Those with an SD only TV can watch in SD but pay for HD regardless.įor free-to-air channels the HD channel is generally in the more prominent position on all HD boxes, regardless of subscription. Sky Sports subscribers receive both the SD and HD versions of the Sky Sports channels, with the HD versions more prominent. Subscribers to the Sky Cinema Pack get both the SD and HD versions of the Sky Cinema channels and the HD versions are given greater prominence on the programme guide, regardless of which entertainment bundle is subscribed to.

The number shown in the HD column is the number where the HD channel is shown more prominently. If a genre has HD channels on Sky, two different channel number columns are shown in the tables below for Sky - one with the number on SD boxes and one with the number on HD boxes. Sometimes this also applies to premium channels e.g. Non-premium subscription channels - for those who subscribe to Sky's Entertainment pack, the HD channels of subscription channels on the HD box are 'HD swapped' with the SD counterpart, giving the HD version of the channel greater prominence in the programme guide. On Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media (UK and Ireland), for channels with identical SD and HD versions, channel numbers sometimes differ between HD boxes and SD boxes. HD swap and prominence of HD channels: Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media For the purpose of simplicity, Sky's classification has been used to place channels below so that each channel has only one entry.

In a small number of instances channels exist in different categories (genres) on different platforms. 2 HD swap and prominence of HD channels: Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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