Imagine the scenario: you just moved into a new home, step out of the boxes, and start thinking about the basics. Heating, electricity, and water are crucial, and then it gets to the things that make your house really feel like home, things like your television. These days, there are countless services to enhance your television experience. From Freeview HD to Virgin Media via NOW TV, EE TV, BT Vision, YouView, and many others, it can really be a bewildering experience. Each service has its own advantages and each has its own drawbacks, but to get the best all-around experience, it’s hard to look much further than Sky and its television offering. What makes it so attractive? Join us as we explain.
Sky has been around for as long as digital TV, and the company won the UK’s first satellite TV license and developed its service from there. As we enter 2016, the company is the largest pay-TV provider in the country, and there is a reason for that. Their growth really started with the introduction of the Sky + box and service, and it’s still a great reason to join the company.
Sky +, if you still don’t know how to manipulate and record live television. That means being able to pause, fast-forward, rewind, and even put on live TV in slow motion. At its launch, it revolutionized the way we watch television, allowing us to make a cup of tea before going back and fast-forwarding through those pesky commercials. However, over the years, Sky + has developed more and more features that make it an invaluable member of your entertainment system. Updates in recent years have greatly increased the amount of storage in the box, and have even added advanced features like catching up with TV and TV on demand, along with things like HD and 3D support.
However, perhaps the best reason to choose Sky is its exclusive content. Everyone knows Sky Movies and Sky Sports, representing the best sports and movie packages out there, but perhaps the real star is Sky Atlantic. It is completely free to all Sky customers (even those with the cheapest packages) but offers some of the most attractive programs in the service. Through an exclusive deal with HBO, the channel features characters like Game of Thrones, Girls, True Detective, Last Week Tonight, and many others. Other deals with companies like AMC mean hit shows like Mad Men and The Walking Dead appear on the service.
That deal, and many others, ensure that Sky not only has the best live TV options, but also has a gigantic number of classic set-top boxes available on demand. From classics like The Sopranos and The Wire to overlooked British gems like Hunderby, they’re all there and ready to watch on demand. It’s a fantastic service, and one that only Sky operates, which puts it at a distinct advantage over the competition.
However, it doesn’t end with Sky +, because the company is about to launch Sky Q, its next-generation service that promises to revolutionize your television experience once again. By quadrupling the number of tuners in the hub, the new box will allow you to record five shows simultaneously while watching them on four other screens around the house. On top of that, it features an all-new touch remote control, a massive 1TB hard drive, support for 4K Ultra-HD television programming, and it even has built-in support for Netflix, for those rare shows and movies you can’t get. Heaven.
Simply put, Sky is still the best TV viewing experience and it will only get better in the coming months.