Sky Digital vs My Sky

[Da Bird]

How much ??!@(^*&%$()&!!!!!

MySky HDi is either $599.00 one off "joining fee" (you still don't own the decoder) or $15.00 per month.

The HD access is another $10.00 a month on top (plus your normal costs for your particular Sky package). Not much point getting HD if you don't have at least Movies or Sport (or both) as that is where most of the HD stuff is (at the moment anyway).

There was a promotion going on at several shops such as Harvery Norman etc where if you buy a new HD TV, you got a voucher for 12 months free MySky HDi and HD access (value $300.00 but only for existing Sky subscribers). Not sure if the promo is still running but probably quite good if you are in the market for a new TV. I presume you could go back to the normal Sky digital after 12 months if you didn't want to keep the My Sky.

[pzkpfw]

How many cables (cores) do you have to run from the dish to the MySky HDI box. I was considering it but I haven't been able to get a good answer as to whether you have to run more cables for the multiple tuners.

The cabling in the house is buried in the walls and without re-decorating there is no way I could run another coax cable to the sky box.

Just one, then there's a splitter at the end that plugs it into two sockets on the decoder.

Having said that, MySky does seem more sensitive to quality of cable, and if you have splitters taking the cables to multiple rooms you may have issues.

(I am, and the Sky guy - and his boss - have been more than once to my house, and even disconnected the "extra" rooms.)

[Hoon]

There was a promotion going on at several shops such as Harvery Norman etc where if you buy a new HD TV, you got a voucher for 12 months free MySky HDi and HD access (value $300.00 but only for existing Sky subscribers).

Yep this is what I got when we bought our new Bravia LCD from Bond and Bond. The voucher is only for 6 months free.

[Da Bird]

Yep this is what I got when we bought our new Bravia LCD from Bond and Bond. The voucher is only for 6 months free.

You got ripped mate... I got one for 12 months (although haven't used it yet).