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Sky and PIN codes. |
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 We switched over to one of the movie channels last night and was asked to enter our PIN number. The movie in question was '12' rated! The settings I have in place mean that only a PIN code is required to allow the viewing of an '18' rated film. I checked my other selections and sure enough I haven't imposed the same limitations on '12' and '15' rated films.
I did some 'googling' (is that a word?!) on the subject and found that Sky have restricted viewing of the latter rated films before 8pm regardless of your own restrictions; after 8pm they work fine.
We don't really watch films that much on Sky, to be honest, and I decided this morning to cancel the movie channels from my package. The reason I gave Sky was that I prefer it if my option to govern what is watched on my tv is respected rather than Sky imposing their restrictions on me. The answer I got was quite interesting. Apparently, it's against the law to show 'X' rated films with a '12' or '15' rating before the watershed! Erm... is it just me or does 'X' rated imply an '18' rating to you? What is the point of a board of people sitting down and rating a film suitable for an age group when Sky will decide it for you?!
When I suggested that that was utter rubbish the Sky representative (called Ryan, fyi) became quite abrupt and even to the point of rude. Perhaps Ryan should realise that I'm not personally attacking him, I'm airing my opinions regarding Sky's dictatorial methods of viewing control! I do still have that right, don't I?!
Well, I couldn't be bothered to argue my point so I told him just to cut the movies from my package. He did say that as a long running customer I could get a 20% discount on the price I pay for the movie package for the next 6 months. Funny, they didn't let me know that before I complained! Anyway, I didn't take him up on his offer and it's cut the cost from £47.50 to just £21.50!
I'm off to buy the films I want on DVD with the money I've saved... and I can watch them before Sky airs them. :)
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Posted on Sunday, January 25 @ 10:21:20 GMT Standard Time by Rob |
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