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New Sky box
There has been
an
awful lot of discussion regarding the new Sky box on the Sky newsgroups. A
lot
of it is supposition, but we've als had the pleasure of speaking with a
number
of Sky insiders who have released more information than is available
through
official channels.
To answer a
number
of questions that have arisen today:
The box records
the
data stream from the transponder and does nothing to
it.
When you play
back
the recording it decodes it as if it was a live transmission.s your card
must
be authorised to view that channel at that particular time. If you had for
example subscribed to the Movie channels for a month over Christmas and
recorded
lots of films, you will not be able t watch them in January if you are no
longer subscribed.
There are plans
to
introduce a new form of Box Office, which will allow you to "download" a
film,
and either watch it a set number of times, or watch it an unlimited number
of
times in a set period.
Again, on the
Quad
LNB - the Sky plus box will require two of the outputs s you can watch and
record at the same time. The two spare outputs are designed s you can
attach
additional receiver boxes to the LNB at a subsidised price. Whether you
will be
allowed to use two Sky plus boxes or not I don't know.
There was lots
of
other noise on the newsgroups, with rumours of a subsidy for those who had
paid
full price for their original Sky tuners. If you want more information I
suggest
visiting news:uk.media.tv.sky (I
think)
Tim.
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