HD from Sky....without the £10 subs (Sky HD)

Member Name: cia00wpn

Product:	Sky HD
Date:	05/09/09 (81 review reads)
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Advantages: No £10 subs, no minimum 12 month term

Disadvantages: No Sky Arts HD....oh no, how will I cope!?

My review is a little different to the others in that I am really reviewing the Sky+ HD box and the principle of HD, rather than the Sky HD subscription service.

Why? Well, I brought my HD box privately (i.e. not from Sky) and just use it with my normal Sky subscription. This gives me the added benefit of additional hard disk space over the standar Sky+ box.... plus it also allows me to watch the free HD channels ... the main ones being BBC HD, Channel 4 HD, and ITV HD.... and at no extra monthly cost!

I am currently writing this as the England football match is about to start and is being shown on ITV.... and, oh my gosh, I am so glad I am able to watch this on ITV HD rather than the standard ITV whose picture is renowned for being very poor, especially for watching sports like football!

So, what I'm really saying is, if you can afford it, by all means pay the additional £10 HD monthly subscription (but to my mind this would only really be worthwhile if you also paying for premium channels i.e., Sky Sports or Movies). If you can't afford it, or want to be able to experience HD on the main channels without the monthly subs then I recommend picking up an HD box and enjoying HD for 'free'!

Summary: Sky HD ....the cheap way