Today, I got offered straight to my inbox SKY HD for only £29 (ie £20 less than their current promotion). It's via some corporate website so I don't if I invite others. I'm sure improved offers will start to appear elsewhere.
I think the whole reduced price box thing is largely to get those extra tenners per month. In terms of HD I'm not sure Freesat HD is really a competitor (at the moment)
If you're not bothered about Sports or Movies or for that matter watching them at all in HD then FREESAT is a great option
I gave up my SKY subscription after 6 years with them having almost to resort to getting indignant with them in an effort to cancel with them and then proceeded to get FREESAT which I just switched over as I already had all the connections and a Dish..Occasionally the BBC and ITV HD channels do show some good programmes
I believe that TV should be FREE and this nonsense about charging for it and a TVF Licence should go out of the window