Sky Review
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Please confirm: I AM A New Customer An Existing Sky CustomerSky is the leading digital satellite TV broadcaster in the UK offering an unrivalled range of channels and choice. With Sky TV you pick and choose from a number of channel options allowing you to effectively build your own subscription. You pay for what you want to watch, not what you don't want to watch. Each Sky TV subscription starts with one Sky TV Entertainment package.
Sky is the leading digital satellite TV broadcaster in the UK offering an unrivalled range of channels and choice. With Sky TV you pick and choose from a number of channel options allowing you to effectively build your own subscription. You pay for what you want to watch, not what you don't want to watch. Each Sky TV subscription starts with one Sky TV Entertainment package.
Sky+
» Free Sky+ box
» Pause, Rewind, Record Live TV
» HD Ready (+ HD Pack £10.25)
» Free £25 M&S voucher
Sky+HD
» Free Sky+HD Box
» Pause, Rewind, Record Live TV
» 5x more picture detail
» Free £25 M&S voucher
Sky Upgrades
» Free Sky+HD Box
» Up to 60 HD Channels Now Available
» HD Pack only £10.25 extra per month
Sky Broadband & Talk
» Free Up to 14Mb Broadband
» Free evening and weekend UK calls
» Sky wireless router
Sky Channels
» Choose from Sky Entertainment or Sky Entertainment Extra
» Packages from only £20 a month
» Over 240 free-to-air channels
Sky Go
» Watch TV on the move
» Up to 32 channels
» Available online and on your iPhone or iPad
» FREE to Sky customers
About Sky
Sky TV also allows you to pause, rewind and record live TV with the Sky+HD box. You can also schedule recordings from your mobile phone or from a computer desktop with a broadband connection with a Sky+HD box and Sky Remote Record. Sky TV is also the home to the widest selection of HD TV channels in the UK. With the Sky+HD box and a Sky+HD subscription, you can enjoy programmes of a scintillating pin sharp picture and audio quality when watched through an HD Ready TV set with a stereo surround sound set up. As well as providing access to HD channels standard definition channels viewed through the Sky+HD box also benefit from an improvement in picture quality.
What is Sky TV?
Sky is the leading digital satellite TV broadcaster in the UK as well as the most popular pay-TV company. Sky digital TV subscriptions can be tailored to your subscription packages to suit the viewing habits and tastes of your household. There are six Entertainment packages to choose from, such as Variety, Kids, Music, Style, News and Knowledge. For example Variety includes a mix of channels such as Sky1, Sky2 and FX, which are exclusive to subscription-based digital TV. News includes Sky News, Fox News and CNBC Europe as well as sports news bulletins such as Sky Sports News and British Eurosport and so on. As well as Entertainment packages, Sky also provides two Premium Channels packages, Sky Sports and Sky Movies, providing live coverage of Barclays Premier league action.
How can I get Sky TV?
In order to get Sky you need to have a satellite dish installed on your home and an active phone line (either BT or Sky Talk). After choosing your Sky subscription package, you then pick from three Sky set top box receivers. The Standard Sky Box comes with an easy to use programme guide which allows you to set reminders for programmes and parental controls to restrict access to specific channels. The Sky+ box allows you to pause, rewind and record live TV and record one programme whilst watching another. Sky+HD provides the same pause rewind record features of Sky+ as well as providing access to a range of high definition (HD) channels.
With Sky Remote Record you can also set the timers on your Sky+ or Sky+HD box from your mobile phone or your PC desktop. The Sky Anytime catch-up service, which re-broadcasts a selection of the most popular programmes. The programmes you see on Sky Anytime depends on your subscription. The Standard Sky Box is free for all new Sky customers. The Sky+ box and Sky+HD boxes are free for new subscribers signing up to Sky. As well as choosing your subscription and set top box, there is also normally a one-off set-up fee depending on your subscription and the type of box you've chosen. Set-up for a Standard Sky Box is £60 and £30 for a Sky+ box or Sky+HD box.
Information
What is Digital TV?
Contains quick reference points including a beginner's guide, the types of Digital TV available in the UK, what equipment you need and a section on on-demand viewing and how it works.
Types of Digital TV
Different types of Digital TV available in the UK, available channels and costs as well as explanations of various terminology.
Beginners Guide
Everything you need to know about the various Digital TV platforms available, basic equipment you need and how to set it up.
Benefits of Digital TV
Outlines the various benefits of picking the right digital TV package, including improved picture and sound quality, greater range of channels and a brief overview of services and features.
Sky News
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Sky User Reviews
I have been with Sky for around 6 years now - and I have no complaints about their service. Sky+ is an essential part of my life - without it I would be lost. It allows me to watch all of my fave TV programmes and still have a social life at the same time! The ability to skip through the adverts is also a massive thumbs up - thanks Sky!
Holly (28th October, 2009)
I've been with Sky for a few years now and I have to say that I have had no problems with the service at all. It can be a pain getting through to their call centre but I've had to do it so rarely that it doesn't bother me. The range of programming on Sky is excellent, arts and culture programming on Sky Arts to The Simpsons, there is rarely nothing on. Sky + has become essential for me so I can view the football anytime I like!
Nigel Spodington (14th October, 2009)
i recently changed to sky and decided to go for the sky hd package! to be honest, i was a bit scepticle as i didnt think there would be that much difference, how wrong could i be? i am a massive football fan, and watching a game in HD makes more difference than i could ever imagine, the sharper quality of picture is amazing ( and my tv is not the best, so god only knows how much better it would be on a slightly newer tv) i have even started watching more nature programmes as it really makes you feel that you could actually be there with attenborough himself. an extra £10 a month?? i would have paid more than double!! plus you get a nicer box than sky+ i say get the HD package and get even more out of your tv!!!
Mike Farida (27th September, 2009)
Ive been a Sky customer for over 10 years now. I now have sky plus and find that it has changed my viewing habits dramatically! Where as before I used to flick through the hundreds of channels almost continuously. I now have a "play list" of really great TV programs to watch and the press of a button. The one downside to Sky is that I do find it hard to get through to their customer service department during busy period to upgrade to SKy movies or SKy sports etc. Generally though I give Sky+ 9/10!...love it.
Ben Williams (17th September, 2009)
