Sky HD - another price drop?

Rizzo the Rat

Hi
I read an ad in the Metro this morning saying installation of Sky HD is now €24.50 (down from recent offer of €49).
How low will they go?

if only they dropped the monthly sub for HD and then we would all pile in!!

Rizzo the Rat

sorry mis-read the add - Sky + is €24.50 not Sky + HD

Apologies!!

norbert64

still noteworthy OP.

with the mandatory €15 HD sub, people may be more inclined to go for SKY+.

Mayo Exile

mandatory €15 HD sub

Would consider it myself if this went. Have a Freesat HD box at the moment and stuff like "Nature's Great Events" looks amazing on the BBC HD channel. Football on ITV HD looks similarly impressive (sound problems excepted), especially when compared with SD.

Will this extra charge ever go?

Syferus

Mayo Exile wrote: »

Would consider it myself if this went. Have a Freesat HD box at the moment and stuff like "Nature's Great Events" looks amazing on the BBC HD channel. Football on ITV HD looks similarly impressive (sound problems excepted), especially when compared with SD.

Will this extra charge ever go?

The almost universal perception is that they will eventually.

They had a simliar subsription model with Sky + for a few years before ending that, and as most stations start to migrate to HD/SD hybrid stations the luxury nature of HD will become obsolete and it will start to become regarded as standard. As that happens, it will be impossible for Sky to continue charging for a HD 'pack'.

The only question I'd have is how long Sky plan to milk it for.

byte

Some Sky exec recently said that there were no plans to drop the HD charges.

ShaneU

/\ Obviously he would say that. No-one would sign-up now if the prices were to drop soon.

slave1

those free sky+ boxes for new customers are doing the rounds again also, pm if signing up, you get a free sky+, I get €75...

von Smallhausen

Rizzo the Rat wrote: »

Hi
I read an ad in the Metro this morning saying installation of Sky HD is now €24.50 (down from recent offer of €49).
How low will they go?

if only they dropped the monthly sub for HD and then we would all pile in!!

I am told to sell the HD box for both new and existing customers for €29 and €50 install...plus if you dont have a landline Sky have weived the N.L.L charge.:D (Standalone only)

byte

Danny_B wrote: »

I am told to sell the HD box for both new and existing customers for €29 and €50 install...plus if you dont have a landline Sky have weived the N.L.L charge.:D (Standalone only)

Yes, I noticed alright, taht the NPL (No Phone Line) charge has been dropped for the month of March.

For those with no landlines, this is the month to get Sky, as you won't have to fork out the extra €37.50 NPL charge.

ShaneU

How come in Britain it's £9.75 a month yet it's €15 here?

byte

ShaneU wrote: »

How come in Britain it's £9.75 a month yet it's €15 here?

There was a thread a month or so ago on Stg versus Euro prices.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055445822&highlight=Sky+prices

bobbbb

If there was no extra charge for HD i would get it.
Since there isthough, im actually getting rid of sky and going Freesat now.

von Smallhausen

byte wrote: »

Yes, I noticed alright, taht the NPL (No Phone Line) charge has been dropped for the month of March.

For those with no landlines, this is the month to get Sky, as you won't have to fork out the extra €37.50 NPL charge.

Still nothing decent for existing customers:(

byte

Danny_B wrote: »

Still nothing decent for existing customers:(

I guess that'll always be the way.

They're not the only company ot offer great introduction treats to get you tied into a contract.

guil

i only recently got skt hd, it was 49 for the box with free install or sky + box for free and 49 install,
i said i was reccomended by a friend and was told both of us will get a cheque for 75 when i pay my first bill