bbc hd channel - is it on freeview?

felix65

will u need the sky hd box to view world cup/wimbledon or with it be on the freeview channels?

sky hd is a lot waiting list at the moment,, will miss world cup

Browntoa

won't be on freeview

Sony stores had the HD sky boxes on sale, just get it fitted

felix65

you cant fit it yourself
if u buy from a shop

Browntoa

sorry, wrong word

just get Sky to send the card and activated

user1234_2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digital/tv/hdtv.shtml

HD technical trial through an aerial.
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and five have recruited a few hundred volunteer homes for an experimental technical trial to see how HD could work on Freeview. That recruitment has now closed.

Unfortunately I wasn't picked

Poppycat

The trial as always was in London

I doubt we get HD until analogues is turned off, our region is one of the last. My hope is on Freesat the consortium of BBC/ITV satellite equivalent of freeview. Don't confuse that with SKY freesat. It will now be next year.

felix65

i was told u can only get sky hd thru sky and they come round to install ,,and i cant do it myself.....

slowen

Surely it is only a case of plugging in the sky box to the wall and to you HD tv but knowing SKY they will want to charge extra for fitting

I will get HD when the price comes down as I am not paying £300+ for the box when there are only about 10 HD channels

felix65

its free to fit it.
£300 is exspensive but im getting £100 CASHBACK FROM SONY
sell my sky+ box on ebay for £80-£90 thats only about £110 what im paying

Poppycat

I got told that Sky are charging an extra £10 a month plsu £300 for box and theres no chance this side of World cup as they cant fullfill the orders in time so I am been told.

BBC are doing some HD on SKY there have a number of programs of late that were filmed in HD.

I dont no about others but my mate who was a TV engineer said that they gonna struggle with the extra data when the weather is bad as already it can effect picture quality in SD mode. You might in some cases have to get a better dish/lnb.

lee634

felix65 wrote:

will u need the sky hd box to view world cup/wimbledon or with it be on the freeview channels?

sky hd is a lot waiting list at the moment,, will miss world cup

Are you saying you will miss the world cup ???
you won't as all games are on BBC/ITV

or are you asking watching in HD ????