Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

So much for the excitment this morning, woke up, no Sports or Movies in HD. Looks like a call to CS is required:(

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

It seams they are launching them area by area you will have the channels at some point today.

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Just had engineer here replacing our V+box with a new shiny samsung (nice box) and he does not know why we do not have the HD channels on yet. He phoned Virgin and they said it was on my account and will be on sometime in the next 24 hours and then phoned another engineer who said he was testing the channels and they are working fine, so he said give it 3 hours and phone customer services.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Mine was on at 7.00am this morning, was watching the Arsenal game from yesterday on SS2HD and was glorious, SKy Sports News was on SS1HD but it broadcast just looked SD is this because sjy sports news is not HD yet ??

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Mine are on aleady, finally football in HD!:)

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Just signed up online.

Weird but when I called they said £9 but online it states £7 per box :confused:

Hey ho....

Now I am waiting for it to be activated!

Caio

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Mine are all working fine, but only after a call to CS this morning (about 10am).
The channels were assigned to my account but the message on screen stated that I was not subscribed....they simply sent a "signal" to my box...a quick re-boot and everything was fine.
Great quality....
I think £7 per month is good value....I watch lots of movies & all the football....
I suppose the £7 charge is worth it to some, not for others...
Personally I'm happy to pay for the amount of programmes available.

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Agree, I am an avid sports follower and think back to the good old days of £12.99/£14.99 per match on prem plus....suddenly £7 a month for all the HD1 AND HD2 matches PLUS movies seems like a good deal ;)

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

2.00 increase on sports and movies being reported on another thread in October 2010

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

£9.00 after the £2.00 increase for Premium channels on 1st October :)

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

WHAT :shocked:

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I haven't got my Premuim HD channels yet, phoned up VM got to wait upto 24 hours for them to go active.

It sucks a sack!!

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VM always say up to 24 hours just to cover themselves hopefully in your case it will be a lot quicker then that.

When i have changed packages in the past its always only been at the most a couple of hours.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

I hope so my man.

I pre ordered them when they were first available to.

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Probably a little queue of nagra "hits" going through as we type :)

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We haven't had new cards in this area though.

Haven't gone over to N3.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

we still use Nagra hits to your smartcard for both platforms :)

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i confirmed this morning so hopefully mine are on when i get home from work. belfast still has heard nothing about new cards but guess now it wont be long

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I'm glad now that I've downgraded my tv to one box for the bedroom on the M+ package and gone with Sky HD for downstairs as I now have all the Movies and Sport in HD and don't have to pay the £12 a month per box HD (£7 premium HD plus £5 V+HD charge) with VM which would go up to £14 a month, that's much more than Sky.

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I changed my mind from Friday

Ordered the SKY HD Package at 1030 on Mon 2/8 for £7

Running on my Samsung V+ at 1300

The picture quality looks good

andrewlutonuk

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Just Good ???

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Ordered the channels this morning (Sky Sports HD 1 and 2) - the guy said 2 hours.

Still not on - quite worried now...

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Still waiting here in Sunny Leicester

Must be a bottle neck down at Virgin Towers :rolleyes:

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I only have a 22inch Full 1080P HD Television/Monitor

They are very good, The picture quality is very clear.

If i had a bigger screen, 30 or 40 inch, i would proberly have very impressive picture quality

I am glad i ordered the HD pack

ESPN HD and Sky Sports HD have the same quality picture on my TV. It is still very good. I will now enjoy my Premiership football

andrewlutonuk

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

same here in ME5 (Kent) phoned CS and they said should be sometime today! I ordered mine online on the 1st day you could,been up sice 5am and still waiting,still I suppose its a big job to do but still a bore that other people have got them and iv'e not,wonder if I will get a discount

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Anybody tell me what program is on SS1 HD at this present time ?

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Sky Sports HD channels on here now in Oldham.

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I wish I'd get mine soon in Newport!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Telford, cricket highlights r on at the present time

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Despite my original thoughts i would not be ordering the HD channels i have now given them a try for a month i was switched on in 40 mins,and the test cricket repeat does look reasonably impressive on SSHD1,yes there is quite a difference in picture quality,but at least if i only take it until the cricket season is over shall see how it goes,£7 is pricey for just the two HD channels but there you go

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Still no sky HD channels in post code SE18 Woolwich/Plumstead area i Ordered them last week and i was told by customer services this morning they would be switched on by 12 midday.

