mit

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Hi, i've just ordered Sky HD,direct with Sky,£75 for the box,£30 installation!
They say it's a till the end of October deal, im really looking forward to it!
I had to pay £10 a month for the HD mix.

What are your veiws on Sky HD? They say 22 channels available at the mo,do you think this will increase much soon?
Does the normal non HD channels improve with the hdmi cable output?

Thanks,Mit

IanW

I would pay that for it, but at the moment for the amount of TV i do actually watch i resent paying the extra £10 a month for the HD subscription.

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

It just went up with 6 more movie channels in HD - over 2 pages of HD channels to view

phil_wrx

iTrader: (2)

love my sky HD just the poo first gen box i have to put up with

wiley

iTrader: (63)

got my sky+ for same price, feel like sky has ripped me off(only had it a couple of months)... might have to rip them off by getting my super chipped card

wiley

Diesel

MASSIVE improvement on SD channels via HDMI. Biggest selling point of the SKY HD box for me Cant think of the last time I actually watched a HD channel/prog on it. Absurd really...

Looking forward to killing my SKY HD PVR off soon - once a decent Freeview HD/Freesat HD is up and running. That will be soooon!!! That will teach the Aussie tw@t to charge £10 a month for HD signals they they pay no more to those that originate the programmes for.

You can shaft some of the people some of the time...

Diesel

Phil, is this the 'failed' recordings that aren't even supossed to have happened yet syndrome? Nightmare and kills series link. Think it is an overnight updated software bug that the tw@ts get then get you pointlessly unplugging LNB cables for etc whilst moaning up on premium rates. Hope to ditch the lot of them soon for Freesat/Freeview HD.

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finchyboy

Still not a great deal of true HD stuff on sky it's all upscaled.

Diesel

What channels do you mean? What progs?

In fact the truth is that stuff originated in 'HD' and edited in 'HD' and transmitted in 'HD' is often done on £5k cameras with £2k lenses. 'Old' SD 'broadcast quality' far less compressed cameras cost 6 times as much... Progresss?

For HD to look good you need a well handled £30k camera with a £20k lens and perfection along the post production chain with no F'ups in media handling (as I was fixing for a client today!!!!). D

moneys

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it is a really good service, if you use it. There aint that many 'good' programmes actually on HD at the mo, sky sports costs an extra £19 with HD which in my opinion is a bloody rip off.

I ve had it a year now and will becancelling the HD service soon as i dont think its worth the money yet, one of the things that really grates me is that you cant move the channels around i:e normal channel 4 for HD4.

The picture does improve as the HDMI cable is a better way of connecting, also you have more room on your Sky+.

Good but you need to use it, also its what you have paid all that money for on a new tele isnt it

moneys

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im on my 3rd box, luckily i got the brand new one on my last exchange. also it was my last day of my warranty

mit

iTrader: (10)

yeah, i got a full hd samsung 40", and think the standard box picture is rubbish. The reason i got the sky hd really.

Diesel

This why my soon to be bought Freeview or Freesat PVR box will have an HDMI conection. It aint nothing to do with rip off SKY.... D

moneys

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sky is a rip off though, £19 for sky sports on HD

Diesel

You are right mate, and the irony is that it used to be included in the BBC TV licence before SKY outbid them so mugs that subscribe to SKY now actually pay twice... Ahh capitalism...

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ScoobyWon't

I'm getting it installed on Thursday as I want to break it before next years F1 is broadcast in HD by the BBC. That way I should have a reliable box in time.

Plus I'll complain like **** to get some money refunded

jono300

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Super chipped card ??!!

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

Im waiting for this baby before I buy.

Humax FOXSAT-HDR Freesat HD PVR Receiver | Freesat+ | Satbuyer

ETA november 2008 at approx £299, good thing is you get more than the freesat channels as well as you can change something in the settings to get addition channels

Diesel

Now that is the business I will find the actually working (unlike SKY afaik) USB and ethernet connections very handy. I wont do 'series link' though will it (yet)?

Wonder how much I'll get for the SKY HD box on e bay?

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CooperS

Love my HD

Mostly watch discovery/Nat Geo/History anyway, so perfect for me.

Rush HD is pretty damned good too

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

I think with the normal foxsat hd boxes you can do a series link. I have wanted one for a bit now but have been waiting for the pvr type and as I only have 1 hd tv I thought I would just stick with skys freeview for the time being.

Hopefully though the price will be quite a bit less than the £299. I wonder if sky's reduction in price for hd had anything to do with the anouncement of the freesat hd pvr

EddScott

About £150 when i looked last.

Was going to buy the HD box for £150, sell my + box for £75 and then just ring them and change the card over to the HD box. As its £75 now, may as well get a new box and have a warranty.

When we changed to + the guy left the old box so we put that in our bedroom. Hopefully, if I get HD the chap will leave the + box.

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

should do, it is yours as you payed for it.

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

HUMAX FOXSAT HDR FREESAT TWIN TUNER 320GB PVR RECEIVER :: Parabolic Online Shop

got it showing as £299, just rang to see if they do actually have it in stock as the website to me indicates they do. Rang their number but gone to answer machine but the womans voice is a bit horny sounding!!

(0208 445 0070)

Geezer

Yeah, get rid of Sky HD and get Freesat! Yeah, I mean, er, 2 whole HD channels to watch. What a bargain. BBC HD, doesn't show HD Preview all day at all does it?

Freesat is a joke!

Maybe Sky does not pay anymore to the program makers, but do you think it really cost them nothing to set up and distribute the HD service? That's rahter naive to say the least! OK, you can argue that £10 may or may not be good value for money, but compared to some of Skys' offerings now they have 20+ channels, it would appear to be very good value for money in Sky terms!

Free HD telly (like most telly) is a pipe dream. Too many channels seeking too few advertisers means that free tv, in the main is a thing of the past.

Geezer

idf101

Does anyone know if sky now use a new HD box as i am on my second thomson box which is now playing up!!
I heard that they were going to introduce a new Pace made box??

Cheers

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

freesat dont forget though is still a very new service. Within a few years there will be a heck of a lot more content. Sky in my eyes is going to move to hd only within a few years as well. they have seen their @rse and thats why they have done the price drop on the hd boxes imo. Even though there isnt a load of content yet on the freesat, the fact the hd boxes upscale anyway will still give a better picture

odds

Don't forget, there's no difference between a £3.50 HDMI cable from Wilkinson's and a £40 one from anywhere else.

Geezer

I wouldn't bank on that. A free service is never going to be as comprehensive as a paid for service. How exactly are they going to fund this content? Advertising revenue ain't what it used to be.

Sorry, misread that. Agree totally!

Indeed, and if people just want better looking Freeview channels and have no interest in Sky, then it is a good alternative. But, it will never be a rival for the quality or quantity that Sky offers. Like so many things in life, you get what you pay for.

Geezer

PeteBrant

SkyHD is fricken aces, and they seems to be adding new channels on a daily basis at the moment!!!