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Old 31-01-2006, 08:20
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According to Pocket-lint, Sky is launching HD on 1st April.
We'll wait and see!

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=2365
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Old 31-01-2006, 08:54
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interesting, I called CS and first time round I got through to india who told me the HD movie channels dont excist the second time he just told me to go to the Sky HD site couldn't get a thing out of them that was helpful yet this guy says he got april 1st out of CS??
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Old 31-01-2006, 09:09
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i run a satellte shop and am a sky asa i was told by the asa dept the other day that it will be by the end of march,

Originally Posted by Mark200
According to Pocket-lint, Sky is launching HD on 1st April.
We'll wait and see!

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=2365
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Old 31-01-2006, 10:29
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Interesting stuff
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Old 31-01-2006, 10:58
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BSkyB announces its results tomorrow, so I'm hoping for a launch date announcement then. I sense it is getting closer.
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Old 31-01-2006, 11:46
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Rupert on launch day:
"April fools - it's only SD - I'll take your money anyway"
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Old 31-01-2006, 12:18
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I got in to work this morning and had a lot of stuff off sky in the post (I run a satellite company) It says that sky HD will go live on the 1st april 2006, Also had some info from my supplyer they will have the sky HD receivers in stock from monday next week,

Also can a op make this thread a sticky date to load of sky hd threads beening opened
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:15
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Originally Posted by sat-man
I got in to work this morning and had a lot of stuff off sky in the post (I run a satellite company) It says that sky HD will go live on the 1st april 2006, Also had some info from my supplyer they will have the sky HD receivers in stock from monday next week,

Also can a op make this thread a sticky date to load of sky hd threads beening opened
Does that mean there's a staggered launch?
Receivers issued first then service officially starts 1st April (or when ever Telewest goes live, in a nee-jerk fashion)

Is your supplier permitted to sell them or do they have to sit on them (not literally) in a Harry Potter book launch style?
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:17
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I refuse to believe anything that has anything to do with April 1st.
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:19
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Originally Posted by DanVitale
I refuse to believe anything that has anything to do with April 1st.
Can't agree more, two channels broadcasting openly with no one able to watch them for 9 weeks, no chance.
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:36
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I run a satellite and eletronics shop the news i had in the post is from the sky ASA department, also my trade supplyer will have sky hd receivers in stock from next monday

Originally Posted by sat-man
I got in to work this morning and had a lot of stuff off sky in the post (I run a satellite company) It says that sky HD will go live on the 1st april 2006, Also had some info from my supplyer they will have the sky HD receivers in stock from monday next week,

Also can a op make this thread a sticky date to load of sky hd threads beening opened
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:42
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Oh dear, looks like the 1st is a wind-up.

http://www.stuffmag.co.uk/hotstuffar...asp?de_id=1169
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:43
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Apparently Sky has announced further HD channels to be added to the EPG.
At the moment Sky Movies 9 and 10 (channels 311 and 312) are on the guide. They’ll be followed by HD channels for Sky Sports, Box Office and National Geographic on 7th February, and then Sky One, Box Office 2, Artsworld and Discovery on 14th February
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Old 31-01-2006, 13:59
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Originally Posted by Mark200
Oh dear, looks like the 1st is a wind-up.

http://www.stuffmag.co.uk/hotstuffar...asp?de_id=1169
I think they've also got their story wrong, according to the stockmarket report one of Sky's directors should be returning to his homeland by the Summer, well after the HD launch. Also if the reports of boxes in stock on Monday is correct it's a long time to keep them in storage!
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Old 31-01-2006, 16:12
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"Laughing off" rumours, as Stuff reports, is not the same as denying them.
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Old 31-01-2006, 16:32
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Yes, I wonder if they just don't want to spoil the announcement tomorrow.
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Old 31-01-2006, 18:03
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the paper work i have from sky said by 1st of april but when i phoned the ASA Dept ment about 20min ago they said they will be sending SKY HD contracts out to asa's this week so it could be sooner

As soon as my supplyer has the price in from there head office i can put my order in so i looks like i could get them in stock by mid next week, But dont for get the price i pay for them is not the retail price i have to buy the stock install it then i get my money off sky

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Yes, I wonder if they just don't want to spoil the announcement tomorrow.
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Old 31-01-2006, 18:19
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I don't understand why Sky have chosen to list the new HD channels the way they have on HD boxes...

