is anybody on sky hd, or broadband, is it good?

[leaky]

do any of you lovley lot have either sky hd or sky broadband or even both?

sky are doing what looks a pretty decent offer at the moment with the 1/2 price hd box and free broadband. basically i could upgrade my sky to hd and change my broadband over to sky and apart from paying £75 out for the box, i would be paying less than i do now for broadband and normal sky tv from 2 diffrent suppliers

the question is, is sky hd really any good i had a quick look at it running at a store tonight and it didn't seem to be that much diffrent and are there going to be loads more channels available soon, etc.

also is sky broadband any good ie, reliable, stable, good customer service etc.

any advice from anybody in the know would be helpful, especially now ive phoned my isp, to ask about cancelling, so they have offered to reduce my payments from £19.99 to £6.99 per month for the same service if i renew my contract for another 12month

 

[Duke]

safe leaky ,, im sky broad band n its sweet m8 , mines FROM 8meg to 16 meg , at 1st i was only gettin about 1 so i called em about it n i get about 20meg @the mo ,, i aint any trouble since m8 ,,

 

[sample_city]

ive had the broadband for about 3 months now
upto 16mb for an extra tenner a month! bargain!!, i was paying £25/month for 2mb of pipex!
so far ive had no problems, the speed can vary esp at peak times, i generally get around 10mb, but ive seen it around 2mb at times (im about 3/4mile from the exchange)
but i was in a win-win situation 5x speed for £15 less!!
i might give them a bell like Duke did!

 

[ashley]

yep in on sky broadband been on it 5 mth its super fast never had any probs at all im d/l inbetween 17/20 do a film in 10 mins its the best one ive had so far my father in law on the hd and its really good to

 

[leaky]

cheers guys think i will give it a go then, i can only get about 4 to 6 meg in my area but the more i think about it the more it makes sense. £75 for the hd box, they were £300 not too long ago:| and even though there are not many hd channels at the moment (i wont be subscribing to movies or sports) i will have the national geo and discovery hd channels and the option to pay for box office stuff in hd if i really want to watch a film.

my only real doubt was the broadband, im on aol, and have been for a few years and never had a problem so if it aint broke dont fix it. but when i can get the bb, hd, and a box that records etc like sky+ and a few extra channels for a few quid cheaper its time to think about switching. plus the black box will look much better perched on the black stand with the ps3

only real downside is the itv hd thing

 

[Jiglo]

Gonna be straight onto the freesat once I get a hi def tv (which i'm still after buying, but always get tempted with the upcoming tech:$ )

BBC and ITV in Hi Def for free freesat - Home About time too

 

[leaky]

hmm there only seems to be 2 hd channels available on the freestat though

correct me if im wrong here, but i assume that with a sky hd box, if you cancel after your contract is up you would still be able to watch any free hd channels through your hd box ?

if so then 75 quid for the sky hd box as opposed to average £150 for free stat hd boxes, and bearing in mind the sky hd box is also a hard drive recorder. is making the freestat sound expensive, i know you have to subscribe to the sky hd mix to get that £75 deal which would cost £120 for the 12 month. but if you have the choice of cancelling your contract after 12month and still reciving any free hd channels you only really have to pay about £45 more over 12month but will get alot more hd channels. except itv hd and free broadband 2meg (extra £5 per month for upto 8meg)

decisions decisions

 

[Duke]

cheers guys think i will give it a go then, i can only get about 4 to 6 meg in my area but the more i think about it the more it makes sense. £75 for the hd box, they were £300 not too long ago:| and even though there are not many hd channels at the moment (i wont be subscribing to movies or sports) i will have the national geo and discovery hd channels and the option to pay for box office stuff in hd if i really want to watch a film.

my only real doubt was the broadband, im on aol, and have been for a few years and never had a problem so if it aint broke dont fix it. but when i can get the bb, hd, and a box that records etc like sky+ and a few extra channels for a few quid cheaper its time to think about switching. plus the black box will look much better perched on the black stand with the ps3

only real downside is the itv hd thing

u say u can only get 4-6 meg .. if ur contract says like mine did , FROM 8 to 16 meg go 4 that 1 n if u dont get it call em n complain ,, saying that u pay from 8 ,, just did a test on mine n i got 23meg d/l n 843 u/p ,, sweeeet

 

[leaky]

i think its to do with my area duke, im not that teccy but it seems comon knowlage among those in the know that we can only get that sort of speed around these parts.