if i remember rightly , monketchops is the man as im sure he is a sky engineer
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I'd sooner pay for the hardware at 'cost' at not be tied to Sky's 'extra' per month. AFAIK the extra £10/month for the minimal HD content is excessive. However you get 'free' Sky+ PVR facilities (which IMO should be 'free' free given the customer would have paid a large amount for the Sky+/HD box and Sky can't be making much/if any of a loss of the Sky+ boxes).
From what I've seen the BBC HD service (in preview mode at least) is stunning and the Sky stuff is mostly just 'better'.