Sky Digital Review

Good Points
Easy Menu & Personal Planner

Bad Points
Sleazy content, low quality programming

General Comments
I've had Sky Digital since 2004 but will soon be coming to the end of my contract and not renewing. My favourite channel was paramount comedy but since roughly 2005/2006 they began broadcasting sleazy programmes after 12.00 AM, such 'Naked Camera' & 'Badly Dubbed Porn', and it's not just that they've taken over the time slots when they used to air stand up and other sitcoms they're just not funny. Also, recently they've started a trend where they run a whole season of one sitcom over the weekend, so for example they have "Two and half men" running over the weekend. I mean 5 or 6 episodes on Saturday and then 5 more episodes on Sunday would be tolerable but to have a whole day dedicated to one sitcom is not good programming in my opinion. The variety is also lacking. While I do love 'Everybody loves Raymond' and 'King of Queens'& Frasier, I believe they're lazy when it comes to planning content. For example, they had adverts running nearly after each sitcom announcing the Office would be shown and they aired seasons 1 & 2 and then stopped, while on freeview ITV2 they've finished airing season 3. I don't think this is good value for money. Believe it or not, having 200 channels does not mean more choice as you will find that after a month or so you will probably only watch 10-20 channels and even they become repetitive and boring. I don't blame Sky, obviously someone must be watching these channels but personally other than sitcoms and the odd movie or documentary I find reality TV/chat shows/police camera action shows extremely dull and it seems that TV is being taken over with this type of television. On a positive note, I love the new Sky Movies categories, it makes it easier to find the type of movie you're looking for e.g. Sci Fi/Horror and Comedy, but at over £30.00 the movies do not justify the price. And that is the main problem, for the quality of programmes being shown Sky Digital should be cheaper. A lot cheaper.