Why did Sky not simply replace SD channels with HD equivalents where applicable, and new channels added where applicable e.g. Sky One should be replaced by Sky One HD, Sky Movies 9 & 10 HD should replace Sky Movies 9 & 10 SD...i.e. on an HD box you shouldn't even see Sky One SD, Sky Movies 9 & 10 SD etc..

Sky can do this because they are able to replace BBC One, and ITV based upon postcode regions, so surely they could have replaced channels in the EPG based on whether or not you had an SD or HD box?

I'll be putting my order in for an HD box as soon as possible, and I'd much prefer not to see the SD equivalents of HD channels listed at all...

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Old 31-01-2006, 18:23
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Originally Posted by GlennEdwards
I don't understand why Sky have chosen to list the new HD channels the way they have on HD boxes...

Why did Sky not simply replace SD channels with HD equivalents where applicable, and new channels added where applicable e.g. Sky One should be replaced by Sky One HD, Sky Movies 9 & 10 HD should replace Sky Movies 9 & 10 SD...i.e. on an HD box you shouldn't even see Sky One SD, Sky Movies 9 & 10 SD etc..

Sky can do this because they are able to replace BBC One, and ITV based upon postcode regions, so surely they could have replaced channels in the EPG based on whether or not you had an SD or HD box?

I'll be putting my order in for an HD box as soon as possible, and I'd much prefer not to see the SD equivalents of HD channels listed at all...

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i agree it does seem a bit fudged but at least you can hit RED if you just want HD channels
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Old 31-01-2006, 19:02
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I'd like to see the SD channel, so I compare the difference between SD and HD. I reckon it will help the marketing in the stores too, to show how HD really improves things.
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Old 31-01-2006, 19:10
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I think this is a really bad idea. As previously posted, Sky Movies 9 HD should be the HD replacement for Sky Movies 9 SD and both channels should not be available on the EPG. This is more apparent with channels like Sky One. Sky One HD on channel 197??

If the objective is to promote HD channels, where for example will BBC1 HD get it's EPG position?

Would it not make sense to Sky in the short term to place HD channels in their own category eg Sky One HD on channel 706, Sky Sports HD on channel 707 etc.

If the HD channels have to be broadcast on their EPG placeholder along with SD channels then there is no prospect of for example e4 HD until at least 2010 after analogue switchoff.
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Old 31-01-2006, 19:14
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apologies, if this has already been mentioned, I am new to the media forum and have sky plus and a HD ready TV.

I assume I will need a new sky box, when will they be available and how much will they be?
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Old 31-01-2006, 19:33
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You'll need a new Sky+ HD box. As to price and timescales we are at present in the dark.
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Old 31-01-2006, 20:43
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I think its awful that they are still using the same crappy EPG. They had an opportunity here to make a much better looking EPG for HD customers, why not take it?
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Old 31-01-2006, 20:49
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Originally Posted by *MikeB*
I think its awful that they are still using the same crappy EPG. They had an opportunity here to make a much better looking EPG for HD customers, why not take it?


Limitations of the hardware in boxes circa 1998 perhaps?
One of the good points about SKY hardware is that they still support the first gen boxes which are nearly 8 years old but of course that also means the OS is restricted to what those boxes can do and even know writing baseline software with box specific tweaks is full of pitfalls.


It is a great shame the SKY+ and now the SKY+ HD didn't have a complete revamp but who is to say that the pictures we are seeing now are what the SKY+ HD OS will look like
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