DickDastardly:

littleheaven:

wombus: To answer your question what's a good alternative to MySky the Wife can record on, I recommend the Panasonic recorders. I have the DMR-BTW840 works really well.

Just got one of these yesterday and it seems good. Set up all my recordings, played with the network streaming, both from PC to Freeview box and from box to iPhone, and it worked well. I have Netflix and Hulu Plus streaming on Apple TV, and if you really want to retain a bit of Sky without the costs, you can get NowTV's 'Entertainment' package for 6 pounds a month (I use Unotelly to geo unblock) and that gives you about 13 UK Sky channels, including Disney, Nick and Nick Jr for the kids. No cooking, but if that's a deal breaker I believe Igloo has Food Channel - though not with the MySky recording feature. I had a similar issue with property shows until I discovered the English 4oD app which has all the ones I want.

But......did you cancel the evil Galactic Empire known as Sky???

littleheaven:

DickDastardly:

littleheaven:

wombus: To answer your question what's a good alternative to MySky the Wife can record on, I recommend the Panasonic recorders. I have the DMR-BTW840 works really well.

Just got one of these yesterday and it seems good. Set up all my recordings, played with the network streaming, both from PC to Freeview box and from box to iPhone, and it worked well. I have Netflix and Hulu Plus streaming on Apple TV, and if you really want to retain a bit of Sky without the costs, you can get NowTV's 'Entertainment' package for 6 pounds a month (I use Unotelly to geo unblock) and that gives you about 13 UK Sky channels, including Disney, Nick and Nick Jr for the kids. No cooking, but if that's a deal breaker I believe Igloo has Food Channel - though not with the MySky recording feature. I had a similar issue with property shows until I discovered the English 4oD app which has all the ones I want.

But......did you cancel the evil Galactic Empire known as Sky???

As soon as the Cricket World Cup finishes, it's gone :) I've been a customer for more than 18 years, so not a decision made lightly. I just can't justify the expense anymore.

wombus:  I'll just patiently wait a few months for Game of Thrones and save my $.

twinkie15: Also a thing I have found with PVRs is they have a maximum  amount of future bookings that can be made and it's usually 25 or 32 (this is the planner that you book recordings in), My Sky is the only box that has no limit, you can set up as many things as you want to record as long as they don't clash,   One PVR I tried (a Panasonic) I called the help desk to ask why it has a booking limit and they said it's not my sky and 32 bookings is enough for normal use, I found I reached that limit quite fast and ended up having to delete bookings to book more things to record.

Sideface:

twinkie15: Also a thing I have found with PVRs is they have a maximum  amount of future bookings that can be made and it's usually 25 or 32 (this is the planner that you book recordings in), My Sky is the only box that has no limit, you can set up as many things as you want to record as long as they don't clash,   One PVR I tried (a Panasonic) I called the help desk to ask why it has a booking limit and they said it's not my sky and 32 bookings is enough for normal use, I found I reached that limit quite fast and ended up having to delete bookings to book more things to record.

How do you find time to watch all the things you have recorded? 
I would imagine that you'd fill up your HDD pretty quickly.