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Delivery is still awaited here just south of Croydon. It's a bit like waking up on Christmas morning and finding nothing in the sack at the foot of the bed.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Glad your happy bud, im going to tinker with my settings tonight to get it looking awesome if I can

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Chiz Mate. in HD

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Still not on in Leeds either so you're not alone

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Sky Sports HD channels are superb here in Glasgow. Any word as to when we will receive both HD3 and HD4 as I am a keen fan of WWE Wrestling.

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It must be :LOL:

My channels were on when I woke at 7.25, watched a bit of WWE on HD2, looked very good, can't wait for the footie :D

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Still not on here in Chadderton.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

your sack will be emptied soon :shocked: ;) :D

:welcome: to the forum btw :waving:

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Now we've got HD I can feel all smug when Sky run another of their HD commercials or call it Sky Sports HD cos I've got it now and they can shut up. :p

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Just signed up, channels came through in less than 15 minutes.:)

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

not here in hartlepool.fired off an email and heard nothing

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Here now in Bristol.

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Ordered my channels on the 20th July, had to call today to get them activated. Looking at the Technical section on my box I could see that the signal had been sent this morning but my box time out on its response. Still, all working now so happy.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Just had to phone CS because I had ordered them a week ago and they were not activated.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

still no sign in ME5 (Kent) am not happy as I applied online the day it was announced have spoken to CS and was told "soon" another phone call is on the way

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Was about to sign up (HD Sport the main interest) until I saw the listings for opening weekend. If this is a sign of things to come then won't even be worth the £7 for me.


Inverness CT v Celtic HD4/SS3

Tottenham v Man City HD3/SS4

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

thats wrong spurs v man city is ss2/hd2

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12942,00.html offical sky sports football site

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anyone know if its on in nottingham looking forward to watchin after work but still nothing

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Lets hope so - I was taking from http://www.livesportontv.com/football/ that is normally pretty good.

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Hi, the listings at http://www.livesportontv.com/football/ are all wrong as they clearly say England v Hungary Friendly Football Match Setanta Ireland (20:00-22:00 Ireland Only) but it's on ITV1 & ITV1HD. Tottenham v Man City is certainly on Sky Sports HD2.

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I was looking through the listings on skysports.com for live football, and it seems we have no worries about "important matches" (no offence to any fans at all ; but my lot are on twice before end of september so :PP:).
So hopefully Sky aren't gonna pull any dirty tricks after September, here's hoping :tu:

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

gone for movie hd package - hope classics HD also starts on virgin next week (9th) .....

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

We signed up, and happy with it so far. Just finished watching The Terminator 2 and it was awesome quality.

Not happy in terms of cost, as we are on the VIP which is was designed to provide everything. However going by the big thread on it there might be some changes made to the VIP Plans. I am out of the 12 months for VM, so not too worried for now.

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You are always safer and better off looking at the Sky Sports site really, saves confusion. I doubt Virgin would have not ignored the possibility of Sky putting bigger events such as footie on the 3/4 channels. I reckon they will have ensured in the contract that them tactics would not be used.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Ofcom have warned Sky on this... if they do ignore them, then they will make SS3/4 HD part of the "must offer" to VM

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I just did my upgrade online and got the message that someone would call to confirm upgrade then i got a e mail saying the upgrade has been passed so just waitting for them to go on now so hope it wont be too long.

How long is it taking after doing a upgrade online?

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Hi

I ordered HD package + Sky Sports to be added to my present lot, Sky Movies etc two weeks ago and sports started straight away.
Come yesterday I still could not get Sky HD so a quick phone call sorted that out.
Whilst on the phone I mentioned rumour of extra charges coming in October and lack of difference between XL + L.
The lady said she could not comment on any future possible increases but hinted that XL was to be reviewed soon.

Without wishing the summer away I can't wait till Sept / Oct to see what will happen next.

Regards

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Actually I would like it to be filled - with the Sky HD Channels - by VM.
It's now August 3rd and instead of watching Sky Sports and Movies in HD I'm still looking at "You haven't subscribed to this channel yet. but getting it is easy."

