Booster Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Had Sky HD installed last week and I am really pleased with it. My dad wants to get it as well while their half price offer is on. He has a HD ready TV but it is a couple of years old and only has the component input and no HDMI slot. Sky HD boxes are only supplied with HDMI output now (which must be a PITA for a lot of people with projectors), no component output. Does this mean he can't get Sky HD? I have seen boxes the convert the signal but they seem quite pricey and do they keep the signal quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Wouldn't he be better buying an older component box from ebay and then adding HD to his subscription manually? Straight swap if he has a Sky+ box already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Like this one sky hd box on eBay, also, Satellite Boxes Receivers, Satellite Cable Freeview, Consumer Electronics (end time 29-Sep-08 09:29:11 BST) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Great minds think alike;) Been looking on ebay. Spoke to Sky yesterday and eventually got passed to someone that knew what I was on about. They have put a note on the file for the engineer and they have "some" available. Full refund if they can't get one so will go down the ebay route if it doesn't work+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidicks Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Can you not got a cable which has component at one end and HDMI at the other? :confused: Sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Doesn't appear to be such a thing. Component is analogue and HDMI is digital I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidicks Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 In that case I will invent one, and become a multi-millionaire. See me on the next series of Dragon's Den........... Sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 But you are a finance man...... I'm out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS3 Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Half price offer? Whats the price down to currently? (it seems to be £300 then £200 then £150 !) has it broken the sub £100 barrier yet? I have full sky+ package and multiroom currently, whenever I ring up for a deal, they can never offer me anything other than what "new" customers get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Its now £75 for the box and £30 installation. Go to sky.com and you can do it online and get £15 re-credited to your account+++ Still £10 a month extra though. Rumours are that they are scrapping this soon though, like they did for the tenner extra when Sky+ first came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS3 Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Cheers Booster. The price is improving all the time, but why do they still keep charging an extra £10 for HD subscription to people who already have multiroom and sky+ money grabbing feckers! Soon as they drop that fee, I'll upgrade, as will many others I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 I was paying the £10 extra until I thought about it and realised that because I don't have movies or sports, I was paying £10 extra just for Sky1HD. Ross Kemp in Afghanistan was mint in HD though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Mick Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 (edited) I was paying the £10 extra until I thought about it and realised that because I don't have movies or sports, I was paying £10 extra just for Sky1HD.Ross Kemp in Afghanistan was mint in HD though! Eh? :confused: I don't have a movie subscription (I do have sport) but I still get Sky screen 1 & 2 HD for movies. I noticed recently that Eurosport are now broadcasting in HD too (Moto GP in HD is awesome ) Is this still a free service? Or do I get it as I have a sport subscription? I am begining to doubt the value of £50 per month considering I work abroad for 50% of the time. But there is nothing out there at the moment (that is available in my area) that can compete with Sky's HD content. Along with CH4 HD, BBC HD, Discovery, History etc with the total amount of HD channels coming to over 16 (That I can think of off the top of my head) And HD is so much of an improvement compared to SD that I couldn't live without it now. Edited September 28, 2008 by Chelsea Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 If its free to view normally I think you still get the HD view as well, but as Sky1 HD is part of a package you don't get it. BBC you do and a few others but I think even Eurosports comes as part of a package I can't remember. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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