I'm not aware of the situation with HD and cable, but other HD options boil down to this:
1) Pay Sky an absolute fortune for a smattering of channels spread over their different pay packages. It's not the joke it was a year ago but its still derisory and horrifically expensive. 2) Make do with FreeSat and BBC HD, some ITV HD (and any others which appear in due course). Boxes cost more than Sky but pay for themselves fairly rapidly with no monthly sub on top to worry about.. 3) Wait and see
So it's not surprising if people are not going to HD programming. At the same time, people *are* HD ready whether they like it or not. It is virtually impossible to get a non-HD television set any more unless you buy some crappy no-name LCD from the bottom of the heap.
I expect that once DVB-T2 rolls out, that HD will step up a gear. Sky are being lazy and greedy because there isn't much competition to worry about yet.
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I'm not aware of the situation with HD and cable, but other HD options boil down to this:
1) Pay Sky an absolute fortune for a smattering of channels spread over their different pay packages. It's not the joke it was a year ago but its still derisory and horrifically expensive.
2) Make do with FreeSat and BBC HD, some ITV HD (and any others which appear in due course). Boxes cost more than Sky but pay for themselves fairly rapidly with no monthly sub on top to worry about..
3) Wait and see
So it's not surprising if people are not going to HD programming. At the same time, people *are* HD ready whether they like it or not. It is virtually impossible to get a non-HD television set any more unless you buy some crappy no-name LCD from the bottom of the heap.
I expect that once DVB-T2 rolls out, that HD will step up a gear. Sky are being lazy and greedy because there isn't much competition to worry about yet.