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Message posted on ‎01 Oct 2025 07:07 PM

SKY HD

Why do I have to continue to pay for Sky HD when SD has now been switched off ?

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Message posted on ‎01 Oct 2025 07:10 PM

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@KJ56 wrote:

Why do I have to continue to pay for Sky HD when SD has now been switched off ?

Depends on what channels you are referring to.

 

Sky still broadcast SD.  (Free to Air channels are broadcast in HD and don't require the add on)

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Message posted on ‎01 Oct 2025 07:19 PM

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@KJ56 

SD hasn't been switched off as there are plenty of channels that only broadcast in SD no matter if you watch these or not but there are still there !

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Message posted on ‎01 Oct 2025 07:45 PM - last edited: ‎01 Oct 2025 07:54 PM

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@KJ56 wrote:

when SD has now been switched off 

You may be misinterpreting the end of SD reception on obsolete (pre-HD) Sky+ boxes because they cannot decode the more recent broadcast encoding (technically it's a move from DVB-S to DVB-S2)

 

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-channel-upgrade 

 

SD satellite broadcast is very much alive: millions of Sky+ HD and Sky Q households don't pay the HD subscription supplement and so require SD transmission to continue.

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