Flipping through my Sky channels tonight, I nearly fell off the sofa. Sky Movies 7, 8, 9 ... then instead of the usual Sky Cinema 1, there was Sky Movies 9 HD! I couldn't believe it -- HD channels were actually live, despite the fact my various satellite magazines said we'd be lucky to see them by April.

Well, the channels are there, but HD is a long ways off still. Doing a quick search, this article at Pocket-Lint had an operating telling them that Sky HD would launch on April 1, but then Sky's public relations department appears to have said there's no firm launch date.

Stuff has a few more details here. Still no confirmed launch date, but Stuff says to expect a June launch. Home Cinema has better details about what you'll see now in the EPG and HD channel rollout within it.

I called the number listed when you view one of these channels. The fifth option is for Sky HD info, which ever so helpfully tells you just to go to the Sky HD web site. Thanks, Sky. There's very little there in terms of details, but you can preregister. I did; we'll see if it really helps much.

Postscript: We've now got a firm launch date of May. More details here: Sky HD Begins Taking Deposits; Going To Charge £10 More For HD Service

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