Pace DS440n Sky Digibox
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Model No: DS440n
Index: Digital & Electronics
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Digital Box Price: £149.99
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Product Description The DS440NB is the latest generation of Pace's satellite Digibox for BSkyB in the UK. Building on Pace's long-standing relationship with this operator, the DS440NB delivers the highest quality MPEG-2 standard definition video, together with interactive services, such as pay-per-view (PPV), home shopping and online games. This latest set-top box is now available with a new, cosmetic look, which has been specifically designed for BSkyB to fit with this operator's range of digital set-top boxes.
Excellent!  Sent: 29 October 2008
This is a smart digibox that has worked perfectly with no problems for over a year for me. There is certainly no high pitch noise (it actually makes less noise than my sky+ boxes!) Great box for watching sky with.
Works ok, but looks very tacky  Sent: 26 October 2008
I've had this box for a few weeks now and reception, picture quality and sound are decent. Not quite as good as the TVOnics freeview box I had before but my 5 year old son loves the additional kiddie channels so what am I going to do? I have two main gripes with this box: 1. Looks: it is huge and ugly. Why does a box that has no hard drive have to be so big? I'm pretty sure you can build a Sky box of at most half the size if you wanted. It's a huge lump of cheap plastic with a bright blue lit Sky label on the front, which gives it the character of a dreadful off-license at night. And what's with all the curves? It does not stack well with my stereo kit and it is too big and ugly to sit in sight under my tv. My second gripe is the EPG (Electronic Programming Guide). It is a very dumb piece of programming. A simple example: my old TVOnics had a transparant menu with the TV playing in the background. Hit the menu button on the Sky box and you don't see anything else but the menu and you hear some annoying piece of muzak. To conclude, it's ok for what it does but it's way overpriced and did I mention it's ugly?
Reliable and good quality Sent: 30 August 2007
Had my reciever for a year before upgrading to Sky+. Picture quality & sound were excellent.
Not sure what the 'high pitched noise' is that the other review mentions; my box did not have this problem.
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