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Sky halves the cost of its HD service

by Parm Mann on 29 September 2008, 14:57

Tags: Sky+HD

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BSkyB has announced that its flagship Sky+HD service will be available at half price throughout October. Both new-and-existing customers will be able to upgrade to its HD service at a cost of £75 - down from the normal £150.

The offer, available from today, will coincide with the upcoming launch of seven additional HD channels.

Sky will be hoping the special offer is able to entice customers to its HD package. Having launched in May 2006, Sky announced 498,000 HD subscribers some 25 months later. In comparison, the rival free-to-air service from Freesat has recorded 100,000 customers in its first five months.

Though the half-price offer has obvious appeal, it isn't without its drawbacks. In order to qualify, customers must subscribe to a 12-month HD viewing package with prices starting at £27 per month.

Official product page: Sky.com



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This has been on for a while, but with the HD box you need to take a premium channel afaik…
£27 a month over 12 months = £324 + box @ £75 = £399 —- £399 for what 3 HD channels !!

Really


Really…

Why do people spend such stupid money on HD, its not all that different. £400 different? I don't think so.

BT vision box upscales to 1080i and looks fantastic. I didn't have to pay for my box, I don't no 12 month subscription and viewing packages start at £6 per month… and I can watch things when I want……..

Why do people still keep pumping money into sky and letting them rip you off. Come on, move over to a better value service.
19 now, 26 by the end of october.


I'm not going to say that it isn't expensive, but it is good. And the BT Vision box looks like youtube after Discovery in HD.
Brewster0101
£27 a month over 12 months = £324 + box @ £75 = £399 —- £399 for what 3 HD channels !!

Really


Really…

Why do people spend such stupid money on HD, its not all that different. £400 different? I don't think so.

BT vision box upscales to 1080i and looks fantastic. I didn't have to pay for my box, I don't no 12 month subscription and viewing packages start at £6 per month… and I can watch things when I want……..

Why do people still keep pumping money into sky and letting them rip you off. Come on, move over to a better value service.

And the crap BT broadband service you have to sign up for is OK ?
Brewster0101
Why do people spend such stupid money on HD, its not all that different.

In the words of the great John McEnroe: "You can-not be serious" :O_o1:
HD channels, on a full HD-TV, look absolutely stunning… and the difference between watching a program on the standard channel, then watching it on the HD version of the channel (i.e. Sky Sports, Discovery, History, NatGeo etc), is clearly obvious in most cases… and in some cases… night and day obvious :bowdown: