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SkyHD+
Receiver Decoder Digibox -
Thomson DS18215

The Thomson DSI 8215 HD has a 160gb hard drive & is specially designed for
all Sky's UK digital satellite services. It has a very sensitive tuner & is
the ideal choice for weaker signal areas.
HDTV offers a steep change in picture quality, delivering a home viewing
experience similar to that offered in cinemas. Viewers will see greater
depth and tone of colours and textures. The improved clarity of HDTV
broadcasts will bring an even greater sense of excitement and drama to a
wide range of programme genres. HDTV can provide more than four times more
data on a display screen than a Standard Definition broadcast. This is
because of the increased picture resolution that HD broadcasts deliver and
HD display devices will be able to receive.
This digibox brings you a cinema like experience with sharper, clearer, more
vibrant pictures and amazing Dolby Digital 5.1 sound quality. Also including
a 160GB hard drive allowing you to record approximately 150 hours of digital
TV.
To watch HD, you must have a HD-ready or compatible TV and a Sky
subscription ( £10 p/month in addition to monthly subscription costs ). You
can opt out of the £10 per month payment if you do not require the full HD
subscription channels, in this case you would still be able to watch the
other free channels including BBC HD.
Please note that a SkyHDdigibox requires two separate cable connections
from your satellite dish. This means that your dish needs to be fitted with
either a Twin or a Quad LNB. If the LNB on your dish only has one output
port on it then you will have to upgrade your LNB.
It is possible to upgrade the hard disk drive for larger capacity and to
provide more recording hours.
This box does will work with the Sky Anytime TV service.
BSkyB Thomson DS18215 Specifications
Features
DVB-S2 demodulation capability used for HD transponders
300 gb hard drive - 160gb for customer recordings, 140gb reserved for future
use
v90 ( 56k bps) Modem
128Mb General RAM & 32 MB Decode RAM
Digital Optical Output - supporting Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital to Dolby Prologic for other outputs
MPEG2 / MPEG4 Decoder
PAL i UHF Modulator (channel21 -69 controlled by software ) with 2 RF
outputs ( one capable of providing 9v to power TV link and accept remote
commands )
HDMI connector
Component Video - Y pb pr TV SCART ( composite video out , RGB in )
VCR SCART ( composite video in / out RGB in )
S- Video output ( permanently on )
RJ11 telephone socket
left and right Phono outputs
2 ISO 7816 compatible Smartcard Slots
2 USB ports ( 1 front & 1 rear ) reserved for future use
2 cooling fans 1 in base, 1 on front left side of box
RJ45 / Ethernet socket - reserved for future use
SATA interface - reserved for Future use
Weight 5.0kg
Dimensions Width 380mm Depth 243mm Height 72mm