topic Re: Removing HD from my contract in Sky Q

Removing HD from my contract

Lorraine+C+C — Fri, 30 May 2025 09:50:31 GMT

Hi I am just talking to sky about my renewal. I always ask about removing HD and I always get an answer that I do not understand. What would happen please if I did remove it? would I only see non HD channels? not a lot of channels that are not HD now.

BTW - totally unhappy about Discovery plus now being ruled by TNT. Eurosport was so good. That means I will need to pay extra to watch Austrialian open next year and pay this year if I want to see the end of Roland Garros. I suppose others are unhappy here.

Re: Removing HD from my contract

PandJ2020 — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:15:04 GMT

@Lorraine+C+C wrote:
Hi I am just talking to sky about my renewal. I always ask about removing HD and I always get an answer that I do not understand. What would happen please if I did remove it? would I only see non HD channels? not a lot of channels that are not HD now.

If you remove the HD pack you still give free-to-air channels in HD. There are the odd quirk but you don't have to have HD.

BTW - totally unhappy about Discovery plus now being ruled by TNT. Eurosport was so good. That means I will need to pay extra to watch Austrialian open next year and pay this year if I want to see the end of Roland Garros. I suppose others are unhappy here.

It wasn't Sky's decision. There's a massive thread about it if you're interested.

Re: Removing HD from my contract

Daniel0210 — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:17:46 GMT

@Lorraine+C+C

See this thread re Eurosport being closed by its parent company not Sky.

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Closure-of-Eurosport-channels-28-02-25/td-p/4895171

Re: Removing HD from my contract

TimmyBGood — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:27:24 GMT

@Lorraine+C+C wrote:

BTW - totally unhappy about Discovery plus now being ruled by TNT. Eurosport was so good.

TNT, Discovery and Eurosport are all Warner Bros brands, so they get to make such decisions: all it takes is a century in the entertainment business and some tens of billions of dollars...

Re: Removing HD from my contract

nigea99 — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:32:09 GMT

@Lorraine+C+C wrote:

Hi I am just talking to sky about my renewal. I always ask about removing HD and I always get an answer that I do not understand. What would happen please if I did remove it? would I only see non HD channels? not a lot of channels that are not HD now.

BTW - totally unhappy about Discovery plus now being ruled by TNT. Eurosport was so good. That means I will need to pay extra to watch Austrialian open next year and pay this year if I want to see the end of Roland Garros. I suppose others are unhappy here.

hi @Lorraine+C+C

As others have mentioned you do get the Free To Air channels in HD however, currently I don't know of any subscription channels as part of Sky Siganture that do not have SD versions - just look much further down the channel list.

Thus you do not loose any channels as such

BTW there is a quirk with Channel 4 & C5 (I think) that you can watch and record in HD without the HD add on but cannot download & watch in HD from Catch up/On Demand.

Re: Removing HD from my contract

Lorraine+C+C — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:38:48 GMT

@Daniel0210

this is what I got told

I appreciate you're aware about it. Any contents which are telecasted in HD or if you have any
favourite shows recorded in HD and the catch up channel will get removed if Sky HD gets removed.

So that would mean I only see non HD (not alot) according to this guy

Re: Removing HD from my contract

nigea99 — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:44:04 GMT

@Lorraine+C+C wrote:

@Daniel0210

this is what I got told

I appreciate you're aware about it. Any contents which are telecasted in HD or if you have any
favourite shows recorded in HD and the catch up channel will get removed if Sky HD gets removed.

So that would mean I only see non HD (not alot) according to this guy

hi @Lorraine+C+C

Please see my reply above yours - there are SD versions nearly all channels

Any HD recordings you have remaon on your box until you delete them but if you try to watch them you will be prompted to upgrade