Weii, I have and it isn't.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

same here still not got mine yet either :(

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

mine were all on when i got home apart from sky action hd which gave me a message saying i wasnt authorised to view and to ring to suscribe. i rang and the lady was baffled and said to ring back in 48 hours if there was no change. anyone else get this?

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Yes and it's just on one box (samsung v+hd) Action HD is working on the SA v+hd and my Cisco Vhd....

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

yep ive got the samsung

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and we're both in Belfast.

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Still waiting here in North Manchester :(

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Where abouts:

Im in North West England (Manchester, Oldham) And got mine within 2 hours of ordering.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

I am in Bury, ordered 2 weeks ago , I confirmed before the date it was due to change that it was shown on my account and it was. I will sit patiently :angel:

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After saying I wouldn't pay the extra for the HD channels I've now signed up :erm:

Had a chat with the missus last night and we thought we'd give it a trial for a month to see if it was worth keeping. We bought a new TV about a month ago and have been blown away by the quality of the HD image over our previous set. It's encouraged us to watch a lot more films recently as the picture is so gorgeous to look at. Nothing to lose by trying it out for a month (apart from £7).

Will hopefully be checking out the HD picture tonight if the service has been activated, only signed up online last night.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

i signed up this morning, hopefully i can have it on by tonight, just a question to the people who signed up online, when you got the confirmation it says you will be contacted within 72 hours by the team, do they actually phone you to confirm you've ordered it?

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

hi kanedx, no they don't ring you. You will just get another email to tell you're up and running. It shouldn't be long now. . .

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

good stuff, cant access my emails the now as the email server thingy is down :)

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

Still waiting for my Sky HD channels here in Leeds.

Signed up online a few weeks ago, got confirmation.

Rang yesterday, told there were "very busy".

As of 12pm today, still getting the "not subscribed" message :(

SV

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

I had the same problem yesterday, phoned CS at 7pm last night and they said that I had not requested the HD channels, which I had, so they apologied and within the hour I had them on.

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I ordered last night but still was not on this morning so gave them a call and was told it was because i had a broadband upgrade pending for later in the month and they sorted it out and now have the HD channels so will watch the cricket later to see what it looks like.

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Wasn't going to bother, but managed to tweak my deal with retentions this morning, who kindly removed my ancient V+ monthly charge of £10 with no need to splash out £49 (I'm on XL), and I binned my extra box for £5 so will be sending that back. retained my 'loyalty discount' so added HD - now have XL TV, L BB, Phone M, V+ and Sky Sports/Movies + HD for £79.99 all in. Very happy with that :)

And o my the cricket looks good :)

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Well, 9.30 pm and still waiting for my Sky HD channels :(

2 phone calls from my wife to CS while I was at work, but no joy as yet.

I need it in time for the start of the footy season ;)

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They look quality!!

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2802/dsc01292e.jpg

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Well.....I've just signed up for Sky Sports Collection + HD.

Live football is my primary reason for staying on the Pay-TV bandwagon (my secondary reason is HD). Now that ESPN have lost half their EPL games for the next 3 seasons, I couldn't resist doing my bit to help feed those poor Premiership footballers. :erm:

I wasn't gonna do it at first. £7 for 2 Sports Channels? Plus another £20.50 on top of that for 4 SD Channels (two of which I'm never gonna watch if I have their HD equivalents). I must be mad.

Then I realised that the £27.50 per month for the Sports channels + HD was still cheaper than me paying by monthly direct debit for a season ticket to watch the City, who weren't exactly entertaining to watch last season (but I'm still looking forward to watching City vs Derby on SS3 ;)).

It took VM less then a hour to add the channels and I must say, the quality of the picture for the cricket on SS1HD is outstanding.

I may knock my XL broadband down to L just to compensate a bit and save some money. I'll probably leave my XL TV as is thanks to all the HD Basic Channels VM are throwing at us (didn't think I'd be typing that in a year ago! :D).

But at least the choice is there now for those who have waited for so long to have Sky Sports HD on Digital Cable, and for those who are able and willing to pay for it.

Looking forward to Red Button too.

Re: Who's signed up to sky hd channels?
 

try the virgin twitter team they sorted mine out no probs and quick too :)