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Do i need sky
I am thinking of getting a HD ready TV.do i have to be hooked up to SKY?or can i use freeview.I don't want sky because i can't stand the adverts.Personaly i think SKY are a rip off because you have to pay a monthy fee and also they get a massive amount of money from adverts.
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No of course you don't need Sky.
If you are getting even a crappy TV these days it should have freeview built in. So you will have something to watch with plenty of ad's aswell. If however you want to see HD television channels then your only option at the moment is to get Sky and pay a minimum of £16 a month if you buy the box yourself (not direct from Sky) and you will get 3 HD channels. Or if you buy the box direct from Sky they will sell you the HD subscription at an extra £10 a month and you will get those 3 HD channels and access to an additional 11 channels (depending on what package you take). |
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I am thinking of getting a HD ready TV.do i have to be hooked up to SKY?or can i use freeview.Personaly i think SKY are a rip off because you have to pay a monthy fee and also they get a massive amount of money from adverts.
If Sky didn't have adverts, they'd be charging a hell of a lot more in subscription costs to pay for the service. You are aware that the majority of programmes available via a Sky box are not owned by Sky aren't you? If the channel doesn't have the word Sky in the title, it is not owned by Sky. Paramount, Bravo, National Geographic, UK Gold etc are not owned by Sky - but they still show adverts. |
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No of course you don't need Sky.
If you are getting even a crappy TV these days it should have freeview built in. So you will have something to watch with plenty of ad's aswell. If however you want to see HD television channels then your only option at the moment is to get Sky and pay a minimum of £16 a month if you buy the box yourself (not direct from Sky) and you will get 3 HD channels. Or if you buy the box direct from Sky they will sell you the HD subscription at an extra £10 a month and you will get those 3 HD channels and access to an additional 11 channels (depending on what package you take). |
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Thanks for your quick reply,i will not be getting a HD TV then ,because there is no way that i am having SKY.i will just after rethink my options
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Personaly i think SKY are a rip off because you have to pay a monthy fee and also they get a massive amount of money from adverts.
Or wait until sometime in 2008 for the BBC's Freesat service, which may well have free HD satellite channels. |
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I am thinking of getting a HD ready TV.do i have to be hooked up to SKY?or can i use freeview.I don't want sky because i can't stand the adverts.Personaly i think SKY are a rip off because you have to pay a monthy fee and also they get a massive amount of money from adverts.
1. Satellite TV. No, you do not need Sky for that, you can get a "FTA" HD set top box although you'll only be able to receive BBC HD with it at the moment (and a strange new channel called Luxe). Freesat boxes will be out in March, which is a satellite equivalent of Freeview andis totally free of subscription, even for HD and PVRs (twin tuner hard-disk recorders, like Freeview recorders). By then, it is expected that ITV HD will have started broadcasting and it is hoped that Ch4 HD will follow very soon afterwards. However, only by getting a sky box and subscribing to their service, can you get multiple HD channels, such as Discovery, National Geographic, Sky Arts.... 2. Some game consoles like the Playstation 3 and XBox 360 can output in high definition. 3. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players (like existing DVD players) can output in high definition. 4. PCs can also be connected to HDTVs and viewed in full resolution. Erm, I can't think of anything else! If you don't go for one of the above things, there's no point in getting a HDTV, unless you really need a new TV. |
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You can still have "Sky" without paying a monthly fee you know - it's called Freesat From Sky. All the free satellite channels.
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Note to Chris - the OP is 71. I hate to generalise, but I don't think he's got either a PS3 or an XBox 360. But he does like golf...
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I am thinking of getting a HD ready TV.do i have to be hooked up to SKY?or can i use freeview.I don't want sky because i can't stand the adverts.Personaly i think SKY are a rip off because you have to pay a monthy fee and also they get a massive amount of money from adverts.
You could go for Sky+ HD and basically use it as a freeview box, this should give you BBC HD and Chan4 HD, the box will even allow you to FFW through the adverts. |
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Apart from the BBC I don't think there are many other channels that don't have adverts, this is the case for Freeview and Sky. I know Sky's movie channels are not interrupted by adverts, I think that's about it.
You could go for Sky+ HD and basically use it as a freeview box, this should give you BBC HD and Chan4 HD, the box will even allow you to FFW through the adverts. |
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If however you want to see HD television channels then your only option at the moment is to get Sky and pay a minimum of £16 a month if you buy the box yourself (not direct from Sky) and you will get 3 HD channels. Or if you buy the box direct from Sky they will sell you the HD subscription at an extra £10 a month and you will get those 3 HD channels and access to an additional 11 channels (depending on what package you take).
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Are you saying that if you buy the box yourself you have to pay Sky £16 a month rather than £10? I'm a current Sky subscriber and had assumed that if I bought the box myself I'd just have to phone them up to get HD enabled for £10 a month.
But you would get the three free HD channels regardless, as long as you have a FSFS card to enable CH4 HD. Currently though I would suggest waiting and see what happens with FreeSat, and in response to FreeSat - unless you can find an exceptional deal on an HD box?. |
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...but will cost £399 if he buys it from Sky and doesn't take out a Sky subscription.
Is the curry's deal of £69 + £30 installation subject to subscription? |
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Ebay or one of the many independent satellite retailers would be his best bet then. Midsat are doing them for £249 + £30 installation.
Is the curry's deal of £69 + £30 installation subject to subscription? |
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I think what he means is that by subscribing to one mix (£16) you will get the recording functions - rather than paying £10 for them?.
).They also say there is a £30 "set up charge", it's not clear whether this is installation or whether they charge it just to press a button on their computer. |
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Thanks Scalper Jack
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You can still have "Sky" without paying a monthly fee you know - it's called Freesat From Sky. All the free satellite channels.
Or wait until sometime in 2008 for the BBC's Freesat service, which may well have free HD satellite channels. |
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