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High Definition television (HD) is the biggest revolution in television picture quality in decades.  Sky HD launched in the UK and Ireland on Monday 22 May, offering viewers a cinema-like experience with sharper, clearer, more vibrant pictures and with compatible home cinema systems, amazing Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Sky HD captures every detail, facial expression and movement offering images that are much more life like with four times the picture detail of Standard Definition.

In order to enjoy Sky HD consumers need to have a compatible HDTV, a Sky HD box and the relevant Sky subscriptions. Sky HD offers 12 HD channels: Sky Sports HD 1, Sky Sports HD 2, Sky Box Office 1 HD, Sky Box Office 2 HD, Sky Movies 9 HD, Sky Movies 10 HD, Sky One HD, Artsworld HD, National Geographic HD, Discovery HD, The History Channel HD and the BBC's trail channel.

The Sky HD box costs £299 with a £10 per month subscription charge for viewing the Sky HD channels. This £10 charge is in addition to the customer's regular Sky digital subscription.

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