Who has SKY HD+?

Mikey · 16 Feb 2009 at 10:56

Well I've got an engineer coming again on Wednesday as all my HD channels now don't work. Pixelated screen, it's all fine on SD

FTM · 16 Feb 2009 at 11:47

very happy mine was installed to see natures greatest spectacles on bbc HD

stunning TV and cannot wait for the salmon episode

Skully · 16 Feb 2009 at 11:56

My parents just went for the £49 box deal, they have to wait until April to get it installed due to high demand!

[DOD]Asprilla · 16 Feb 2009 at 12:52

Skully said:
My parents just went for the £49 box deal, they have to wait until April to get it installed due to high demand!

Probably more likely to do with all the Pace boxes being recalled and replaced with other boxes, leaving them chronically short of stock.

gord · 16 Feb 2009 at 15:10

FTM said:
very happy mine was installed to see natures greatest spectacles on bbc HD

stunning TV and cannot wait for the salmon episode

Hold on, I looked for that programme on HD when it came on BBC2.. but couldnt see it.. :confused:

craptakular · 16 Feb 2009 at 15:43

I aint getting sky Hd until the retarded £10 HD per month fee is dropped.

Jamesdavid3 · 16 Feb 2009 at 15:55

There will be so much better deals with the HD package in the future.

Its not good at the moment because its all new

Memphis · 16 Feb 2009 at 16:11

Oxy said:
I aint getting sky Hd until the retarded £10 HD per month fee is dropped.

Want a medal?

Nymins · 16 Feb 2009 at 16:13

Oxy said:
I aint getting sky Hd until the retarded £10 HD per month fee is dropped.

You'll be waiting a long time then. Sky make a hell of a lot of money out of the HD subs alone, why would they need to get rid of it? There was what, 600,000 HD subscribers or so from last years figures, so they are making £6 million just on HD subs.

fornowagain · 16 Feb 2009 at 17:39

They charged for the Sky+ service for donkeys years, they'll keep on charging until they can't sell any more.

craptakular · 16 Feb 2009 at 17:45

Memphis said:
Want a medal?

Why hostile?

If your prepared to get shafted & pay extra then thats up to you.

craptakular · 16 Feb 2009 at 17:46

Nymins said:
You'll be waiting a long time then. Sky make a hell of a lot of money out of the HD subs alone, why would they need to get rid of it? There was what, 600,000 HD subscribers or so from last years figures, so they are making £6 million just on HD subs.

Thats fine, i'll wait decades i am not bothered. I see it as a con tbh.

Nymins · 16 Feb 2009 at 17:48

Oxy said:
Why hostile?

If your prepared to get shafted & pay extra then thats up to you.

No-ones getting "shafted". Its completely optional if you want HD or not. No company in the world would give away HD for free, it costs way too much to transmit it.

Things like Freesat is different because they only have 1 and a half HD channels. They will bring in more, but will not be able to match the amount of channels Sky as anytime soon. They won't be able to afford it if they add a lot of HD channels.

Oxy said:
Thats fine, i'll wait decades i am not bothered. I see it as a con tbh.

Why is it a con? I dont understand that logic?

caLz0 · 16 Feb 2009 at 17:48

I got mine installed 2 weeks ago, engineer was very helpful. Also phoned direct to Livingston sky call centre for the HD channels to be sent again, instead of saying just wait anything from 2 - 72 hours.

-Ad- · 16 Feb 2009 at 17:50

As a picky note, they are in no way engineers. Installers is the correct term

craptakular · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:25

Nymins said:
They won't be able to afford it if they add a lot of HD channels.

But they haven't, how many years has it been?

Why is it a con? I dont understand that logic?

I think after paying shed loads for the sky channels you shouldn't then have to pay extra for HD.

If your happy to pay, thats upto you. I just feel its cheeky.

Jez · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:28

Oxy said:
I aint getting sky Hd until the retarded £10 HD per month fee is dropped.

Most ridiculous post of the month, its a new technology which costs a fortune to implement and maintain. £10 is hardly a sum worth pondering over.

Sumanji · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:29

Oxy said:
I think after paying shed loads for the sky channels you shouldn't then have to pay extra for HD.

So when you buy a car you expect the 20" alloy wheel upgrade for free, even though it comes with normal wheels as standard?

craptakular · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:33

Jez said:
Most ridiculous post of the month, its a new technology which costs a fortune to implement and maintain. £10 is hardly a sum worth pondering over.

lol why? I honestly don't see why you should have to pay an extra £10, even after paying for the channels in the first place! Don't get me started on multiroom. You could even end up paying £30 extra for 2x HD multiroom setup. Rip off in my opinion.

Jez · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:34

Great, its not in my opinion. Do you realise how expensive transponder bandwidth is and what bitrate the HD content is transmitted at?

Would you rather the HD sub was shelved and the base subscription price escalated to compensate? At least with the additional sub you have a choice to pay less and remain on the lesser service.