switching to sky HD

smodgley

sorry if this had been posted before

my sister got a skyhd box to repace her + box does she need to do anything other than swap boxes, ie contact sky, she does not have movies or sports just the 2 basic packages

Kurn

15 euro extra a month for the HD channels, and you need to call them so they can set up your box with your viewing card. You only get HD channels based on your sub, so if you don't have movies and sports - its pretty limited in terms of noticing HD.

That was my experience anyway. Might be better to wait for the experts on here to respond.

You have to sign up to HD for a min of 12 months

tomslick

All you must do is swap out the boxes and swap the card also. The premium channels (movies&sports) are the only paired channels.

If in the very unlikely event your Sky+ won't operate you will have to ring sky. Very painless operation if required. Just have the viewing card number and tell them you want to pair the card and box. They will talk you through the rest.

Kurn

tomslick wrote: »

All you must do is swap out the boxes and swap the card also. The premium channels (movies&sports) are the only paired channels.

If in the very unlikely event your Sky+ won't operate you will have to ring sky. Very painless operation if required. Just have the viewing card number and tell them you want to pair the card and box. They will talk you through the rest.

Oh really! I never knew that, when I got my HD box it said wrong viewing card or something like that on every channel, had to call them. Means I can bring my viewing card with me when I travel, not bad! Sorry for hijacking thread...

scart

johnmryan wrote: »

You only get HD channels based on your sub, so if you don't have movies and sports - its pretty limited in terms of noticing HD.

"Pretty Limited" - I dont think so, when you can get all these channels

Sky1 HD
Sky Living HD
Sky Atlantic HD
Watch HD
Dave HD
Syfy HD
FX HD
Bio HD
E4 HD
Universal HD
Comedy Central HD
Sky Arts 1 HD
Sky Arts 2 HD
Good Food HD
MTV HD
Eurosport HD
Nat Geo HD
NatGeoWild HD
History HD
Eden HD
Discovery HD
Crime HD

Kurn

scart wrote: »

"Pretty Limited" - I dont think so, when you can get all these channels

Sky1 HD
Sky Living HD
Sky Atlantic HD
Watch HD
Dave HD
Syfy HD
FX HD
Bio HD
E4 HD
Universal HD
Comedy Central HD
Sky Arts 1 HD
Sky Arts 2 HD
Good Food HD
MTV HD
Eurosport HD
Nat Geo HD
NatGeoWild HD
History HD
Eden HD
Discovery HD
Crime HD

Good point and a much better selection than UPC, I think HD is more worth while if you sub to movies and sports. Would others not agree? (Obviously not you!) Depends on what you watch perhaps?

smodgley

ok , went to the sister house today,the box wont record, when you press the record button the R shows and in the planner it shows as recording but there is no actual prog there, i did a complete reset ,and it made no difference, she has it connected with a scart, does she need to get a HDMI cable or does it look like the box is banjaxed?? it will record the prog she is looking at but bot another on at the same time

pegasus1

Scart....you forgot SkyF1Hd










Coming in march! Don't ye know

gtg60

smodgley wrote: »

ok , went to the sister house today,the box wont record, when you press the record button the R shows and in the planner it shows as recording but there is no actual prog there, i did a complete reset ,and it made no difference, she has it connected with a scart, does she need to get a HDMI cable or does it look like the box is banjaxed?? it will record the prog she is looking at but bot another on at the same time

Maybe it's set as single LNB input mode and you need to change it back?

andy1249

No point having a HD box and connecting it to the TV with Scart , Scart is SD only , it will work of course , but you wont be seeing HD.

You need the HDMI cable , any one will do , Tescos have them.

This wont have anything to do with it not recording though!

Cantona's Collars

andy1249 wrote: »

No point having a HD box and connecting it to the TV with Scart , Scart is SD only , it will work of course , but you wont be seeing HD.

You need the HDMI cable , any one will do , Tescos have them.

This wont have anything to do with it not recording though!

Good point about HDMI,but Scart is actually one of the posters usernames on this thread.;)

@smodgely,check there's 2 cables connected to the box and they are in properly,as was stated before also check that the box isn't in single feed mode.

Press SERVICES, 0,0,1,SELECT to get into the Installer Menu.

At the bottom of the list on screen you should see SINGLE FEED MODE,if it's set to on then change it to off.

mad muffin

scart wrote: »

"Pretty Limited" - I dont think so, when you can get all these channels

Sky1 HD
Sky Living HD
Sky Atlantic HD
Watch HD
Dave HD
Syfy HD
FX HD
Bio HD
E4 HD
Universal HD
Comedy Central HD
Sky Arts 1 HD
Sky Arts 2 HD
Good Food HD
MTV HD
Eurosport HD
Nat Geo HD
NatGeoWild HD
History HD
Eden HD
Discovery HD
Crime HD

I know right. A lot of people on here think that HD means sport and movies only :rolleyes:

You also forgot

BBC One HD

BBC HD

Sky Sport News HD

Sky News HD

NHL World HD

Cartoon Network HD

Disney XD HD

Disney Chnl HD

Nickelodeon HD

Kurn

I know right. A lot of people on here think that HD means sport and movies only

Don't think that - just trying to justify paying sky an extra 15 - would need to have the movies personally.

Edit: To save anyone else quoting the channels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HD_channels_in_the_UK

Gerry Wicklow

It should also be noted that
BBC One HD
BBC HD
ITV1 HD
STV HD
CH4 HD
NHK HD
are free to air.

Cantona's Collars

Someone complained in the Netflix thread here that Sky Movies showed Superman and the sequels.
What they don't get is that only now are these films available in HD.No difference than buying a BluRay of an old movie.I like watching these old movies again in HD.
Just look at the demand when the Star Wars BluRays were released.

Classics deserve to be seen in all their glory.

andy1249

Good point about HDMI,but Scart is actually one of the posters usernames on this thread.

Really ?

ok , went to the sister house today,the box wont record, when you press the record button the R shows and in the planner it shows as recording but there is no actual prog there, i did a complete reset ,and it made no difference, she has it connected with a scart,

This is what I was replying too !

Cantona's Collars

andy1249 wrote: »

Really ?



This is what I was replying too !

My apologies good sir.

smodgley

thanks folks for all you replies, i havnt had time to go to sis house to try out the thins you've suggested, please keep the idea;s coming , illl keep you posted