Re:Firewire outputs (Score 1)

There is no further compression with Sky+ that with the original signal as there is no further processing. However, UK shops are notoriously bad at demonstrating digital TV in any form. Almost without exception, they all use the UHF feed into the TV and then turn all the TVs noise processing (sharpness) controls on, resulting in a diabolical picture. Given that we have had RGB feeds as standard on TVs and standard cables (SCART) for well over ten years, it is appalling.