topic Re: HD and UHD in Sky Q

HD and UHD

thedons1 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:26:06 GMT

Trying to save money - thinking of cancelling HD but keeping UHD. Can you do this? dont mind watching most things NOT in HD, like bbc etc, but would still like football and sports in UHD? Is this possible? Can you still pay for UHD without an HD subscription?

Re: HD and UHD

PandJ2020 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:35:11 GMT

No.

HD is a prerequisite for UHD.

Re: HD and UHD

Me134 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:47:09 GMT

I presume you could watch the sports in HD as it's baked in, if cancelling uhd & hd for entertainment? Not that I'd consider trying to watch any entertainment in sd, it seems to be artificially lowered along with the audio.

Re: HD and UHD

PandJ2020 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:56:02 GMT

Yes. Premium channels are HD regardless.

Free to air channels are also HD but some small anomalies with catchup. (Channel 4 o think)

Re: HD and UHD

thedons1 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:50:21 GMT

i pay £22 for HD, so are you saying i have no choice but to pay it then?

Re: HD and UHD

nigea99 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:27:27 GMT

@thedons1 wrote:

i pay £22 for HD, so are you saying i have no choice but to pay it then?

AFAIK the list prices are

HD £9,

UHD £4 (as discussed needs the HD add on)

& included within SKY Sports but listed separately on bills is SKY Sports HD @ £6

which does not make £22 so I would double check your bills.

The SKY Sports HD - as mentioned being included as standard but listed separately cannot be removed.

You can remove UHD and the HD (for Entertainment/news channels) but you do need to pay for the standard HD if you want UHD

Re: HD and UHD

Chodley — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:10:52 GMT

No way are you paying £22 for HD

Re: HD and UHD

DaveDrizen — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:12:44 GMT

@thedons1 wrote:
i pay £22 for HD, so are you saying i have no choice but to pay it then?

According to to my bill the standard full price for HD is only £9 though some reason there is extra charge on my bill Sky sports HD full price £6 though I get discount of £4 till April. Some one on here did explain that the total cost of Sky sports is realy £40 but for some customers packages have it split like mine to. Sky sports complete package £34 and a HD charge £6. No sure why they do that may be it looks better.

Re: HD and UHD

DaveDrizen — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:20:01 GMT

Interesting point as I said above Sky charge me a charge of £6 for Sky sports HD could you have the HD charge for the rest of your package cancelled and just keep the HD for sports ?

Re: HD and UHD

nigea99 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:20:54 GMT

@DaveDrizen wrote:

@thedons1 wrote:

i pay £22 for HD, so are you saying i have no choice but to pay it then?

According to to my bill the standard full price for HD is only £9 though some reason there is extra charge on my bill Sky sports HD full price £6 though I get discount of £4 till April. Some one on here did explain that the total cost of Sky sports is realy £40 but for some customers packages have it split like mine to. Sky sports complete package £34 and a HD charge £6. No sure why they do that may be it looks better.

@DaveDrizen

It is a legacy of he billing system - yes the price quoted for SKY sports is the total listed for SKY Sports on the bill + SKY Sports HD (which cannot be removed on it's own)

Re: HD and UHD

nigea99 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:22:50 GMT

@DaveDrizen wrote:

Interesting point as I said above Sky charge me a charge of £6 for Sky sports HD could you have the HD charge for the rest of your package cancelled and just keep the HD for sports ?

@DaveDrizen that can be done but it would not allow UHD to be kept as that needs the standard HD add on as prerequisite