Sky HD special offer

Piusno1

I see that sky have reduced their price for sky HD to €49 , my questions are, do you need a Hd tv and what is the extra cost of subscribing to sky for hd. Will the hd box not work as an ordinary plus box without a hd tv.

John mac

yea it will work with a non hd tv as a sky+ box.

have mine hooked up to a 14" tv via rf at the mo.:eek:

my lcd switched itself off and wont come on now. has to go to hospital (i wont last 3 weeks without it):D

von Smallhausen

The HD channels cost an extra €14.75 on top of what your chosen package is.

John mac

The HD channels cost an extra €14.75 on top of what your chosen package is.

yea forgot that

god's toy

But I dont think they will give you the box for that price if you not going to take a HD sub.


Could be wrong on this.

Headshot

god's toy wrote: »

But I dont think they will give you the box for that price if you not going to take a HD sub.


Could be wrong on this.

your right

TheDriver

most hd channels are sports and movies too which is extra subscription.
I have HD FTA and one thing which is cool is for films etc, if you have digital optical going to a surround sound system, it comes in 5.1!

von Smallhausen

If you dont go for the HD channels they will charge you €599 which is a nasty price for a HD box.

corcadorcha

Wondering where you saw this offer. Just signed into sky website and its not available there?:mad:

von Smallhausen

Here is the webpage if you want to have a look

http://www.sky.com/portal/site/ireland/products/equipment/hd

corcadorcha

Thanks. Didnt see that!:)

Danny_B

Danny_B wrote: »

The HD channels cost an extra €14.75 on top of what your chosen package is.

I don't have Movies or Sports pack, so if I went for this do I still pay the full €14.75 ?

Creamy Goodness

hellboy99 wrote: »

I don't have Movies or Sports pack, so if I went for this do I still pay the full €14.75 ?

it's sky, of course you do.

sky HD is not worth the extra 14.75 and until the fee is waved i shall not subscribe.

dmeehan

does anyone have a list of the HD channels that are currently available on sky?
I take it that bbc hd and channel 4 hd can be tuned in via Other Channels?

brenny2506

Does that offer not say £49 or €49, Irish price is still €74.50!!

or am I missing something

John mac

I take it that bbc hd and channel 4 hd can be tuned in via Other Channels?

not ch4 HD .

the only hd channels available are BBCHD and LuxeHD (if you don't subscribe to HD and dont have a uk card)

Clear as mud!:rolleyes:

Liam Byrne

Is there any point in having a HD box (and paying more for the privilege) if you don't have a HD TV ?

von Smallhausen

Would be best advised to have a HD ready tv to get the HD channels as quality would not be the same.

byte

brenny2506 wrote: »

Does that offer not say £49 or €49, Irish price is still €74.50!!

or am I missing something

It's €49 for new and existing customers

corcadorcha

I think its for existing customers only!!!!!:(

von Smallhausen

The €49 is for existing customers who want to upgrade to HD and must sign up for the HD channels for 12 months...New customers still charged at €74.50

Greentree_uk

Thanks for the heads up! been needing to upgrade from basic box anyway. it's about time they rewarded existing customers! no brainer to get multi room too.

samhail

we just upgraded here aswell just now.
1-2 weeks delivery time. which coincides with the 1-2 weeks delivery for the new hd tv !

von Smallhausen

Greentree_uk wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up! been needing to upgrade from basic box anyway. it's about time they rewarded existing customers! no brainer to get multi room too.

Yea its about time....If you opt for multiroom you get free installation

byte

Danny_B wrote: »

The €49 is for existing customers who want to upgrade to HD and must sign up for the HD channels for 12 months...New customers still charged at €74.50

Oops, I must have misread the email from Sky so. Thanks for clarifying.

von Smallhausen

byte wrote: »

Oops, I must have misread the email from Sky so. Thanks for clarifying.

Thats no problem I got it off the website

Sky+HD box costs €74.50 for new Sky digital subscribers. Only one discounted Sky+HD box per customer. Additional Sky+HD boxes cost €199 for existing customers, €149 for new customers. Sky+HD box costs €49 for existing customers who sign up to another 12 month minimum term for Sky TV and the HD Pack. One €49 box per household and not available if you already have SkyHD/Sky+HD box.

eamon234

Danny_B wrote: »

Yea its about time....If you opt for multiroom you get free installation

But not if you already have it:mad:
Wonder if you can cancel the existing multiroom sub and ring back after a few days...

mdwexford

Looks a good deal, no mention of having both boxes hooked up to a phone line, any chance they've dropped that crap??

paulhardman

mdwexford wrote: »

Looks a good deal, no mention of having both boxes hooked up to a phone line, any chance they've dropped that crap??

Not a chance, Sky need the phoneline thing to make sure both boxes are attached to the same phone line so that you can't take a €15 subscription box to Johnny-down-the-road....

mdwexford

paulhardman wrote: »

Not a chance, Sky need the phoneline thing to make sure both boxes are attached to the same phone line so that you can't take a €15 subscription box to Johnny-down-the-road....

