air if you look for it, although some stuff can be on at weird times. Not an issue for us as we just record it and watch it later. For anything we want to watch that isn't available on the free to air we either borrow it from the library or obtain it in some other way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt Down Under Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I wouldn't bother personally. More than enough on free tv with ABC and SBS. The cricket was free on 9 but I preferred to attend in person. Enough also with internet without further solitary pursuits. I am with you on this FOC. More than enough on free TV, so along with that, my books and internet, why would I pay for stuff that I would not have time to watch. But, each to their own, and if the need is there and the money for it, go for it BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 We have repeat tv (fox) mainly for the kids stuff and i like my wildlife documentaries, but mainly watching free to view stuff SBS is an excellent channel, anyone watch that film the other night 'the street' excellent film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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