High Definition Television (HDTV) offers a marked improvement in picture quality, giving a home viewing experience similar to that offered in cinemas.

A comparison of Standard definition and HDTV is shown here, you can see that the HD provides more than four times the quality of normal picture viewing, giving greater tone, depth of colour and texture giving an added sense of drama and excitement to the program.

All of the HD programs are delivered in wide screen 16:9 format

The current High Definition channels available from Sky are:-

Channel 4 HD

BBC HD Previews and programs

Sky One HD

Bio HD.

FX HD

Sky Arts HD

Luxe HD

Sky Realife HD

11 Sky Movie Channels inc Sky Box Office

3 Sky Sports Channels

ESPN

Eurosport HD

Rush HD

Crime HD

MTV HD

Disney HD

Discovery HD

National Geographic HD

National Geographic Wild HD

History HD

and more HD channels are on their way......

ITV1 HD can be viewed too, see our LATEST NEWS page for details

To watch HDTV in your home you will need a TV set that is HD ready or Full HD, your TV dealer will be able to advise on this. An HDTV bought in the UK or France will be suitable, but for best results a screen of more that 26" will be required (66cm)

Freesat and Sky both offer HD satellite receivers, To use a Sky HD digibox or the Freesat PVR, your satellite dish will need to have the facility to connect two or more cables, as they need two feeds for the functions to operate correctly. (The Sky HD and Freesat PVR receivers work in the same way as the Sky+ box and are able to record one program whilst you watch another.The Freesat HD without the PVR only needs one feed.)

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The High Definition Digital receiver will need to be connected to the satellite dish and in turn to your HD Ready television via the special HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) ports on both the television and the digibox using the HDMI cable (as shown).