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When people talk about the Standard Sky Box, they are referring to the original and ground breaking Digibox.

The Standard Sky box, 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.

The digital picture is received from the satellite by a minidish, is then decoded by the Sky box, and then sent to the TV.

And the great thing about the Standard Sky box, is that you choose what you want to watch on your TV. On Sky's own channels for example, there's much to enjoy, including Gladiators: Sports Stars Special and the last ever episodes of Battlestar Galactica . The kids get a great deal as well, able to pick from Fireman Sam (now filmed in CGI) on Cartoonito, or Casper's Scare School on Boomerang.

Sport plays a big part in the life of a Standard Sky box and most sports get some airtime. For example, you can view top Barclays Premier League game fixtures, or if tennis is your thing, then you can also enjoy tournaments like the ATP Masters 1000 Tennis.

Music fans are also well looked after through the Standard Sky box, with VH1 Classic featuring the top show Classic: Home of the 80s, and more great music on Kiss.

For those wanting programmes that challenge and inform them, then there's dramatic witness images from 9/11 with the programme 102 Minutes That Changed America on the History Channel, Amy Winehouse on the Biography Channel and Shark on the Animal Planet Channel.

Movie fans are also well taken care of with plenty of choice via the Standard Sky box, including blood-curdling song and haircuts in Sweeney Todd, dark laughs in In Bruges and baby blues in Juno. For those that fancy a foreign element to their films, then French cinema has just been celebrated with the Vive La France on Sky Arts.

And let's not forget the news, which offers one of the most comprehensive news gathering services in the world.

Each Sky box allows you access to some of the finest programming, sport and movies from the U.K., and from around the globe.

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