Quick Sky+ Question

Marky · 13 Apr 2008 at 01:51

Hey all,

Do you have to pay any extra dosh to get sky+ (Upgrading from normal sky subscription). Obviously, you have to pay around £100 for the box and installation, but apart from this, do you pay any extra monthly subscription for it?

Thanks,

Marky

flexo786 · 13 Apr 2008 at 02:38

theres no monthly subscription anymore just the money for the box which is £50 i think if your upgrading

malccy · 13 Apr 2008 at 08:41

Would that be just £50 if you were upgrading from Sky Freesat as well?

csmager · 13 Apr 2008 at 09:59

Unlikely, as they're getting no sub off you.

Plus if you're on Freesat (i.e. no sub) you have to pay the Sky+ sub of £10/month. It's better to have the cheapest sub of £15/m which removes the need to have the Sky+ sub - and you get more channels.

malccy · 13 Apr 2008 at 10:22

Thanks csmager; what would be the cheapest route for sky+ and HD please?

csmager · 13 Apr 2008 at 10:28

Crikey, don't know really.

SkyHD really isn't worth the £10 sub unless you've got all the channels. If you went for it with the basic sub, about all you'd get is Sky One HD. With Sky World, you'd get 2 Movies channels, 3 Sports channels, Discovery, Artsworld and a few others in HD.

You can, however, have the SkyHD box and not the HD sub - you'd still get BBC HD & Channel 4 HD. You can get the Sky+ functionality with the basic sub as with a bog standard Sky+ box, afaik. So that's around £15/m.

You'd probably have to buy the box from an Authorised Sky Agent/other 3rd party for around the £200 mark though, as Sky.com would probably only sell it with the £10 HD sub.