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[tunnie]

Well had a letter through from sky that they were putting up the prices £10 a month  :

Right, sorry for delay in replying. £10 a month, to me it sounds like you've signed up to something without realising it? Lets assume your bill is £50/m that is a 20% price increase, Sky are not that foolish.

You recently said you applied for an on-demand router, are you sure you've not added Moves,Sports ect? What exactly does this letter say?

when i tried to get the films they didnt come up so rang sky and they said oh you got to pay extra for that 

If you get films on your standard TV setup, you will get moves through on-demand/xbox/mobile devices free. There are no extra charges for on-demand content, it should match your standard subscription. If you have been told different, its wrong.

Worth pointing out that Sky's call centres are often out-sourced, results can be varied.

Same here. I can't think of anything that was on any type of pay TV that I really felt that I absolutely had to see or would have paid to see.

If you cannot see any improved with HD, you are either getting 720p not full 1080p HD. Also you could have a shite TV which is not actually giving HD image. Finally you may just have shite eye-sight, if so, get an updated pair of glasses!

HD is vastly better, you can easily see this on NewsHD channels as they can display significantly more detail. In comparison to me, SD looks very blury! 

But surely people could just say that they only watch catch up TV to the tv licence people and still watch TV and not pay for TV licensing  .. Confusing 

TV License is there to watch a program live, as it stands if you can prove (very hard to do so) that you only watch programs as VOD (after broadcast), you don't need a TV License.

[omega3000]

You recently said you applied for an on-demand router, are you sure you've not added Moves,Sports ect? What exactly does this letter say? 

All it says is as from next month your sky bill will increase another £10 per month , we have the same package and have not changed or added anything tunnie 


Just got the on demand box working properly which is excellent 

[aaronjb]

If you cannot see any improved with HD, you are either getting 720p not full 1080p HD. Also you could have a shite TV which is not actually giving HD image. Finally you may just have shite eye-sight, if so, get an updated pair of glasses!

Last I checked, Sky was 720p or 1080i. Have things changed?

[tunnie]

If you cannot see any improved with HD, you are either getting 720p not full 1080p HD. Also you could have a shite TV which is not actually giving HD image. Finally you may just have shite eye-sight, if so, get an updated pair of glasses!

Last I checked, Sky was 720p or 1080i. Have things changed?

Sky still in 720p, was referring to HD in general  Still noticeable difference in HD, best comparison is Sky News.

1080p is on the horizon though, thought I suspect for VOD to start with

[aaronjb]

If you cannot see any improved with HD, you are either getting 720p not full 1080p HD. Also you could have a shite TV which is not actually giving HD image. Finally you may just have shite eye-sight, if so, get an updated pair of glasses!

Last I checked, Sky was 720p or 1080i. Have things changed?

Sky still in 720p, was referring to HD in general  Still noticeable difference in HD, best comparison is Sky News.

1080p is on the horizon though, thought I suspect for VOD to start with

Gotcha

[Kevin Wood]

The benefit of HD depends if you're pixel peeping 6" from the TV, you're Mister. "my wall is my TV" (mentioning no names) or sitting in a sofa in a normal living room, a normal distance from a normal sized TV. In the latter scenario, broadcast quality HD makes only a very marginal difference, IMHO, although stepping up to blue ray quality HD does.

Also.. A lot of material broadcast on HD channels is upconverted SD or "not particularly" HD at source IME.

[chrisgixer]

No point having the higher def rates on a small tv. Non at all.

But then, who has a small tv these days? They're not interested in more than 720p if they have HD at all.

Having said that, heald at the right distance from the viewer, an ipad mini can be "bigger" than an 80" plasma. It all helps, if you sit the appropriate distance from your particular tv to see it.

[chrisgixer]

I'm hearing talk of new sky boxes coming out near Xmas time.

Any truth there Tunnie?

If so I'll hold off upgrading mine.

[tunnie]

I'm hearing talk of new sky boxes coming out near Xmas time.

Any truth there Tunnie?

If so I'll hold off upgrading mine.

I'd be surprised if its Christmas, there are new boxes in the pipe line. Rooms with special access, normally I can get in most places, but not these 

Basically having things built in which are extra's currently.

[omega3000]

I guess BT is a swear word just now Mr Tunnie  I know a fair few are going to be when Moto GP goes next year 

[tunnie]

I guess BT is a swear word just now Mr Tunnie  I know a fair few are going to be when Moto GP goes next year 

Not really, got BT Sport1 HD on one of my TV's here   

[tunnie]

You recently said you applied for an on-demand router, are you sure you've not added Moves,Sports ect? What exactly does this letter say? 

All it says is as from next month your sky bill will increase another £10 per month , we have the same package and have not changed or added anything tunnie 


Just got the on demand box working properly which is excellent 

Sorry missed this post some how, I'd ring up and complain.

Ask why it has gone up £10, the exact reason 

If nothing specific is given, ask to cancel and be prepared to go through with it.