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The main reason you'll want to buy a Sky box, because the Standard is free, is the chance to enjoy the enhancements offered by either the Sky Plus, or Sky Plus HD boxes.

So, to recap, the first of the Sky boxes, the standard, offers superb digital quality pictures and sound, as well as access to a wide range of interactive services and entertainment. It has a built-in, user-friendly on-screen TV guide which you can use to plan viewing up to seven days ahead and create on-screen reminders. And it also boasts comprehensive parental control functions. You can also use it to order box office movies, as well as sports and other events.

But now you want to go that one stage further and buy a Sky box; one that has a little more sophistication. You're first choice might be the second of the Sky boxes. Called Sky Plus, it can record up to 40 hours of television programmes, or automatically record entire selected series. It can easily pause and rewind live TV, and what's more, you can control its workings via your mobile phone with the Remote Record facility, which can also be operated online via sky.com. It is also linked to Sky Anytime TV, which provides entertainment on demand.

If you are after further excitement, then you can buy a Sky box called the Sky Plus HD box. It offers the U.K.'s widest range of high definition channels (over 32), which boast four times the picture detail with vivid and vibrant colour. And the sounds not bad either, with superb quality Dolby® Digital 5.1 surround sound. And this box has all the Sky + features, with twice the storage capacity.

And when it comes to high definition, Sky Movies offers 500 movies each week - including five brand new premieres - all uncut, uninterrupted and in unmissable HD quality. Take a peak at the movies which are on offer day after day, week after week.

To buy a Sky box, much depends on your current equipment and entertainment/sports/movies packages and you need to contact Sky for pricing information. Prices range from £99, with set-up prices from £15 to £60.

Each of the new Sky boxes allows you access to some of the finest programming, sport and movies from the U.K., and from around the globe. And that's the great thing about the Sky offering, it caters for all tastes and all pockets.

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