1st July Sky HD will change to Sky + HD.

[NewsreadeR]

On July 1st Sky HD is rebranding, as such the Sky HD Box will be changing to Sky + HD Box and HD Subscription will change to HD Mix. New terminology options can be seen below:

New HD Product Terminology Due July 1st:

The Sky+ HD product consists of three components:

• A Sky+ HD box
• The Sky HD Mix, which has a monthly subscription of £10 and is dependant on a Sky Digital subscription. The Sky HD Mix may also be known as the ‘HD Mix’ or the ‘Sky HD Service’
• Sky+ subscription, providing Sky+ PVR functionality (currently £0 pm)

UK Pricing as follows:

Standard box

• Standalone standard box - £0 (new customers), £49 (existing customers)
• Install - £60 (new & existing)

New customers only

• Standard box taken with any BB and Talk - £0
• Install - £30

Sky+

• Standalone Sky+ box - £150 (new & existing)
• Install - £30 (new customers), £60 (existing customers)
• Sky+ Box is £75 when you take a combination of Sky Talk, Sky Broadband and Sky Multiroom to a value of at least £10 a month so:
• Sky+ taken with MR - £75
• Install - £30 (new customers), £60 (existing customers)
• Sky+ taken with BB Max - £75
• Install - £30 (new customers), £60 (existing customers)
• Sky+ taken with BB Mid and Talk Unlimited - £75 ,
• Install - £30 (new customers), £60 (existing customers)
• £75 price point only available on first Sky+ box.

Sky+ HD

• Standalone Sky+ HD box - £150 (new & existing)
• Install - £30 (new customers), £60 (existing customers)
• Further Terms Apply
• FTA: pricing remains the same

Republic of Ireland

• Standalone standard box - €0 (new customers), €0 (existing customers or €69 if already taken)
• Install - €50 (new & existing)
• Install - €50 (new & existing)
• Standalone HD box - €149 (new & existing)
• Install - €50 (new & existing)
• FTA pricing remains the same

Terms and Conditions

Sky+: Sky+ box £150 with Sky TV [OR Sky+ Box is £75 when you take a combination of Sky Talk, Sky Broadband and Sky Multiroom to a value of at least £10 a month (e.g. Sky Talk Unlimited (£5 a month) with Sky Broadband Mid (£5 a month); or Sky Multiroom (£10 a month); or Sky Broadband Max (£10 a month)]. Only one discounted Sky+ box per customer. Additional Sky+ boxes charged at the full applicable standard price. Sky+ box is £199 plus £120 standard installation for non-Sky TV customers. Only compatible with digital satellite. Sky+ can store an average of 40 hours of programmes at a time.1 Sky+ subscription required to use Personal Video Recorder features of Sky+ (free for Sky TV subscribers while you subscribe to any Sky digital package, otherwise £10 a month). Sky selects your equipment.

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[Alan b]

So even more examples where existing customers get taken for a ride.

[NewsreadeR]

umm I saw that as a level playing field bar the install charges. Remember as a new customer you get the discount applied, as an existing customer you have already had the discount when you first connected to Sky.

What Sky should do is an option to buy HD with a postage / carriage charge for existing customers so that that customer could just swap his or hers Sky+ box for HD.

No need for an engineer and I don't think anyone would object to a carriage charge.

[GreenHat]

Now we have new, pointless names complete with a complicated, obscure pricing structure. As an existing Sky TV customer, is obtaining SKY HD cheaper or what? What I do know that it is going to cost me more than a new customer. Is this fair? I think not!

[totalwar]

So even more examples where existing customers get fed up with Sky pricing and go over to Freesat.Was hoping for free HD subs sometime this year look like that not going to happen now.

[Undecided Adrian]

the problem is that Sky+ was charging £10 / month for several years before it got scrapped last summer and I don't suppose that Sky will drop the HD anytime soon.

Although the boxes have now dropped to £150 so either the cost of the new Thompson or Samsungs are significantly cheaper or that Sky is subsidising them even more, and if that is the case no drop of the £10 HD charge will be in sight as they will want to get something back.

[reddwarfcrew]

Being really thick..... if i want to upgrade to HD from Sky+ (to go with my nice new 42in plasma that arrives on sat), how much will it cost if i go thru sky (incl installation of swapping over a box!!!). I (obviously) have BB Max and Sky Freetalk.

Ebay seems to be around 280 (incl p&p).

Cheers guys.

[NewsreadeR]

Reading the above to me would mean:

Standalone Sky+ HD box - £150 (new & existing)
Install £60 (existing customers)
And then the subs at £10 per mth

Unless I am misreading it.