HD charges for Sky Q subscription why

[Anonymous]

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@PandJ2020 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@T2K wrote:

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It's not particuarly good I'm afraid, if you check your future bills you're likely to see another £5.50 I think added to that.

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Anecdotally it's not 'bad' either given the recent reports on available discounts.  (Realistically you'd struggle to get it near 20% cheaper)

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I'm speaking to them right now so I'm not going to disagree with you 😞

[MarkW4]

I understand sky are a company and need to make a profit BUT charging £9 for HD  is a complete rip off! The cost of transmitting in hd per subscriber must be pennies?? 

[Skyuser1981]

seems like sky is moving towards only high definition and yet are still charging a huge amount for the privilege of something that as you say should be the standard 

[Skyuser1981]

I'm beginning to think they're gonna charge for HD forever

[TimmyBGood]

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@Skyuser1981 wrote:

I'm beginning to think they're gonna charge for HD forever

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Until the end of life of the satellite platforms*, quite possibly. 

There's no separate charge on Glass & Stream.

* which may well be 2029

[Skyuser1981]

Interesting.

You're probably right about that! 

I've got Sky Q I got rid of HD because the charge was too high! 

With sky glass or stream do you still have to pay extra for streaming on consoles 

I had sky go extra until the vip bonus was scrapped 

[TimmyBGood]

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@Skyuser1981 wrote:

With sky glass or stream do you still have to pay extra for streaming on consoles 

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That requires the Whole Home add-on (roughly the equivalent of Multiscreen on Q)

[runandskip]

Hi is Racing tv on 424 now only  viewable if I pay an extra £9 for HD on my Sky+ HD ?

[nigea99]

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@runandskip wrote:

Hi is Racing tv on 424 now only  viewable if I pay an extra £9 for HD on my Sky+ HD ?

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I have Racing TV in HD showing on 424 but there is an SD channel showing on channel  877 

See if you can access that channel (or look for it on another channel if it doesn;t show on 877)

[Ness-59]

Hi Skyuser1981.

Youve got Sky Q & you've said that you got rid of the £9 HD package . . . . did you notice any difference in picture quality or anything after you got rid of HD please ??

[PandJ2020]

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@Ness-59 wrote:

Hi Skyuser1981.

Youve got Sky Q & you've said that you got rid of the £9 HD package . . . . did you notice any difference in picture quality or anything after you got rid of HD please ??

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You didn't tag that user (You need to use the @)

However, any subscription channels in HD will be noticeable lower quality in SD.  (Free to Air channels are generally in HD regardless)

[Chodley]

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@Ness-59 wrote:

Hi Skyuser1981.

Youve got Sky Q & you've said that you got rid of the £9 HD package . . . . did you notice any difference in picture quality or anything after you got rid of HD please ??

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Why not just try the SD channels on your own box to compare?

[GJ84B]

Isn't the signal emitted regardless, and the receiver just picks up the correct one (when it's on a dish not broadband) so it wouldn't cost them any more to transmit or for you to receive 

[nigea99]

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@GJ84B wrote:

Isn't the signal emitted regardless, and the receiver just picks up the correct one (when it's on a dish not broadband) so it wouldn't cost them any more to transmit or for you to receive 

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THe SD & HD channels are transmitted separately.

@Ness-59 If you have the HD add on the EPG guide shows the HD channels first but you can find the SD versions further down the list

[Chodley]

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@GJ84B wrote:

Isn't the signal emitted regardless, and the receiver just picks up the correct one (when it's on a dish not broadband) so it wouldn't cost them any more to transmit or for you to receive 

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Correct but they still have to fund it and satellite bandwidth is pretty expensive.

who would get to decide who pays and who doesn't? 😉