HD Channels on Sky

The first HD channels have appeared on the Sky EPG today:
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/sm10hd.jpg
Not sure whether they are actually planning to broadcast any HD films straight away (especially seeing as very few people have a box to receive them).

I'm wondering why they didn't call it Sky Movies 11 & 12 HD rather than duplicate 9 & 10

Strange, 312 isn't appearing on my box (I haven't got EPG 4 yet by the way).

No SKY Movies 9 or 10 HD on my SKY + box and no EPG update yet too.

Upgrades due tonight (Digital Spy post)

My regular sky box lists it as Sky Movies 10 rather than Sky Movies 10 HD

my mistake, misunderstood the channels

So has mine, yet my Sky+ box has all of them.

Why have they suddenly launched a SM 10?

Well Sky Movies is now allowed to show 12 and 15 rated films outside the Watershed, from 5.00pm onwards daily, albeit a PIN is required on pre-9.00pm screenings, but they're only doing this on Sky Movies 9 and the newly created Sky Movies 10.

Sky did announce for their Sky HD line-up that there would be two Sky Movies HD channels, so I presume these are the two.

Surely Sky HD Movies 1 & 2 would be a better name rather than slinging the HD channels at the end of the lineup?

The PIN Protection only works on a Sky box, it's completely bypassed via a non Sky box

They're simulcasting them in SD though - so there are both Sky Movies 10 and Sky Movies 10 HD, on 310 and 312 respectively, with Sky Moves 9 on 309, and Sky Movies 9 HD on 311.

I guess they don't want to "waste" HD showings on just HD viewers - and given the more limited availability of HD movies initially (for rights / cost reasons) they wouldn't want to alter the content of Sky Movies 1 and 2?

BTW - I think that only (some?) Sky + viewers can see 311 and 312 - probably the same receivers that have the new two page TV Guide, and Personal Planner on Green rather than 0.

Yes that's because Sky+ guys have the new EPG software, us paupers have to wait for this new EPG software