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    Price changes from 1st June 2015

    This is a discussion on Price changes from 1st June 2015 within the Sky news and announcements forums, part of the SkyUser Announcements category; Sports and/or movie lovers who want it in HD can't sub to the basic original bundle either. Minimum requirement for ...

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      Re: Price changes from 1st June 2015

      Sports and/or movie lovers who want it in HD can't sub to the basic original bundle either.
      Minimum requirement for being allowed to pay the £5.50* extra is a family bundle sub.

      They know what they're doing.

      * Just checked & it's still £5.25 not £5.50.


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      Re: Price changes from 1st June 2015

      Okay, so why am I paying £10 for HD then and not £5?.... I've clearly fallen asleep at some point. I thought the £5HD was if you wanted HD but didn't have sports/movies so you didn't pay the full HD whack for a fraction of the channels.

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      Re: Price changes from 1st June 2015

      You're on the legacy pack Red. That also gives you access to the F1 channel.

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      Re: Price changes from 1st June 2015

      Legacy 'Variety HD'.
      Variety bundle
      £10.25 HD pack (covers standard channels & premium (sports / movies) channels)
      Boxsets
      F1 channel

      Current 'Family'
      Variety bundle
      Access to HD variants of variety bundle
      Boxsets.

      Basically, they split the old HD pack in two:
      £5 for standard channels & £5.25 for premium channels.
      Which is a good thing for those who don't subscribe to sports or movies.
      It's just that rather than actually have a separate £5 HD pack to cover standard channels, they (stupidly IMO) created a bundle called 'family' which costs £5 more than the variety bundle.

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      Re: Price changes from 1st June 2015

      Something else worth considering is what you're currently paying for the variety part of your sub Red.

      Being on a legacy pack means it'll be less than the normal price of £30 (from june) because of the september 2011 price freeze.

      So for example, if it were £25.75 (it won't be that low) & you didn't have sports or movies or care about F1, then one would assume there'd be no difference if you ditched variety HD in favour of the family bundle:
      Variety £25.75
      HD pack £10.25
      = £36

      Family bundle is £36

      But it's not that simple.
      Because variety to family is considered as an upgrade, you'll retain the price freeze 'discount' you currently have - ie the difference between £30 (from june) & what you're paying now (from june).


      I'm on the legacy variety HD sub without sports or movies & thanks to a £4 discount on my £10.25 HD pack + price freeze benefits, believe me, being a serial penny pincher i've had to work it out.
      Turns out i'm paying £3.75 above standard to have HD, boxsets & F1!
      If i ditched my variety HD sub in favour of the current family bundle i would save £2.25 but lose the F1 channel.
      Last edited by gymno; 17-05-15 at 09:08 PM.

     

     
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