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Sky Sports HD Logo

  • 05-05-2019 1:26pm
    #1
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭


    Not something that'll ruin my BH weekend by any stretch of the imagination but has anyone else noticed the retraction of the HD part in the logo?

    Wondering is this the start of the end for SD Sports?


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  • #2
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,769 ✭✭✭swoofer


    Well spotted, i wonder have they reduced the quality so low they cant call it hd anymore>>>???


  • #3
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Schwanz


    swoofer wrote: »
    Well spotted, i wonder have they reduced the quality so low they cant call it hd anymore>>>???

    Could be the case, UHD logo still showing on the 4K feed though


  • #4
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    All the Sky channels dropped the “HD” from their DOGs at the start of last week - UHD feed still has a “UHD” DOG.


  • #5
    theguzman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭theguzman


    icdg wrote: »
    All the Sky channels dropped the “HD” from their DOGs at the start of last week - UHD feed still has a “UHD” DOG.

    I bet they won't drop their HD charges however.


  • #6
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    theguzman wrote: »
    I bet they won't drop their HD charges however.

    it's ridiculous that charging for HD is still a thing. I don't think Sky will drop the charge any time soon as it's easy money for them, as long as people continue to pay for HD they will not be in a hurry to remove the charge.


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  • #7
    lgs 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭lgs 4


    Gonzo wrote: »
    it's ridiculous that charging for HD is still a thing. I don't think Sky will drop the charge any time soon as it's easy money for them, as long as people continue to pay for HD they will not be in a hurry to remove the charge.


    I agree ,two things keeping with the Jones and no knowledge of Freesat HD or Saorview


  • #8
    stephend2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭stephend2000


    Gonzo wrote: »
    theguzman wrote: »
    I bet they won't drop their HD charges however.

    it's ridiculous that charging for HD is still a thing. I don't think Sky will drop the charge any time soon as it's easy money for them, as long as people continue to pay for HD they will not be in a hurry to remove the charge.
    Bandwidth costs money! You can fit way more SD channels into a transponder than HD Channels. Also sky have a lot of people on SD boxes that have no intention of upgrading


  • #9
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    Virgin media had lots of people on analoge boxs and eventually had to bite the bullet and upgrade them when they wanted rid of them. No doubt sky will have to do the same when HD becomes the norm


  • #10
    stephend2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭stephend2000


    MrMac84 wrote: »
    Virgin media had lots of people on analoge boxs and eventually had to bite the bullet and upgrade them when they wanted rid of them. No doubt sky will have to do the same when HD becomes the norm
    Would have thought HD became the norm years ago! Sky have tried to upgrade SD customers as far as I know but many (elderly and those who don’t like change) will not switch over to the vastly different menu of Sky Q. Sky could just cut them all off but they would obviously lose a lot of customers. Either way they risk making less money than they are making today which a business will obviously not do. We are seeing channels such as eir Sport go HD only but that channel is slowly dying anyway. Realistically, having a SD, HD and +1 timeshift channel makes channels a lot of money. Why would they cut a revenue generating channel?


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