HD charges for Sky Q subscription why

[PandJ2020]

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@Chodley wrote:

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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? 😉

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Likewise, UHD is being transmitted regardless, I demand that is free.

[Chodley]

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@PandJ2020 wrote:

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@Chodley wrote:

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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? 😉

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Likewise, UHD is being transmitted regardless, I demand that is free.

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Ok good luck with that

edit: hehe 😉

[Chodley]

Actually that made me think - having HD and UHD actually also means you can stream those higher res versions too which does cost more per download.