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Sky’s HDTV box revealed
Here’s your first look at what will be sitting under, on or
beside many of your TVs sometime next year. For anyone interested in broadcast high
definition TV (HDTV), this is what Sky’s combined receiver and PVR (personal
video recorder) will look like. 
Built by Thomson, the sleek, curvy design and contemporary
styling looks very good indeed, and is streets ahead of Sky’s existing boxes.
All the main controls are unobtrusively placed on the front and there’s a
dial-control on top of the unit. Details on what exactly will be under the hood
are largely non-existent but it will boast a big hard disk drive (80GB-200GB) and a network
connection to enable iPTV. Sky’s HD content will use the MPEG-4 format and
will broadcast in two resolutions: 720p/50 and 1080i/25. Functionality will be similar, Sky claims, to Sky+ which according
to the latest financial report has racked up 888,000 subscribers – up from
397,000 a year ago. We’ll have the latest HDTV box details as soon as some
disgruntled Thomson/Sky employee posts them on the Web, so keep checking back. Here's a Sky HDTV FAQ for those planning on signing up next year.
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