Review of the Free Sky + HD Box including Personal Video Recorder

Are you hoping for a PVR that will intensify your television viewing experience? There are a lot to choose from, and now may be the ideal time as for a limited time only Sky are offering a Free Sky + HD Box including Personal Video Recorder if you sign up to Sky + HD services today.

The Free Sky + HD Box including Personal Video Recorder is a remarkable PVR that will enable you  many brilliant features often available with a set-top box such as this. It has a minimalist yet modern outer appearance and will stack perfectly with your other entertainment equipment such as your DVD or Blu-Ray player and even with games consoles. The Sky + HD Box means you can record your favourite television shows as they air, the sky box then stores them for later viewing directly to its internal memory. It also has the capability to record an entire series meaning it isn’t necessary for  the viewer to press record each time a show is going to be on. If you are often distracted while watching television the live pause and rewind function will be a great help because you never have to miss an important moment on your favourite TV show again. As well as this with the Sky + HD Box you can set up recordings from your mobile phone or from on-line which is perfect for if you forgot to set up the recorder before you left the house. To receive a Free Sky + HD Box (with PVR) all you have to do is sign up for a HD channel pack with Sky. This can be done as part of a channel bundle or on its own, but either way you will make a massive saving!

Where to get the Free Sky + HD Box including Personal Video Recorder

Visit Sky and see the Free Sky + HD Box including Personal Video Recorder now

First published 5 February 2010. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page.

The Sky HD Box is only £49, when you sign up to the Sky HD and the Sky HD monthly pack online. And if you also sign up to Sky Movies and/or Sky Sports, you will also get FREE standard set up (otherwise standard set up is £30).

(Sign up online to Sky HD, Sky Movies or Sky Sports and you’ll also get a £50 Tesco gift card – see our recent blog post on this Sky TV offer here).

What’s so great about Sky HD? With the Sky HD pack you get access to HD programming across all the Sky TV channels you have sunscribed to via your entertainment pack choices. The Sky HD box has all the features you love from the Sky Pkus box so you can rewind, pause and record live TV, record many TV series at the touych of a button using Series Link, and more.

Plus with the sky HD Box you can record up to 30 hours of HD programming or up to 80 hours of standard TV programming. All this for only £49 for your first Sky Plus HD Box and £9.75 a month for the Sky HD pack! And don’t forget that:

- if you sign up online to Sky HD you also get a £50 Tesco gift card; and

- if you also sign up to Sky Movies or Sky Sports you get FREE standard set up; and

- you can get FREE broadband and calls if you take Sky Talk AND Sky Broadband Base (up to 2Mb) for 12 months

So visit Sky online now and sign up to Sky HD – and get your Sky hD Box for only £49!

Please note, you will need an HD-ready TV to watch HD programmes on Sky. Also we don’t yet have an end date for this offer, so check when you visit the Sky website.

First published 13 September, 2009. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page.

Signing up for Sky TV? Once you’ve chosen your Sky TV packs (entertainment packs, premium movie pack and / or premium sports pack) it’s not over! You still have to choose your Sky Box.

There are three Sky Boxes to choose from: The Standard Sky Box, the revolutionary Sky+ Box, and the amazing Sky+ HD Box. But what is the difference between the three Sky Boxes?

Standard Sky Box

The Standard Sky Box is a straightforward digital receiver so you can receive your Sky TV channels. You can also use the onscreen Sky Guide and parental controls. The Standard Sky box is FREE  for the first box to new customers signing up to Sky TV.

Sky Plus Box

The Sky Plus Box has a whole range of great features. It has the benefits of the Standard Sky Box – plus lots more. Record 40 hours of standard definition programming. Pause, record and rewind live TV – you can also remote record from your mobile phone or via the Sky website (you have to register for this facility). Record some series in one go thanks to Series Link. And you can use Sky Anytime to view lots of hidden TV gems from the week. The Sky Plus Box is only £99 for your first Sky Plus Box.

Sky Plus HD Box

With the Sky Plus HD Box you get all the functionality of the Sky Plus Box plus a bit more… You can record up to 80 hours of standard definition TV or up to 30 hours of HD (high definition) TV programmes. The Sky Plus HD Box is £99 for your first Sky Plus HD Box (for existing Sky Plus HD customers, another box costs £199). Please note, with the Sky Plus HD Box you also have to take out a subscription to the Sky HD pack for £10 a month.

Next steps for getting Sky TV and your chosen Sky Box

• Compare the three Sky Boxes online, and
• Sign up online to Sky TV.

First published 25 December 2008. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page.