It's fantastic IMO. Especially if you've never had it before, you'll have square eyes (well... rectangular...) before a week is out.
Did you have any PVR functionality with your Freeview ? If not, you'll be blown away. Sky, Sky+ aaaand HD (And anytime counts too I suppose) ?! Too many toys to take in !
People moan about the price, but in the last 24 hours I've watched three HD movies, two HD TV shows, and two HD footy matches. Anything that lets me do that is good value in my book.
Just make sure you try and track down a showing of Aquariavision, your jaw shall be well and truly dropped. BBC HD is rather impressive too, but can be a bit hit and miss sometimes. Sky's own HD channels are even more hit and miss PQ wise, but at least there's a fair bit of content (for a new viewer anyway).
The best bit ? Simply being able to have HD content whenever you want it. The wonders of Sky+ mean you can have stuff ready and waiting on the box whenever there's nowt on TV. The worst bit ? You'll soon run out of space on the box's HDD, especially if you're a movie fan. There is a way of upgrading the HDD, but not with Sky's blessing, though there are rumours they'll be activating the (currently crippled) SATA port to allow external HDD connection.
Anyway, enjoy
