Page 1 of What`s the current wait time on a Sky HD install?

Just thought if anyone knew, to save a call to Sky. A family member told me 3 months, but I was wondering if anyone else had any other information that might better inform me?

3months?

Unless there`s been some major revamp on boxes recently and there`s a stock shortage, that sounds excessive. When we ordered (for the whole 2days in nov) I phoned on Thurs evening and they said they could do it on the Saturday :o

I`m probably about to upgrade again for mums house and a wait has never been mentioned. I wouldn`t guess there`s been a big increase in uptake since November what with the old "credit crunch". There may be a delay on weekend installations maybe dependent on area though.

In fact, I`m probably sorting out mine tomorrow night or Thurs, so I`ll come back when I have some more useful information :D

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This item was edited on Wednesday, 10th June 2009, 00:24

my father in law said there was a long wait due to the current £50 offer for a Sky HD box

I`ve see the SkyHD box for £30 for new customers advertised at Curry`s

Also over on "cough" AVforums, an installer is also offering £30 for new customers

my dad signed up last week - i think he was quoted two months

this was on a £75 new contract - as far as i am aware

I registered for Sky HD on the 30th of March, and had it installed on the 5th of June.


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This item was edited on Wednesday, 10th June 2009, 11:42

If you`re in a hurry, do a self-install.

1/ Buy the box yourself from ebay or a satellite shop.
2/ Plug in the two feeds from your existing SKY+ box
3/ Phone SKY and tell them to switch on the HD channels

That`s what I did, I didn`t wait for SKY.
HD boxes are going for various prices on ebay.
I wouldn`t be scared of buying one off there.
Chances are the `new` box you get from the SKY engineer will be a refurbished one anyway! :/
Besides, even if you do buy the box yourself, SKY will still give you a new one if anything goes wrong.
I`m on my third SKY HD box, they never ever queried the fact I didn`t get the first one from them. :D

This item was edited on Wednesday, 10th June 2009, 12:01

dunno if this is any good to you :)

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/419320/sky-hd-with-55-cashback-and-12-mont/

Think it depends where abouts in the country you are.

I got mine within a week in the north east...but apparently some areas are higher demand though.

Almost wish I hadn`t bothered now though, the installer made a right mess of the brickwork outside.


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bowfer, is it actually cheaper to buy a Sky HD box from eBay and the like? And are Sky okay with that type of thing? I wouldn`t want to buy a box and find that Sky won`t allow me to view the HD channels as I didn`t go through them.