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Zorg February 21st 06 01:59 AM

Sky HD price
 
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html



The Wizard February 21st 06 03:03 AM

Sky HD price
 

"Zorg" wrote in message
...
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


This was enough to make my mind up about HDTV:

"Sky HD is going to be massive here in the UK as people start jumping on the
HDTV bandwagon, if you now walk into Dixon's or Comet all you will see if
HD-Ready and HDTV compatable on every LCD and Plasma screen in sight. Sky is
hoping that the popularity of HDTV in America will be the same over here in
the UK this year. If Sky get an extra £9.99 from only 5% os its customer
base they will be making serious money."

So, Sky think we're a bunch of couch potato yanks who'll run out to buy this
crap???

Who cares about HDTV from Sky? If the picture goes off during rain with
normal Sky,Then we have equal services and HDTV costing more for the same
"No satellite signal is being received"

Why can't the UK accept that TV is DYING and no matter what quality the
broadcasters use,People simply won't want to watch umpteen repeats,Spinning
DOGS and Red Dots?

O-K for the British cabbage who watches pro spitting on Sky Sports ..Err
Sorry Football Hooliganism..It'll keep the prats off the streets for a
while hopefully.

Or in their terms, "The late results just in are... Sky 5 - Gophers 0"

Last laugh on Murdoch as usual

( For whats on TV these days a B&W portable is suitable)







Julian Richards February 21st 06 08:33 AM

Sky HD price
 
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:03:14 GMT, "The Wizard"
wrote:


"Zorg" wrote in message
.. .
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


This was enough to make my mind up about HDTV:

"Sky HD is going to be massive here in the UK as people start jumping on the
HDTV bandwagon, if you now walk into Dixon's or Comet all you will see if
HD-Ready and HDTV compatable on every LCD and Plasma screen in sight. Sky is
hoping that the popularity of HDTV in America will be the same over here in
the UK this year. If Sky get an extra £9.99 from only 5% os its customer
base they will be making serious money."

So, Sky think we're a bunch of couch potato yanks who'll run out to buy this
crap???

Who cares about HDTV from Sky? If the picture goes off during rain with
normal Sky,Then we have equal services and HDTV costing more for the same
"No satellite signal is being received"

Why can't the UK accept that TV is DYING and no matter what quality the
broadcasters use,People simply won't want to watch umpteen repeats,Spinning
DOGS and Red Dots?

O-K for the British cabbage who watches pro spitting on Sky Sports ..Err
Sorry Football Hooliganism..It'll keep the prats off the streets for a
while hopefully.

Or in their terms, "The late results just in are... Sky 5 - Gophers 0"

Last laugh on Murdoch as usual

( For whats on TV these days a B&W portable is suitable)


I have noticed that "National Geographic HD" has appeared. That would
seem nice.

--

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www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

bixx February 21st 06 09:28 AM

Sky HD price
 
Wasn't the additional subscription a big turn off when Sky+ came out?
They dropped that and it flew.

Can I justify £2K on a new TV and a £50.00 a month sub just to watch
'some channels' in HD? Frankly, no.
P

Zorg wrote:
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html



loz February 21st 06 09:47 AM

Sky HD price
 

"The Wizard" wrote in message
...
So, Sky think we're a bunch of couch potato yanks who'll run out to buy
this crap???

Who cares about HDTV from Sky? If the picture goes off during rain with
normal Sky,Then we have equal services and HDTV costing more for the same
"No satellite signal is being received"

Why can't the UK accept that TV is DYING and no matter what quality the
broadcasters use,People simply won't want to watch umpteen
repeats,Spinning DOGS and Red Dots?

O-K for the British cabbage who watches pro spitting on Sky Sports ..Err
Sorry Football Hooliganism..It'll keep the prats off the streets for a
while hopefully.


You do sound a bit bitter and twisted!

I am looking forward to watching National Geographic and Discovery in HD, +
the excellent BBC documentaries that should also start appearing in HD soon.

As a sports fan, but no hooligan , I am looking forward to seeing sports
events in HD - the winter olympics looks great in HD apparently in those
countries where it is available.

And as a movie fan I am looking forward to watching some great films -
without dogs or advertising - on Sky Movies HD.

