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[snaw]

Anyone playing oikball at my school would have been buried under the rugby posts at midnight.

Or forced to eat the the biscuit?

[interested]

Why oikball, not interested in plebian sports or just never got picked at school?

Just went off it a few years ago. Too much money in the game which has had a big effect on every aspect of football

Plus I don't like the fact that it's really trendy to like it now - most of the new-comers wouldn't have dared go to a game in the 70's and 80's or are pointless women trying to convince people they've always supported Astonal Rovers - 'go on you Blues!'

Much prefer rugby. Much more complex sport which guarantees fewer ill-educated oiks.

[snaw]

England internationals and FA Cup matches

Luckily for me I am not a big oikball fan but I'll still watch the odd match

Why oikball, not interested in plebian sports or just never got picked at school?

[interested]

I have Sky HD with a sony bravia 40" 1080i and have to say the picture is fantastic. However not a lot of content, sport and films are worth it for a tenner a month, or less than a pint a week at my local. Didn't realise that England internationals will be moving next year to ITV and Sentana who don’t have HD channels.

England internationals and FA Cup matches

Luckily for me I am not a big oikball fan but I'll still watch the odd match

[snaw]

Do you still get BBC and NG in HD?

Yep. Just the Sky HD channels that have gone.

[ContractIn]

I have Sky HD with a sony bravia 40" 1080i and have to say the picture is fantastic. However not a lot of content, sport and films are worth it for a tenner a month, or less than a pint a week at my local. Didn't realise that England internationals will be moving next year to ITV and Sentana who don’t have HD channels.

[gingerjedi]

Yep, you can - that's what I did.

Do you still get BBC and NG in HD?

[snaw]

I'm about to bin my Sky HD subscription. I mainly watch sport & a few things on Sky one HD\BBC HD. It's better quality, but I'm not in the "wow, it's amazing" camp so can't justify the tenner a month.

Anyone know if I can still use the Sky HD box as normal Sky+ after dropping HD subscription or do I have to plug my old Sky+ box in?

Yep, you can - that's what I did.

[BoredBloke]

Just installed it - as I thought, £30 for absolutely jack sh1t. Took 2 mins.

[Spoiler]

I'm about to bin my Sky HD subscription. I mainly watch sport & a few things on Sky one HD\BBC HD. It's better quality, but I'm not in the "wow, it's amazing" camp so can't justify the tenner a month.

Anyone know if I can still use the Sky HD box as normal Sky+ after dropping HD subscription or do I have to plug my old Sky+ box in?

[brollyman]

I got 3 months off the HD subscription so no change in monthly price yet - I might have to sell my squarial as an antique to cover the cost when it kicks in!

[gingerjedi]

If you're an existing Sky subscriber tell them you want to cancel and switch to Virgin Media - they'll eventually transfer you through to a customer retention department.

I did this an got my HD box for £99 and no installation cost! I think it helped that I've been with Sky since the days of the Squariel (and I've still got the original decoder).....

But do you have to pay the £10 a month to watch a signal that’s already there? I have a mate who has multi room and sky HD, add in the September price hike and he is paying £63.99 a month.

Also I know people who watch NG just because it’s in HD.

[alreadypacked]

I got a mate who works for Sky and got it half price but still pay the £10 a month

It's good on my Sony Bravia 32" - but I think it probably works better on a bigger TV. I might upgrade to a 40 or 46" Bravia.

Sometimes the content is a bit disappointing - for example they show SD stuff on the Sky HD channels quite often. Cricket, rugby union & league and football is generally all in HD although the away (overseas) matches in the CL, Six Nations and Heineken Cup aren't.

As a Sky HD subscriber the move of FA Cup and England internationals next year to ITV and Setanta is bad because essentially I'll have to pay more, and get worse quality as neither of the above do HD. BBC and Sky were screening all these matches in HD and doing a good job of it

Some of the stuff on BBC, Discovery & National Geographic HD channels is very very good

Films are good as well

I think you need to go out more

[snaw]

Actually - I gotta say, when it's good it's very very good. But for sports it didn't really make that much of a differece it felt.

[interested]

Who has it and is it any good? Sky want £199 from me for the box and £30 to unhook my Sky + and put in the new one (literally pull the plugs from one box and place into the same sockets on the other - 2 mins work for £30). They used to allow self installation but now don't - I wonder why at that rate!

I have seen boxes on E Bay going for £150 to £190 and I can get a box from a sky installer for £180 tomorrow.

If I go with sky @ £229 then atleast I know that I'm covered if (when) it goes wrong, but I resent the £30 charge for essentailly nothing. If I get the £180 box, then I presume I'll have the manufacturers warranty to fall back on.

What would you lot do?

I got a mate who works for Sky and got it half price but still pay the £10 a month

It's good on my Sony Bravia 32" - but I think it probably works better on a bigger TV. I might upgrade to a 40 or 46" Bravia.

Sometimes the content is a bit disappointing - for example they show SD stuff on the Sky HD channels quite often. Cricket, rugby union & league and football is generally all in HD although the away (overseas) matches in the CL, Six Nations and Heineken Cup aren't.

As a Sky HD subscriber the move of FA Cup and England internationals next year to ITV and Setanta is bad because essentially I'll have to pay more, and get worse quality as neither of the above do HD. BBC and Sky were screening all these matches in HD and doing a good job of it

Some of the stuff on BBC, Discovery & National Geographic HD channels is very very good

Films are good as well