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Sky+ HD is the only real option currently available in the U.K to deliver HD programming, to get the very best from your HDTV. Sky HD is also the largest HD provider in Europe, and is continuing to add new HD channels all the time. HD quality simply looks amazing, with details, color and depth looking so much more true to life and engaging.
The Sky HD service will provide you with the same features and functions of a Sky+ box and subscription, meaning that you can pause, rewind live TV, while also recording up to two channels at one time, while playing back a previously recorded program.
Sky TV currently offers hundreds of standard channels along with 16 HD channels currently offering over 5,000 hours of HD content a month. HD Channels include, BBC HD, Channel 4 HD, Sky One HD, five HD Movie channels, three HD Sports channels, Discovery HD, National Geographic Channel HD and others. Sky are currently planning launching more HD channels.
I will kick off this Sky HD review with an overview of the Sky HD box. The box it’s self is roughly the same size as a standard VCR, and a little bigger than the new Sky+ boxes. As you can see, the box is of a mat black finish, and looks very sleek, and should go very well with todays modern HDTVs. On the front of the HD box is a cool blue circular light, which lights to show playback, pause and other functions.
Inside the Sky+ HD box is a huge 300Gb hard disk, 160Gb which can be used for personal recording, and the rest is used for Sky Anytime, which is a bonus service offering on-demand viewing of a top mix of the current weeks programmes.
The important part of the Sky HD box is the back. As you can see from the photo below, there are number of connections available, only some of which will be used. On the very left are the two satellite feed inputs, these will need to be connected along with the power and telephone line.
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