Didnt think so, unreal they treat customers that way, they just assume everyone is a criminal and is going to scam boxes and give them to other people. Guess i may get a stupid phone line installed that ill never make a call on.

byte

mdwexford wrote: »

Didnt think so, unreal they treat customers that way, they just assume everyone is a criminal and is going to scam boxes and give them to other people. Guess i may get a stupid phone line installed that ill never make a call on.

Well, it also means ordering Sky Box Office events is very easy, which in turn makes more money for Sky.

Some Interactive stuff is payable too.

mdwexford

Yeah i guess so.

Ive just had a new brainwave, not sure if its doable though.

Can i get the HD box installed and pay a full sub with all channels so like 90 a month or whatever, and also keep my existing box but dont have it as multi room, just make it a basic 30.50 a month with no sports or movies. If so then this could be done with no phone line, yes..??!!

staker

that's €120 a month md:eek:
recession and all that..
but yeah it has been done!

mdwexford

Ha yeah it is a bit steep to watch TV every month, and paying 7.50 a month for multiroom plus 25 a month for a phoneline would be roughly the same amount and the second box would have all the channels which would obviously be better, damn sky to hell, i need me a phoneline i guess.

eamon234

I've cancelled my existing multiroom subscription (was going to anyway) so will wait a few days and see if I can get the free installation and half price multiroom sub - worth a try! They didn't try and offer me anything when I cancelled.

Musha

My aunt ordered the HD on friday and was quoted €49 for new customer price
+ €75 cheque for her and me on the refer a friend

greenman09

What do we think of skys new sky+hd offer 49e + 50e installation fee. One of thier better deals considering this was costing well over 150e before xmas. Package costs extra 15e per month.

kmick

You dont get much for that 15 euro unless you have the sports/movies. if you do have the sports/movies all of a sudden its staring to get real expensive for TV. Jury is still out for me. I like watching movies in HD but for an extra 50/month it would cost me to get the movies and a HD sub its not worth it. Now If they threw in one of the HD movie channels to the sub Id be in.

Mossy Monk

If they removed the HD sub then it would be value for money.

The Sparrow

Mossy Monk wrote: »

If they removed the HD sub then it would be value for money.

Exactly. I'd jump at it then.

Or even if they did it like the old Sky+ sub where they dropped it if you were subscribed to movies or sports.

charlie1966

They dropped the Sky+ sub around the time HD was made available. Maybe they will drop the HD sub when 3D becomes available, but more likely they will drop the sub when it makes better financial sense for them to do so. Ie snare more customers into their service.

Zonda999

charlie1966 wrote: »

They dropped the Sky+ sub around the time HD was made available.

The sky+ sub was ridiculous anyway. How did the sky plus features cost sky any more on a continuous basis?? Surely, all of the sky+ features were in the box?? To be fair, HD broadcasting would cost sky something

Redisle

Does anyone know if it's possible to order the HD box and pay the HD sub for a year then cancel the HD sub and continue to use the box as a sky+ box?

John mac

Does anyone know if it's possible to order the HD box and pay the HD sub for a year then cancel the HD sub and continue to use the box as a sky+ box?

dont see why not!

i have a hd box no hd sub (fleebay job)

just rang them up to activate the recording features.

Apogee

Taking Watty's advice about the real cost of Sky offers, this package breaks down as:

Box + installation €100
Minimum package €20.50 x12 = €246
HD charge €14.75 x12 = €177

Coming to a total of €523. And the PVR function of the box stops working if you end your subscription.

eamon234

Hmm...2 days later and my multiroom is still working hope they're not ending the offer soon...

von Smallhausen

New customers:
Sky HD: €49 and Free install inc multiroom
Sky +: €49 + €50 install or free with multiroom

Existing customers:
Sky HD: €49 + €50 install or free with multiroom
Sky +: €99 + €100 install or €50 with multiroom
Multiroom only: Standard box:€69 + €100 install

Multiroom offers:
New customers only:
One additional sub: €7.37 per month for 12 months
Whole home (more than one and up to 8): €14.75 per month for 12 months

Jip

I don't see any requirements that you must take a HD subscription with that offer above. Do you ?

bennyx_o

Danny_B wrote: »

Existing customers:
Sky HD: €49 + €50 install or free with multiroom
Sky +: €99 + €100 install or €50 with multiroom
Multiroom only: Standard box:€69 + €100 install

Is the free installation with Multiroom only for new installations?

von Smallhausen

Jip wrote: »

I don't see any requirements that you must take a HD subscription with that offer above. Do you ?

Yes you must take the HD sub and HD pack and stay with it for 12 months

von Smallhausen

bennyx_o wrote: »

Is the free installation with Multiroom only for new installations?

HD installation is free standard for new and free for existing customers when you go for multiroom.