Sky HD set-top box review

Does the hype of HDTV live up to its promise? Pocket-lint has been living with one of the new Sky HD boxes to find out

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Zoom/See more images HD set-top box By: Stuart Miles Manufacturer: Sky Price as Reviewed: £ 300 Latest Price: £ compare price   >> Read full review Tools Our score >> See other reviews with this score Your Score >> How would you rate this product?

Quick Review Published: 2 June 2006 The good: Picture, sound, easy of use The bad: Not much to watch at the moment, delay when switching channels Verdict: It's early days for Sky HD, but it will become the norm once the content is there You say: 3 reader reviews for this product >> Sign up and write a review... >> Read full review Share >> Digg >> Reddit >> Del.icio.us >> Newsvine >> Stumbleupon Want it Own it Rate it Tags HomeCinema 1740 news, 278 reviews PVR 77 news, 17 reviews Sky 150 news, 3 reviews >> More tags Compare Prices Sony RDR-HXD870 DVD Recorder (DVD Recorder, Progressive Scan, Dolby Digital (Digital out only), DTS (Digital out only) Sound, Composite x 1, S-Video x 1, Compon...) Shop at Price (inc VAT) £193.35 £199.00 £214.99 £229.00 £229.97 £238.12 £258.39 £258.53 £288.00 Compare Prices for all 9 Sellers (£193 - £288) HomeCinema Ovei offers multimedia experience Pioneer KURO PDP-LX5090 Sony KDL-32W4000 The latest in HomeCinema in last 60 days LATEST NEWS >>Lightscribe DVDs launch in colour >>Pioneer to launch Blu-ray recorders >>VIDEO: Megawhat News - O2’s stock of the iPhone 3G runs out >>Daily news roundup - 08/07/08 >>iPlayer to launch for Nokia N95 >>Sharp launches three new AQUOS televisions >>VIDEO: Megawhat News - 3G iPhone mayhem crashes O2’s site >>Weekly news roundup - 04/07/08 >>Daily news roundup - 04/07/08 >>VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News LATEST REVIEWS >>Sharp Aquos LC32D44 television >>Acer H5350 home cinema projector >>The Water Horse - Blu-ray >>Pioneer KURO PDP-LX5090 television >>Sony KDL-32W4000 television >>Be Kind Rewind - DVD >>Orbitsound T12 soundbar speaker >>HANNspree HT11 television >>Loewe Connect 37 Media television >>OneForAll Energy Saver remote LATEST READER REVIEWS >>Archos TV+ >>Humax PVR-9200T v2 Freeview player >>Bose Lifestyle 48 home cinema system >>Humax LP32-TDR1 LCD television >>Casino Royale - DVD >>Eragon - DVD >>Thomson TopUpTV PVR >>Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD player >>TVonics DVR-150 PVR recorder >>Cars - DVD LATEST IN PICTURES LATEST IN VIDEO >>VIDEO: Megawhat News - O2’s stock of the iPhone 3G runs out >>VIDEO: Megawhat News - 3G iPhone mayhem crashes O2’s site >>VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News RECOMMENDED TAGS >> Televisions >> DVD >> HD DVD >> Blu-ray >> Projectors Pocket-lint.co.uk

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