Digital TV Review

Recent Articles:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MoneyTips Email
Enter your email address to receive our occasional but very useful free money-saving tips newsletter:


Site information:
 
 
 
 

Sponsored Link:

 

Sky Digital - Review
See, Speak and Surf for £19

  Sky Digital
 
Key features:

Sky TV, Sky Sports plus and Broadband for £35 a month*, Save with half price set up when sign up to a premium package.
Click here to sign up online now!
All Sky Plus £99
Technology - best in the market
Coverage - available across the UK, including rural areas which are currently neglected by cable providers
High Definition TV - fantastic quality, available now

Sky Digital Summary:
Current online offer: See, Speak and Surf for £19
Our overall rating: * * * * *
Visit website for more information:
Sky Digital
Sky Broadband
Sky High Definition Television

Apply Online
 
Advantages:
Sky has the best technology on the market
Exclusive rights to the coverage of many sports events
Very competitive on price
Broadband bundles - fantastic deals combining television and broadband
Online exclusive deals

Disadvantages:
No telephone line, even though Sky now offers TV broadband and phone calls, you still need a BT phone line.
 

Our Review

Sky is the original and still the best provider of digital TV to the UK. Sky is at the forefront in terms of both technology and programs, which is why it is currently our top pick for digital TV.

Technology - Sky has without doubt the best system on the market, and its introduction of high definition TV has only put Sky further ahead of the competition. The Sky+ television-on-demand system is market-leading, offering the ability to record, pause and rewind live TV.

Premium Content - The premiership is not far away and Sky can offer more live games than anyone else with the best coverage of over 100 other sports, many of them exclusive to Sky Sports. If sport isn't your thing, Sky offers 20 movie channels showing the newest movies, plus 18 documentary channels satisfying anyone's need for information.

Variety of Channels - Sky packages offer significantly more channels than all competitors at present. For example, the Sky entertainment package offers access to >300 subscription and free-to-air channels, while cable only offers roughly 120.

Pricing - Sky offers the most competitive premium-content packages on the market. Virgin and telewest's premium packages are defined differently (they exclude Disney cinematic and Sky Sports Extra on ntl) and we have provided an equivalent pricing metric on our comparison page. Sky's new simple pricing structure means that you can easily mix up a selection of entertainment, movies and sports packages. A one off installation cost of £30 occurs but there is currently half price set up when you take out any of the premium packages.
All Sky + boxes are £99 and Sky HD boxes are now only £249 (reduced from £299).

Free Broadband - Sky's free broadband offer, launched in June 2006, has strengthened its product offering even further.

Coverage - Sky is the only provider to be able to service the whole of the UK, including rural areas that are currently neglected by cable companies.





Latest Customer Reviews:
  [Add your own review! Click here now!]
*****  Review by KEVIN HOLMES - 21 March 2008
SKY HD IS GREAT I WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT IT
*****  Review by Andy Liu - 29 January 2008
Get the HD box if you have a LCD.
*****  Review by David Morgan - 25 January 2008
impressed with the programmes but not impressed with the sky box being of slow response
*****  Review by deano - 11 November 2007
hd its brill
*****  Review by phil roche - 1 November 2007
just to say sky is great but dont knock HD unless you have a full 1080 screen - awesome.
*****  Review by Jeremy Marsh - 13 October 2007
On the HD channels amazing. Obviously no change on the non HD ones
*****  Review by dale watkinss - 11 October 2007
superb would not go back even to the old sky box.If you can get a hd box it won't let you down.
*****  Review by John Simmons - 6 October 2007
Sky+ is wonderful but I'm not convinced by HD at all. Much ado about nothing!
*****  Review by Jimmy Riddle - 5 October 2007
Fantastic! HD... amazing!! Derek Long - you're supposed to watch HD through a HD tv!!
*****  Review by derek long - 4 October 2007
sky+box amazing,dissapointed with HD very little difference between picture quality of HD and standard.
View more user reviews >
 

Our Conclusion:

After a full review of all the top products available, DigitalTVReview.org.uk recommends Sky as our number one choice.

Not only is Sky very competitive on price, but it also outstrips the competition in terms of service quality - nowhere else can you get the same levels of technology, high definition content and sports coverage.

Join the football fever and sign up to watch matches live with the Sky Plus package


Recent Sky Digital Articles:

BBC HD Gets Final Green Light - After positive customer feedback
High Definition TV: Making the most of it - Getting the right display TV to work with HD
Top Gear and Gran Turismo Join forces - Top gear goes Virtual and Gran Turismo gets its own Digital TV Channel
The Digital switchover has started! - Now what will happen with the freed-up airwaves?
First UK Town prepares for Digital Switch. - Whitehaven will loose analogue signal from October 17th
What is the future for the way we watch TV? - High Definition vs. Mobile TV
The future of children’s TV. - There is a reduction in the number of shows made in Britain.
BskyB have been criticised over the purchase of shares in ITV. - It could affect competition and business strategy.
High Definition is the future for TV - How will it effect the UK TV market?
BBC HD channel gets given the go ahead - Media regulators Ofcom say BBC HD can be permanent

Our rating:   *****
More information: Sky Digital: See, Speak and Surf for £19
View this and all other offers at www.sky.co.uk


 

Site Copyright CK Net Limited 2005-08 | Part of the whoohoo.co.uk network | Privacy policy | Legal notices | Contact us | Resources | RSS Feed