Sky launching HD service, MySky HD DVR in New Zealand
by Darren Murph 
posted May 14th 2008 at 9:26PM
How's this for keeping a promise? Nearly two years back, Sky revealed plans to roll out HD service in New Zealand during the early part of 2008, and sure enough, all systems are go. The pay-TV operator is putting the finishing touches on its new high-definition satellite service, which it will use to beam out Sky Sport 1, Sky Sport 2, Sky Movies and Sky Movies Greats in HD this July. Users will also be able to rent the all new MySky HD DVR, which was "developed in conjunction with Sky's Australian sister company Foxtel, which will sell the same box under the iQ2 banner." It's noted that the timing of the two launches is purely coincidental, and the unit itself will boast a 320GB hard drive, four tuners, an HDMI output and an Ethernet port for a "possible video-on-demand service over broadband." Pricing information has yet to be divulged, but that tidbit should be surfacing real soon.
Filed under: Industry, DVRs, Set-top boxes, Satellite, New content
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tsamb @ May 15th 2008 4:58AM
FINALLY. A bit of real HD lovin' in New Zealand. Keep the competition coming!
Bill @ May 19th 2008 12:17PM
Sky/Foxtel has been buying terrestrial channels here in NZ - Prime and Triangle TV that I know of - and refusing to broadcast them over Freeview HD DVB-T. Their excuse is that it doesn't make "business sense" for them to do so. However, they still broadcast these channels via standard analog TV. Wankers!
Therefore, they can take their MySky HD package and shove it up their proverbial asses before I'd purchase it and allow them to lock me in. Also, one can only *continually* rent their MySky HD DVR unit, there's no option to buy it that I know of.