2TB Box upgrade
Bob_Jenkins
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So our box is playing up and I'm thinking of getting a refurbished HD box or going with the 2TB upgrade option here:
http://www.sky.com/shop/customer-shop/box-upgrade/?stop_mobi=yes
Would I be right in thinking it will cost:
£49 for the box,
£10pm extra for the family bundle upgrade as we are currently on the basic package,
£60 setup fee!!
That setup fee seems pretty excessive to me.
http://www.sky.com/shop/customer-shop/box-upgrade/?stop_mobi=yes
Would I be right in thinking it will cost:
£49 for the box,
£10pm extra for the family bundle upgrade as we are currently on the basic package,
£60 setup fee!!
That setup fee seems pretty excessive to me.
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Those are Sky prices I would stay on the basic package if I were you, otherwise before you know it you will be paying £70 a month.
None at all.:D
I am going by the reports on DS, and other media sites.
It was also in a Sky press pack apparently by mistake but it did not say anything about it apart from it was being developed.
Its apparently coming out this year.
The only new Sky box that looks imminent is a new Now TV box. The rumours about a new 4k Sky box have been denied in the Sky quarterly report last week.
See this thread for more discussion on this - http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2037532
Sky denying is a lie, they will release a 4k box, but not yet.
A good thing too, rushing out a box apparently just to steal a march on BT, who are supposedly bringing out a 4K capable box at the end of the year, would be madness when no standards have yet been set for the over the air broadcasting of 4K.
Yes it would work with Internet delivery, as Netflix does now, but would almost certainly have been immediately obsolescent as far as future domestic 4K satellite broadcasts are concerned.
What's it for - I'm perfectly capable of changing over the cables and calling to have the card paired?
I was reading a presentation from the EBU last week about future developments in 4K broadcasting following the approval of UHD-1 Phase 1. So far it appears no European broadcasters are prepared to commit to 4K until Phase 2 has been approved which should be sometime between 2016 and 2018.
I would guess BSkyB is one of those broadcasters.
Regards
Mark
We are quoted £149 +£60, after signing in.
£49 sounds to good to be true
Lucky you - they're quoting £249 + £60 to me!
Seems random then
Current package may have something to do with it?
I guess they won't let us have the box at £49 (to good to be true)?
For us no package to upgrade as already have sports/movies?
A shame, but there are more important things to spend £249 on.
Regards
Mark
That might explain my high price. I got one of the 1TB when they were first introduced and I think I got a discount on that.
No reduction or offers from the day we started with sky 5 years ago.
Surely, when you joined Sky 5 years ago, you initial box would have been discounted? Their terms do state only 1 discounted HD box per household.
I decided to email Jeremy Darroch stating I was somewhat disappointed being a loyal customer etc etc. The morning after I received a call from "his office" and all I had to pay was £15.
Anyone who joined and got a discounted HD box is not instantly entitled to another discounted HD box.
Anyone who joined and got a discounted Sky+ (non HD) box IS entitled to a discounted HD box, as they have not have one.
It is quite simple really.
When Sky bring out a new box, you will be entitled to a discounted one, just like new customers.
Not that hard to understand really.