SKY HD is now available in Ireland, so here is what you need to know!
WHAT DOES SKY HD DO?

• HD gets you closer to what’s going on. The quality of the picture is much clearer. A TV picture is made up of pixels, the more pixels, the better quality of the on screen image, with HD you can see what a normal TV picture would miss.
• SKY+ : SKY HD has built in sky plus features
• Most HD channels also broadcast in Dolby 5.1 sound.

HOW MUCH?

• A Sky HD box will set you back 499 euro
• Subscription: A Sky HD subcription costs 15 euro per month
• You will also need a SKY+ subcription, which is an additional 15 euro per month, but free if you have two or more premium channels i.e Movies 1 & 2 or Sports 1 & 2 or one from each (one from movies and one form sports)
• A HD Television, otherwise the system is pretty pointless.

HD CHANNELS

• Channel 405
• Channel 311/312
• Channel 197
• Channel 168
• Channel 525
• Channel 756/757

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Sky are launching their new sky.com website on May 2nd. The  website sports new design and promises some old and new features. Including:

Listings: Want to know what’s on? “We have fully searchable listings for all channels up to seven days in advance…..”
TV Tips: A new recommendations engine for over 500 channels. The service also offers you access to your Sky profile and customer support, as well as tutorials on how to use SKY TV, in a print friendly format. DO

Reviews:
This modern adaptation of the classic novel by C.S. Lewis, takes a modern technology inspired leap from book to the big screen. It tells the story of some children, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan, and their adventures in Narnia, a mystical universe. While keeping in tone with the novel, it is not a direct copy of the book, and allows all to enjoy not only children.The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

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Cost :
List Price: £20.99
Our Price: £12.99 , EUR 15,97

Staring:
Georgie Henley …. Lucy Pevensie
Skandar Keynes …. Edmund Pevensie
William Moseley …. Peter Pevensie
Anna Popplewell …. Susan Pevensie
Tilda Swinton …. White Witch
James McAvoy …. Mr. Tumnus, the Faun
Jim Broadbent …. Professor Kirke
Kiran Shah …. Ginarrbrik
James Cosmo …. Father Christmas
Judy McIntosh …. Mrs. Pevensie
Elizabeth Hawthorne …. Mrs. MacReady
Patrick Kake …. Oreius
Shane Rangi …. General Otmin
Brandon Cook …. Boy on Train
Cassie Cook …. Girl on Train

Director: Andrew Adamson

chronicles of narnia, classic novel

J.J. Abram, has been selected to help write and produce a new Star Trek film, set for release sometime in 2008. The title is yet unknown, but will see a new injection to the franchise, after the failed Star Trek 10 film which made only $43 million USD in North America.

Star Trek has been ’sleeping’ after the failed series Star Trek Enterprise, which was canceled after only four seasons, due to bad ratings, and public opinion of the show. Although efforts from some fans raised some money towards resurrecting the show, however it was a futile effort. The new film will be the latest addition to the Star Trek world, including 726 TV episodes, six Series, Star Trek, Star trek Voyager, Star Trek - The Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, And Star Trek - The animated Series. As well as 10 films.

The director of the project J.J. Abram is known for his shows Alias and Lost, as well as Mission Impossible three. DO

There were very different views about this film, but there is still lots of wizardry and action in Goblet of Fire. The most negative part of this film is said to be that fact that so much fat had to be trimmed. The book is almost 750 pages long, and making that into a two and a half hour film, means that there will of course be a fair bit of editing. “Michael Gambon, in his second round as Professor Dumbledore, still hasn’t brought audiences around to his interpretation of the role he took over after Richard Harris died, but it’s a small smudge in an otherwise spotless adaptation.–Ellen A. Kim, Amazon.com”

Rating:

List Price: £25.99
Our Price: £12.99
(Approx: EUR 16,01)
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DVD Features:

The same old story, two cowboys meet fall and in love. May not be the same old story, but this film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx, is a story of unexpected love. Rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch-hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are strangers meeting for the first time, but while time goes by they fall in love.

The film follows their relationship over a long period of time, to a point where they are both married men with their own children, but there relationship continues.

Rating:

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List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £11.99
(Approx: EUR 14,76)

Release date: April 24, 2006.