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penrhyn
penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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Yes indeed ladies and gentlemen, Sky + is now obsolete and is no longer offered by Sky.

Long Live Sky + HD

All new customers will get a Sky+ HD box.
That gum you like is coming back in style.
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  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    and thereby forcing them into paying higher costs!:mad:
  • jumpycheese1
    jumpycheese1 Posts: 4,300 Forumite
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    VM have been offering V+ HD as standard for about a year now.
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  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    jumpycheese1 wrote: »
    VM have been offering V+ HD as standard for about a year now.


    Yes, I know, I have it:j
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    AFAIK you don't have to take out the HD subscription, howver they will charge more for the install.
    Virgin have not got many HD channels though have they?
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  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    BBC HD
    C4 HD
    ESPN HD
    Living HD

    and I believe some others too
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,098 Forumite
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    Did I read yesterday that Sky now have 2.1m of their 9.7m customers on HD? If they can move the rest over, that will generate an extra £120 pa per customer, or £912m overall.
    So with a billion of extra turnover on the horizon, it's not surprising that they're going to push HD as the default Sky option. Probably by pushing up the price of SD to make HD seem better value.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Hevs71
    Hevs71 Posts: 5 Forumite
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    Customers can get the HD without taking the HD subscription - if they do take the HD subscription the box will be free - if they dont there will be a charge for the box and install.:)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Well, that's me further behind then. I've never had/seen Sky. I was over the moon at getting freeview channels just under 3 years ago... no idea what Sky+ was, but by the time I get round to buying any "Posh telly", there'll have been a lot more changes.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,098 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Well, that's me further behind then. I've never had/seen Sky. I was over the moon at getting freeview channels just under 3 years ago... no idea what Sky+ was, but by the time I get round to buying any "Posh telly", there'll have been a lot more changes.

    Sky+ doesn't do anything that a Freeview PVR can't do. You just pay a lot more for it.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    macman wrote: »
    Sky+ doesn't do anything that a Freeview PVR can't do. You just pay a lot more for it.

    But you have more channels
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