Jamz3k

I have been pondering removing the HD channels from Sky package but just got a letter today saying its going from £10.25 to £2.50 per month!

Excellent!

Tidgy

reminds me, must cancel sky when i get home hehe

martin850

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Leslie

So this is really for those who are already contracted for HD. They must be getting frightened about something then!

Les

Gear Head

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Is that for everyone?
I have bloody removed my HD package as well!

Dr Hu

I'm still waiting to move over - I was fecked if i was paying £10 a month for it....

But £2.50 I can live with.....

WOOT

Jamz3k

I suspect its a deal for everyone. I added the SkyHD pack last christmas as they gave it to me for free for a few months and never bothered to turn it back off as I actually got the benefit from it.....although I didn't think its was actually worth the money but I'd just kick myself missing some of the documentaries and scifi on HD with DD sound.

Just to show what a **** I am and how Karma is a killer. My Monitor Audio RS-W12 Subwoofer kicked the bucket thismorning.

Gear Head

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You sure this isn't a con from some claiming to be from Sky??

Tidgy

website still has it at £10 by the way

Terminator X

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I'd be surprised albeit thrilled to see them reduce my bill?!

TX.

Gear Head

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And does it tie you in for another 12 months?

Jamz3k

Doubt it, it seems very legit. Apparently Sky have been bought over and all I have to do is set up a new Direct Debit with the Bank Of Nigeria and an intial deposit of £145.50 that luckily I had tucked away after cancelling some useless service.

EddScott

I've been planning to call Sky and squeeze a new HD box out of them. Missed the free swap earlier this year and ours is just pants. I've replaced the power board and it's got a 500GB sammy HD but it's slow and some HD channels break up randomly which needs a reset. Also, it seems to choose when it wants to record rather than when we want it too. The amount of Failed recordings is such a pi55 take.

Dr Hu

Bit more info here: it is a time limited offer and not to 'all & sundry'

http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-h...th-hd-sub.html

urban

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You can get a new 1Tb box if you say the right things to them

billythekid

I would suspect there will be some deals to be had in Feb, before the F1 season starts...

EddScott

Just spent 25 mins on the phone and went through the cancellations and they wouldn't even give me a normal one for free and that was with "Or I'll cancel" to which it was "OK, from now?"

Its playing up anyway so go an engineer coming Saturday - if he decides its faulty he will replace with new style refurb. Although not the 1TB job.

Thinking about it I'm quite tempted to cancel Sky just to see if I can manage without. Don't have any other option though, no fibre here.

Kind of suprised I couldn't get any movement out of them (other than free call out which isn't exactly much of a good will gesture IMO)

urban

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Maybe they're clamping down then.

I got myself a 1Tb box several weeks ago

classic Subaru Si

I threatened to cancel mine a couple of months ago, and got everything half price and free internet for 6 months - the guy was sound, he even said give me a call in 4 months and we will sort it out again for another 6 months half price!

Wish

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I had heard that HD was going to be free in the next couple of months anyway ?

An0n0m0us

Just read that, would like to know how they get SkySports on its own for £17 a month as that's all I would want Sky for.

Gear Head

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How much do you spend per month with them though?

Ant

Iirc from previous threads edd pays quite a bit, could be wrong though

Gear Head

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Shocking then if that is the case.
Even at £2.50, I'm not going to have it. I'm not paying for the same channels twice.

End of.

urban

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Unlikely - look how long it took before Sky+ was free

Jamz3k

If you get the benefit of it and actually watch a good bit of telly during the evenings then its pretty good value imo.

I noticed on Sky's website they have rearranged their pricing structure and its pretty awful. If you want say, the entertainment pack and Documentary pack it used to be around £18 but it seems that don't have the choice of individual packs anymore. Instead they have the entertainment back for £20 and then Entertainment plus for an extra £5 which gives you everything else bar movies and sport. Pretty shoddy to be honest.

Gear Head

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I noticed that a few months back. I just wanted a price of the basic package as a friend asked.

Gave up after 15 minutes and told him to ring them.

I really, really wish we had Cable in our area. Had enough of Sky now.

I do agree that the picture quality is really good in HD and if you watch a lot of Discovery channel, it is worth it. The only thing I watch on Discovery is Wheeler Dealers and I really don't want to see anymore of Mike Brewer than I do already!

Jamz3k

Considering the alternatives to Sky, I just don't think there is one.

Standard Freeview/sat is pretty poor viewing, infact i'd say I hardly ever watch any of the standard "free" channels as well as that I've yet to use a Virgin STB* that isn't terrible to use and the picture always looks shoddy compared to Sky, they really to have a strong monopoly.

*I haven't tried the new Tivo.

EddScott

£43 - some package or other plus HD plus multiroom.

IMO, more than enough for a free HD box - the swines.

Seriously, if I don't get a replacement box I will cancel and stuff the consquences. Wife and nipper will have to put up with Freeview. I pretty much only watch non-freeview stuff Atlantic and FX but its the principle of it all. I'll just have to find something more interesting to do with my £43.

Terminator X

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Picture quality is awesome though esp sports. Well worth it imho albeit that it would be nice to have it as standard rather than get charged extra

TX.