[Mort]

Like you I was paying double what I originally did for the identical package, fortunately I was able to get a special price on upgrading to Sky Q so took the plunge.

I did raise an eyebrow earlier this year when Sky first rolled out "free" Netflix, then offered "free" Discovery+ (actually good), then offered "free" Paramount+, handy if you're a Trek fan and also enjoy Eurosport and doccos/How It's Made on Discovery. I wouldn't have bought P+ or D+/Eurosport Player (shared a friend's for the LM24 last June) but they're very nice to have.

Then over Christmas Sky offered six months free Apple TV for new or existing customers, which was handy because my sub was just about to renew! So evidently they're going big on the "this is why you should stay with Sky" loss leader tactics, probably to soften us for another price rise this year.

As we upgraded to Sky Q with UHD, being able to shift the Netflix Premium sub to being subsidised by Sky is handy, to the tune of £16 a month, a clever move by them. We previously had movies via NOW TV, but they've gradually phased out the best deals, and brought in shady tactics like only including 1080p and multi-device streaming behind an additional "Boost" subscription. In the end it made more sense to just go back to Sky for the lot.

This top tier package should cost over £100 a month, I got a heavily discounted offer to Q with UHD but only for 18 months. I'm not sure I'll be renewing if the price is much over the current price next year. Enjoying it for the time being.

How much should one expect to pay for one of those Arris FTA receivers? I do have a spare Sky+ dish and bracket knocking about (long story...)