Upgrade Sky HD - Existing customers for £90

stoofa · 24 Sep 2008 at 17:15

I know of a few people who are interested in Sky HD but didn't fancy the £150 upgrade for existing customers (plus £60 installation).
It woulld appear that we can now get it cheaper - however this deal expires in a weeks time.

http://mysky.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyproducts/skytv/skyhd/pricing

You pay:

£75 for the box
£30 install
Then they credit £15 back onto your account - so in effect £90.

No need to call up and threaten to cancel, beg for the deals.
Just do the upgrade online (so you get your £15 credit).
The only stipulation is that you have to take out the £10 per month HD Mix package - which makes sense.

Nymins · 24 Sep 2008 at 18:16

Good offer. I would have liked not to take the HD sub just yet and get the free to air HD channels and then subscribe when more are added. Oh well, still decent.

wolvers · 24 Sep 2008 at 20:30

Nymins said:
Good offer. I would have liked not to take the HD sub just yet and get the free to air HD channels and then subscribe when more are added. Oh well, still decent.

If you do have sports and movies then the tenner gets you 19 HD channels (13 if you don't) so it's not totally unjustified. There is rumoured to be a load of extra HD movie channels coming soon too.

I would also say that without a display of around 37" or larger you may not see the benefit and it may not be so much value for money.

Nymins · 24 Sep 2008 at 20:46

wolvers69 said:
If you do have sports and movies then the tenner gets you 19 HD channels (13 if you don't) so it's not totally unjustified. There is rumoured to be a load of extra HD movie channels coming soon too.

I would also say that without a display of around 37" or larger you may not see the benefit and it may not be so much value for money.

Only have sports. Good deal if you have all the premium channels, but just a tad too expensive each month on top of what i already pay

Jez · 24 Sep 2008 at 20:53

WOM on IRC and at work is that a phone call to sky will waive the installation charge without too much effort, making the upgrade £75 all in.

Good offer either way mind.

Giddy · 24 Sep 2008 at 23:14

Jez said:
WOM on IRC and at work is that a phone call to sky will waive the installation charge without too much effort, making the upgrade £75 all in.

Good offer either way mind.

I've tried a couple of times to get them to waive the installation charge and both times been unsuccessful. £60 to plug in a box, it's daylight robbery. For 15 quid though I can't complain.

Cheers to the OP, I've just ordered

bullit in head · 24 Sep 2008 at 23:26

thanks for that..... been waiting for a good offer to come along, just done it online.

woohoo FX in HD

edit £30 for new run and new LNB as well not bad..could have done it for just about £30 if I did it myself..

bullit

R4z0r · 25 Sep 2008 at 09:16

wolvers69 said:
I would also say that without a display of around 37" or larger you may not see the benefit and it may not be so much value for money.

I have a tempoary 26" TV at the moment and you can definitely tell the difference between HD and SD ...

Reality Bites · 25 Sep 2008 at 13:34

wolvers69 said:
I would also say that without a display of around 37" or larger you may not see the benefit and it may not be so much value for money.

HD is HD, it's always going to be a better picture no matter what the size of the panel.

The panel quality may define how much of an improvement you see, but not the size

Sel · 25 Sep 2008 at 14:08

If they gave me the box I still won't be paying £10 a month extra on top of the £40 odd notes I pay now.

Begbie · 26 Sep 2008 at 12:15

Sel said:
If they gave me the box I still won't be paying £10 a month extra on top of the £40 odd notes I pay now.

They won't give you the box then

Got a couple of offers due on the 1/10 trust if you wish.

morfmedia · 28 Sep 2008 at 11:28

Jez said:
WOM on IRC and at work is that a phone call to sky will waive the installation charge without too much effort, making the upgrade £75 all in.

Good offer either way mind.

Is that in combination with this offer or a different one ?

Jez · 28 Sep 2008 at 11:30

morfmedia said:
Is that in combination with this offer or a different one ?

It is this offer, but WOM says that they seem willing to waive the installation charge, not much but its still £15 for a making one quick phone call...

londonbairn · 28 Sep 2008 at 11:42

This deal has been going on for a while, we got it in a leaflet a while ago and got HD and HD Multiroom with it.

MTWest · 28 Sep 2008 at 11:55

Sel said:
If they gave me the box I still won't be paying £10 a month extra on top of the £40 odd notes I pay now.

This is why I'm also hesistant for Sky HD. I want to perhaps downgrade my package by £10 to keep it at around £40.... but the other packages are crap

J1234 · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:33

I already have Sky +, if I buy a HD box and plug it in, will I get the free HD channels straight away without paying extra?

smogsy · 28 Sep 2008 at 14:20

no, you have to have a HD Subscription.

Jez · 28 Sep 2008 at 15:31

Justin said:
I already have Sky +, if I buy a HD box and plug it in, will I get the free HD channels straight away without paying extra?

Yes you will, i dont know what the reply above is about. This is exactly what i did. You will need to pair the card with the new box via the installer menu or via customer services if you do not have a handy phone line near the box. But thats it, and is applicable on every box change and has nothing to do with the fact that its an HD one.

smogsy · 28 Sep 2008 at 16:47

i read it wrong i thought he said All HD channels

LadFromWales · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:10

Ooooo temptedings!

If I upgrade my current box rather than taking multiroom, I keep my box yeah? I have another pair of feeds going into the bedroom and will likely use them for freesat for now...