Sky HD+ Box

[andylinney]

Well, after seeing all of the ads in the paper and everywhere else, I decided to treat me and the wife to a Sky HD+ box (seeing as they're just £49...).

Just called up the customer services dept and there's a 2 month wait :ack2:

Gah, I want it now hahaha...

I was all excited I was getting good TV for the weekend and now it's going to be summer before I get to see some 'educational' films in HD. Gutted.

[Dashik]

Damn, that was quick. I called a fortnight ago and it was installed within about a week, Shows how popular they are.

[robgt]

I wonder if the delay is due to them [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7894000/7894752.stm?lss"]having to replace tens of thousands of HD boxes[/URL] due to a failure?

Cheers,
Rob

[andylinney]

[quote=robgt;229204]I wonder if the delay is due to them [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7894000/7894752.stm?lss"]having to replace tens of thousands of HD boxes[/URL] due to a failure?

Cheers,
Rob[/quote]

Probably Rob yeah, saw that too :(

[kevinh]

bloody hell, i get a flat screen tv next week after striking a deal with a mate in work for a panasonic 37in jobbie as suggested in my thread about 37in new teles, saw this advert as well for HD on sky for 49 pound,

so if you are the waiting list will you still get it for 49 quid in 2 months, bloody hope so

[mark Taylor]

mines starting to have problems,
picture frame rate slowing down,
planner page locking out ( GREAT)
going to ring them tomoz
mine is one of the first batch
cheers

[phockzie]

i booked my with a guy in the arndale in manchester on monday, getting it installed on friday. I hope.

[chemicalbro]

I've got the virgin HD box. (got it before sky did this deal and it was £150 for the box and install :ack2:)
I think at the moment its £99

the list of True HD channels isn't huge
BBC HD
Discovery HD
National Geographic HD (worth it for this one alone :))
History Channel HD
Sky Sports HD1
Sky Sports HD2
Sky Movies HD1
Sky Movies HD2
Luxe TV HD
Sky Box Office HD1
Sky Box Office HD2

but the box also upscales SD if you use a composite or HDMI cable and the quality is fantastic (not quite up to the HD channels but its pretty damn close and many times better than the normal SD broadcast)

[HiltonSteve]

I bought one just before the £49 deal came out, sky quoted me £99 for the box and £60 fitting with a 2 month wait, decided I could not wait 2 months so I went to Tesco extra and paid £199 for one and swapped it over with my old standard sky plus box when i got home. Up and running in 10 mins! Only positive is that its a Pace one which apparantly are the better ones with less problems.

Just a bit pi**** off now that this deal has come out.

Never mind, just have to have one less crash in the next couple of months to offset the cost!

[cambs flyer]

It's impossible to keep up the the latest and greatest, there now saying HD-3D will be the Norm in the next three years? :confused:

[phockzie]

[quote=cambs flyer;229384]It's impossible to keep up the the latest and greatest, there now saying HD-3D will be the Norm in the next three years? :confused:[/quote]

IMO Absolutely no chance HD-3D will be the norm in 3 years. I think there are very few tv's out in our living rooms which would support 3D technology at the moment, i'm not going to research that, but i find it hard to believe.

[raptorheli2]

chemicalbro-

virgin only have 1 HD channel and thats BBC. the others you can't get/watch in HD on virgin and TBH i'm considering going to sky for this reason.

cheers

[cambs flyer]

[quote=phockzie;229402]IMO Absolutely no chance HD-3D will be the norm in 3 years. I think there are very few tv's out in our living rooms which would support 3D technology at the moment, i'm not going to research that, but i find it hard to believe.[/quote]

Three years ago there was few TV's that could have supported HD 1080P!

I'm only going off what I heard on a BBC 4 radio documentary a while back. :)

[phockzie]

[quote=cambs flyer;229410]Three years ago there was few TV's that could have supported HD 1080P!

I'm only going off what I heard on a BBC 4 radio documentary a while back. :)[/quote]

I hope i don't have to change my tele again any time soon, this one cost me enough. :ack2:

[cambs flyer]

Tell me about it mate, were all in the same boat, but there has to be a point where you have to say enoughs enough.