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Product Features

  • Analogue Satellite Receiver: No
  • Built-In Modem: No
  • Category: Receiver
  • DVB-C: No
  • DVB-S: Yes
  • DVB-T: No
  • Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB): No
  • Electronic Program Guide (EPG): Yes
  • Embedded Descrambling: Yes
  • Free-to-Air: No
  • HD ready: Yes
  • HDMI Interface: Yes
  • HDTV: Yes
  • Hard Disk Capacity in GB: 160
  • IPTV (Internet Protocol Television): No
  • Number of Card Reader Slots: 1
  • Number of Common Interface (CI) Slots: 1
  • Number of Receivers: unknown
  • Number of Scart Interfaces: 2
  • Number of Tuners: 2
  • Reception Standard: Digital
  • Show View: No
  • Signal Source: Satellite Receiver
  • Terrestrial: Not Applicable
  • Twin Tuner: Yes
  • USB Interface: Yes
  • W-LAN Connection: No

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  • ASIN: B000FBHSBS
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 9 May 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,187 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Buggy and unreliable, 12 Jan 2009
By Dr. W. E. Allen "wallen200" (Belfast, UK) - See all my reviews
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I got a brand new Sky +HD box installed and before the day was out it had failed! First sign of trouble was that when I tried to watch a programme I had recorded the box switched itself off. I had to disconnect it from the power for two minutes before the box would function again. However the picture kept freezing when I was watching the recording, again requiring unplugging etc. Then later that day when I went to change channel, the box would not respond - again a power off. Finally I had programmed it to record a programme when I was out. On returning home it had not recorded and would not record when I tried a manual record. I tried unplugging it again, this time it would not come out of standby mode. I phoned Sky went through their troubleshooting (repeating the unplugging, then unplugging both power and Sat cable feeds and finally trying to force reboot it). Nothing worked. I had to wait 9 weeks from ordering to get the box, now I have another week to wait to get it replaced. The box I was supplied with was made by Amstrad (although I had been told that it would be Samsung, Thompson or Pace) - bad news as the only other Sky digibox that has ever failed on me was an Amstrad. The Pace boxes (both standard and Sky +) that I have had, have never given me any trouble.

During the few hours my Sky +HD box worked, I have to say I was underwhelmed by the improvement in the picture on my LG 37inch HD (1080P) LCD TV. Not sure if this is because HD is over rated or my TV does a better than average job of upscaling SD broadcasts.

I will give this one more go, but if my replacement box gives trouble I will be asking for my money back and reverting to my 100% reliable Pace Sky + box.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, 22 Feb 2009
By Richard Walker "RichWall" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Whilst the Sky+HD box works well enough it is simply not worth the additional subscription charge as there are very few 'actual' HD programs to watch. In fact the 'on screen' HD listing shows what looks to be a wide range of HD channels but the majority of these are not actually being transmitted in HD! Buyer Beware!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Think twice before getting SKY HD, 25 Jan 2009
By M. Moore - See all my reviews
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A word of warning to all those thinking about Sky HD. The HD boxes and customer service are rubbish! I've had Sky HD for over a year and am on my 4th box. The latest one I had to buy as Sky ignored the faults I reported within the warranty period and to cap it all I had to wait over 2 weeks without any Sky! Still waiting to have the conversation with them about compensation. I must have been mad to buy another box and commit to another 12 months. The latest box has never worked properly and I've spent hours on the phone to Sky, one call was 56 minutes, only to be past from one department to another, no one can help. I've submitted a couple of complaints via the Sky website, got acknowledgements and a promise of a "personal reply as soon as possible" but still nothing after 8 days!
This is supposed to be Sky's premium service - don't think so.
Morale of this story, think carefully before buying HD, if you do buy I really hope you have better luck and Service than I'm getting.
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