Sky HD cost - Anyone know how much?
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If they offer HDTV for free with subscription of certain premium channels Ill be getting it. If they want to charge extra they can forget it. Anyone know what the case will be? Cheers.
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Now you already pay for an extra service so bascially it's not a question of refusing SKY HD becuase they charge for it but exactly how much and the value you will then put on it.
Putting aside the cost of the SKY+ HD and the subscription you still need a HD display to make full use of the service.
Three or four years HD boxes may be at the same level (from SKY) as the SKY+ currently is and of course non SKY HD hardware will also be far far cheaper and there will be some free HD broadcasts.
There may even be some viable HD on DTT once analogye shutdown is well under way which I suppose you would then not object too even though you would still have to buy a HD receiver:)
Erm.... did you think it would be free ?
and btw noone of the topics explains how much Sky will charge for the service, cause no one knows yet. Just rumours and rumours are nothing before something takes place for it.
Cable
Then they decided skyTV would be free to anyone who wanted it - by this time, I had bought my second box and dish - and monthly subs. kept on rising. Eventually, we found that we were subscribiing to channels we didn't even watch, so opted for a lesser package.
The same could well happen with HDTV; the box etc will be free with you only being responsible for monthly subscriptions.
I'm not getting HD, although when we get a new TV, I will go for HD ready as I don't want to limit our future options.
There is no way they can continue to charge consumers for the equipment at an extortionate cost, as there are many people who either cannot afford it, or aren't prepared to pay it. (I am certainly in the latter group. We have better things to spend our money on!).
Many people, like you, will choose not to subscribe, but that doesn't make their business model unviable.
Jerry
You know there are times when someone asks something you not only try to answer the specific question but then explain why the answer may or may not be what the poster wanted to hear.
It can save time and clear up matters if a follow up question is asked:)
These forums are also read by people who don't post questions and it's useful at times to cover information that is linked to the original question.
So I gave him the amswer.
SKY+ HD will be sold probably at cost, exact price unknown but considering a single tuner HD receiver with no HDD costs over £250 do the math.
SKY have also stated there will be a HD subscription, exact cost unknown.
For the poster these answers will mean he will not be getting HD from SKY so I then pointed out he is prepared to pay for extra content so SKY HD is no different, just how much the cost will be will in effect determine what value he puts on it. I then though asking about cable may offer an avenue to explore since they will provide the STB and then you just pay a extra fee which may be more attractive to him than the SKY offering.
It was also worth pointing out the you will need a HD display which are not cheap and the basic HD business model is kinda based on the idea that people paying £500-£4000 for a TV can afford HD:)
As for wattieuk knowing all about the technical aspects of HD well that wasn't made clear so again making sure he knew that HD was not just about the STB and subscription is rather important I would have thought.
To finish up I offered my view on how HD will develop and how it may in a short time meet his stated requirments and that SKY will not be the only source of HD.
All the above was done in a friendly fashion in an effort to help a fellow forum user.
Sorry if it offended you :rolleyes:
God I hope you are right:)
I am putting aside £500 for the SKY+ HD and installation and expecting at least a £10 premium for the HD channels.
SKY is a premium service, the cost will never be in a the region which allows every one to afford it, even the license fee causes issues with some households.
Amen, it's only entertainment after all and if money is tight or you just don't rate the value of the service then there dozens of things that come before subscription telly:)
£399 for hardware
£10 Per month Sub.
I'm one of those people who's more of a reader than a poster and I generally find the extra info given about HDTV informative and interesting.
Jarrak - your posts are always friendly, keep on posting!
Register at
http://www.sky.com/hd/thankyou
And sit back and show some patience
Cheers, your comments are appreciated
Prepare for the worse, hope for the best:)
If I was to put money on it then I would go for a launch price exactly the same as the original SKY+, the hardware would be subsidised to a small degree with that being recouped via the subscription but still making SKY a profit in the minimum contract term.
Compared to Premiere and even the early US offerings the channel lineup is impressive, for me it's good enough and I think it is attractive enough for those who would be targetted as early adoptors or fools in some peoples minds:)
Sky HD box will cost £299
Subscription will be £10 per month.
Sky Press Launch February 28th
Programme Launch 17th March
Sky HD+ box will have a 160gb hard disk installed.
Delay is due to shortage of boxes to meet demand of pre registerd customers. Current supply will mean not all those who have pre registered will get boxes before end of May.
:cool: So not much longer to wait folks
90% confidence on accuracy of information.
:cool:
Woody, that £10 subscription, does that get you all the HD channels including Sports and Movies even if you don't have them normally on your package? Or would it be that you need normal sports and movies to also get them in HD?
I hope it is the 1st one, as I don't intend to take out sports or movies, so I don't see why I should have to pay £10 just so I can get Sky One and Documentarys. On a 6 Mix pack right now but my 12 months free ends in Autumn so I will be going down to a 2 Mix, but I can't see myself paying another £10 just so I can get Sky One HD.
The only way I would pay £10 extra is if it included the Sky+ charges as well. So £25 a month for a 2 Mix, Sky+ and HD would seem better value too me.
For instance if you currently subscribe to the sports channels but not the movies then you'll get the HD sports channel, but not the HD film ones. All HDTV boxes will be Sky+ boxes so that probably does include the Sky+ subscription charge.
Yeah thats what I thought. Still I don't mind paying £10 more for HD and Sky+, but I am sure I read else where that someone stated on the new SkyHD site it says you will need a seperate Sky+ sub to take advantage of it.
It's been suguested that Telewest/NTL will launch later in March so I'd be supprised if Sky didn't try and bet them.
Although there are rummor that the HD box actually has a 300GB hard disk not a 160GB, are you sure that bits correct ?
See I would not mind if Sky released a cheaper HDTV box that did not have Sky+ in it. Then I would not feel as bad only taking out a HDTV sub and not Sky+. But if I have to spend £300 on a new box and only use it for HDTV and not Sky+ I will feel cheated.