Yes it will cost me a little more money, but I think that is worth it.

Loz



Sean Black February 21st 06 10:20 AM

Sky HD price
 
In article , Zorg
writes
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


So are you going to be able to just have the basic two mix subscription,
plus HD or are you going to have to have the full package plus HD?

Lets face it how much stuff is there going to be available that is
actually HD and not upscaled SD? Most of the US imports on Sky One would
be HD, but what else will they show? Premiership football, handful of
games a week, then what else are they going to show?

£299 for the box doesn't seem too bad though.
--
Sean Black

Julian Richards February 21st 06 11:16 AM

Sky HD price
 
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:20:12 +0000, Sean Black
wrote:

In article , Zorg
writes
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


So are you going to be able to just have the basic two mix subscription,
plus HD or are you going to have to have the full package plus HD?

Lets face it how much stuff is there going to be available that is
actually HD and not upscaled SD? Most of the US imports on Sky One would
be HD, but what else will they show? Premiership football, handful of
games a week, then what else are they going to show?

£299 for the box doesn't seem too bad though.


Are you the same Sean Black that I was at school with?

--

Julian Richards
usenet "at" richardsuk.f9.co.uk

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

Ed February 21st 06 11:24 AM

Sky HD price
 
Are you the same Sean Black that I was at school with?

With WHOM I was at school, not that I was at school with Souter!


Sean Black February 21st 06 02:09 PM

Sky HD price
 
In article , Julian Richards
writes
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:20:12 +0000, Sean Black
wrote:

In article , Zorg
writes
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


So are you going to be able to just have the basic two mix subscription,
plus HD or are you going to have to have the full package plus HD?

Lets face it how much stuff is there going to be available that is
actually HD and not upscaled SD? Most of the US imports on Sky One would
be HD, but what else will they show? Premiership football, handful of
games a week, then what else are they going to show?

£299 for the box doesn't seem too bad though.


Are you the same Sean Black that I was at school with?

If you're the Julian Richards that used to live in Wicken I am :-)
--
Sean Black

Julian Richards February 21st 06 04:32 PM

Sky HD price
 
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:09:59 +0000, Sean Black
wrote:

In article , Julian Richards
writes


Are you the same Sean Black that I was at school with?

If you're the Julian Richards that used to live in Wicken I am :-)


I lost your e-mail and so haven't been in contact. If your e-mail here
is OK then I'll drop you a line later.

--

Julian Richards
usenet "at" richardsuk.f9.co.uk

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

ted msn February 22nd 06 01:38 PM

Sky HD price
 

"Zorg" wrote in message
...
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html



From the sky web site it looks as if the box has a SATA and network ports
too!
ted



Mark Fraser (News) February 23rd 06 11:21 PM

Sky HD price
 
In article ,
The Wizard wrote:

"Zorg" wrote in message
...
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


This was enough to make my mind up about HDTV:


"Sky HD is going to be massive here in the UK as people start jumping on
the HDTV bandwagon, if you now walk into Dixon's or Comet all you will

^^^^^^^
This was enough to make me realise that they're a bunch of muppets and
don't have a clue. It's Dixons not Dixon's :(
[Snip]

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Have I gotten that predictable? Good.

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The Wizard March 1st 06 12:11 AM

Sky HD price
 

"Gaz" wrote in message
...
Sean Black wrote:
In article , Zorg
writes
The Sky HD box will cost £299 and then there will be a monthly
subscription of £9.99 for the HD channels.

Taken from:-

http://ukhdtv.net/news/hdtv/exclusiv...d_pricing.html


So are you going to be able to just have the basic two mix subscription,
plus HD or are you going to have to have the full package plus HD?

Lets face it how much stuff is there going to be available that is
actually HD and not upscaled SD? Most of the US imports on Sky One would
be HD, but what else will they show? Premiership football, handful of
games a week, then what else are they going to show?

£299 for the box doesn't seem too bad though.


well, all the movies will be in hd, as the native resolution for movies
has been higher then regular tv for decades.


But badly worn out as Sky play them over and over and over!

We've all seen reviews like " This DVD was a disappointment, They could have
cleaned it up for an old 70's show but it looks like they just transferred
the movie straight to DVD from tape"

We can expect much the same of Sky.




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