Home cinema - SKY HD Subscription

"Steve" wrote in message
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I was talking to Sky staff a few weeks ago when I had to marry my old Sky
card with my new Thomson DSI8215 HD Sky+ box.

The staff member asked why I was not taking out a HD subscription when I
had just bought a new HD box.

I explained that my old Thomson DSI6210 160 had died (well, the usual
stuck on standby problem !) and rather than replace with the same I was
simply future proofing myself as I had recently bought an HD Ready LCD TV.
I bought the box myself and installed it rather than get charged extra by
Sky to come to my house and install it.

I said to him that the £43.50 a month I was already paying was enough and
that the extra £10 for the minimal HD channels available was not
justifiable and that I would suffice with the BBC HD channel for now !!!!!

Whilst talking to him about the extra £10 sub for HD he mentioned the
words "for now". I asked him if it was true that a rumour I had heard was
that if you were a full subscriber to all SD channels (World, Sports,
Movies) and paying the £43.50 per month, then the HD would go the same way
Sky+ did in the beginning - i.e. pay for the service but after a few
months if you subscribed to a certain amount of channels that the extra
service would be free. He stated that it was being talked about but there
was no date for implementation but looked as if it would go ahead.

Here's hoping if you have the full SD package at £43.50 per month you will
get the HD channels free aswell as the Sky+ service free !!!!!!

Has anyone else heard this or have any further details ???

Steve

Big anouncement on Feb 12 according to a post on Digital Spy